It has. The problem is that they are SO reliant on it, that it's really the difference between winning and losing. Their guards are so undersized that they can't finish at the rim(shot generally gets blocked or it's a contested miss). Hoping for the best for the rest of this game.
Game Thread: Illinois at Michigan State
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Just started watching.... Good Lord refs. Missing hammers and calling touch fouls?
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
If I were the opposing coach, I wouldn’t have anyone guarding that shot. It’s a numbers thing.
He does have good form, though - baffling…
Zorak
- Naperville
If this game were close I think you'd see a lot more in this thread about how bad the officials have been.
The stripes are making this game unwatchable on both sides. These are the kind of games that reverse condition a team for March.
If you just started watching, it means you missed the first half. Illinois has been the beneficiary of some "interesting" calls.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
5 fouls in the last 3 minutes. Izzo can eat a bag
I think I'd pay an extra $19.99 a month if they could broadcast a game without ever showing Tom Izzo
Ignatius Shang
5th year PhD, school of Information Sciences
- Champaign, IL
Just wondering whether it is a common practice to give up playing when one of the opponent is down for college basketball? I can recall many such scenes in professional soccer but not sure about college basketball.
Izzo challenging McCaffrey for whiner of the year?
Outside of Grandison we're shooting awful. Someone else needs to get going too.
Only in the BIG can you expect both teams to go home feeling completely jobbed by the refs
madillini4
Ozamataz Buckshank
- Millywaukee
swallow the whistle my god
It's not giving up, it's lack of shot making. Like someone said above, if ANYONE could get going(outside of Grandison), this would be over.
Plummer us getting beat on D n off a bitm I wish RJ would go in his spot
Minus Grandy the team now a collective 0-13 from three.
Whistles galore. Keeping MSU in it.
These refs just suck all around, every game. Usually for both teams. Never changes.
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