Kentucky 84, Illinois 75 Postgame

[ginabackes00]

Thank you Bozwell for showing heart and busting your a$$ in the tournament. That's our identity. If you can't play that way

 

[WeWillWhen]

I’m going to remember KJ a bit more fondly than Matthew Mayer, but … not much.

 

[TampaToo]

So did Brad overachieve, Underachieve, or achieve just right? Asking for some friends.

 

[DrMac210]

Kylan, Rez, Tomi and Tre back … Everyone else can go … And for crying out loud … BRING ME A VETERAN POINT GUARD WHO CAN HANDLE THE BALL !!!!!!

Portal opens tomorrow … Get to work …

Yep those four back and portal to get back to being an older team.

Can’t put the season on the shoulders of a bunch of freshman again.

And for the love of God……get a competent back up big.

 

[JazzNBluesIllini]

Season Finale of "Lost"

 

[Heisenbobble]

To a very middling Kentucky team. Never in that game. Embarrassing.

 

[21ChampaignSt]

Well, all the issues that plagued us all year popped up again today and ended our season. No need to rehash what those issues were.

This team was a lottery ticket and usually those don't pay out. But it was still an entertaining and satisfactory season.

I'm good with Boswell being starting PG next year.

Now the real March Madness begins.

 

[HailtotheChief]

First 3 or 4 minutes of each half when Kylan didn't have the ball was a mess of TOs leading to Kentucky lay ups and not getting shots up. That's on Brad.

The last month our team was much much better with Kylan running the offense. Sometimes Brads is just so damn stubborn and loyal when guys continue to screw up!

 

[BrimfieldBomber]

We got outplayed by ourselves more.

Poor defense, Poor ball handling. Poor understanding of what being in the bonus means with 8+ min to go.

 

[dsg]

We had a good run. Hopefully we can improve the X's and O's before next season.

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

STOP FOULING. WHY??

 

[IlliniwekKDR]

Got outplayed by a good team. No shame. GG Kentucky and hope for better next year.

But we were the better team. Nothing can convince me we weren't

 

[DJM]

if you were one of the astronauts who just returned to earth and only saw these last two games, that's pretty much all you would need to see to experience this year's season.

 

[Oracle21]

1-9 vs Top 15 net teams this year. Simply not at the level we wanted.

I hope Morez/Boswell/Tomi all return next year. Good luck KJ/Riley with the draft. It’d be great to get both these guys back but doubt it happens.

Portal opens Monday.

 

[Snoopy]

Frustrating, watching our guards just getting screened, having to chase, and always playing from behind. Kentucky wasn't being forced to take tough twos, they were being given open 3's.

 

[punchabove33]

Kentucky, Arkansas, Loyola.

Thank you Brad!

 

[McGuppin]

We have the talent to be S16 team. Very frustrating....less than Elite.

 

[OrangeKrush1981]

I hope that Josh Whitman has a bluntly frank discussion with Brad Underwood, in the next 24 hours, about what Underwood plans in order to win at a higher level than this. By which I mean: win next year.

 

[FromTheLogo]

Wellllll.... Gave up 84. Unacceptable.

 

[fatboyslim]

Game was lost in the first 5 minutes of each half.

 

[TampaToo]

We’ve had a couple of those type of teams now that have.

 

[JJE]

Brad needs to make top 10 program adjustments in the offseason.

 

[Zorak]

I didn't say Kentucky was better, but Illinois didn't play like it today.

 

[illinifan1971]

We were no shows other than bozwell and tomi