Recent content by WheresTheChief

Great observation. What is the common denominator? Hint: It's not the players

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.

When the stage is the biggest and the lights are shining the brightest, Underwood loses. Always.

If this is the expectation then BU is a great coach for your program. But our expectations should be higher than this. Yes, we are a better program than we were before BU got here. But we have lost in either the first or second round of the tournament in 4/5 of appearances coached by BU. He...

Just watched Brad's presser and had to come back here to say that this is IMO the most accurate comment in this entire game thread. Also, as I loaded up the video I was able to tell my wife pretty much EXACTLY what Brad was going to say "Great college basketball game, they are a really good...

Nice observation. TSJ, Coleman, and Guerrier all look like they are asking for the ball. I would say Harmon had a cut going that would have been a gimme, but well... you know how we shot when at the rim last night.

I feel like this summarizes BU's tenure at Illinois. We are a much better program than we had been in recent history, but we generally fail to get it done when it matters most.

Brad did nothing to adjust on defense to stop switching off Buie on the top of the key pick. Northwestern abused that all night to get the matchup they wanted, and it worked all night.

Tonight? This has been a theme with us lately.