Illinois 105, Penn 70 Postgame
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Let us be sittin' there at the very end!!!!!
It’s a message board. Questionng things is what we do. Again, I’m not a Brad hater and I’m happy he’s our coach, but if you think his in game decisions are beyond reproach, then I’m not sure what to tell you other than I disagree. Couch coaches aren’t always wrong. I’m done now. Goodnight and go Illini
Been a while where officiating does not come up!
I dont think we have heard a word about it? Hmmm? No mention? Why? Because when they do a good job no one talks about it! They called a very good game! We are not use to that
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I dont think we have heard a word about it? Hmmm? No mention? Why? Because when they do a good job no one talks about it! They called a very good game! We are not use to that
!It's not that anyone thinks his every decision is beyond reproach, it is that there's a continuous avalanche of nit-picky and oftentimes completely bogus criticism from non-experts that naturally turns on a defense mechanism from certain observers.
Look at tonight? We were never seriously threatened in the game, but the game thread would have had you believe we were getting manhandled, out-schemed, out-hustled, out-toughed, out-executed, etc. It's just clutter at this point.
Here's a good heuristic: If you would never in a million years say it to the coaching staff's or players' faces in, say, a presser, then don't post it.
We were only supposed to beat them by 25.5, so we did a good amount better than we were supposed to
Interesting that as I did a rewatch (sipping a good bourbon of course) I noticed no one flopped. Crazy but is that a big ten thing? Kind of nice not to see that! March is good!
Mirk was amazing. VCU is 16-1 heading into to game against our Illini. We have not proven all year we can play 40 minutes of great basketball. I hope we can come out and achieve something special. Really tough match up. We do horrible against good athletic guards. Go Illini!
Maybe should have been co-Big 10 freshman of the year? Mirk has it going! He might just be our most valuable player at this point.
Illini in OC
In. The. Alley.
Great second half. Felt like a get right game at the exact right time against an overmatched an undermanned Penn team, who I actually thought competed and made tough shots most of the night.
For me the biggest nit is there were still a few times where we let up when we were on the verge of taking control of the game. I think we were up maybe 15 in the first half and Kylan threw up a wild shot in transition that led to a transition 3 for Penn. poor defense on the 3 to end the half. And we finally got up 21 in the second half only to give up 5 straight points on second chance buckets.
Now, you can take any game and pull out a handful of plays where a guy falls asleep on defense and gets back cut, someone throws a lazy pass/takes an ill advised 3 etc so those things do happen. But it was the timing of our lapses that was mildly concerning. Letting teams hang around in the tourney is playing with fire.
But overall great win.
For me the biggest nit is there were still a few times where we let up when we were on the verge of taking control of the game. I think we were up maybe 15 in the first half and Kylan threw up a wild shot in transition that led to a transition 3 for Penn. poor defense on the 3 to end the half. And we finally got up 21 in the second half only to give up 5 straight points on second chance buckets.
Now, you can take any game and pull out a handful of plays where a guy falls asleep on defense and gets back cut, someone throws a lazy pass/takes an ill advised 3 etc so those things do happen. But it was the timing of our lapses that was mildly concerning. Letting teams hang around in the tourney is playing with fire.
But overall great win.
Gary Par(b)ish should not be allowed to talk about Illinois
I would really like to put a dislike button on this comment. I can think of several games where we played 40 minutes of very good basketball. Mizzou for one.
I know we give him heck, but Fran's postgame presser was gold.
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