I decided to watch the replay. I might have missed a play earlier. I'm also taping it to watch tomorrow sometime. In case I miss another play
Illinois 74, Indiana 57 Postgame
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He was the most explosive athlete I've ever seen at Illinois. His long and successful NBA career didn't surprise me at all.
it was sick and I loved it, also technically not a travel for the most part.
Thank the NBA for this by the way. The step back is basically taking advantage of the gather dribble(or zero dribble as some call it). A shooter is allowed to gather his feet when getting into shooting position if the gather begins before he has two hands on the ball after a dribble. Somebody decided to push the boundaries on that(Harden famously does the most exaggerated form of this) being as there is no rule on how far one can 'gather' their feet while preparing to shoot. I know it looks weird and Damonte was close to having two hands on the ball to start the move but that is what is going on there and why no travel called or Indiana complaints were made. this gets even more confusing when you through in the 2 steps allowed while attempting a shot.
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Thought he pulled up more than once and looked like he had a lane. Not sure if gunshy because he has been blocked or knew there was a blocker.
Right up there with the Randle dunk for great IU highlights.
sacraig
- The desert
What, no mention of the Griffey layup?
Different category. Nick's shot is highest. Griffey. Probably a few more.
I'm talking about the humiliate my opponent category
sacraig
- The desert
Griffey's shot did humiliate the opponent. Specifically Tom Crean.
More specifically, Cody Zeller.
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altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Zeller's face as he was walking to the IU bench afterward and turned back to look back at Tyler, alone under the hoop and about to get mobbed, was priceless.
I hope Belo is Ok, their other Big ran through Belo's screen and he looked shaken up.
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
I liked this play, of course. But it really wasn't as good as could be. It was really bad broken defense. And Griffey couldn't have looked more...timid? Uncertain?....about himself.
I understand there was under a second left. But it still isn't a super inspiring basketball play for me to watch.
My favorite part about it, is the national call.
"It's been that kind of year in college basketball! #1 goes tumbling down, yet again!"
It's the type of sentiment that makes college basketball so compelling, wrapped up in a moment.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Thanks for that. I enjoyed it. Key BU observation, regarding the understanding that this year's team possesses about playing in March:Matt Norlander got to chat with Brad Underwood on the bus today back from IU:
Illinois' big win at Indiana shows this team can do what last season's could not: make the Final Four
After a disappointing NCAA Tournament upset, things got worse for Illinois, but Brad Underwood has built another Final Four contenderwww.cbssports.com
"I'm not a fortuneteller, but the one thing that, last year, our team didn't understand was the urgency of the end. [...] You have to understand that for six nights, you have to bring it or you go home. Being a one-seed means nothing. I think this team can believe more because they've been there now. They remember that locker room after that loss. We had nobody to really grasp that concept a year ago."
The other thing Norlander notes is BU's focus on defense, which wins championships. BU understands that and preaches it the way Lou did. One of many reasons why I love watching our team play.
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It reminded me of Kimba Walker against UConn
Woodson said he isn't comfortable taking 3 pointers. Can't play a 3 if you won't take an open 3
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
I've always thought Tyler wasn't timid or uncertain about himself as he pulled in his arms after scoring. He seemed absolutely stunned that he had at least three steps to the hole completely unguarded for a wide open layup, and not an IU player within 15 feet of him. As was every single person watching that moment live.
And, yeah, how Zeller fell asleep for a moment and left the lane completely open remains a mystery. Meh. I'll take it.
Almost sure we had this 4 and Curbelo in at one time yesterday.
...4 quick guys under 6'3" and Kofi.
I decided to run the scoring by "quarters" numbers only for B1G games in part because I am lazy and partly because Quad 3 & 4 results against the Little Sisters of the Poor don't really matter. Those numbers backed up only one of my theories - - we really do play our worst basketball in the second quarter. My main theory - that we are really at our best in the final ten minutes - does not hold water. We were outscored in the final ten minutes in 5 out of 12 games.
Here is our average B1G scoring differential by "quarter".
1st 10 +3.5
2nd 10 -0.083
3rd 10 +6.92
4th 10 +0.42
It looks like we play our best ball to start the second half; suggesting that BU really is good at making adjustments.
Can some of that 4th quarter drop off be due to the fact that our starters are playing so many minutes and the legs are starting to give out a bit? I know that Trent “never wants to come out” and that he always gives us everything he’s got, but would that “everything” be a bit more effective if he and the other starters got a few more breaths on the bench earlier in the game?
Wow. It can get crazy. Good illustration of all that was Penn State guard tying game with Iowa on 3 pointer. He had a large step back in order to get space from defender, but now he knew he couldn't elevate enough over Keegan Murray because his feet were so far apart, so he shuffled both feet towards each other, and then elevated for the shot. Ofc it all happened quickly. And I thought the guy traveled twice. Thanks for explaining.
It's funny you should mention Wikpedia's sports data with sarcasm. I recall in the past few weeks a few errors. Not huge, but math is math. And no, it's not the Mandela Effect
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