Satisfied that we made them sweat, but sure would have liked the W. Get them in the BTT.
That inbounds pass was bad. No other way to call it. Other things didn’t go well but that pass was just plain bad effort. Ayo just didn’t have it. He needed to work harder at the other little things.The loss lies at the feet of the Illini. There were at least 5 empty possessions in the last 4 minutes on just sloppy passing . The officiating wasn’t perfect , but it was as good as you expect on the road. Again, Illinois has no one to blame but themselves.
7 for 25 from Trent and Ayo is the story of the game. Not the refs.The refs didn't decide the game...but it never ceases to amaze me the kind of calls they get at home. Giorgi should've had an and-1, instead they called it on the floor. Iverson was falling out of bounds and they gave him a timeout. 2 blatant missed calls right in front of the refs face.
They had FOUR freshman and a sophomore on the floor at the SAME TIME at one point during the game. Lighten up!I didn't love anything about the game. FIFTEEN in a row gentlemen. It's embarrassing. We don't expect enough.
I’m with you, I’m not mad or embarrassed. We are gonna learn a ton from this. We played very hard, the defense was strong and consistent but made a few mistakes that can be corrected. I bet when the guys watch the game video, they’ll see how close they were to taking this game. It’ll pay dividends in experienceI'm not embarrassed or mad. We're not at the level that wins in the Kohl center with our best three playing "meh" games.
I hope we get to play WI in the BTT