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This favors Houston I’m afraid

Refs have absolutely no clue right now

Was at the game yesterday and finally recovered enough to post some thoughts. Boswell being taken out of the game early was a big loss, but I thought we actually played decent defense in the first half. Second half defense was non-existent and Boyd and Blackwell got whatever they wanted and made...

Pathetic defense in the second half. Pathetic. They have 2 guys that can beat you and you just let them do it. This team has lost it

We’ve seen this movie many times before

I don’t think we are doing him any favors with how we’re using him. We look awesome on offense at times when we switch and find a matchup we like. Andrej has abused smaller guards this year but it seems like we don’t seek out those mismatches as much with him. I think he could also be successful...

Andrej’s game doesn’t really fit with what Illinois wants to do offensively right now. Not a great shooter from 3. Brad hates the 2 point shot and that’s more of his game besides driving. We’ve seen him defend and rebound when he wants to. Injuries haven’t helped with his development. No doubt...

We really gave a wide open, uncontested layup for the win. Still baffling

Just some infuriating losses this season outside of the Uconn game. As Brad mentioned in the postgame, there have been so many chances to close games that we just haven't taken advantage of. We make 1 more shot, 1 more free throw, get 1 more rebound, 1 more stop, a certain call is made or not...

Horrible defense. Horrible shooting outside of the first 10 minutes. Haven’t learned how to close games yet which is troubling heading into March. Would like to see the ball in Boswell’s hands a little more down the stretch (Keaton has been great but experience matters, especially in the tourney)

One of those games. Oh well

Every game we’ve lost this year is because the other team goes nuclear. Here we are again

Tang gets fired with "cause" for 1/4th of what Cronin does on a daily basis. What was Cronin going to do? Start a fight with the reporter??

That’s another tough one. Multiple chances to put the game away and we piss another one away. Really needed Boswell for these last 2, hopefully he’s back sooner than later. This is a real rough stretch of games and Wisconsin was probably the most difficult matchup outside of Michigan. Never felt...

Yes, there were some questionable calls in this game, but we lost it because of transition points and getting out rebounded. Would love to see them again in the BTT