Our freshmen guards played against two of the best point guards in the country. Clark and Campbell. They held their own this weekend.
Virginia 70, Illinois 61 Postgame
Not negative at all. Looks like a great twister partner to me anyway. All positive, in my view.WATCH THIS!!! I'M GONNA GO IN AND POST SOMETHING REALLY OBNOXIOUSLY NEGATIVE JUST TO GET A REACTION!
I agree that Vander Plas was the difference. His flop on his 3 point shot was the turning point. We went from up 58-56 to down a point, and never recovered. The replay seems to show pretty clearly that he was untouched and had free landing space.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Bigtex
- DFW
Who in the hell is Meyers? I am embarrassed that I don’t know this playerGot away from playing Harris. Our coach played their game Instead of playing ours. Hawkins and RJ need to grow up fast. Also on Meyers I’m embarrassed by that hook Meyers was trying to get.
He's Miles Leonard's brother
Kramerica Industries
- Greenville, SC
I was stunned by the lack of fouls called in the first half. Pretty sure neither team reached the bonus before half. But yeah, that changed in the 2nd half.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Just randomly go up and tell him his mustache looks stupid.
One thing I want to add (this is not directed to you Sky), as it is mentioned here often and also to me by my wife when I yell at the TV. These are just kids, and I want to remember that.
Two hours ago he was a flopping enemy and now he looks and sounds just like a happy kid talking to his folks about the game.
Don't know about that but I saw him at the Sahara In '64 and he brought the house down.
It was hard to get a good I-L-L going because that goofy DJ kept monopolizing every break in action. I sat near some Krush kids who tried but they were drowned out by him.Not sure anyone wants these updates any more (or ever did
Captain Bubbles
- Fairfield, IL
Virginia played solid defense, yet I think Illinois forced some tough/wild shots. Shot selection could have been better. My favorite Illinois offensive possession was toward the end when they moved the ball around the perimeter, and I think it was Epps who hit that three from the left wing. Free throws are the big story, and it is a reminder why free throws are important. Gotta take advantage of those freebies and that's what Virginia did.
I am impressed with this Illinois team. You can see how much they have grown since the Quincy exhibition. More great wins will come. Go Illini!
I am impressed with this Illinois team. You can see how much they have grown since the Quincy exhibition. More great wins will come. Go Illini!
Yep....we missed more shots...but that doesn't mean we can't rebound a few of those missed shots.....get just a few offensive rebounds for put backs or another offensive set means a chance for more points....maybe???
Thank you. I thought the officiating overall was fine. They let the teams play. Like you said, VA was the aggressor and thus got more calls. Their ability to orchestrate switches that left Illini in mismatches added to the foul disparity. It wasn’t a perfectly reffed game, but it wasn’t anywhere near terrible.
I thought the replay showed foul, but your vantage point live might have shown different. But it is is a play that with that amount of contact will be called a foul 90% of the time.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Lol it was definitely sarcasm! I have zero hatred towards any of them!
It’s a fair point. Just an observation.
Hopefully if we have to play them again in the Tourney we change that.
Go Illini!
Love them both. Super high on RJ especially. He just hasn’t found his way in the new system yet.
I openly admit that players like Coleman drive me nuts. Coleman does great on both ends at times and then goes through stretches of being a bonehead. He reminds me of how Brandon Paul could be the most unstoppable player at point and then in the next minute mistake after mistake.
The best part of all this is that I know this is all fixable with a little time. Can’t wait to see what this team evolves into
I’m so so excited about this years team!! Go Illini!
My main takeaway from the game is that this team at this time can’t win against good teams with Shannon having the type of game he had today. Not saying he has to have career game like he had against UCLA, but need a solid game from him (i.e., no 6 turnover games). As the season progresses, youngsters develop and team gets more experience playing together, we’ll be equipped to overcome a performance like this from Shannon. And, no, I’m not saying Shannon lost us the game. He just didn’t do enough for Illini to win it.
Saying ahead of time...fan of both but...Cohawk is in the middle of things and RJ who I am a fan of is not...I believe it will improve...
Offensive rebounds:
UVA: 9
UI: 11
Second chance points
UVA: 11
UI: 12
I’m actually surprised by that last one. The weird and annoying stat to me was that we only committed one more turnover than they did but they outscored us 19-9 there and 12-3 on fast breaks.
They got better looks and finished them or got to the line. There’s not much else to separate the two teams, regardless of how it felt while we were watching it.