Illinois 101, USC 65 Postgame

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sacraig
NarrowJ said:
Haven’t heard Homestar Runner in years
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sad homestar runner GIF
 
#204      
Brookslyn
ptgrd23 said:
going to Saturday game. Can't wait to see how many Illini fans show up. LA Illini club says 7000 alums in Los Angeles. There have to be a ton in Orange County (me) and surrounding counties.

I saw a lot of orange in the stands and could hear the ILL INI in the background on TV.

We go to Chargers games and are always disappointed to see more than 1/2 the fans are for opposing teams. This time its great to be on other side.
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There were so many alum at the game all over the stadium. A lot of USC students left at half time after getting their free jerseys!
 
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sdiver68
I've seen some version of this in several articles now: "Keaton Wagler, was held mostly in check. He scored 10 and added four assists."

Did you see Bam driving to the basket, with no weak side help due to Wag's defender being afraid to leave? Did you see 2-3 (at times 5) USC defenders focused on Wagler with other Illini wide open? Jake's wide open 3's? Contrasting with MSU as the 1 game he was actually held in check without significant disruption to team defense.

The new buzzword is gravity, and KW certainly had that in spades.
 
#208      
Battle89
Thaillini22 said:
There was a moment last night that I liked, where SC scored inside, the ball fell through the net into Davis's hands, and Mirk started to assume the position over the baseline whence to inbounds the ball, but Jake kept the ball and sorta pointed at the floor inbounds to instruct Mirk where he wanted him to be.

This seemed to be Jake naturally taking the lead and saying, "It would just be better if you got the ball straightaway when we take it out," and Mirk recognizing that and then just doing it.

It struck me as good teamwork and a sort of cohesiveness in a very simple way.
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I had the exact same thought at the time, Captain Jake does it again. Quiet leadership.
 
#209      
Chad Fleck
Mapman said:
On the Refs. I really wish they would call the holds and heavy contact at point of attack against KW as fouls, the kid gets no help from them.

The ref that called basket interference, had no effing business making that call from his viewpoint, just a horrible call. To that point, it never should have went to video review because the baseline ref should have had control of that call.
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I'm unsure if the mechanics are different I'm the NCAA for this situation, but the ENDLINE official (known as the Lead) is not to have their eyes on the basket. That is the job of the center official, which was the guy that called it. He got straight-lined, as we say. Normally, we are taught to not call something unless we can definitively see it. I can totally see officials with replay possibility on goal tends calling this because they know it can be fixed, while it couldn't be corrected from the opposite perspective.

Why are we still bent out of shape over this? It was corrected.
 
#210      
1970 John
Nobody with more than 30 minutes. That's key when you're nursing injury and coming off 2 OT games last week.
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Does anyone make stupid comments about in game coaching by Brad and company? Moving chess pieces around like that—winning by 36–is astounding.
 
#211      
NarrowJ
Stat: USC shot 7 for 19 (36.8%) on layups last night

Trying to remember them blowing wide open ones and my memory is more that most everything was contested

Will have to rewatch tonight
 
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Bbuck21
Mapman said:
On the Refs. I really wish they would call the holds and heavy contact at point of attack against KW as fouls, the kid gets no help from them.

The ref that called basket interference, had no effing business making that call from his viewpoint, just a horrible call. To that point, it never should have went to video review because the baseline ref should have had control of that call.
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I could see in real time that it was a putback. Then they showed different angle replays and it wasn't even close to basket interference. The call worse than that was against WI when they called tie-up/jump ball on a block shot on Zonimir. He got the rebound and would have easily scored. They reversed the call but we only had 14 seconds on the shot clock and we didn't score. Cost us 2 very critical points and momentum at that point. I think sometimes refsvanticipate what they think is about to happen without even really seeing it.
 
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wpr
Brookslyn said:
There were so many alum at the game all over the stadium. A lot of USC students left at half time after getting their free jerseys!
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No chicken nuggets? They are out of here.
 
#216      
Illinirog70
No chicken nuggets? They are out of here.
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Do we realize that in their three conference losses they were outscored by 3 points in regulation? And that on a 3 point heave at the buzzer?

They have been markedly better than ALL their big ten opponents, even those who beat them.

This is a team for the ages....
 
#218      
CHI 1086
RabidDawgClassic said:
From a USC message board:

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While I don’t know the official totals, the 4-1 ratio of Illini fans to USC fans is not unreasonable. I’ve personally never been to a road game, or even a neutral site game, where the orange shirts so greatly outnumbered the opposing fans. It certainly was an enjoyable game to witness in person.
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We did the same a few years ago in LV against. UCLA!
 
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splitter
Chad Fleck said:
I'm unsure if the mechanics are different I'm the NCAA for this situation, but the ENDLINE official (known as the Lead) is not to have their eyes on the basket. That is the job of the center official, which was the guy that called it. He got straight-lined, as we say. Normally, we are taught to not call something unless we can definitively see it. I can totally see officials with replay possibility on goal tends calling this because they know it can be fixed, while it couldn't be corrected from the opposite perspective.

Why are we still bent out of shape over this? It was corrected.
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It not only was corrected, we got to watch Bam fly to the rim from several angles over and over in real time.
 
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