UCLA 95, Illinois 94 OT Postgame

[Gillme]

1.we sucked should have won
2. No way possible for there to 4.9 seconds. No way he called a timeout as soon as the ball cleared the net.

 

[sacraig]

Every loss we ever have is always on Brad.

We know this already

Including the losses by Groce!

 

[Mistakenj]

spread us out and go in for a layup. Clog the middle and make them
Make a shot. Piss poor

Yup, basic basketball, but apparently Brad is a numbnuts that doesn’t realize that.

 

[IlliniInMSP]

Should I sell my STL tickets now or just give them to a Purdue fan

 

[fatboyslim]

That was the Tennessee finish all over again.

Seems like every time the other team has the last shot, we lose. We cannot stop them when it matters. Off the top of my head over the last couple years....Tennessee, Nebraska, MSU to send it to OT, now UCLA all made clutch shots at the end to beat us. And our game winners never go down. I have no confidence that we'll win a game if it's tied under a minute to go.

Yeah it does seem to not happen for us. I just had this bad feeling after Keaton's shot went in that we weren't going to finish it. These the type of games you are going to have in the tournament when things are going your way you gotta find a way to win. They never seem to do it in these situations.

 

[Simeonriceburner99]

Welp that's a punch right in the nads.

 

[Illini From Michigan]

Guys!!! Who cares that we lost this game? We still have the number one offense on KenPom!

 

[CleverHandle1]

Horrible defense and largest Cronin comeback ever at UCLA! Sorry, but losing 3 straight OT games when leading by 10 or more is not “Elite.”

I can't argue with you on this one right now. They are not beating Michigan. 24 - 7 with a 15 - 5 conference record.

Is UCLA that good? Where was the defense again?

 

[EmeraldCityIllini]

Honestly credit to dent and Cronin the final play. It’s an epidemic of players and coaches settling for outside shots (as dent did in regulation) when the clock winds down.

Everyone can say how easy it is to just stop the ball, but when the team is in the bonus, and the guard is quick, it’s not some easy thing to do.

 

[MidwesternCowboy]

Let’s just enjoy being kind of good, maybe if we adjust expectations to making the second round is good, the sweet sixteen is a great season, we’ll be happier fans.

Why do you only show up when we lose? You were nowhere to be found after the Indiana and USC games.

 

[Juju]

How much does putting the clock all the way at 4.9 impact that? Way too much time.

I was talking to the people I was watching the game with when they did that. Apparently Cronin called a timeout right when we scored on the putback, but there's no way he did that literally the second it went in, right? At LEAST a half second had to have gone by, right? The put 4.9 on the clock and I was really dumbfounded by that...

 

[Grange Grover]

 

[JJE]

Our defense tonight:

 

[MurphysBurger]

13/42 from 3. Most of those in the 1st 10min. Maybe some more points in the paint with the tallest team in the ncaa....

 

[AirTran]

clock stops on a make there....

C'mon - that had nothing to do with outcome.

When there is five seconds left - you force the in - bounds in the backcourt and then you double the ball. We made too easy for them to move the ball up the floor. We made the same mistake last year against Tennessee. At some point this coaching staff will fix that as well.

 

[FleetFeetIllini]

On the bright side I can officially stop worrying about a Big Ten title or a 1 seed. Feels like the Final Four dream is pretty much dead too.

We'll be a really dangerous 3 seed though...

 

[ChiTown]

Now I have to go bury my sorrows in some .

 

[DB11Headband]

!!!!ing pathetic

All I got

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

As bad as the last play was, the sequence at the end of the first half was worse.

Actually, as bad as that play was, the end of the first half set the stage for all of this. Up 23 points and came unglued.

Then, live by the three and die by the three. That was the name of the game tonight.

 

[FloridaMan]

No it's not. His guys failed and his guys fully understand that.

Does Brad ever have any responsibility in how his teams play? Or is he untouchable?

 

[Illinisnake]

these types of losses bring my hopes for this team back down to earth. Guard play has killed this team and that’s what you see in the tournament. 3 seed for sure.

 

[HailtotheChief]

We didnt attack the rim enough and settled for 3s. I love Keation but that bomb he took up 1 early in the clock wasnt smart. We were getting to the line

Plus Boz getting stitches and being out hurt too. Mainly more frustrated and bonehead plays and lack of focus at times than that last drive.

 

[SVSTORM]

Absolutely deflating

 

[Illiniam1984]

Pathetic!!! Getting tired of it.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

No it's not. His guys failed and his guys fully understand that.

I don't know, maybe if Brad pulls Tomi off the court in favor of Z at any point during the 9 or so open threes he failed to even challenge, maybe we don't give up a 23pt lead. There is no reason Big Z should have been sitting for 13min in the 1st half and 15min in the 2nd. None.