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As a positive, this blowout should give Josh plenty to compel Brad to make staffing changes. It's untenable moving forward.
Duke 110, Illinois 67 Postgame
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chrisRunner7
- San Diego
Lol, I almost always avoid the post-game thread after a loss... I don't like to stew in the (often justifiable) negativity.
But I came to the post-game thread specifically to look for whether the upside down Kool-Aid man would make an appearance, and Dan did not disappoint.
As they should be. This has been rolling down the tracks for a while now.
The players gotta take some ownership of this garbage
It looked like the Ole Miss exhibition game but significantly worse
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
Why is that an issue in the portal era? You have incredible money and success, and you don't capitalize on it?
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
Nobody alive or dead ever has because it’s never happened in 120 years of Illini basketball before tonight.
Unfortunately he will probably be at Indiana.
Is that the wife beater?
Ditto, and we had some bad teams before but at least they played D. So we never came close to losing by 40. This team doesn't play D anymore, they play too fast, and that allowe a lot more possessions for a juggernaut like Duke
What??? We lost by 43 points on national tv. Better believe there is gonna be some emotional hot takes.
One notable example is Bruce Pearl, who coached the Tennessee Volunteers. Pearl led Tennessee to the Elite Eight in 2010, but he was fired in 2011 due to NCAA violations2. Another example is Chris Beard, who was fired by Texas in January 2023 after leading the team to the Elite Eight in 2022.
This was the first time in history that Vegas cashed Duke minus the points tickets with 15 minutes left in the game.
They don't even look like a tournament team. Just an embarrassing game and I think it's a legitimate question if they win another game this year.
The start of this disaster was a 30-0 run by UCONN. Guess we should have known then. All momentum completely gone. I don’t know how a staff comes back from what we have seen in the last 6 weeks. I really don’t.
We all saw what he did with Frazier, Kofi and Ayo. Weekend one.
Orangetool
Give me back my Afta, heh heh
This will have a brutal effect on current recruiting.
How's this for a hot take? I'm honestly starting to think Brad WANTS TO GET FIRED, take the buyout, and move on.
A loss to Iowa at home and we are NIT bound. We will not beat Michigan or Purdue.
Does that include getting rid of Brad himself? If not, hard pass.
Not a hot take. Underwood can’t recover from this. It is not possible. Lose by 20. Maybe. Loss by 40 no chance.
You came here expecting sunshine and rainbow takes after a 43 point massacre?
It would before NIL.
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