Purdue 77, Illinois 71 Postgame

[D1959]

Unconscious shooting from 3

 

[Flyin' Illini]

Hopefully we get them again next week.

Hopefully not. I don't want to see them again. Let someone else knock them off so we don't have to.

 

[bleedorange and blue]

Hopefully this stokes the fire for the remainder of the season.

Haha

 

[nyc_illini]

The decision to double the post after half was one of the worst coaching decisions you’ll ever see. Allowed Purdue’s shooters to get going and lost you the game. Awful garbage from this staff.

Lol no

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

First back to back outright B1G titles since Ohio State did it in 2006 and 2007 (Illini did the same the two years prior to that).

 

[dsg]

 

[Jimbo]

We didn’t play badly. They just couldn’t miss from 3 in the 2nd half. I’m not blaming Harmon, but him missing that open 3 late in the 2nd half was a big play.

 

[PopChampaign]

We’re better than them, but when we have the right combination of people on the floor lol simple as that.

 

[IlliniFan4Life]

Shannon’s worst game. Should have kept Dainja in the the game. He was more effective with Edey.

 

[ThisYearForSure]

Goode having almost 20 minutes is nonsense, he really doesn’t do anything out there

 

[Get yourself a new map]

Maybe if we practiced playing in rotation defensively we’d be able to do it when you absolutely need it. I am so pissed.

 

[PasadenaIllini]

Valliant effort. They are just better than us. Hopefully we can bring the horses in and make the adjustments needed to our staff to raise our team to that level soon.

 

[phats22]

Purdue goes nuclear from 3 in the 2nd half ... They get a ridiculous tip and Smith hits a beyond NBA range 3 with TJ hand in his face ...

Tip your cap and move on from this one ... One cannot turn into two losses ... Beat Iowa ...

I just hope that there's one game when we go nuclear on both ends and throttle someone. We clearly have the talent, just need the will

 

[TheodoreRex]

8/10 from three. Not much you can do about that. Bardo could do a little better than that. Uniformed person would’ve thought he was a Purdue grad.

miss one of them and we win.

 

[Illinifan533]

Purdue's 2nd chance points at the end came at some ridiculous 50/50 balls bouncing around. Frustrated that the offense couldn't do more but partially encouraged by the effort.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

We played our hearts out tonight. What can you do? Just frustrating. Man I wish Ty was out there in the clutch to possibly help us get one of those rebounds

 

[Grange Grover]

Smith Runs at the bench. Does the go to sleep taunt. How’s that not a technical foul?!

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Outscored by 12 in the second half......ooof.

Purdue is legit. They've got a great shot of winning it all.

 

[kyillinifan]

We played about as we played. Good game toe to toe with the #1 team.

 

[thefalcon5]

This genuinely was a they made there shots and we didn’t game.

This loss hurts so much because we played well enough to win, they just played better.

 

[illinifan1987]

We can still get revenge in the BTT and win a title. Follow that up with a natty?

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

We gave this game away.

I strongly disagree. A great team took it, with some lucky bounces and hot shooting. PSU was giving a game away.

 

[Alma 19]

 

[Doogie94]

Turning point was the 4th foul on Edey that wasn't called.

 

[Braveheart]

Its no coincidence that every team we play shoots lights out. Defense is the issue and will be in the tournament too.