Retro62
- North Bethesda, Maryland
I'm assuming you mean they are being contrite about the missed call when Quincy got whacked across the face, right?Nebby fans are going through it on Twitter about the officiating.
Illinois 87, Nebraska 84 OT Postgame
Domask and TJ have to make those from the charity stripe. Could have been costly.
Yes, throw it down and call it a wrap.
I thought the refs carried us home for onceNebby fans are going through it on Twitter about the officiating.
Oh I agree. I just think it’s funny because Illini fans get a bad rap about complaining about officiating when every single fan base does the same.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
good post , mate........
This win is for my big brother (74) who I lost this morning to a heart attack, the guy who initiated my passion for all things Illini. He’s the reason I went to Illinois as he was a senior when I was a freshman. There ya go, Charlie! This one’s for you!
Yep, the refs always have 50% of the calls wrong and 50% of the calls.... dependent on time and score. Our group is on par with everyone else's.
Our players get thrown under the bus too. Goode couldn't hit the broad side of a barn last night, but a poster attributed it to a lack of effort. The comment waa "wake up!!!!'....as if the effort wasn't there to bury the shots.
theNewGuy
- Dallas, TX
Watching the highlights...
Nebraska shot a bunch of 3, and quite a few bad shots went in.
Harmon and Goode were 0/10 combined with a lot of good looks. They hit 4 of those and nebby misses a couple tough 3's and this is an 18 point game...
Sometimes it's just a bad luck night and we were still good enough to win. I'll take the W and move on
Nebraska shot a bunch of 3, and quite a few bad shots went in.
Harmon and Goode were 0/10 combined with a lot of good looks. They hit 4 of those and nebby misses a couple tough 3's and this is an 18 point game...
Sometimes it's just a bad luck night and we were still good enough to win. I'll take the W and move on
I don’t think anyone is saying “win and be happy about it.” I know when I said “I’ll take the win” my point was that I’d rather get a win with some teaching moments than a loss.
I think Nebraska is a pretty good team, will be a tournament team, and played really well. We definitely have some things to work on, but we played well enough to win on a poor shooting night. I didn’t expect this to be a blowout and don’t understand all the complaints on here (outside of this being a message board) about a win. Good teams learn how to win when they don’t have their best going. That’s what happened, and it’s an improvement from Maryland and NW.
While this "break" in the action, so to speak, basically two games in two weeks, is good for the team overall after a rigorous schedule up to now, I wonder if it is not so good for TSJ? The rest of the team is trying to mend their wounds and recharge but this just gives TSJ too much time to think about things. And, of course, not playing very many games during this stretch is probably not ideal for getting him back into the groove.
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That’s not true.
GrayGhost77 : I'm talking about the last 7 or 8 games before this one. We started off the year bad, then got much better for a while before this game. Color me not concerned.
Also, 72 percent isn't all that bad. It's about average. Illinois is smack dab in the middle of the Big Ten in free throw percentage, tied for 6th with NW. And considering how bad it started off at the beginning of the season I think 72% at this point in the season is pretty good. Big improvement since the beginning of the season.
Domask missed 1 free throwand is shooting 89% . You can criticize all you want but not that.
If this is true, I have to send this to family and friends. That's hysterical!
I am 100% in the pro Underwood camp but he did the quick timeout thing right after TSJ hit the 3 to put us up 10. I think the quick timeout after a score is good when making a comeback, but not when we have all of the momentum.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
No. 14 Illinois outlasts Nebraska in overtime
Despite blowing a 10-point lead in regulation, Illinois closed the deal in overtime against Nebraska on Sunday.
I'm going to go to bat for Harmon here. As awful as his night was, he stepped up and drained two enormous free throws in OT. I suppose that as much as we try and breakdown a game like that, it's easy to reign compliments when up 10, then criticism when they cough it up.
I agree with you. I don't think there is any chance Brad is taking that "We won, we're happy" approach to practice. I'd imagine they are getting their butts chewed for their mistakes that kept this game close.
When Tominaga is on, he is essentially like Steph Curry in Lincoln. He is a big reason why Nebraska is successfully this year. We basically got the best version of him last night.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
The coaching staff and the fans can and should approach games in very different ways.
It’s true. The ref cussed at Brad.
Anyone else notice that Ty is close to a violation every time he shoots free throws? He steps forward over the line before the ball hits the rim. I believe they called it on him once in last nights game. I've noticed all year and thought it was an obvious violation.