Loved watching the respect the guys gave DM in the locker room post game.
Illinois 62, Penn State 56 POSTGAME
Loved watching the respect the guys gave DM in the locker room post game.
I actually saw it called this year. If it wasn’t in an Illini game it was likely in an Oregon St game.Fair enough
Btw, does anyone remember 3 second violations?
Did that get expunged from the NCAA rulebook?
Obviously Ayo played a great game, but what I thought was really impressive was he led the team in minutes played. Coming back from injury he plays 37 minutes.
This crow tastes great. I said pregame Damonte was too small to guard Stevens....boy did he prove me wrong. Big time defense from him! He should share the game ball with Ayo.
blackdog
- Champaign
Big thing that stood out to me on the broadcast was the difference in coaching. Chambers spent a lot of time pumping his guys up and preaching effort/teamwork/communication. Underwood was all Xs and Os with the players themselves providing all the pumping up and a lot of other good communication. Really loved seeing how connected the guys are. That's special, that's culture, and that's exactly what builds to long term success.
It was called against us at Iowa I believe.
One of the best things about this team is that although they are good many of them have lots of room for growth even this year.
Kofi, Alan, Tevian, and Trent GB and DW can all play better. DW looks more explosive on D and rebounding each week. Ayo can still get better although his “clutch ness” is already top class.
I have to agree. It seems to me Coach and the assistants have no plan for substituting. And losing track of what segment they are in during game. Kofi was dying towards end of the game. And Ayo playing that much had me cringing on several occasions. I get that you need the best on the floor, but they can't play 40 minutes. Overall impressed with his coaching during timeouts, the assistants impute, and especially Coach only getting on referees when he needed. Quite a few Big10 coaches embarrass themselves with their whining.
AG had a couple of steals and beat PSU to a number of loose balls. He also had 4 rebounds in the 1st half as well as leading the team in scoring. He was the only guy hitting 3's also. If you had said the BU might have forgotten about him, that is much more acceptable that your reply.
If we want inspirational we can get Mr. ladder back. Underwood actually talked about plays and what to fix. I loved the analysis, made me respect what Underwood is doing, and what mistakes are actually on the players and not on him.
Only 19 seconds left on the shot clock for us.
I stand corrected. Still not used to 20 sec. reset shot clock. Call me old.
If Doctors were fine with Ayo's knee, let him play all game. Kofi needs to be at 30 max though. Carrying 130 extra pounds requires a little time off.
Much needed win for both our confidence and NCAA aspirations. Let's keep it rolling to a tourney berth!
He needs to keep coming in at the 5 for Kofi. House money he's been practicing away from basket at 4 since July. He's to good under the basket to keep missing. My hope is come Big10 tourney his hook shots start dropping like melted butter. like all of last season. He'll be fine, just needs to keep at it. Boy has never been able to guard in the post though, dating back to last season. He need to be taught, put your chest into the opposing center.
TMC999
- Not Iowa
I thought for sure he'd need a couple of games to trust his legs... boy was I wrong. #assassin
We were up 8 and PSU made their run with Kipper and Griffin in the game. I think at that point he decided on the 5 who were going to play the rest of the game. Just because he played 17 minutes doesn't mean he didn't have a good game. He did his job well. BU is not going to take out Feliz, Trent, or Ayo in the last 7 min. Would you?
Don't really care what you think is acceptable. Everything you said about Griffin's 1st half is accurate. And of course Underwood didn't forget about him. He was more confident with the defenders he had playing the 2nd half. Another poster alluded to Kofi being tired at end of game. Underwood, decided keeping Kofi in tired or not was going to work out on D and the boards than subbing, GB.
My favorite stat of the night- 10 3 pt fg attempts. We did what we do best ....take it to the basket or give it to Ayo and let him work. DMW with a gutty effort against Stevens. I thought we had no matchup for him and I was wrong. Dre is just a warrior. Great win and couldn’t be prouder of this group.
Not really fair to compare Chambers to Groce, Chambers has done a really good job at PSU, not an easy place to coach. I absolutely loved being able to listen to both of them tonight, wish it was like this every night.