If you check the box score you'll also notice he was a team leading +18. Next best was +3. Belo played well defensively, too. Idk gow you watch that game yesterday and think Belo was a net negative. Some frustrating plays to be expected, but this is such a bad take.
Illinois 54, Chattanooga 53 Postgame
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Bigtex
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Had to be his horrible 90 seconds when he tried to go 1 on 4 and lost the ball around half court then when he tried to get offensive rebound got a foul trying to knock/slap ball away from player. He definitely looked at the bench/had words (probably something like keep me in coach - I think I will block a last second shot for the win but I can’t do it from the bench
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IMO Plummer doesn’t lack confidence. Period. The scouting report is don’t give Plummer an inch. At the end of the game he/everyone might pass up shots they would otherwise shoot earlier in the game
Ummm. Trent was bad tonight. Coach said it on tv in post game short interview. We all saw him struggle offensively. But his defense was strong as usual.
Bring on Sunday and Houston
In the post game IIRC, BU was asked about this and he said it was bc were D-ing the Mocs up like a mutha and he didn't want to change things up on that end.
I gotta say, the armchair QBing of experienced CBB coaches' in-game decisions is one of the stupider things humans do on the web.
Rims Had a definite rattle sound to them.
Now that was easy!
Bigtex
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You realize that Chattanooga outscored illinois big to start each half and during that time curbelo was sitting on the bench. As soon as he came in illinois began coming back. Yes he made some turnovers and missed some shots (the rest of the team didn’t shoot straight either) but the team played better when he was on the court
I wouldn't use BPM in this case because it makes it seem like we dominated. NET appears to be more representative, though it still kills Curbelo, so...
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
It's a nitpick, but
I cannot tell you the number of times I find myself going, "Andre, no!" only to sit back and chug half my beer in relief when he pulls off a beautiful play. (I can say the same about Hawkins too.)
Everyone looked off last night, even the Mocs after their initial burst. I don't know if it was the ball or the rims or the pressure of being in the NCAAT, but we weren't loose. Hopefully we figure that part out by Sunday's tipoff.
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Well this isn't the news I needed to see this morning.
Counterpoint: statistically we’re one of the worst in the nation at coming out ready to play because Underwood can’t coach #SARCASM
Where do you get your wonderful information. Also adding possession to the plus minus was fantastic.
IllinoisFan733
- Chicago
It’s almost like the opponent is trying to win as well…
See you on Sunday. Hope for a better shooting game from the team. Dominant Erupt time.
See you on Sunday. Hope for a better shooting game from the team. Dominant Erupt time.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
POTD!!! Taking the ILL game on the road is priceless!!
No they did not ease up on fouling.
You sir, are a gentleman, a scholar, and an admirer of fine ladies . . . and there are damned few of us left. We’ll played sir, we’ll played!
Smaller schools like the MOCS are great at having a cockamamie strategy and pulling off an upset. They said it in the postgame- they had 15 fouls to use on Kofi, and they were going to use every one. It made things very hard and frustrating, especially when the whistles went silent inside of ten feet in the second half for a stretch. That said, it was a pee in the wind strategy that would've easily backfired had the Illini attacked the boards on the defensive end. Holy moly that was a lot of second chance opportunities. In no world did I expect that team to get that many chances.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
The moniker "visual learner chick" almost made me spit out my coffee when I aught up on the thread this a.m. Mad props to to @IlliniKat91 for layin' down the graphics hammer! Combined with slowly moving my lips as I read the minimal amount of text, even I was able to comprehend the Belo sitch in team context.
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DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Seldom do I literally laugh outloud!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Kudos to you for buying last round!!
That was a class act by Podz to go shake Chattanooga players hand right after the buzzer.
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