Undefeated without him!
Illinois 76, Michigan 53 Postgame
This was a national telecast, right?
BillyBob1
- Champaign
No, waved.
This was hyped as a game of the year. My friends that are only National fans were taking notice and texting me. This was huge.
9 out 10 seems pretty consistent to me. Consistently awesome.
Think ESPN is still nationally broadcast right?
They showed Chin and JH doing the fist bump at mid court...I think everyone else just a wave
Retro62
- North Bethesda, Maryland
THIS team may not have lost at all
Which pretty much explains why Trent seemingly never drove the ball to the rim....and all of a sudden...without Ayo....he did it in the last two games more than his combined efforts all season. This has been a huge and noticeable difference....and very successful and productive. Huge props to Trent Frazier for leading this team to a new level of play. n
I went during last half of second half. Mostly pissed at their team about getting steam rolled and having no heart. Not much complimentary about Illini, and some comments about Illini being smug pricks. But to be honest Illini players do yap a bit, and I can see other fans not enjoying that —especially when getting trounced.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
I hope you are right, everyone else deferring, doesn't help the team.
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You know what doesn't make sense even more? Houston is still ahead of us..
Feed them crow. It's curbelo's team starting next year.
I suppose that should count for 2 loses.
Have to admit that Walmart guy had a point. “The Zippo” DID score 4 more points than Kofi from the line. Really close to turning the tide in our 23 point win. Had to sweat that out for sure. Can look forward to that guy being a master pre-game analyst in the near future.
I say this with all seriousness: can someone in the state of Illinois please find a way to set aside 13 doses of vaccine for this team? Would be heartbreaking for the bug to spoil this run.
Sorry responding to my own post, but someone else wrote the follow-up article for wolverineswire - https://wolverineswire.usatoday.com...higan-basketball-vs-illinois-fighting-illini/. Guess Trent Knoop couldn't type with his foot in his mouth.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
That their team had an off night and their three best players shot 4-24. Which was, of course an act of God and had nothing to do with the Illini defense. Basically: "Every team plays some clunkers." Literally.
Denial without much exploration of vulnerabilities. Maybe that will come tomorrow after the shock wears off.
OTOH we might well see Michigan again a week from Sunday. It's reasonable to assume that they'll play a bit better.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
I would give up my spot in a minute. Unfortunately, my spot is sometime late Spring.
The game was over with this. I called it a dagger then. It was clearly their night at this point.
9 out of 10......pretty consistent.
This was the 5th game in 11 days for this team - and to have that much energy and focus is amazing, with no sign of tired legs at all. We went 4-1, with the only loss to the Pistons on the one night they decided to shoot. Unbelievable.