Loyalillini10
- Urbana, IL
I agree. I thought Ayo seemed under the weather. He was wide open for that 3. Instead, he chose to make a bad pass. Seems weird.
Illinois 66, Purdue 58 Postgame
Rick Barry shot 90% from the line that way. I remember watching him against the Bulls in Chicago Stadium - that guy was smooooth.At this point....is it a hot take to suggest granny style FT's??
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
Burritos as big as your head. It hurt a little bit reading that they weren't on campus anymore.
Go Nats 88 Illini
Fairfax, VA
Illin did play good D overall. Purdue missed a couple open shots, but very few shots were uncontested.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Came here to say this. Shoot FTs semi-competently, and we win without a sweat and probably even avoid one of those runs. However, I’ll take the win happily! Three straight, and absolutely zero reason this team can’t win every game going into the Iowa game. Optimist? Of course. But not out of possibility!
On to a very good NU team that will be more than ready for us.
All the, "Start Curbelo" people are gonna say they know better than him even after seeing this:
Curbelo statement on coming off the bench
Curbelo statement on coming off the bench
If you subtract Kofi’s 0/6 we were still lousy. It’s good that Giorgi didn’t have any but maybe tonite he would have raised the average by going 50%.
You know if DMW and Trent come back next year we could be very good. Covid will help Hamlin a ton as he will only be a Soph and I like Hawkins a lot.
you would have:
Trent
DMW
Miller
Curbello
GB
Hawkins
Hamlin
(And maybe something out of one of the transfers, BBV or even Goode)
I would not think Trent or DMW will be major overseas targets, so how knows maybe they will?
you would have:
Trent
DMW
Miller
Curbello
GB
Hawkins
Hamlin
(And maybe something out of one of the transfers, BBV or even Goode)
I would not think Trent or DMW will be major overseas targets, so how knows maybe they will?
I wonder how rare it to have a better percentage from the floor than the free throw line.
I 
our freshman. I 
our FT shooting.
our freshman. I our FT shooting.Our guards go to point of attack, before our bigs are set. Happened repeatedly tonight. I do not get it. It's on tape and I'm sure the coaches are harping on it. Wait for it, wait for it! Go.
Mental. Gotta be in his head at this point. If it continues Underwood will need to decide whether it’s worth it to have him in during a close game. I think the best strategy is Kofi plays most of each half till the team gets in the bonus, then you think about pulling him and playing Giorgi at the 5 so teams can’t hack him on the 1-1
Quick hits:
1) free throws are going to kill us. We already lost mizz because of it, why can't we get that % up?! What is going on...is it a case of the yips?!
2) Hawkins, loved his energy and toughness. He made some key plays and is developing nicely. As a Jr/Sr he will be an impact player. Likely 2 or 3rd team all B1G
3) where is Ayo? I know he isn't one to force action, but there were times we needed him to step up and he didn't...I'm thinking about that terrible turnover he had in the second half where he went up and had a clean shot, but decided to pass instead. He is our leader and sometimes initiating action is needed. I get taking what the defense gives you, but come on, sub-20 points is not what we need from him.
4) thought our rebounding was better, more bodies and toughness around the rim
Overall, a win, but I wouldn't say it was a good win. Should've won by more and had more control of the entire game, not just parts of the game. We play like this against top 5 team, we will lose.
1) free throws are going to kill us. We already lost mizz because of it, why can't we get that % up?! What is going on...is it a case of the yips?!
2) Hawkins, loved his energy and toughness. He made some key plays and is developing nicely. As a Jr/Sr he will be an impact player. Likely 2 or 3rd team all B1G
3) where is Ayo? I know he isn't one to force action, but there were times we needed him to step up and he didn't...I'm thinking about that terrible turnover he had in the second half where he went up and had a clean shot, but decided to pass instead. He is our leader and sometimes initiating action is needed. I get taking what the defense gives you, but come on, sub-20 points is not what we need from him.
4) thought our rebounding was better, more bodies and toughness around the rim
Overall, a win, but I wouldn't say it was a good win. Should've won by more and had more control of the entire game, not just parts of the game. We play like this against top 5 team, we will lose.
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Unfortunately, albeit with far fewer attempts, Giorgi has a worse % than Kofi.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
What a weird game. I wonder how many times it’s happened that a team gives up the first 16 points of the 2nd half and still wins? Nice to win a game where Ayo is basically a non-factor offenseively.
I mentioned it earlier, I sure hope they come back. 1.Our recruiting class for 2021 is horrible, thus far, Leadership, and heck skill. Would love it!!
Burritos as big as your head!
He’s smart enough to not create controversy within the team and say he needs to start. That’s all that PC answer was.
His real thoughts are probably the same as every other player on the team “I want to play 40 min a game”.
It was a silly question from Werner. He was fishing for something controversial and Curbelo didn’t take the bait.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
I don't know what to do with this comment. The best guard in the country scores 30+ three straight B1G games, then goes for a "measly" 12/5/3.....and gets called out? For scoring less than 20?
It seemed we forgot that games are 40 minutes and we got caught looking ahead to NW at halftime. Can't do that in this league.
Giorgi is shooting FTs at 42% on the year.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
He's a freshman coming off the bench to spark his team and play 20+ minutes per game!! He's absolutely not starting over Trent, DMFW, or Ayo and suggesting it is worse than last years "start Alan Griffin over DMFW" hot takes. Curbelo starting doesn't solve any of our current issues....effort, turnovers, and FT shooting.
Enjoy his freshman electricity off the bench and imagine him with 20 more lbs. and sleep tight!!
Enjoy his freshman electricity off the bench and imagine him with 20 more lbs. and sleep tight!!
Giorgi is 5/12.
Kofi is 38/70.
I’ll take my chances with Giorgi. Mainly because teams won’t be intentionally hacking him with that small of sample size. I doubt they would at least.
Whereas Kofi is just about 50% now with a ton of attempts, so I could def see teams start to intentionally foul him when it’s the 1-1 or even double bonus