illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
I can’t get over that lazy a$$ start. It’s truly disgusting.
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Hope Mayer is ok and Harris .
Pretty tough hombres
Look I get the horrible first half and I’m DAMN PROUD of these guys…
BUT CAN WE HAVE 1 F****** GAME WHERE A REF DOESNT SWALLOW THEIR WHISTLE!!!!
SHANNON GOT FOULED! NO FLAGRANT ON EDEY!
F*** THE BIG TEN
WILL BE SO HAPPY WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH THE BIG TEN TOURNEY
BUT CAN WE HAVE 1 F****** GAME WHERE A REF DOESNT SWALLOW THEIR WHISTLE!!!!
SHANNON GOT FOULED! NO FLAGRANT ON EDEY!
F*** THE BIG TEN
WILL BE SO HAPPY WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH THE BIG TEN TOURNEY
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
Ok, we have their number, we just showed everyone how to beat PU. If I am an Illini player or coach, I would want another shot at them so badly. Put us in their bracket, please.
I don’t think PU wants to see us again.
I don’t think PU wants to see us again.
NASchamp
- Atlanta
In the slow-mo it looked so bad. He jumped and then all 7’4” plus a major push came down on MM. Pretty dirty play by Edey.
Retro62
- North Bethesda, Maryland
It wasn’t that he fell on him, it’s that as he was falling he put both hands on Mayer and shoved him forcefully into the floor
sacraig
- The desert
He literally won a national championship.
Two hands to the chest.
frozenrope9190
- Aurora, IL
Let's win the 8/9 game on Thursday and play those clowns again Friday afternoon. We'll beat them at the UC.
I'm curious to know the +- for Dainja. I'm concerned I see a correlation with these early deficits and his mishaps.
Great comeback but bad decision making and shot selection in final stretch. Off balance threes were not what we needed when it was still 1-2 possession game with clock remaining. Shannon was fouled and Zach Edey should have received a technical - he pushed Mayer to the ground.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
What makes me feel better about this is the fact that he's a redshirt freshman. There's time to clean it up
turnaround3
- 1st & Daniel
Literally won a national championship.
And he 2 hand shoved him to the ground.
Tough loss. Harris and Goode played well off the bench. That is encouraging going forward.
In a supporting role. That's not the role he is playing on this team.
Did you watch that first half? We played great for 20 minutes. The first 20 was our worst effort since Missouri. This focus on the last two minutes needs the be erased. We created a situation that we literally needed a miracle. Then, when a miracle doesn't happen we're going to focus on individual guys? This TEAM got down 24, this TEAM erased 24....then fell short. After what I saw in the first half, I'm damn proud of our guys for not mailing it in.
We screwed up in the first, obviously. But my lands, what a flagrant. And those can change momentum in a game (as we well know).Refs weren’t the issue. All in all a very good game, ESPECIALLY for Big10 refs!
PizzaHutParkingLot
- McPherson, KS
The optimist in me wants to believe we take our lessons from all the close road losses this year and go on a heater the rest of the month
sacraig
- The desert
He was faked out and couldn't really do anything on the way down aslt that point. It started with him making a basketball play. It was a hard foul. It didn't need to be flagrant.
I'm proud of the response and character this team showed after such a dismal effort, and lack of focus, in the first half of this game. I'm glad that they fought and didn't fold! This gives the team something to grow off of, and learn from. Kudos to Coach Brad Underwood for the awesome coaching to get this team back in the game, and give us a chance to win. Ultimately, bad decisions cost us in the end and hopefully that will be learned from so that it doesn't cost us in the tourney. This was a tough loss to endure but I feel hopeful that this group of young men will put it together and get hyper focused knowing that now it's win or go home! Get rested up as much as possible and get ready to go all out for March madness and conference tourney.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
Edey's a junior this year. What do we think: does he stay or is he cutting out to try to make more money? Feels like a Kofi situation where he could make bank as a senior, but I'm not sure he'll develop more than he has
Flagrant. It was intentional.
Volatile...
I hate and love this team...Mayer and Shannon are either making tough shots or fumbling the ball out of bounds or airballing a bad 3 point attempt.
Mayer is so good at times, he is such a good ballhandler for his size...but his shot selection is nauseating. Shannon is the opposite, a terrible ballhandler who defers too much.
Dain was so bad for much of that game and his lackadaisical style is becoming a problem... we need him to be fully engaged.
I hate and love this team...Mayer and Shannon are either making tough shots or fumbling the ball out of bounds or airballing a bad 3 point attempt.
Mayer is so good at times, he is such a good ballhandler for his size...but his shot selection is nauseating. Shannon is the opposite, a terrible ballhandler who defers too much.
Dain was so bad for much of that game and his lackadaisical style is becoming a problem... we need him to be fully engaged.
illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
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Epps on track to be back Thursday?
Epps on track to be back Thursday?
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