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<blockquote data-quote="IlliniCC" data-source="post: 1429779" data-attributes="member: 622982"><p>I am very ecstatic about the result, but can we ease off the “if this would’ve happened we would’ve won easily”. Gonzaga outrebounded us and scored in the paint like they were supposed to. We did our best to draw them off and pressure in our multiple defenses but it’s hard to stop the interior with our lack of size. We did what we did best and pressured them into turnovers. I thought the tempo favored them more, but in small pockets we got into an up tempo game where we could push it fast against Gonzaga’s size. All in all although we had a gritty performance I don’t think we should’ve won. We needed a huge performance from Giorgi coupled with Trent knocking down every 3 possible just to draw us close. We can hang our heads high though and instead of looking at this as a huge miss for an upset and resume building win instead see the potential for the remaining season. Besides now we can most likely win the next 2 as we would’ve had to face Auburn or Duke (no way in hell were beating them) in our final game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IlliniCC, post: 1429779, member: 622982"] I am very ecstatic about the result, but can we ease off the “if this would’ve happened we would’ve won easily”. Gonzaga outrebounded us and scored in the paint like they were supposed to. We did our best to draw them off and pressure in our multiple defenses but it’s hard to stop the interior with our lack of size. We did what we did best and pressured them into turnovers. I thought the tempo favored them more, but in small pockets we got into an up tempo game where we could push it fast against Gonzaga’s size. All in all although we had a gritty performance I don’t think we should’ve won. We needed a huge performance from Giorgi coupled with Trent knocking down every 3 possible just to draw us close. We can hang our heads high though and instead of looking at this as a huge miss for an upset and resume building win instead see the potential for the remaining season. Besides now we can most likely win the next 2 as we would’ve had to face Auburn or Duke (no way in hell were beating them) in our final game. [/QUOTE]
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