Illinois 83, UCLA 78 Postgame

[Illwinsagain]

Didn't know that. Thank you.

I believe that is a rule or interpretation change. Back in the old days, you slid it was a travel.

 

[DeeIL89]

It seems like the last two games against Minnesota and UCLA that when we reduced the volume of threes we attempt we end up shooting better threes and making more of them. Lol. I think you can see it in the players. I thought the team did a good job of balancing out the twos and threes.

 

[illini55]

Another great video from the marketing team… did the Peacock announcer really call KJ “YockaCHOOnis” all night? That had to have been annoying to hear repeatedly on the broadcast.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889829474281345404

Based on my review of his video from Lithuania, it IS pronounced that way.

 

[Frank]

This team can be so good when everyone just plans within there roles and doesn't take egregious shots. As far as I think they could go, I have no trust in tyler and hamer in high leverage situations to come up with something good. We saw it in UCLA out of a timeout the play was a stepback contested 3?, and then leaving them wide open for 3?

Agreed, especially Hamer. But it’s not like out of timeout plays have been a strength of Underwood’s teams since he’s been here — they’ve always been pretty meh.

Edit: also, as an aside (after seeing your username): interesting to see how well Memphis is playing with Dainja starting of late. Makes me again question why BU was so unwilling to give him more minutes, especially when Coleman at the 5 did not go well.

 

[fuggles]

New orange crush location is courtside is much better than behind basket. The rich senior citizens barely cheered in the 70' and 80' when I lived in CU and attended games.

I do like the new Orange Krush location. Back in the day the Stones concert was loud, but we didn't go to any games. I was an undergrad in the late 80s. My mom had season tickets, so I went to a few games. Seemed loud but nothing to compare to.
I will say that the recent Oregon game was a snooze fest. The home crowd sat on their hands, even when they had something to cheer about. Maybe basketball should be like Cricket. Play outside so the fans can sit on the lawn, drink tea and socialize during the game. /s

 

[jumpingjack]

I do like the new Orange Krush location. Back in the day the Stones concert was loud, but we didn't go to any games. I was an undergrad in the late 80s. My mom had season tickets, so I went to a few games. Seemed loud but nothing to compare to.
I will say that the recent Oregon game was a snooze fest. The home crowd sat on their hands, even when they had something to cheer about. Maybe basketball should be like Cricket. Play outside so the fans can sit on the lawn, drink tea and socialize during the game. /s

 

[Big Jack]

Ok I'm going to comment on the Orange Krush. It was like 2 weeks ago that the issue was Krush was too quiet, on their phones, not engaged in the game, etc. Now this week the issue is, Krush may be a bit too hostile to the opposition. Just trying to understand, to see if this a fair assessment of the situation.

As an adult who does not go to the games, the problem I see here is it's difficult to maintain a steady stream of complaints towards the OK when the discussion takes such an abrupt 180. The Krush has always been a conduit for adults to complain about, because as an adult it's extremely difficult for the present to match the greatness of the past. We all want to a fantastic home court environment and the Krush are supposed to lead the way so they become the easy target of criticism when things aren't going so well. There are a bunch of adults inside the arena as well, although they aren't the problem. As an adult, I don't want to say that the adults could possibly be a bit of an issue not bringing the noise at the SFC. The adults aren't part of the problem with this issue are they

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Yes they are the problem as well.. to many blue hairs ( and I am one ) sit on their buts and make very little noise. My seats are trypically in rows 17 or above and I can assure you that the majority of fans in these seats stand and cheer as much as the Krush.. However because there are older people and small kids mixed in the area we do not stand all of the time but when it needs to be done we are always standing before the fans in the expensive seats.

My biggest complaint with the Krush is not the people on the floor being loud but rather the number of empty seats they do not fill in the upper section.