Illinois 88, Purdue 82 Postgame

[derrick6]

We needed that!

We took Purdue at their absolute best!

But again, in Illinois fashion, when we win something big, we lose something big - KW lottery pick to the NBA!!!

But I love this loss

 

[Sheldon Ram]

The only thing left to do is win the whole damn thing.

 

[NorthShoreIllini]

I mean what the hell else can I say. Hats off to Tyler Underwood. That offensive gameplan was an absolutely masterpiece.

Tomi steps up again late.

And Keatons performance among the best in college basketball ever. By anyone, any game, anywhere. Period.

That’s still a team win for me. Ben hits 2. Mirk had some moments. Jake steady. Andrej struggled but was picked up by others. Z couple blocks

 

[Pikeillinifan]

Holy s—-!! I was expecting a loss, but saw one of the best performances I’ve ever seen!!!!

 

[illinifan1987]

Everyone needs to calm down! The site can't handle all of this traffic

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

Keaton: "worked my !!! off today"
Dan's site: hold my beer

 

[wpr]

Dan’s site gonna crash

There's a bunch of people here. Take a number and wait.

 

[3nDGuy]

Wow. This one will live in Illini lore for a long, long time. KEATON F'N WAHG-LER!

Rewind 5-6 months ago.. Keaton Wagler is a couple years away from contributing.. needs work with Fletch.. a project.. should probably redshirt..
Woooooooobuddy!

 

[phats22]

(nice to have occasion to use this during BB season....)

 

[Piotyr]

Obviously Keaton willed this team to a win but some HUGE clutch shots by a number of people during that final kill run!

18 points scored the final 3:30

 

[FromTheLogo]

But..... But.... But.... Keaton had 0 rebounds. Pathetic.








/s

 

[GoodePodzMelendez]

No let down this week.

 

[FreshlySqueezed]

130.7 points per 100 possessions as it stands now. That's the best of all-time.

Duke was at 130.1 last year.

 

[illinifan1987]

I'd say #8

 

[CAIllini]

Best I have ever seen as well in my 40 years of Illini fandom. KW take a bow. Congrats to the whole team and staff!! Big time.

 

[green_bay_energy]

Thank you for choosing us, Keaton

 

[Illiniguy74]

Vs. Indiana (at Indiana) in 1989.

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

Your post is important and will be posted in the order it is received

 

[HereSoIDontGetFined]

Best performance since this guy:

 

[FloridaMan]

Also, major kudos to the staff for getting this team to lock in after the loss of KB!

The D may not always be pretty, but the effort shows up in rebounding and will to win! Many times when they could have folded today but would not be denied! Hope this play we have seen since the NE loss continues! Time to get some payback next Sunday after taking care of business vs Washington Thursday!

 

[Combo]

Huge shoutout to Tomi. He's been hitting timely threes late down the stretch in a couple of games now.

He's starting to look more comfortable. But still not as good as last year.

 

[FreshlySqueezed]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015187115617693827

 

[ejam21]

Keaton Wagler freshman of the week. F##k that, he should be big 10 player of the week period!

Is there a national POW? LOL

 

[NASchamp]

Watched this on a plane and it was so hard to try and stay quiet

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

I don’t know what to say, haha. This win will be a legendary one. Also, we’ve had better teams not win one so I’m obviously not saying it’s “likely,” but … this team could cut down the nets. And I feel more strongly about that than I did in 2023 or even 2021.

So proud of that effort.