Maryland 71, Illinois 66 Postgame

[ChiefGritty]

He impacts the game in a greater variety of ways than any of those guys.

I've been a Hawkins skeptic, and you're not at all wrong that he's frustrating, but man he's talented and is cutting down on the so-bad-you-have-to-bench-him stuff.

 

[Redbull]

Waiting for the Mayer we hoped for to show up. 2 points and 2 rebounds tonight. Not enough scoring help for a starter even with the foul trouble. Get well soon Luke!

Makes me miss DaMonte

 

[IlliniReb]

I assume Altgeld was at the game. Would love to hear his perspective on the crowd, game, etc

 

[ChiefGritty]

So does everyone else obviously..lol....Happy Holidays Brother.....

I guess I sorta realize what I'm actually saying is "my basketball team doesn't have Trent Frazier on it anymore"

 

[Shimmy24]

He impacts the game in a greater variety of ways than any of those guys.

I've been a Hawkins skeptic, and you're not at all wrong that he's frustrating, but man he's talented and is cutting down on the so-bad-you-have-to-bench-him stuff.

I can tell you as an opposing fan that he was very frustrating...for us. He did so much tonight, include some chirping which I'm sure will endear him to B1G fan bases

 

[CleverHandle1]

I think with 12 or 13 mins to go in 2nd half, Maryland was already in the bonus, just reminded me of Underwood's first two years here. Tough to overcome when down by 10. But, the Illini clawed back--give 'em credit. Can't be in those situations, though.

 

[Chad Fleck]

Rapheal Davis and Tre Demps have made Big Ten post/pre game shows hard to watch. They aren’t good.

They are a bit....stiff.

 

[sacraig]

Officiating was abysmal tonight. Guys battled through it. This is the type of game we will win in March.

We are a pretty good team now. I think we have the potential to be an absolute bulldozer by March.

 

[Combo]

It's a sort of boring, obvious thing to say, but we have a lot of trouble guarding really good scorers.

Really good scorers tend to be hard to guard.

 

[sacraig]

Coleman Hawkins is squarely in the "Illinois players that frustrate the hell out of me" camp along with all time facepalms like Kipper Nichols, Warren Carter, and Curbelo for me

Sure he has some frustrating moments, but Nichols? Yeesh. Hawkins is likely a first rounder for Pete's sake.

 

[alexander58]

Having Mayer and Epps in foul trouble really hurt our depth to be able to maybe wear them down

Sencire is maybe 75%. That doesn’t help either.

 

[Miles Leonard]

Coleman Hawkins is squarely in the "Illinois players that frustrate the hell out of me" camp along with all time facepalms like Kipper Nichols, Warren Carter, and Curbelo for me

What exactly was frustrating about Coleman Hawkins tonight?

 

[stlrunner]

Coleman Hawkins is squarely in the "Illinois players that frustrate the hell out of me" camp along with all time facepalms like Kipper Nichols, Warren Carter, and Curbelo for me

But…why?

 

[derrick6]

Officiating was abysmal tonight. Guys battled through it. This is the type of game we will win in March.

Just too eager to make the calls on the visitor…

 

[Dan]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1598897213647638528

 

[GForce]

Underwood with the backhanded compliment about their fans in the press conference, how in the past you could shoot a shotgun in their arena and not hit anyone, and that it's good to see the fans come out like it should be for a big ten game. (paraphrasing)

Also, he's a bit salty

 

[Govoner Vaugn Fan]

Only way Maryland won was with two high major senior transfers. Oh. Wait. Nevermind.

 

[WeWillWhen]

We’ll figure out how to execute in the last two minutes sooner or later.

 

[I-L-L-]

Coleman Hawkins is squarely in the "Illinois players that frustrate the hell out of me" camp along with all time facepalms like Kipper Nichols, Warren Carter, and Curbelo for me

The reach foul in the back court seemed big at the moment.

 

[The Sprouting Divot]

We are really on different wavelengths if the Maryland fans weren't your heroes of that era of ACC basketball.

Agreed.

They used to be more clever than just straight up crass like they were tonight, but that's more or less what the Maryland student section has always been like.

It's nothing personal against Hawkins. They'll hurl vulgarity and nonsense and at someone every game.

 

[Emerson Bigguns]

Too many bad stretches in the first half. Too many fouls and turnovers. I thought they played more inspired in the second half. Figured some things out defensively. Kept fighting. Just couldn’t get over the hump.
A lot to clean up. Should be a productive film session.
They’ll get better.

 

[Shimmy24]

Agreed.

They used to be more clever than just straight up crass like they were tonight, but that's more or less what the Maryland student section has always been like.

It's nothing personal against Hawkins. They'll hurl vulgarity and nonsense and at someone every game.

Crass-ness came with the cleverness, y'all just liked it more when it was against Duke and UNC! Not that I blame you. But ESPN literally wouldn't air a Duke @ MD game until JJ Reddick left because of how loud the "F u JJ" chants were.

Saw a comment in here earlier about "how dare students yell the F word at a player" like that doesn't happen at every single big-time college athletics event anywhere in the country.

 

[alexander58]

Coleman Hawkins is squarely in the "Illinois players that frustrate the hell out of me" camp along with all time facepalms like Kipper Nichols, Warren Carter, and Curbelo for me

In my memory, Illinois has never had player that can impact a game defensively (out on the court and defend the rim). He’s really getting good at the other end creating for others. I couldn’t be more impressed.

 

[Scoregasm]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1598897213647638528

Thought Epps forced things a bit tonight. That wide open 3 will fall next time.

 

[PrideOfJersey]

We are really on different wavelengths if the Maryland fans weren't your heroes of that era of ACC basketball.

i loved watching gary williams teams beat duke.... thats what he built them specifically to do.
my take on maryland fans is that they are passionate (checks mirror), and a direct response to the duke student shennanigans, if less... cerebral.

nothing better than maryland's win over duke, down 10 with 1min remaining. duke late game crumbling.... sweetness and light, ammaright