Their guards got in done during "crunch time", for the second game in a row, ours did not.
Pretty disheartening.
Pretty disheartening.
"Illini led by 11 at the 12:30 mark... Went 2-of-14 from the field the rest of the way." - @DPiper247Congrats to the refs for deciding the game. You don't freakin' make that call when you just jobbed Giorgi a few minutes earlier on a jump ball. Complete BS!
Kofi comes in, refs would have taken him right back out.Refs were terrible, but Underwood was worse. No Kofi in the end, time out in between free throws so Cowan can just miss it and win. Worst coached end to a game that I can remember at Illinois in 30 years.
Agreed, bad decision not to play him in critical minutes. He would have made key rebounds on both ends."Kofi played 0 seconds the last 6 mins of the close Miami game, and he played 0 seconds in the last 5 mins of tonight’s Maryland game." - @TVallese
This is inexcusable.
I agree. How do you not call a Timeout there???? InexcusableFreaking refs gave the game away. Unbelievable. But we seriously needed a timeout that last possession not one on one
We were never in the tournament.We are just going to Illinois our way out of the tournament, aren't we?
You don't think the game changed when Kofi and Giorgi were racking up fouls. What was that 3 fouls on Kofi in 30 seconds? Yeah, that's the refs dude."Illini led by 11 at the 12:30 mark... Went 2-of-14 from the field the rest of the way." - @DPiper247
That's not on the refs, dude.
So, we should go ahead an forfeit games to top-10 teams?Relax people. We were playing the #3 team on the road. This wasn't a game we were expected to win; in fact we exceeded the expectations going into the game. That being said...TERRIBLE last minute. That timeout call was inexcusable. Not giving up on the season though. Michigan game will be very important.
This. All there is to it.Their guards got in done during "crunch time", for the second game in a row, ours did not.
Pretty disheartening.