Curbelo kind of hurt us down the stretch.
Illinois 74, Iowa 72 Big Ten Championship Postgame
That's a fantastic point...I hope the voters realize that.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
We absolutely needed him in that game, and also probably would have won more comfortably if he'd fouled out a couple minutes earlier.
I agree. Said it at halftime, said it at the end.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
The culture they've helped provide this program is gonna last a long, long time. We owe them both so much for buying in and sticking it out.
Not according to the Iowa boards. Sweet!
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
No; this is accurate. Late this afternoon Kevin Warren belatedly assigned them a loss to Michigan via an unplayed game from Jan/Feb 2021 when the Michigan team had *cough* *cough* COVID.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Lol on balance there were a ton of insanely bad calls that went our way.
The no-call on Kofi when he fell into Murray out beyond the three point line was one of the worst missed calls of the year.
They got a couple make-ups in there though in the end. Not a well called game at all, IMO.
Agree here. I am super critical as most know but I would take that game by the officials in every game.
Plus I'm not sure we've played a game with everyone healthy. Belo (obviously), Kofi, Trent, RJ, Grandison have all missed time with injuries. And I'm sure I'm missing someone on that list.
Offensively he did hurt us on some key possessions. Some bad turnovers and some bad shooting decisions. That said, his defense was actually really good most of the night. Plummer was getting beyond torched out there, and Curbelo really was a big reason why Iowa's shooting started going in the tank in the 2nd half. He played far from a complete game, but he was really working hard on the defensive end of the floor and it was that side of the floor that ended up winning the game for us. He needs to be better and smarter on the floor, especially with the ball, but we desperately needed that defense out of him more than anything tonight
Here's how the finish sounded on the Illini radio network:
Wait, you’re the reason he was suspended?
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Every game is FINE in my opinion, but I agree with you.
I noticed the refs a bit tonight but I thought they were calling a fair and liberal game. Touch fouls were generally ignored.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Gets thrown down and still contests. What an Illini
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Underwood absolutely deserves B1G coach of the year.
- In the off-season, he lost all 3 assistants
- In the off-season, he lost his All American, his star freshman, and his back up center
- He dealt with more injuries than any team in college basketball
- He won the B1G. Tying Wisconsin for the title (with us owning the tie breaker) with us playing a more difficult B1G season than Wisconsin.
More adversity than any other coach in college basketball. B1G Champs.
Let’s go
- In the off-season, he lost all 3 assistants
- In the off-season, he lost his All American, his star freshman, and his back up center
- He dealt with more injuries than any team in college basketball
- He won the B1G. Tying Wisconsin for the title (with us owning the tie breaker) with us playing a more difficult B1G season than Wisconsin.
More adversity than any other coach in college basketball. B1G Champs.
Let’s go
I agree with you, but Wisconsin was picked to finish 10th I believe? Hard to overcome….
2 years ago we beat Iowa last second to get top 4 today we beat Iowa in the last second to win the big ten