Illinois 74, Indiana 57 Postgame

[2qtslow]

Does anyone have a breakdown of Illinois scoring by quarter? It seems to me that we usually do OK in the first ten minutes; we often have a scoring drought in the second ten minutes; we start to build up steam at the beginning of the second half, but we then just take complete control in the final ten minutes.

Is this just recency bias on my part, or do we really do a lot better when the game is on the line?

 

[sacraig]

Going back to when Lou took over in the mid-'70s through '05, if Wikipedia is accurate (I know, bold talk there):

1983-84: 10-2 (finished 15-3)
1986-87: 9-3 (took it to 11-3)
1988-89: 9-3 (finished 14-4)
1992-93: 9-3 (took it to 10-3)
1997-98: 10-2 (finished 13-3)
2000-01: 10-2 (took it to 11-2; finished 13-3)
2003-04: 9-3 (finished 13-3)
2004-05: 12-0 (finished 15-1)

Those were some very good years.

 

[trtl]

Carl is living out my dream fantasy life right before my eyes

Mine would be the cheerleaders’ locker room, but to each his own.

 

[drsmitty74]

I take this as a huge compliment for TF from a Hoosier fan. By the way the fans are a tad bit frustrated. Nice to be on the other side of it these days.

'Live Game Thread: Indiana vs Illinois' https://indiana.forums.rivals.com/threads/live-game-thread-indiana-vs-illinois.218870/post-3384357

 

[Dan]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1490061538279006213

 

[Bucktown]

Literally last year. Remember Giorgi?

But I will say Payne is changing my opinion on him

Yeah, too bad Giorgi left before NIL$ was allowed. He’d have been an NIL machine, and we could use another inside offensive presence.

 

[mikeyo]

Does anyone have a breakdown of Illinois scoring by quarter? It seems to me that we usually do OK in the first ten minutes; we often have a scoring drought in the second ten minutes; we start to build up steam at the beginning of the second half, but we then just take complete control in the final ten minutes.

Is this just recency bias on my part, or do we really do a lot better when the game is on the line?

 

[trtl]

I take this as a huge compliment for TF from a Hoosier fan. By the way the fans are a tad bit frustrated. Nice to be on the other side of it these days.

'Live Game Thread: Indiana vs Illinois' https://indiana.forums.rivals.com/threads/live-game-thread-indiana-vs-illinois.218870/post-3384357

Wow! I thought we were argumentative? Thank you @Dan for working hard to keep our Board civil. On one page of their thread, they called each other “Karens” no less than 7 times (is it 2018 again ). WTH? I take a blood oath right now (without the blood, of course, cuz I’m soft) to never call any of you, my fellow Board members, a Karen.

 

[DeonThomas]

Well that was a fun game! Huge road win. Extremely well-played from start to finish.

As Brad continually says, "No two games are alike." He seems to feel them out each 1st half --- adjust after 20 min --- and then bury the opponent in the 2nd half.

Indiana plays really great DENY defense, reminiscent of Bobby Knight's old teams. Kudos to Woodson for that. We have so many weapons, though, and we're going 10 or 11 deep with Curbelo, Hawk, Goode, RJ, BBV and Payne. (Most teams can play only 7-8 guys.) And BB has shown the confidence to put Poz in there too when needed.

Bring on the Boilers!!!! This game is set up perfectly for us, and we'll probably be a 3-5 point underdog. I like it. Winner will probably finish 1st in the Big10 regular season.

 

[Longtimelurker]

And BU’s adjustments coming out of halftime have been consistently stellar.

I thought BU couldn’t make in game adjustments?

 

[KrushCow31]

After the four missed 3 pointers, I texted my mom and told her I can’t watch anymore and maybe they’ll play better without me. You’re welcome Illini brethren.

Cross posting for the karma and thumbs up. Respect

 

[altgeld88]

Those were some very good years.

I made a mistake and counted the 2OT Georgia Tech victory in January '89, so we only got to 8-4, not 9-3 in the Flying Illini year.

Yes, very good years. Props to Lou, Lon, Bill & Bruce.

1983-84: 10-2 (finished 15-3)
1986-87: 9-3 (took it to 11-3)
1992-93: 9-3 (took it to 10-3)
1997-98: 10-2 (finished 13-3)
2000-01: 10-2 (took it to 11-2; finished 13-3)
2003-04: 9-3 (finished 13-3)
2004-05: 12-0 (finished 15-1)

 

[purcy51]

The only thing that would make this better- if I still lived in Indiana and could go about the rest of my day running errands proudly displaying the Orange & Blue.

