Illinois 71, Michigan State 68 Postgame
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Domask can hit the 3 and normally is an outside threat. He just looked off tonight
He couldn’t back down MSU guards and Izzo had their big trap every time.
Sissoko was brutal over Hawkins back. Even by MSU standards.
Yeah but Coleman has to sell that.
He is standing flat footed......he just needs to try and jump and its an over the back foul.
You take the wins however you can get them. But this was the first time I found myself really missing Shannon.
Purdue. Will. Not. Win. The. Big. Ten. Period.
Ty Rodgers is dunking on Edey in the rematch
Sigh.....
It was apparent
You missed your opportunity for a Pruman quote. 🫠
Game was won at the FT line by hitting 82%. Never did I ever think I could say that about this team. Good start, solid second half, but some poor decisions in the 2nd quarter lost the lead. Focus for 40 min. is so difficult but so necessary.
Sparty is a good team with lots of weapons and hard working defense. Trying to decipher so many head-shaking losses is fruitless. The return match in EL may also be fruitless if they continue to improve their scoring.
But overall, I tip my cap to these guys for improving their scoring abilities and including everyone as often as possible. Can't say enough good things about Ty's game tonight, If he can give 8-12 points every night and hit 75% from the FT line, it would be huge. His floor game and defense in so valuable.
And CoHawk showed high value on both ends, so sorely needed for the success of this team. His defensive help and rim protection is elite. He is getting better with his shooting fundamentals, but still needs more arc from the field and the line, but mighty close now.
Bottom line, Illini fans got a treat tonight with a hard fought victory, and a typical battle between two B1G teams loaded with warriors. Glad MD found his mojo after a slow start.
Congrats to all the coaches and players for pulling out the win when not at their best. Just hope they can get others contributing soon so the season is not as physically taxing as it looked tonight.
Sparty is a good team with lots of weapons and hard working defense. Trying to decipher so many head-shaking losses is fruitless. The return match in EL may also be fruitless if they continue to improve their scoring.
But overall, I tip my cap to these guys for improving their scoring abilities and including everyone as often as possible. Can't say enough good things about Ty's game tonight, If he can give 8-12 points every night and hit 75% from the FT line, it would be huge. His floor game and defense in so valuable.
And CoHawk showed high value on both ends, so sorely needed for the success of this team. His defensive help and rim protection is elite. He is getting better with his shooting fundamentals, but still needs more arc from the field and the line, but mighty close now.
Bottom line, Illini fans got a treat tonight with a hard fought victory, and a typical battle between two B1G teams loaded with warriors. Glad MD found his mojo after a slow start.
Congrats to all the coaches and players for pulling out the win when not at their best. Just hope they can get others contributing soon so the season is not as physically taxing as it looked tonight.
ginabackes00
CrazedUIFan
I meant because Ty isn’t an outside threat, it’s easier to double Domask when Ty is on the same side of the floor. Having Ty on the opposite side, allows Ty to cut and Domask more options with guys like Luke, Coleman, Quincy, and Justin as outside threats.
I was kinda thinking the same. I was thinking how we could really use him in this game but the team grinded it out. If TSJ were to come back at some point, this part of the season is going to make the Illini a legitimate Final Four contender. But, even without him, this team is so connected that they easily look like a 2nd weekend team compared to some of these pretenders
While we might think of Luke in these terms, his line is 4 pts, 6 rebounds (including some critical ones), 1 assist and 1 steel. Maybe that doesn't fulfill your vision, but it did in an Illini win.
But can we breathe?
We can breath now
Paging Mr. Hingle. Can we please rein it in regarding the #1 culture guy this program has had in quite some time. Nothing we’ve had this season happens without players like Goode. Thanks, cya in the next game thread.
Hearing about guys being sick, got to give credit to them for gutting this one out. Also credit to the staff this year. Much better play out of TO's several times tonight. They have been pulling all the right strings this year. Gotta maintain the intensity and not let a team like Maryland come in and steal one. Big opportunity to move up near the top 5 this week. Lets GO!!!!!!
GrayGhost77
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Down to 10 on KenPom but should move up slightly on Torvik since MSU was actually ranked higher than us somehow.
Yep, with no foul, still thought it was going in at first.
It woulda really sucked if we went to overtime because of a missed Goode front end.
That’s verrrruyyyy interesting.
Yes, Goode fulfilled his role tonight and with emphasis on rebounding. Goode is doing a serviceable job as the fill-in starter. I do like the scoring punch we get off the bench with Harmon. This is working for Illinois right now so stick with this rotation
Hope the ACL surgery went well, Bryce!
Loving Izzo all game long! Makes me sick. I needed some Brian Barnhart/Deon Thomas in a bad way.
ginabackes00
CrazedUIFan
I think it shows the high basketball IQ and unselfishness of the team.
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