Going forward, with Andre quickly getting back in the flow of the game and distributing the ball while breaking down defenses, and BBV coming off the bench with hustle and toughness to spell Kofi, we will continue to make strides, hopefully win the conference, and be extremely dangerous in March. Right now, the Illini and Purdue are the best teams in the Big Ten, with MSU, Wisky, and OSU right behind. Brad and staff have instilled toughness and fight in these young men, who are living up to the name Fighting Illini. Makes long time fans proud.
Kofi was outmatched today. He did pick up a ticky tack foul, no doubt. That said, he was dominated by Edey from minute one. They were better with Kofi off the floor, especially vs Edey.Right, so no Kofi for 10+ minutes, and the foul disparity is a small impact. Gotcha.
I’ll take a 22 ppg 12 reb/g liability every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Are you kidding me with that take?It's way too easy to blame the refs. While some very big calls went against Illinois, there are still a LOT of things that occurred that really determined the outcome, some of which we don't want to hear.
Up 24-20, Purdue missed a shot, Illinois couldn't secure the rebound(again) and it led to the uncontested three.
That was immediately followed by the Payne flagrant.
Which was the start to a 17-0 run. That should NEVER happen in a game. A 7 minute scoring drought should never, ever happen.
Kofi(sigh). I love the guy. However, he can't play with bigs of his size, bigs who are long and athletic or bigs that can stretch the floor. He's a liability. He's dominant against smaller players who can't physically match up with him. There is no NBA future for Kofi, which is why he isn't high on many(if any) draft boards. They try force feeding him and it's an automatic turnover or a bad shot, which serves as a turnover. All of that is ok, provided they adjust their game plan accordingly. I have a total mancrush on BU too, but he does not have "the best big man in the country."
Plummer has to be more aware defensively.
The good news is that with Curbelo back, this team is not so one dimensional. Their reliance on three's is reduced by his ability to drive, get to the rack and finish. They don't have another guy on the roster who can do that.
There's a LOT of good that can be taken from this game. Nothing good comes from blaming the referees. If Illinois is better at the end of the first half, they win comfortably, regardless of calls.
Although on the loose ball where he dove and knocked Frazier out of the way…. Was surprised there wasn’t a whistle. It was a high leverage desperate situation and usually a ref will punish someone for going out of control.Edey doesn’t need to foul and he knows it
Yeah, I'm not sure what BU was thinking there except maybe he had decided to sit Payne for the rest of the game.Agreed Kofi was very frustrated by the calls and plays. He definitely needed to be taken out after the 3rd early in the 2nd half
Not even going to respond. It's 100 times worse than "the refs" take.I’ll take a 22 ppg 12 reb/g liability every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Are you kidding me with that take?
Liability?It's way too easy to blame the refs. While some very big calls went against Illinois, there are still a LOT of things that occurred that really determined the outcome, some of which we don't want to hear.
Up 24-20, Purdue missed a shot, Illinois couldn't secure the rebound(again) and it led to the uncontested three.
That was immediately followed by the Payne flagrant.
Which was the start to a 17-0 run. That should NEVER happen in a game. A 7 minute scoring drought should never, ever happen.
Kofi(sigh). I love the guy. However, he can't play with bigs of his size, bigs who are long and athletic or bigs that can stretch the floor. He's a liability. He's dominant against smaller players who can't physically match up with him. There is no NBA future for Kofi, which is why he isn't high on many(if any) draft boards. They try force feeding him and it's an automatic turnover or a bad shot, which serves as a turnover. All of that is ok, provided they adjust their game plan accordingly. I have a total mancrush on BU too, but he does not have "the best big man in the country."
Plummer has to be more aware defensively.
The good news is that with Curbelo back, this team is not so one dimensional. Their reliance on three's is reduced by his ability to drive, get to the rack and finish. They don't have another guy on the roster who can do that.
There's a LOT of good that can be taken from this game. Nothing good comes from blaming the referees. If Illinois is better at the end of the first half, they win comfortably, regardless of calls.
So in the midst of that run, where Purdue made one shot (a 3 pointer) in about 3 minutes of play, their centers were blowing by Payne? And doing what, missing open layup after open layup? Geez, guess I missed thatNot really, PU's centers were flying by Payne like he wasn't there.
Ok, now he's played two games vs NBA caliber big guys. Arizona(5 of 15) and Purdue(3 of 9). Not great. He's not averaging 22 and 12 in those games.I’ll take a 22 ppg 12 reb/g liability every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Are you kidding me with that take?
I don’t know what your definition of ‘averaging out’ the calls is, but 22-14 foul & 32-15 FT discrepancies is not mine.I actually did watch this at home and replayed multiple calls. The refs weren't perfect (shocker!), but it averaged out roughly in the end. They let some stupid !!!! go from our team too. If you've actually watched every game this year, there is no objective way you can say this was the worst ref'd game we had this year.
Seriously...you need to go back and watch last years PU games. Kofi was outmatched because he was punished for his physicality while Edey was rewarded for his, as was Williams. It was 3 on 1..with 2 of those having almost total control of how you play.Kofi was outmatched today. He did pick up a ticky tack foul, no doubt. That said, he was dominated by Edey from minute one. They were better with Kofi off the floor, especially vs Edey.
LOL good oneSo in the midst of that run, where Purdue made one shot (a 3 pointer) in about 3 minutes of play, their centers were blowing by Payne? And doing what, missing open layup after open layup? Geez, guess I missed that
I think he means, 22-14 favoring the Illinois opponent... that's about average for us. LOLI don’t know what your definition of ‘averaging out’ the calls is, but 22-14 foul & 32-15 FT discrepancies is not mine.
It’s true that they let both teams do some banging, but it’s all about having a consistently called game, which it wasn’t. Both teams were equally intense & aggressive; the foul calls should have been a bit more balanced for such a great contest.
He looked more comfortable today and played much more under control relative to early season. He had some amazing plays, as he usually does. What a game by BeloCurbelo - Zero Turnovers in 25 minutes on the floor. Scored 20 points while shooting over 50%. Led the team in Rebounds(!).
Curbelo skeptics and haters wanna comment?
Curbelo - Zero Turnovers in 25 minutes on the floor. Scored 20 points while shooting over 50%. Led the team in Rebounds(!).
Curbelo skeptics and haters wanna comment?