Our best wins are @ Purdue (who hasn't beated a ranked team at home this year) and @ Nebraska (who has never won an NCAA game).
The computers mean jack.
Michigan 84, Illinois 70 Postgame
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The computers mean jack.
Having a Morez type wouldn't hurt either.
I saw this coming and I have not watched a single Michigan game this year. But I have watched every Illinois game and I have watched Underwood teams repeatedly underperform against well coached teams on the biggest stages.
This was completely predictable if you have been watching Illinois.
I still feel we are a great team, but if we don't hit from three and are facing a team with size and/or athleticism, we will be in trouble. Similar problem as last year where we settled for too many bad threes. Not enough intensity on offense to match their defense.
Finish the season out strong and get a 2 seed hopefully.
Props to Jake Davis for being all over the place and getting on others. He literally stopped a 4 on 1 and got zero support.
Finish the season out strong and get a 2 seed hopefully.
Props to Jake Davis for being all over the place and getting on others. He literally stopped a 4 on 1 and got zero support.
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I would say we’re lack a big that can actually play down low and be good at defense. Tomi might be the softest big I’ve ever seen. His defense this year has been HORRIFIC.
The guard play as a tandem has to be much better to make a run.
Are you kidding me? He was tough and showed effort but way out of his depth.
2nd best players do not put up a +/- of -21
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
Hate to break the news, but traitors and sellouts (by your definition) are the rule in NIL era college sports, not the exception.
Heck, there are guys selling their soul every season.
How go you think we got the twins. It wasn’t because we routinely have teams playing in final 4.
Illinifan533
- Normal, Illinois
Besides tonight, all winnable games, but the reason they were close to begin with was is this team's inability to focus on details. This year it seems the big problem is giving up second chance points. Last year it was turning the ball over in the dumbest ways. There's a lot more than these two things when you watch Underwood's Illini against elite teams that you see preventing them from getting over the hump from good to great. Sure, with a favorable bracket in March we could get to the Sweet 16, but I don't see them advancing beyond the second weekend again unfortunately. Our offense always seems to devolve to ISO ball in big games while our opponents swing and cut to an easy 80-90 points while we have to pray our jumpers fall.
Trent & DMFW ain’t walking through that door unfortunately …
That L moves us to the 3-5 seed region need to win another big game before the tourney
I think we need a front line player that can score down low when you need a big basket
I can't hate yaxel. That guy does a lot for them. He does the big things and little things at just the right time. I feel he opens things up for everyone else. He'd be my pick for B1G POY.
Credit to Michigan. They were the better team and an absolute load, think they might end the streak this year.
I’m sorry we can never bring our A game in these marquee home games though. We looked tight all game and were just weren’t aggressive. Michigan got all the 50/50 balls and I feel like the game really broke open on 3 or 4 consecutive broken plays where there was a loose ball/air ball etc that we just couldn’t come up with and led to a Michigan basket.
I also didn’t think our game plan was great or at least our adjustments. We needed to punish Mara on defense. If he was switched onto the perimeter we needed to swing it and find a driving lane and if he was in drop we needed to kick it out to a shooter. Felt like we did the opposite. Forced way too many drives while he was on the paint. And Kylan has to be smarter in his shot selection. They went under all night and baited him into 1-6 on 3s. 0-5 when it mattered,
And ultimately their front line physically dominated ours. Our front line has held up pretty well physically all year but that’s the most physical athletic front line in the country. It is what it is.
Still think this team can make a run. Just sorry we came in a little tight and couldn’t hit enough shots to hang.
I’m sorry we can never bring our A game in these marquee home games though. We looked tight all game and were just weren’t aggressive. Michigan got all the 50/50 balls and I feel like the game really broke open on 3 or 4 consecutive broken plays where there was a loose ball/air ball etc that we just couldn’t come up with and led to a Michigan basket.
I also didn’t think our game plan was great or at least our adjustments. We needed to punish Mara on defense. If he was switched onto the perimeter we needed to swing it and find a driving lane and if he was in drop we needed to kick it out to a shooter. Felt like we did the opposite. Forced way too many drives while he was on the paint. And Kylan has to be smarter in his shot selection. They went under all night and baited him into 1-6 on 3s. 0-5 when it mattered,
And ultimately their front line physically dominated ours. Our front line has held up pretty well physically all year but that’s the most physical athletic front line in the country. It is what it is.
Still think this team can make a run. Just sorry we came in a little tight and couldn’t hit enough shots to hang.
For one, ran into bad matchups down the stretch that exposed our team's flaw. Whether it be teams with speedy backcourt, bigs on opposing team that can shoot, or teams that are athletic and can space and teams that are fast in transition.
You’re right, it’s more than that.
He wasn’t getting developed and he saw the same thing happen to him with other players (IMO).
He clearly looked better with more minutes tonight than he did last year with us. He is on a better team and with better coaches. Illinois developing coaches and Xs &Os coaches are all gone.
I mean you also thought Illinois football team would play Indiana close. Indiana was clearly on a National Championship level and I told you that before the game.
Michigan is on a national championship level. Losing to superior teams happens even if you are at home. Illinois didn’t lose tonight because they didn’t try hard enough. They lost because Michigan has far better and more athletic players, and Michigan was on their game. In tennis terms, the game was on Michigan’s racquet and nothing Illinois could do about it
In the end, it was a 14 point Michigan victory, but Michigan did hold 20 point leads at certain stretches.
I just find it ironic that a poster who predicted a 20 point Illinois loss was told it was a horrible take.
And everyone has a right to his/her opinion.
To me, though, it was a horrible take to critique that so-called horrible take. LOL!
I just find it ironic that a poster who predicted a 20 point Illinois loss was told it was a horrible take.
And everyone has a right to his/her opinion.
To me, though, it was a horrible take to critique that so-called horrible take. LOL!
Well, Brad's never played over an 8-man rotation so I'm not entirely sure about the latter.
About Tre White... you could make the argument his skill set would fit this team.
I think Morez could've taken the year 2 jump he has at Michigan.... however, would rather have the guys that want to be here.
I was always a big Tre White fan last year. Wish we could have kept him.
I was told a million times that Andrej's efficiency numbers (especially from three) were because he was the only guy on some bad teams. He's a great slasher/scorer but he needs to add to his outside game.
I swear hes 8 feet tall.
Last year's Tre White is not better than Stojakovic. I'm sorry, that's just a laugher. Maybe this year's Tre White compares better. I think you are just basing it off of recency bias rather than the entire year's worth of work
Also, I'd take DGL back in a heartbeat over Petrovic. What a sniper he has become. I think we downgraded at the backup guard position
Boy oh Boy do I wish they could or Ty not getting hurt again
He really didn't. He was 5 of 15 last game and 7 of 17 this game with 4 turnovers. That's inefficient. On top of that, he was their target at who to go at defensively. He got bullied.
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