Illinois 68, Michigan 53 Postgame

#51      

Jan 14, 2022

EllderIlliniFan

EllderIlliniFan

Baskins Tiger said:

The Michigan pundits already making the case on the Fox after show that it could have been different if they had Hunter

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Who beat Michigan without their All American last year?

 

#52      

Jan 14, 2022

bjp84

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bjp84

What will Curbelo’s role be when he comes back? I think he would be great of the bench like his role was last year. If he tries to do too much I think we will be out of sync. At least for a while. We definitely need him though.

 

#53      

Jan 14, 2022

azillini1

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Scottsdale

azillini1

PassingBy said:

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Don't like the 20 offensive rebounds to our 11, but we did get the win.

 

#54      

Jan 14, 2022

sacraig

The desert

sacraig

We moved from 12 to 12 on KenPom.

 

#55      

Jan 14, 2022

Pikeillinifan

Pikeillinifan

Great win, ugly but I can’t complain. We need to learn how to win ugly.

 

#56      

Jan 14, 2022

Nuke Dukem

Nuke Dukem

bjp84 said:

What will Curbelo’s role be when he comes back? I think he would be great of the bench like his role was last year. If he tries to do too much I think we will be out of sync. At least for a while. We definitely need him though.

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God I hope he comes back because we have nothing at PG behind Trent.

 

#57      

Jan 14, 2022

Piotyr

Piotyr

sacraig said:

We moved from 12 to 12 on KenPom.

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Adjusted EM went up a point, just wasn't enough to get past any other teams.

 

#58      

Jan 14, 2022

Navy_illini

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Navy_illini

You have to be able to win games like this in the big 10. It was physical and we were able to overcome. We have to get the rebounds against Purdue if we want to win

 

#59      

Jan 14, 2022

HailChief89

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HailChief89

altgeld88 said:

That's the most harrowing 15-point Illini win I can recall.

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all I'll say. Wow

 

#60      

Jan 14, 2022

AT6

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AT6

azillini1 said:

Don't like the 20 offensive rebounds to our 11, but we did get the win.

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The long rebounds off the missed 3s seemed to go Mich’s way all night.

 

#61      

Jan 14, 2022

SuperMetroid

Evanston

SuperMetroid

Glad we had a Trent and they didn’t.

 

#62      

Jan 14, 2022

1970 John

1970 John

Jon said:

Beat Michigan by double digits while missing our lead PG twice in a row

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Yet all the announcers could talk about was Michigan missing their best player and being undermanned. Sheesh.

 

#63      

Jan 14, 2022

Miles Leonard

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Miles Leonard

Think we got caught looking ahead to Purdue a little bit. Still ended up with a 15 point win despite sleepwalking for 35 minutes of the game.

Howard and Dickinson...

 

#64      

Jan 14, 2022

Piotyr

Piotyr

Illinois was outrebounded, out O-rebounded, turned the ball over more than their opponent, shot 30% from 3, and won by 15.

 

#65      

Jan 14, 2022

Orangetool

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Give me back my Afta, heh heh

Orangetool

I am liking the momentum we are getting in late game.

Our growing tendency to close strong will bode well as the BIG schedule wears on.

 

#66      

Jan 14, 2022

Nuke Dukem

Nuke Dukem

Baskins Tiger said:

The Michigan pundits already making the case on the Fox after show that it could have been different if they had Hunter

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Yeah. Who cares?

 

#67      

Jan 14, 2022

1970 John

1970 John

Baskins Tiger said:

The Michigan pundits already making the case on the Fox after show that it could have been different if they had Hunter

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It could have been different if we had Curbelo. So what’s their point?

 

#68      

Jan 14, 2022

AT6

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AT6

Baskins Tiger said:

The Michigan pundits already making the case on the Fox after show that it could have been different if they had Hunter

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Of course they don‘t mention that we don’t have Andre.

 

#69      

Jan 14, 2022

KnoxIllini2

KnoxIllini2

altgeld88 said:

That's the most harrowing 15-point Illini win I can recall.

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Right?! Why was everyone so tense?

 

#70      

Jan 14, 2022

HailChief89

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HailChief89

Baskins Tiger said:

The Michigan pundits already making the case on the Fox after show that it could have been different if they had Hunter

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They played Better without Hunter Dick! Faster and smaller. Caused us issues. They are slower with Dickinson on court. I can see him coming off bench!!!

 

#71      

Jan 14, 2022

Calillini

Now appearing in Tampa

Calillini

Three takeaways from tonight
1. we bring this cr*p Monday and we are 15 pt dogs, and we will get beat like a drum
2. we still need a point guard
3. it’s time to sit DMW.

 

#72      

Jan 14, 2022

illinipimp

illinipimp

Don’t know if anyone else posted this but our bench did not take a shot attempt tonight!! I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a stat. Crazy

 

#73      

Jan 14, 2022

Chillinini

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Chillinini

Great job closing out.
Just need to clean some things up.
Sloppy at times.
No energy/intensity for quite a while.
Have to battle and bring the energy on Monday or it’ll be like the first 30 minutes tonight.

 

#74      

Jan 14, 2022

Pikeillinifan

Pikeillinifan

We used to lose games like this, we won by 15 and we’re all sad, awesome night and great win.

 

#75      

Jan 14, 2022

sacraig

The desert

sacraig

Piotyr said:

Adjusted EM went up a point, just wasn't enough to get past any other teams.

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Just a hair under Duke. Enough that the weekend's action could easily bump us up.