Game Thread: Illinois vs Michigan State

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skyIdub

Winged Warrior
No guys.....his two shooters that haven't made a three made two right off the bat. He was talking about his own players.
 
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Retro62

North Bethesda, Maryland
No he wasn't. He was making fun of his terrible shooters that made their first 3's.

Who in the world would think Izzo was making fun of our shooters?! You don’t have to like him, but geez, he’s not that much of a tool.
 
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When Ayo is good we are good. He's been so bad the last 3 games. Its disappointing to see him play so poorly after he was super clutch during our winning streak
 
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FinalFour88

Charlotte, NC
This is a continuation of the Maryland 2nd half. Wow, this team is in a funk right now. Did the Maryland game take that much out of them? Georgi and Kofi are both trying to do too much offensively.
 
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Here’s my question. While watching the game, I see MSU players getting screens and mostly open looks. Our guys, Every shot has a hand (usually an entire body) defending.

The question is: “Why is this happening?”
Never any open looks for us, but MSU gets open looks ALL the time.
 
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At this point, I’d pick tell Trent or Ayo to just pop shots. Why not? We can’t run our offense until 1) there’s an actual potential threat for MSU to consider when defending us and 2) our players BELIEVE in our offense again.
 
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I was afraid we would be flat after the maryland game. Gosh we look terrible
 
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FinalFour88

Charlotte, NC
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Who in the world would think Izzo was making fun of our shooters?! You don’t have to like him, but geez, he’s not that much of a tool.
Not a big deal, but I think Izzo was refering to DW and Tevian's three-pointers. Our guys, not his.
 
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Izzo knows the game of basketball. He's had a tremendous amount of success at MSU throughout his career. I won't even begin to take away the basketball coach that he is. What he said about DMW and Tev at the end of the half embodies his arrogance towards other teams and opponents throughout his career.

On the other hand. Win or lose, Coach Underwood ALWAYS begins every interview with, "Give (insert any opponents name) credit, they played (insert compliment.) I'll take that as my Universities representative every day.
 
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No guys.....his two shooters that haven't made a three made two right off the bat. He was talking about his own players.
Thanks for clarification Skyldub. Makes sense. I'm still thinking about your pregame comment...
"If you don't believe in this team.... you should re calibrate your Expectation-O-meter."

I think this half may force me to throw my meter away and get a new "expectation-o meter"
 
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This is disappointing but who didn’t feel this coming? Most rational fans who have watched this team suffer for 15 years have to have worried about this. I know I did. It doesn’t mean it is acceptable and not disappointing but every time I think we have almost turned the corner we get smacked back down. I still think they can turn it around but something needs to change quickly. We are right back on the bubble unless we can steal one of the two next road games.
 
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At this point, I’d pick tell Trent or Ayo to just pop shots. Why not? We can’t run our offense until 1) there’s an actual potential threat for MSU to consider when defending us and 2) our players BELIEVE in our offense again.
I'd give it to Feliz. High motor guy and may draw some fouls.
 
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After our mid year resurgence, I decided I'd give coach the benefit of the doubt for a couple years. I see why a person might blame the coach though. The pieces are there.
 
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we can steal one of e two next road games.

I actually think we are better on the road, and hopefully will do well in the NCAA tourney. Our fan base gets absolutely dead for some reason ( I know the team playing like chit is the reason), but thats when a 6th man is needed...
 
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