Game Thread: Illinois vs Michigan

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skyIdub

skyIdub
Winged Warrior
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Oh look, it's just like the beginning of the first half.

Imagine that.
 
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Illini34

Illini34
Champaign, IL
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We need more physical players here. We just get punched in the mouth and take it
 
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greger

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Absolutely disgusting effort....reading that tweet from the locker room isn't it the coaches job to make sure they compete and communicate? Why is this getting addressed at this point....I give up.
 
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MA Illini

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Mass
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We are playing like we did for the first 80% of the season. Lazy turnovers on offense because we are too casual on the ball and nobody seems to have any intention of scoring until there is 10 on the shot clock.

And the lazyness continues on the defensive end. You spot a team 4-5 easy laying over the course of the game and you can't recover from that.

Perfect last meaningful game in the Groce area. I like the man to death and he is such a good ambassador for the university and the team, but when your main strenght is a motivator/confidence builder and not tactics, your teams cant lay as many eggs as his do.
 
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schlagboy

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Glad to see TA not go down without a fight.


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#288      

BWBW

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Groce should be gone after this game. Let TA coach the team in the NIT. We'll probably win. :)
 
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Costanza

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As a TA critic... can you imagine how humiliating this game would've been without him?
 
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brapp33

brapp33
Normal IL
brapp33
I love how before the second half they said DJ has been a monster in practice for a few weeks yet we are just now using him. Fire this clown.
 
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zpfled

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Logan Square, Chicago
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brapp33 said:
I love how before the second half they said DJ has been a monster in practice for a few weeks yet we are just now using him. Fire this clown.
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Potential bright spot for next year...if he sticks around and a new coach can use him well, that would be cool
 
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Illini34

Illini34
Champaign, IL
Illini34
I literally cringe every time Morgan get the ball in the post because A. He's either going to get double teamed and stripped of the ball B. He's going to throw it to the other team or C. He will throw up a fade away shot that's nowhere close.
 
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GallopingGhost said:
Predictably flat save for that 1st half run. We need another or its curtains and NIT
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I don't feel bad for two reasons:

1)This performance was predictable.

2)If you can't be firmly in the tournament with THIS YEAR'S BUBBLE, you're not a good basketball team. When a 15 loss team and a team with a 6-12 conference record is considered....any you're not, you're a below average team that belongs in the NIT.

Why get upset when this is what we've been since December?
 
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zpfled

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aluma said:
I could see the scenario where he transfers and then becomes exactly what we hoped he would here at Illinois.
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lol, that's probably most likely. Only reason I could see him sticking around is if he really likes the new coach
 
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FightingIllini09

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Belleville, IL
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winthiscentury said:
I don't feel bad for two reasons:

2)If you can't be firmly in the tournament with THIS YEAR'S BUBBLE, you're not a good basketball team. When a 15 loss team and a team with a 6-12 conference record is considered....any you're not, you're a below average team that belongs in the NIT.
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This. x100.
 
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