Duke 110, Illinois 67 Postgame

[the national]

As a positive, this blowout should give Josh plenty to compel Brad to make staffing changes. It's untenable moving forward.

 

[chrisRunner7]

Lol, I almost always avoid the post-game thread after a loss... I don't like to stew in the (often justifiable) negativity.

But I came to the post-game thread specifically to look for whether the upside down Kool-Aid man would make an appearance, and Dan did not disappoint.

 

[TampaToo]

here comes all the emotional hot takes

As they should be. This has been rolling down the tracks for a while now.

 

[blife]

Back to back National Weekend games and we looked beyond horrible. Why would any recruit ever sign up to join us. 5 stars don't want to be embarrassed on a national stage.

 

[chief]

The problem here is the damage to the psyches of the players going forward.
It will be tough to compete at your best finishing the season with the stigma of the worst loss in school history tied to your play.
At MSG. On national television.

Our players deserved so much more from our coaches.
Shameful.

The players gotta take some ownership of this garbage

 

[illini510]

I'm not sure what I just watched, it didn't resemble a real basketball game, more like an open Duke practice. We are so broken right now.

It looked like the Ole Miss exhibition game but significantly worse

 

[DICKnaggie]

Is he going to be the first coach to go to an Elite 8 one year and then get fired the next year? Someone look this up…

Why is that an issue in the portal era? You have incredible money and success, and you don't capitalize on it?

 

[SuperMetroid]

I don't think I've ever watched us get beat by 40+

Nobody alive or dead ever has because it’s never happened in 120 years of Illini basketball before tonight.

 

[PepeSilvia]

Absolutely unacceptable. Give Chris Beard a blank check now.

Unfortunately he will probably be at Indiana.

 

[illinifreak30]

Is that the wife beater?

 

[Spokane Illini]

Ditto, and we had some bad teams before but at least they played D. So we never came close to losing by 40. This team doesn't play D anymore, they play too fast, and that allowe a lot more possessions for a juggernaut like Duke

 

[Gregjacksonfan]

here comes all the emotional hot takes

What??? We lost by 43 points on national tv. Better believe there is gonna be some emotional hot takes.

 

[IllinistrandedinHouston]

One notable example is Bruce Pearl, who coached the Tennessee Volunteers. Pearl led Tennessee to the Elite Eight in 2010, but he was fired in 2011 due to NCAA violations2. Another example is Chris Beard, who was fired by Texas in January 2023 after leading the team to the Elite Eight in 2022.

 

[Warren Carter Fanclub]

43 and the line was 8.5

This was the first time in history that Vegas cashed Duke minus the points tickets with 15 minutes left in the game.

 

[PepeSilvia]

They don't even look like a tournament team. Just an embarrassing game and I think it's a legitimate question if they win another game this year.

 

[jmwillini]

Not saying it would have made a difference this season, but Josh should've ponied up for Tim if it was just a matter of $$$.

Brad appears to be cooked....

 

[FloridaMan]

The start of this disaster was a 30-0 run by UCONN. Guess we should have known then. All momentum completely gone. I don’t know how a staff comes back from what we have seen in the last 6 weeks. I really don’t.

 

[TampaToo]

Duke should win the national title. They are excellent.

Illinois simply pathetic. Starts with Underwood. All his excuse making has made the entire team soft. We run nothing on offense. If I was Whitman, I’d look at the totality of Underwood and make a change. Kofi and TSJ aren’t walking thru that door again.

We all saw what he did with Frazier, Kofi and Ayo. Weekend one.

 

[Orangetool]

This will have a brutal effect on current recruiting.

 

[steveinspringfield]

How's this for a hot take? I'm honestly starting to think Brad WANTS TO GET FIRED, take the buyout, and move on.

 

[Spokane Illini]

A loss to Iowa at home and we are NIT bound. We will not beat Michigan or Purdue.

 

[Heisenbobble]

Does that include getting rid of Brad himself? If not, hard pass.

 

[anthony1213]

What??? We lost by 43 points on national tv. Better believe there is gonna be some emotional hot takes.

Not a hot take. Underwood can’t recover from this. It is not possible. Lose by 20. Maybe. Loss by 40 no chance.

 

[Miles Leonard]

here comes all the emotional hot takes

You came here expecting sunshine and rainbow takes after a 43 point massacre?

 

[Warren Carter Fanclub]

This will have a brutal effect on current recruiting.

It would before NIL.