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Illinois 105, Penn 70 Postgame
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the stories I could tell...................Memories , in the corner of my mind.........................................they really really are...............
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Did you watch all year?
You mean the historic 1.95 efficiency 2nd half? Arguably one of the MOST efficient halves in the history of the NCAA tournament? That is the standard you would want us to stay at?
We would have beat ANY team in the tournament by 20 plus if we play to that standard. Ridiculous bar to hold a team to.
There is not a team in the tournament that would keep it within 20.
Penn didn't have an answer for our size and they put them away. Great to see --looked more like the 12 game win streak. They looked a little nervous early, but man did they take advantage of Penn's lack of size. What can you say about Mirk? You need a guy who just won't lose, and Mirk played like that guy. Good to see the team playing scared.
Penn was pretty bad defensively, and didn't match up well with us. VCU is a very different team and I think having fast guards is a lot tougher on this team's defense. They're also 17 points better on kenpom. They'll need to bring it.
Gotta say it was wonderful seeing the deep bench get into the game for several minutes.
Penn was pretty bad defensively, and didn't match up well with us. VCU is a very different team and I think having fast guards is a lot tougher on this team's defense. They're also 17 points better on kenpom. They'll need to bring it.
Gotta say it was wonderful seeing the deep bench get into the game for several minutes.
Solid W. On to the next!
I don't think you can really say anything about the game that does justice, just let the performance speak for itself.
Delete - BrimfieldBomber beat me to it. Thanks.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
The Wall Street Journal has a sports section?!
Tough night for the "Brad can't coach crew." Excellent adjustments. BLOB sets were crisp. Keep it rolling fellas!
I did not call him an embecile. But I responded something that defense is a secondary issue with Fran McCaffery coached teams, and he totally discounted that.
Way too many "non-questionable" decisions that couch coaches can see that our multi million dollar coach isn't prepared for. Thats the problem. Its indefensible and you're trying to defend it. I know this is "Illinois loyalty", but you're loyalty is to a fault right now. Those details are why people want Brad out. Its grade school stuff.
PizzaHutParkingLot
- Vodice, Croatia
I think he’d be ok with Tournament MOP
Big 10 conference has to do something about the officiating. It’s atrociousBeen 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!
Fixed it for youLoved the game.
Loved the win.
Now let's see if we can do thattimes in a row.
Well, first of all, yes. You don't? Weird to sell your team short. Why would someone say "hey, we played this well in game 1, but let's aim lower moving forward."? Of course, I'm taking your question literally, where I know you meantit this way: "you mean to tell me that if we don't play this well the rest of the tournament you'll be a hater on the team?"
It's almost like you glossed right over the part where I said this:
I mean... we played better in the second half than the first half, so we literally did not play the first half as well as we could have. In fact, most commentators and users on this forum even admited we didn't start the game well. Why did you go straight for the "I gotta get defensive" stance instead of reading the post literally?
Very happy we picked things up and closed this one out.
Let's keep that same energy and flow on Saturday and see if we can get revenge against Houston.
Let's keep that same energy and flow on Saturday and see if we can get revenge against Houston.
But your baseline you are going for is possibly the GREATEST half of offensive efficiency in NCAA tournament history. Sure I “want” that, but expecting it or even being delusional enough to think it will happen again, seems like a self-imposed prison of misery I don’t need.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I mean the story is that Penn started the game playing with an intensity and physicality they couldn't sustain for 40 minutes, not least of which because their best player should have been watching from bed.
And also just shooting percentages reverting to the mean of course.
There wasn't a big difference in the way we played in the two halves. There seldom is, for better or for worse we just play how we play.
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Shoutout to Ben as well. Has really picked up the slack behind the arc when Jake is off which has been quite a bit lately. Quintessential glue guy.
The fact that we’re having a conversation of whether or not that performance satisfied folks 
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