You can all thank me, every time I watched Minnesota made a run, so I turned it off and followed on the CBS sports app, and we got the W.
Illinois 77, Minnesota 67 Postgame
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Wagler is moving up the mock draft charts but I don't see him playing minutes in NBA next year. Right now he cannot guard NBA caliber guards. Hopefully he comes back to Illinois next year, works on his strength and defense and becomes a top 5 NBA draft pick in 2027.
They lost 0.5 EM and 2 teams jumped over (kenpom). Some of the top ten are very close together.
At one point I was sure we needed to win by 4 to be safe.
scoreboard operator was hungover today for sure
He’s been giving me the Andy Kaufmann vibes in this regard for a while.
Brad … You’re saying this every year and every year we come out NOT mentally ready !!!!!
If it’s circled …. Why were we NOT mentally ready !?!?!?!?!
After the fact excuses.
And actually tied with Houston who is 7. Also there is large gap ahead of Florida at 9.
I don’t know how Wagler didn’t get one at the end. Sure looked like he did a hook to me
We literally scored 1.28 points per possession. Certain narratives on here just don't hold factual evidence.
Just another W
Tomi is head and shoulders the best offensive big against zone. He will plant himself at the FT line and the ball will move. The other bigs seem to still want to roam the perimeter vs zone.
With the bigs and Keaton playing so well today, it really masked how poor Andrej/Ben were. If they can't stick it from outside, they really dont provide anything out there. I loved the twin towers lineup today against Minnesota. Won't get away with it against quicker teams but Z changes so many shots/drives on D with his presence and Tomi is rock solid on O vs zone
With the bigs and Keaton playing so well today, it really masked how poor Andrej/Ben were. If they can't stick it from outside, they really dont provide anything out there. I loved the twin towers lineup today against Minnesota. Won't get away with it against quicker teams but Z changes so many shots/drives on D with his presence and Tomi is rock solid on O vs zone
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Minnesota 67
Sorry, that was too easy
Sorry, that was too easy
I just have zero clue what a hook and hold is, so what do we think of the no hook & hold this time on Wagler?
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
He knew they would not be ready, but he was. That's why we won the game.
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
No excuse for our sr pg to get trapped in corner vs press on last 2 possesions. Even worse to turn it over under basket for other team layup. JV HS teaches you never let other team use sideline as extra man in the press. Call timeout. Throw it off the opponents leg. Brad has the WORST in bound plays.
No kidding! Seems like they were making incredibly high degree of difficulty shots all game.
Strong win. Minny is going to be a problem under Medved and they gave us their best shot. Really awesome to be able to turn to our 3rd string pg and have our backup center be the leading scorer when we need a spark.
Thought we could have crushed their zone with a hi-lo lob from Tomi to Z.
Enjoy the ride folks, don’t always look for things to be upset by!
Thought we could have crushed their zone with a hi-lo lob from Tomi to Z.
Enjoy the ride folks, don’t always look for things to be upset by!
Illinicpa14
- Chicago
I just can’t believe Brad used a first half timeout that wasn’t a 2-fo-1 clock item in the last minute
2X2L
- Metaluna
Even I, a basketball dope, could see Minnesota was gassed. But a great effort by the Gophers. Congrats. You is tough.
Just a question: what do Iilini do on a Friday night before a Saturday morning game?
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