Illinois 76, VCU 55 Postgame

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Sweet 16! We should be here more often than we arent. Not the biggest fan of BU but credit where its due. Let's just go ahead and beat Houston since we are here...
 
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Sweet 16! We should be here more often than we arent. Not the biggest fan of BU but credit where its due. Let's just go ahead and beat Houston since we are here...
You've been dogging Underwood and this team all year, stay on that side.
 
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Watching in person you can see all the things Ben does, glad to see him get those steals and 3 pointer. Andrej burst came at a great time, offense went stale and it seemed like we list confidence in making shots. Hope Andrej, Tomi, Z and Mirc come back. Solid core.
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Sweet Sixteen bound ,again................I love it . especially how the tide turned in the second half into an Illini tsunami flooding the court with slam dunks and excellent offensive and defensive play by this special Illini squad !!!!!!!!

I found out right after the game ended that my bestest bud from my childhood was in the hospital with AFIB problems again so I called him and he is getting a lot of fluids and expects to be in the hospital for the next few days......praying for him big time right now.........

My emotions are happy for the beloved's great win and my bud's problems so I will close for now and post more tomorrow.........


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enjoy this win Illini Nation and hope for a few more wins in this special season...................
Pruman, can we get you to edit your post and put in your usual Taylor Rooks pic? It’s your thing and we don’t want to upset the apple cart and all.
 
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Took my wife to the game. Waited it out until 2 hours before the Duke tipoff to get tickets and ended up sitting 2 rows back near the VCU bench. Can't tell you how happy I am we went to see the Illini.

The place absolutely exploded after that dunk. I got goose bumps and jumped up out of my chair! Only drawback being there in person is that I could not see the replay until later at home.

What a game to attend in person! It was great hanging out after the game watching just how happy the guys were. Brad came over to the Illini fans and said thank you multiple times.

What a game and what an atmosphere.
 
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I don't know his reasoning, but I will say this, #14 (Jordan Tillery) was the only end of the bench VCU player that got a basket in the last 2 minutes. He didn't get in the game at all against North Carolina. I have to say, if I scored my first (maybe only) basket in the NCAA tournament, I am absolutely taking and keeping that ball.
Really good point I didn't catch that i thought petro was giving him the business but that makes alot of since
 
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I don't know his reasoning, but I will say this, #14 (Jordan Tillery) was the only end of the bench VCU player that got a basket in the last 2 minutes. He didn't get in the game at all against North Carolina. I have to say, if I scored my first (maybe only) basket in the NCAA tournament, I am absolutely taking and keeping that ball.
Got to admit, I wondered why he did that, and thought it rather poor and taunting him. After reading this I hope it was meant as a nice gesture...
 
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Got to admit, I wondered why he did that, and thought it rather poor and taunting him. After reading this I hope it was meant as a nice gesture...
I don't think it was. I think Petro just didn't like the guy walking directly at him and into his space, so he responded in kind with a bit of a unsportsmanlike gesture of his own.
 
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Got to admit, I wondered why he did that, and thought it rather poor and taunting him. After reading this I hope it was meant as a nice gesture...

As someone who played in college, and sat on the end of the bench. I’ll tell you there’s a bit of a code between the benchwarmers.

Sometimes there’s inside jokes like giving one another stats as the clock runs down.

Idk for sure. But, it does happen. 🤷‍♂️
 
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I don't think it was. I think Petro just didn't like the guy walking directly at him and into his space, so he responded in kind with a bit of a unsportsmanlike gesture of his own.
lol yeah, I highly doubt he was that much aware of who scored on the other team and whether that guy played in the prior game. I don't think he was thinking of really anything in the moment
 
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