Illinois 95, Iowa 85 Postgame

[stlrunner]

Two time Big Ten Champion Coleman Hawkins showed up today.

I gotta give the game ball to Moretti though. That kid was huge today.

 

[TheodoreRex]

Man, some of the body language from the bench is concerning. Dain & DGL looked like they'd rather be anywhere else but at the game.

Heck of a win and nice to see some guys really step up. Hawkins with a sneaky quiet 30. Minus the 5 TO's, this game was excellent

 

[IlliniShelt]

FWIW, this is BU's first win vs Iowa without Kofi.

 

[Orangetool]

This is a good day.

I loathe Iowa.

 

[BWBW]

Thank goodness we won.

 

[abchew2]

I kind of wish Brad didn’t brag so much about not reviewing film of the mistakes last game. I get you need to balance with keeping up confidence but just because they are old doesn’t mean you shouldn’t address it with review IMO.

 

[OrangeNBrood_Redux]

Niccolo Moretti bringin the mini Italian Renaissance to the second half.

A worrisome win is better than any kind of loss. Point blank. Plus Iowa has been playing much better than their record, as of late.

Shoutout to #4 for a handful of winning plays that helped the team Harmonize down the stretch.

If anything, this game showed once again that we got a lot of different knives with which to carve up opponents. I’m gonna keep faith and look for us to tighten the grip and play closer and closer to our powerful potential from here on out.

 

[dsg]

Nice recovery!
I will admit I was a bit concerned until about the 2-minute mark.

Game ball goes to Nico!

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Wrote it in the game thread. I'll post it again here:

Nico and Harmon were the defibrillator that restarted the heart of this team. We have a pulse again.

 

[fatboyslim]

34 points from the bench

 

[pruman91]

That win is because of our bench. The season felt like it was on the brink. A bold and correct move by Brad. It paid off and it might have saved the season. Thank goodness.

But wait bro......BU , NEVER makes in game adjustments........

 

[Witherspoon_illini]

Didn’t blow it this time. Hopefully we learned from our last minute mistakes vs Penn St and we won’t do it again in March.

 

[Navy_illini]

Hawkins was impressive today. Great sign of mental toughness coming back from the last minute of the previous game

Bench played well.

Good win against a good team

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Yeah, we lose a lot next year, but I could not be more excited to see what the guys we have coming back do when it's their team. There is a ton of heart on that bench ready to rise to the challenge.

 

[Deep]

Nicco Morretti game

 

[WhiteHorseWings]

Player of the game: Nico Moretti

R.I.P.

 

[Manual3for4peat]

Glad we won, but man, the defense is what it is at this point. Need to have hot shooting in March

I thought the defense was really good after Brad took the entire starting group out.

 

[Illinifan533]

Yet another 30-point performance from an Illini and Hawkins is the third different Illini to do so this season. Is that a team record?

 

[Orangetool]

Harmon stays steady, made some needed plays.

 

[NorthShoreIllini]

I really want to be able to look back at that second half in a few weeks and say that is when we returned to the team we saw before the TJ suspension. It feels like maybe just maybe.

Moretti Dain Amani Harmon unbelievable stuff.

Cohawk wow and TJs defense in the second half was absolutely elite in every damn sense of that word.

Still things to clean up? Sure. LFG

 

[CentralILLini]

MORE-retti!!!!

 

[Illini in Indiana]

I'm just Confused ! I don't know who should be in or out. If we are good or falling apart.

 

[LoveLovie]

They needed it, and they GOT IT

 

[BWBW]

That hockey line change at the start of the second half woke our starters up. Nicely done!

Shades of Bobby Knight.

 

[blife]

BU trip to the woodshed with these guys paid off. Moretti, Harmon and bench thanks for saving us in the second half. Loving Moretti at point, albeit we are talking Iowa defense he was going against.