To paraphrase Deron when the comparison between the 2005 and 1989 started before the final four...."lets not start this sh... again"
Illinois 75, Wisconsin 60 Postgame
Turnovers were the big negative, but hasn’t that been an issue all season...? I can’t think of a game where we played a better 40 minutes of basketball this year. Second half of Minnesota and second half of Northwestern the only ones that come to mind. Both 1st halves were not good. Sure, Wisconsin shot horribly, but we forced them into long 2s, and also forced more turnovers than they cough up on average. I think Kofi’s interior defense set the tone early, and other than Tyler Wahl in the first half and a few Reuvers floaters in the 2nd half, I can’t really remember an easy Wisconsin basket. Gotta give credit where it’s due despite the turnovers (a lot of which came from Curbelo who clearly just didn’t have it today).
Locked in on defense for 40 minutes. As long as they start there, the rest will take care of itself. The stars were stars on national television. They might have opened a few eyes today!
Glad he didn't get fired a few games back!
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
And we still won by 15. It's pretty nice to have that kind of buffer allowing for him to grow into the role.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Not to nitpick, but I noticed a weave at some point early in the second half. OP omitted that, too.Umm...you forgot "fire BU", "bench Trent", "start Curbelo and CoHawk", and "Bardo sucks".
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
We have a thread-winner.
To some degree I think our high number of turnovers are a product of our pace and our willingness to make risky passes in search of higher percentage shots. We could slow it down and forego some of those passes and we'd cut down on turnovers pretty effectively, all the while ruining our overall offensive efficiency.
iLL 89ers
- Dallas,TX , Born and raised in Alton,Illinois
Who would have thought...lose home games to Maryland and Ohio St. back to back , and win back to back home games against Iowa and Wisconsin(with Indiana sprinkled in there on the road).. moving forward maybe them losses are blessings in disguise that this team needed.
Deron williams went 0-7 against indiana, 2-7 agaist purdue, 1-7 against ohio state in 2004-2005 reg season
then 3-9 against fairleigh dickinson and 2-7 against louisville in the tourney
Just easy to forget those so many years later and even more easy to forget when you have 4 other upperclassmen nba prospects on the team to pick up your slack when youre off
all of our greats have had some rough outings id imagine if you looked back
At the end of the day, just fun that we have a guy we can have this convo about.
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altenberger22
- South Carolina
And Curbelo minutes........
Curbelo totaled 8 minutes today. Ayo ended up with 7 turnovers to "lead" the team, but everyone pitched in on the runover game today. Which is Wisconsin's defensive gameplan, since they couldn't compete on the rebounding end.
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I agree. I think my age makes it harder for me to accept but dang!!!! Ayo makes me so happy he chose the O&B!!! What a performance today.
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
RockyMtnIllini81
- Golden, Colorado
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It seems like Potter gets lost alot on D.
Great win.
This is so on the money. Curbello had a bad game against a bad match up for him. He is a fresh for gods sake. He will play in the tourney and he will turn some heads this year.
Thought Miller played great defense.
What a disgusting display. Ayo did not show up today. Could have had a quadruple double and only had a triple double. Completely unacceptable.
Plus he made half his threes offensively, which is all you can ask for on a night when the Ayo-Kofi combination was effectively unable to be stopped.