Illinois 87, Nebraska 84 OT Postgame
madillini4
Ozamataz Buckshank
- Millywaukee
Brads brand new hair dye is already starting to go gray lol.
That was the gutsiest, least gutsiest win I’ve ever seen. Wow did we deserve to lose. But alas another big W. Ty is the heart and soul of this team.
I can’t emphasize enough that Brad has got to figure out a few sure fire play calls because I don’t think any of us have any faith in a good play being drawn up when we need it most.
I can’t emphasize enough that Brad has got to figure out a few sure fire play calls because I don’t think any of us have any faith in a good play being drawn up when we need it most.
One positive of this win is that we now have a 2 game lead on Michigan State (NW and Sparty currently tied for 4th) for a potential double bye in the BTT.
I counted 4 "ELITES" in Brad's BTN post game interview
As previously mentioned, all wins are good wins.
Gotta control what you can control.
Gotta control what you can control.
Nebraska could not have played more perfect game and we could have not pissed it away anymore. What happened to our shooting. We're missing wide open knock down looks. If we hit even a third of the misses that we're great looks we win by 12 in regulation.
I concur
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Positives.
1. Krush and the crowd were the best they’ve been all year over the course of a whole game.
2. It’ll count as a win. We survived.
Negatives.
1. We just stared down what it will look like in the First or Second Round if we are not sharp … we might survive like tonight, we might not. I don’t want to play with our luck.
2. I should not feel SO nervous when we’re inbounding the ball. Sorry, but an otherwise excellent staff and team just turns it into amateur hour for this one phase of the game??
Obviously more negatives than that, but no need to pile it on after a W. We need to clean things up massively to have a shot in East Lansing.
1. Krush and the crowd were the best they’ve been all year over the course of a whole game.
2. It’ll count as a win. We survived.
Negatives.
1. We just stared down what it will look like in the First or Second Round if we are not sharp … we might survive like tonight, we might not. I don’t want to play with our luck.
2. I should not feel SO nervous when we’re inbounding the ball. Sorry, but an otherwise excellent staff and team just turns it into amateur hour for this one phase of the game??
Obviously more negatives than that, but no need to pile it on after a W. We need to clean things up massively to have a shot in East Lansing.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Pregame: Illinois vs Nebraska, Sunday, February 4th, 5:30pm CT, BTN
Is there any chance we go to more of a fly around to try overwhelm turn you over D? Like we did when Brad first got here.
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Did he take over the defense like halfway through this season? We started the year with such a good defense, even against good opponents
TSJ not using his head at all tonight. Take the wide open dunk if you have it. We tried to give it away tonight. Lucky we pulled it out.
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
Tominaga joins the "Duany Duany" club of marginal to reasonably good players who suddenly look like Steph Curry as soon as they play Illinois.
Yeah not understanding that either. I understand killing off a few seconds but that would have put them up 5 with 5 seconds left.
Luckily that Tominaga desperation heave wouldn't have counted even if it went in.
Tough loss for Neb.
Hoiberg kinda always has that worried look. Good coach I think.
Hoiberg kinda always has that worried look. Good coach I think.
I’m not gonna say we did not deserve to win that game, but I’m not gonna say we did NOT not deserve to win it, either. 
Deserved an L tonight. Terrible game plan, terrible D, terrible shot selection, terrible out of bounds plays, terrible overall execution down the stretch. I can't figure it out. We dominated this team when we pounded it down low, yet we shot 34 three pointers. Ridiculous. Better figure things out quick because March is right around the corner. Never felt this bad about a win, and I've watched a LOT of games over the years. I don't know what we work on in practice, I really don't. We rebound really well, but that's about it right now.
Not laying the hammer very well
Ty Rodgers is a monster.
Coleman Hawkins was pretty damn good again.
That’s about it.
Coleman Hawkins was pretty damn good again.
That’s about it.
But getting closer and closer. ILL