Underwood’s ideal situation was put the ball in Trent’s hands and let him be Trent. That’s how Illinois got back into the game. I don’t think he was mad with the play. Result notwithstanding.
Maybe this could be a 2019 tournament team after all (with consistent improvement)... goodnight everyone.
I'm not sure it's either. When we get a game like that from Trent, we can hang with pretty much anyone. Also, Tille is part of that #3.Gonzaga overrated or Illini underrated?
The only thing that got curbstomped is our expectations.
Great finish.
Agree ...but He is the reason it came down to the last 30 seconds. I love that kid!Trent ain't gonna be able to sleep tonight.
The game doesn't seem too fast for him. Ahead of Tev in that regard.Griffin comes up big out of no where! What a game.
We really gonna rip on the guy with 29 pts who is the sole reason we were even sniffing an upset in the first place?"All night" in this case means the last 8 minutes or so, because he was a non-factor for 3/4 of the game. Still, just because he is the hot hand doesn't mean it's a high percentage shot, and I'd be a little surprised if Underwood's ideal situation was a three shot from the Big Island.
We need someone to step up at 4
As the season progresses, it would be ideal if Griffin could improve to the point where he replaces AJ in the starting lineup.
Wish Jordan could of made a free throw or a three Down the stretch.
We are good. Just need to tighten up some stuff.
Watch the reply the entire team was setup inside to run that play. There was no inside shot comingI just don't think I agree with that. No coach draws up the play that results in a super deep three. It's much more likely one of those things where you try to set something up to get a good look inside, it doesn't work, and then you hope your playmaker can create an open shot elsewhere. Frazier did. It's just unfortunate that it was a wide open but still low-percentage look. Even hitting that at a 40% clip means you are losing more often than winning.
We really gonna rip on the guy with 29 pts who is the sole reason we were even sniffing an upset in the first place?
What better shot are you alluding to? Did we have open looks at the rim all night? An open three is wildly more efficient than say, a Giorgi post up. Did you want him to get the same look but for 2? I don't think you understand what high percentage means.We will just have to agree to disagree, then. It may have been all that was open, in which case you take it and hope you hit it, but you always want to try to get the highest percentage look possible.
We will just have to agree to disagree, then. It may have been all that was open, in which case you take it and hope you hit it, but you always want to try to get the highest percentage look possible.