 

[DeonThomas]

I thought BU couldn’t make in game adjustments?

BU always makes half-time adjustments. However, I sometimes wish he'd do it at the 8 or 12 minute time-out of the first half. (Being nit-picky, I know.)

 

[InDaAZ]

The only thing that would make this better- if I still lived in Indiana and could go about the rest of my day running errands proudly displaying the Orange & Blue.

Same here, bruh.

 

[BRucks]

Indiana just seemed exhausted halfway thru the second half. I don't know whether it takes more out of the opposing team by guarding us, or the way we guard them. The Illini are in incredible shape, they still looked pretty fresh, even tho the starters played a lot of minutes. This team seems to have that "it", a kind of swagger that's not overt, but very confident. The Flyin Illini had it, the DWill team had it. Nothing seems to faze them.

Omar gave Kofi a couple nice breathers today. That is such a luxury. When is the last time we had a big man with Omar's talent to give our All American a blow.....either a really long time or never.

Jack Ingram?

 

[HensonHall71]

Bo Borowski pre game realizing he suited up in the wrong color stripes.

Yes- Borowski has been consistently horrible for us- I don’t know if you can look up calls by official but the eye test with a large sample size tells you he just sees the game against us- I don’t mind Brad stroking Bo a bit in the post game presser to maybe change the tide but he was awful again today

Just take the trip on Curbelo- it’s good he admitted he missed it but why turnaround and call a flagrant when you didn’t have to when you know you blew the trip call? It doesn’t make any sense- unless you want to screw Illinois every time you have their game which he appears to want to

If he has the Purdue game I’m going to lose it

 

[racinghoss]

Did BU really just say Bo was one of the best officials in the B1G?

Is he buttering Bo up for future calls???

 

[Jack's Raging Bile Duct]

Illini are 13-2 in last 15 ROAD GAMES......................................Just think about that for a minute .......................

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I'm thinking about it... Thinking about it A LOT.

.866 road winning percentage is f***ing insane!! 39-13 overall conference record since 2019 (.750 winning percentage)...

Stop what you're doing for a minute and just savor that aroma, folks

 

[Punesguy]

I take this as a huge compliment for TF from a Hoosier fan. By the way the fans are a tad bit frustrated. Nice to be on the other side of it these days.

'Live Game Thread: Indiana vs Illinois' https://indiana.forums.rivals.com/threads/live-game-thread-indiana-vs-illinois.218870/post-3384357

Nothing better than Road Kill involving one of our most hated rivals! I also enjoyed reading a few pages of their comments. While the Illini faithful can get a bit contentious with one another, IU's fans are in a tailspin and they are talking about the bubble.

No it’s not. Tons of bitchy Karen’s. Over emotional grown children. Cockburn is just better and so is Illinois. You think you don’t see other players not get called for travel and elbows? I’ll agree with us being spoilers. We are exactly where we were picked pre season. 5-7. We are who we are. Woodson threw everything he could at them. They are just better.

 

[Longtimelurker]

I take this as a huge compliment for TF from a Hoosier fan. By the way the fans are a tad bit frustrated. Nice to be on the other side of it these days.

'Live Game Thread: Indiana vs Illinois' https://indiana.forums.rivals.com/threads/live-game-thread-indiana-vs-illinois.218870/post-3384357

Thanks for posting. Spent some time on their page a few observations:

1. I noticed a few IL screen names on their board. Love that we are doing reconnaissance missions. Thank you FOTNM.
2. Other teams are noticing what we on this board are sometimes blind to…. Illinois basketball is really good.
3. They don’t have ANYONE like Pruman.

 

[IlliniBorn]

Ayo meant so much to this program, but I think you could say the same thing about Trent's time here. He's been a leader for sure.

Put his jersey in the rafters just for his toughness.

 

[Stevegarbs]

Those were some very good years.

Still have very found memories of my sophomore year and that 83-84 team.

 

[BRucks]

Hoosier Daddy TJD?

 

[Brosky]

Still have very found memories of my sophomore year and that 83-84 team.

Wasn't that the year we didn't have Harper because he left before his sr. season?