Game Thread: Illinois vs Ohio State

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Trent had a few wide open looks he missed. He will knock them down in second half. I see them 1) playing Washington on high ball screen and 2) Sueing in the post the second half.
 
#303      
Per usual like we're going to blow out this team. You rarely do that in this conference. We played a very good first half. They got some help with the fouls but I feel good about this game. Ohio St going to have to play like they did the last 5 minutes of this half for the rest of the game.
yup.. We went on a run, they went on their run.. We ended it up 5.. I'll take it. Now we are spotted 5 points the last 20 mins. We will need everyone of those
 
#304      
We have stopped going inside to Kofi.
Ayo has been out of rhythm with too many turnovers.

EJ is gassed Kofi needs to touch the ball everytime.

We'll be alright but need to wake up a bit and stop falling in love with the 3
 
#305      
Washington is quite the player. Can't let fouls and foul shooting determine the outcome of this game.
 
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Ref Kelly Pfeifer is at it again taking over with multiple whistles on us....like he did when we played at Indiana. OSU has shot twice as many free throws as the Illini.
 
#308      
Trent missed the most open three he’ll ever get, and off the board they transitioned into a made three. What could’ve been up 13 went to up 7 in about 8 seconds. We’re fine. But need to hit those more than not.
 
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Need Ayo. Need to feed Kofi. Kofi needs to make some FTs. Why would the Big10 put these refs in the championship game? They come up with foul calls that are clearly no there, then let obvious ones go. It's infuriating. Oh well, gotta beat them in spite of the clowns on the whistle.
 
#311      
We have to get back to tough defense and live with the fouls if they come. We are pretty deep. And get the ball to Kofi!!
 
#313      
We aren’t “IU” Nantz. Go back to the Butler Cabin you knob
Nantz and Rafferty have made several mistakes...yesterday at least 3 times they called Miller, Frazier or vice versa..this is CBS's "A" team
 
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DICKnaggie

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Lots of fouls early by us kept Ohio in the game. We need to go back to Kofi and Ayo to shoot better. They are cutting off Ayo's driving lanes to the hoop
Teams are figuring out that they can pressure Ayo to his weak side and it is causing him issues. He also seems tired and trying to do too much.
 
#319      
I just want to see some energy coming out of the gate and let's get the inside game going more.
 
#320      
They need to survive these officials and that means hitting open 3s. It’s one play the refs can’t influence.

Something to keep in mind is the officials aren’t going to make too many mistakes unless it’s a absolutely critical situation like when scirotto called the 5 second call against Illini after 4 counts (the actual time doesn’t matter btw it’s how many counts they signal and he signaled 4).

The refs control the game by dictating the style of play for each team on both ends to benefit one team.

I think underwood is gonna need to stick with a rotation for a bit longer despite foul trouble to help create some consistency and flow. If he rotates every foul call that just plays into the refs disrupting the game.
 
#321      
A couple of sloppy passes....a shooting lull....a 2 minute defensive lapse....and the game goes from a potential beat down to a nail-biter. OSU was never going to go 0-45 from the field and the hoops gods caught up with us.
 
#322      
Things seemed to change when we went from attacking the game to worrying about picking up fouls. Now that we're at the half with a lead, no one over two fouls and Kofi with one, hopefully we can get some urgency back.
 
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Ken

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Trent missed the most open three he’ll ever get, and off the board they transitioned into a made three. What could’ve been up 13 went to up 7 in about 8 seconds. We’re fine. But need to hit those more than not.

yes we have gotten some good looks but also went 4 minutes without scoring.
 
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Nantz and Rafferty have made several mistakes...yesterday at least 3 times they called Miller, Frazier or vice versa..this is CBS's "A" team
Well, they don't call many college games and probably don't watch any film as they are "experts" and don't need to. How could they not have ANY idea how good Curbelo was otherwise.
 
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