Duke 110, Illinois 67 Postgame

[the juiceman cometh]

Why is he a garbage person? Whatever he was accused of at Texas was dropped. He was also a guest at TSJ’s draft night party. He’s a phenomenal coach and will be excellent anywhere he goes. Hopefully it’s not Indiana.

The promoter of UFC never even got suspended for on camera getting physical with his wife after she attacked him.

You’re not in position to call anyone a garbage person based on accusations. Hopefully the TSJ situation taught you that.

Ok. I get the confusion. Here are things that were observed by responding police that are not up for debate:


I specifically kept out any of the allegations that were contested. The above injuries are undisputed.

If your daughter told you they had instigated a fight with their significant other that left them with the above injuries, how cool would you be with that? Would you be ok with your daughter continuing that relationship? Would you hire this man into a position of trust?

 

[jmm]

The one and only big time recruit from my hometown, Mascoutah il, Kenny Lantern, was on a tear that season, till he had a tear. Then it kind of all went to !!!!. But much love to him and that team. All of us Mascoutah Indians were proud as hell for him.

 

[Orangetool]

Right. Worst loss in program history? What’s the pitch now ?

Not sure.
Maybe "come make us better than this"

 

[robjilla]

I have so much to say. Morez is sorely missed. He is a big reason that Illinois is/was a top rebounding team nationally. Ben is over his head. He is beat by the first dribble everytime. Did carey booth play last year at Notre dame? He looks like a chicago state player. Boswell needs to keep driving to the basket.

 

[WyattEarp]

Both of the following are true:

1. This team is trash and Brad Underwood needs to look in the mirror and ask real questions

2. Chris Beard is a garbage person and anyone pushing him as a future Illini head coach needs to look in the mirror and ask real questions

Hard to argue with that.

 

[Taco Ernie Forever]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1893510000066080947

more hypothetical what ifs. What a joke. the old brad is gone. the new one is SOFT.

Or . . . maybe you actually run an offense and score a two-pointer on eight of those sixteen possessions. Then you're only down one at halftime.

 

[jmm]

Damn right!

 

[zentrails]

I’m remembering the 78-79 Illini team that started the season 15-0 and was ranked #2, this was the team that beat Magic Johnson’s MSU team. 15-0 start, then finished the season at 19-11. My freshman year.

Senior year for me, then got jobs out of state and couldn't follow games for a few years, it was a blessing in disguise.

 

[FromTheLogo]

Underwood is starting to make Woodsen look decent.

/s.

Kinda

 

[Orangetool]

I’ll always be appreciative to Brad for bringing us out of the Groce era. This year he has had tough luck. But even with tough luck, you can’t lose by 40 at MSG. Maybe he earns a few more years if those Ayo, Frazier, Kofi teams make a deep run, but they didn’t.

This.

 

[jacekpardol]

So sick of being the ethics champions. We did it with Weber and Groce taking the high road for almost 2 decades.

 

[GTL Adam]

Ok. I get the confusion. Here are things that were observed by responding police that are not up for debate:

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I specifically kept out any of the allegations that were contested. The above injuries are undisputed.

If your daughter told you they had instigated a fight with their significant other that left them with the above injuries, how cool would you be with that? Would you be ok with your daughter continuing that relationship? Would you hire this man into a position of trust?

Charges were dropped. After last year, our fan base should be smarter than just reading negative headlines.

 

[illinoispeak]

Their is only so much space to type.

 

[SeattleSlim]

I'm sure I stopped paying attention at the end, but Duke absolutely did not have 20 turnovers...

The 20 “turnovers” were halftime desserts given to the Duke players in the locker room. They were originally scheduled to be devoured after the game was over, but they figured “why wait?”

 

[the juiceman cometh]

Charges were dropped. After last year, our fan base should be smarter than just reading negative headlines.

And Al Capone was never convicted of a violent crime.

Big difference between a she said/he said allegation and one in which police documented and took photos of visible cuts and bruises.

 

[mark]

Why would anybody want to come to Illinois with the coaching staff we have

 

[PopChampaign]

Ok Brad, another chance huh

 

[AndyKaufmanstutor]

Is this sarcasm? Were something like 315th in the country in 3 point shooting percentage

 

[steveinspringfield]

How bad does it have to get before Brad's NOT a "very solid head basketball coach?" We were touted as a potential FF team in December. On this very board. On January 19th, Izzo was quoted as saying the Illini might be the best team in the conference. Just over a month ago he said that. How far have we fallen in a month?

Now the Illini with a loss to Iowa could be out of the tournament. How does that crash and burn from January 19th to February 22nd make BU a solid head basketball coach?

 

[jmm]

Honestly, I’d imagine it’s gotta be difficult for a recruit right now. You see this team go from looking like a top 10-15 a month ago to “what the hell is happening” recently.

 

[NashvILLe05]

While we're at it, fire the person who thought an Illinois "highlight" video needed to be posted from this debacle.

There is nothing worth rewatching from this game. The sooner it's forgotten, the better.

Exactly. And should be called lowlights.

 

[Oracle21]

Yes I would hire him. Easily. My objective is to win basketball games. Period. Nothing else.

And it’s also a learning situation. People make mistakes and can teach others to not do them. Blackballing anyone from an industry for one incident that was ultimately dropped isn’t how the real world works. I don’t believe in cancel culture. I would fully support Chris Beard. 100%.

 

[The Sprouting Divot]

News flash - Underwood fired . . . Illinois men's basketball program cancelled . . Loyalty website renamed as www.illinoisdisloyalty.com . . .

Have you considered taking your incessant holier-than-thou shtick on the road by starting up IllinoisBlindLoyalty.com?

 

[jmm]

I have so much to say. Morez is sorely missed. He is a big reason that Illinois is/was a top rebounding team nationally. Ben is over his head. He is beat by the first dribble everytime. Did carey booth play last year at Notre dame? He looks like a chicago state player. Boswell needs to keep driving to the basket.

I keep thinking that about Morez everytime someone brings up the offensive rebounds. He’s the reason!

 

[AndyKaufmanstutor]

Watching the team continue to chuck 3s at this kind of rate and Undergood not making any changes is like a football coach insisting on running the ball 90% of the time when their running backs average 2 yards per carry.