Third Illini FF in my lifetime. Thankful for this board this time around. I don’t post a lot but I hit hundreds of refreshes every game (and post game) to stay in tune here. Lots of tears with all the posts and social media links the last 12 hours. So much pride with this team and all of Illini Nation. Thanks all!!
Illinois 71, Iowa 59 Postgame
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Would love Roger to kill it as a head coach and come back after the underwood era. The put back frog dunk against Louisville was awesome.
LubbockIlliniFan
- Savoy, IL
I’m rewatching the game this morning. From the 13:00 to the 11:00 mark in the 2nd half there were 4 calls that could have sunk us. First was a miss 3 by Iowa that went out of bounds that the refs whistled out on Ben. He got 2 hand pushed in the ribs away from the ball. Iowa hits a 3 on the possession. The next trip was the Stirtz baiting foul on Andre. The next was Keaton shooting the 3. Gets run over and the guy who ran him over trips over Keaton and Keaton gets the foul. Then to end it Tomi gets a cheap foul against Stirtz at the bucket where it didn’t even look like he touched him.
Iowa fans are losing their minds on X about the officiating, the refs kept them in the game.
Iowa fans are losing their minds on X about the officiating, the refs kept them in the game.
This is one of my favorite hangovers ever.
I’m so Illinated (burp)
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
I didn't look super closely, but that could have been called a foul on the shot.
But given it wasn't, it looked like Keaton tripped the guy. It was a good thing they called a foul, because it was a runout dunk since the other 4 Illini were crashing and the rebound bounced over all their heads.
Really amazing. 40 pts in the paint. completely flipped the script.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
And he can’t just leave. He has to talk about it.
A couple of thoughts:
1) Mentioned it in the games thread when someone talked about Arizona being down 7 at the half and then crushing Purdue. The Illini are similar in that they also took Iowa's best shot, figured out how to shut off the oxygen and then the Illini offense dissected Iowa's defense and pulled away. It is part of a champion's DNA in most years (that one UCONN team was different to be sure). The Illini's dominance in the second halves of these tourney games is no coincidence. They not only wear teams down physically, but they also do it strategically.
2) In Iowa's tourney run, one of the major contributors was Folgueiras, who was giving off some Mirk vibes. He scored 14 in the win over Clemson, had 14 (including the game-winner) and 5 rebounds against 1 seed Florida, arguably the best front line in college basketball, and had 16 against Nebraska. Last night, he had no points and no rebounds.
1) Mentioned it in the games thread when someone talked about Arizona being down 7 at the half and then crushing Purdue. The Illini are similar in that they also took Iowa's best shot, figured out how to shut off the oxygen and then the Illini offense dissected Iowa's defense and pulled away. It is part of a champion's DNA in most years (that one UCONN team was different to be sure). The Illini's dominance in the second halves of these tourney games is no coincidence. They not only wear teams down physically, but they also do it strategically.
2) In Iowa's tourney run, one of the major contributors was Folgueiras, who was giving off some Mirk vibes. He scored 14 in the win over Clemson, had 14 (including the game-winner) and 5 rebounds against 1 seed Florida, arguably the best front line in college basketball, and had 16 against Nebraska. Last night, he had no points and no rebounds.
Was it just a most money thing? Felt like his heart never left Champaign
He's currently editing the tapes and concocting a theory regarding Illinois and NCAA infractions.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
O&B, through and through ($):
I think you could wait another week.Final Four!!!! Now I can take a shower and change clothes. You are welcome, Illini Nation.
Whew he put that Iowa guy in a blender and left him doing the chicken legs dance. And he drained the 3 very James Harden like with the Euro step back to the 3 point line. Kid is remarkable!!!
Good to see the excitement from former players who helped lay the cutural foundation of the Underwood Era.
After 11 minutes, Wagler had 2 points, a turnover, 2 missed layups. He went on to score 23 in the final 29 minutes and turned the ball over just one more time. For a freshman to reset and storm back like that on that big of a stage is so special. The most important play in any game is the next play. Keaton is a walking definition of that truth.
Chuck Nuggets
Dip your nuggets in my staff source sauce.
The news just f---ing broke! Final Four! Let's get it, baby!
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
Scene at Flightstar right now.
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