Mara just clowning these guys with his defense.
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Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
Nothing says smart coaching than being up 20 and letting the conference player of year limp around, especially with a relatively quick turnaround in two days.
Edit: Pulled after posting. Still stayed in longer than made sense
Edit: Pulled after posting. Still stayed in longer than made sense
Mara is amazing
Dusty May winning the natty at Michigan and then leaving for Carolina the next day would be so Dusty May.
Game was never close. Well maybe when AZ cut it to 5-6 or whatever it was for that brief moment.How you like that defacto championship game now media?
Amazing how lopsided the shooting was in both games. Illinois and Arizona have two loaded offensive teams stocked with a handful or more of good shooters....and yet we saw both struggle to make any kind of shot.
I have always thought that games between two well-coached and highly motivated, tough, hard working teams were primarily decided by who was "hitting" on that particular night. Today pretty much reinforces that premise.
So Monday night we will see UConn play Cheatigan for the title. There is not likely any matchup I could care less about. One will likely be unable to put the ball in the hoop...unlike their performances tonight. I expect that will be UConn, but I cannot pull for either team to win. Well, by default I guess UConn would be more tolerable....by a smidge.
at least we didn’t look like Arizona ….
Yaxel did return after getting hurt.
Wonder if this was a preparation issue for AZ. Lots go into these final 4s. Looked shockingly outclassed.
Wonder if this was a preparation issue for AZ. Lots go into these final 4s. Looked shockingly outclassed.
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
I've said it before, but not prioritizing MJ was a big mistake. Our offense is predicated on bigs shooting threes, and the twin ended up not being great. Morez would have been a great addition. Also, he is insanely good at free throws. Incredible growth.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Michigan put Arizona in an unfamiliar situation. They looked shell-shocked being down by that much, that quickly.
Uconn might make a good go against scUM. Would not be shocked if they snuck a win out.
Two teams I dislike… I dislike scUM more! Go Uconn
Two teams I dislike… I dislike scUM more! Go Uconn
Dusty only left one team, FAU, for a higher profile job. I have a hunch if Dusty was considering going to Carolina that Michigan would not be playing so well. Now as far as Lloyd and "Zona are concerned .....
IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
Tuscon reporters are going to have a field day discussing whether Lloyd spent more time this week in contract negotiations than he did on game prep
Assist tonight:
Illinois 3; UCONN 14
Michigan 22; Arizona 5
Illinois 3; UCONN 14
Michigan 22; Arizona 5
I think my pie graph would be something like this:
40%-choked
40%-outmanned
20%-overrated
It’s a nice reminder that at times no one really knows anything about basketball. Coach K was SO convinced Arizona was the best team in this thing; for example.
one thing I didn't love was we went away from a heavy passing team around the perimeter to reliant on Keaton in pick in role or Keaton beating his man off the dribble. I think the peak damage was done when everyone was involved and we were zipping the ball all over.... but it's just hard to not give the ball to Keaton and let him work. the only issue is he got hammered and rarely got the call. we still hunted matchups and we're awesome on offense so no real complaint but seeing only 3 assists when we have plus passers at every position seems off
Part of getting assists is making the shots. The teams that did have more assists and the teams that didn’t don’t.
I felt like we went away from moving the ball around. I said this all year, we struggle against quick guards and UConn has some good guard play.
Keep in mind assists only happen if the guy you’re passing to makes the shot. We shot 6/26 from 3.
Make a few of the ones with no one within 5 feet… and that number would look a lot better.
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
Not a very interesting basketball game. I.don't think Monday will be any better.
Curbelo Fanboy
BERTBALL IS LIFE
At least at the top the Big 12 did not measure up to the other elite programs. We kinda woodshedded Houston and Michigan whacked Zona. And Iowa State got it against Tennessee.
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