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This may be my favorite year yet in the Underwood era. Just really enjoying the ride. Funny how Andrew driving to the hoop with reckless abandon was one of the biggest complaints from last game but became the saving grace of this game. Not saying folks were wrong, necessarily, just part of...

Was that part of the same cycle that involved a detailed analysis of Brad Stevens going fishing and what it meant for our chances to land him?

I don't want to take anything away from him, because he was outstanding. But I'm seeing some lazy defense in a lot of those clips. I'm also thinking that Z would swat away a lot of those shots at the basket. Very little help defense being played there.

That didn't last too long.

That sounds like a nightmare. Not kidding. Time to find a bar with wings.

Can we request that our frosh all-American gets the same calls the Boozer gets? That would be nice.

I am FUMING over this officiating. 3 phantom calls to start the half, including the third on Boswell. And then jaw-dropping inconsistency between what is getting called on us vs. what is getting called on Wisconsin. This game isn't close if it it's called evenly.

Haven't used this expression in a long time, but what a f*#(ing chode.

Your point about sustainability / repeatability is spot on. Had the same feeling last week about how we’ve been playing. Thrilled we beat Purdue, of course, but can we pack up that game and bring it back out when needed? Seemed unlikely. But I could easily see us doing what we did last night...

If only Brad would play freshman more.

So which side of the family does the crazy come from?

Great game overall. LaTulip mentioned something at the start of the season about how you're not always going to play your A game and wether you can ensure your B or even C performance is still good enough to win. For Illinois, last night, that answer was a clear yes. Effort was good overall, and...

I had the same question. Either way, glad to see him, and Big Z, getting recognized for their incredible work on that end of the floor.

They've done this on their top freshman list for a few weeks now. This is one of many, many little things that make it hard to ignore a clear bias against us or BIG 10 teams in general. My favorite was our bowl game against Tennessee. Despite us winning, all the highlights were focused on...