Nebraska 83, Illinois 80 Postgame

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LvilleILL1
I would also add that the team is still in a good spot long term. Just a lax game today. Need Tomislav and Mirkovic to be better, and need to get something from Petrovic and Lee.

Chance to rattle off a bunch in a row with the games coming up. Need to answer the bell.
 
#353      
SummerofGeorge
23674477 said:
That’s kind of how it though, a lot of the time in our wins it’s one player for us that takes over through pure skill. We’ve seen it through Ayo, Kofi, TJ, and even a couple times this season with Andrej. When the other team shuts them down and our mediocre defense can’t garner any stops, it’s hard to not blame coaching when failing to find a solution.
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But it’s not the same when a player from Nebby goes off for 32?
 
#355      
number1IlliniFan
I dont normally blame the refs, but even though we played poorly, we had a real chance of winning. But the refs really screwed up. That technical was not warranted, imo. Just a bad interference in the game by making that call. Then, the foul on Tommy near the end was awful. Those made a huge difference, 4 points and a possession. Take those away and its a different outcome.
 
#357      
illinois_hustle
Vegas is pretty good at what they do and they had us at 10 ish pt favorites. We lost by 3 so that’s 13 under their expectation. That’s not good.
 
#358      
illinifreak30
HailtotheChief said:
Big Z needs to sit a half and then maybe he will quit chrping and get a T that kills a big play and leads to a 5 pt trip for Neb. Just selfish and stupid ND too away from a great play. Mental and immature plays can't be tolerated that give opponents free points are just stupid and selfish.
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No, when he’s outplaying his brother x4 he doesn’t need to sit for a half.
 
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Red77sng
LvilleILL1 said:
I would also add that the team is still in a good spot long term. Just a lax game today. Need Tomislav and Mirkovic to be better, and need to get something from Petrovic and Lee.

Chance to rattle off a bunch in a row with the games coming up. Need to answer the bell.
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How can you get anything from Petrovic and Lee when BU refuses to play them and then throws Mirkovic under the bus
 
#362      
ImGonnaBeILL
Tomi and Mirk : 52 minutes of game action

7 points and 7 rebounds total combined

For 2 guys that are primarily out there for offense and considered "one of the best frontcourts in America", it's unacceptable. Nebraska is soft in the middle defensively and where the game plan should have been.
 
#363      
Chase321
Red77sng said:
So like Tomi today didn’t rebound and didn’t score or play defense
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Tomi has won many games for this program. He’s proved what he can do. More importantly you aren’t playing Tomi instead of someone clearly better and more prepared for the moment. With Petro playing you take time from people clearly better.

I want to see him play some minutes. But when he does he can’t come in and commit 2 turnovers in 2 minutes like he did last time. He had to know his role and it doesn’t look like he does yet.
 
#364      
PepeSilvia
EmeraldCityIllini said:
He’s 10-4 against Hoiberg - that’s not routine.

Illinois has never lost a game in the underwood era where the same reason every single time from fans is “out coached”. When they win, it’s never coaching, when they lose it’s always coaching.
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Brad wins by overwhelming teams with size and talent. That's his recipe to win. He runs an offense that wouldn't look out of place for an intramural team.

Yes he's 10-4 against Hoiberg because he has had way more resources and far more talent plus Hoiberg inherited a dumpster fire in 2019. He should probably be 14-0 when you look at the roster comparisons.

Nebraska has won the last two, two years before they took the TSJ team down to the wire twice in games that should have never been close.
 
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Indy Illini Fan
Idea Gardener said:
That's the type of game trent and damonte would refuse to lose
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