Illinois 77, Tennessee-Martin 74 POSTGAME

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Dan

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JSpence

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Evansville, IN
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No matter how you slice it, a sloppy 3-pt win over Tenn-Martin is better than a sloppy 20+ pt loss to Tenn-Martin.

Go Illini.
 
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PJD86

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Texas
PJD86
Never a Doubt !!!! :D

Lots to work on, as to be expected with a rebuilding program. Improve next game.
 
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TownieMatt

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CU Expat
Chicago
TownieMatt
Welcome to Illinois Basketball 2017-18.

Should have won that by 20. Let then back in the game though sloppiness and a lack of focus. Warm up the treadmill.
 
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PNWIllini

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PNW
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Lots of work to do. But in stretches we looked good. Need to learn how to play during badly reffed games better
 
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IlliniDent

IlliniDent
Chicago, IL
IlliniDent
Wow the refs were awful but it was all on us that we let them back into the game.
 
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dweebs19

dweebs19
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That second half had a EIU feel to it. Glad to have closed it this time, but we lost the second half. I will assume that the Illini players will not enjoy practice this week.
 
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CAHALL15

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Central Illinois
CAHALL15
We’re 2-0 like we wanted to be. I’m sure there will be some lessons learned from this game and I think it’s good for these young guys to experience the college grind by playing two games in 48 hours.

I do think this is the sort of game we would have lost last year.
 
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skyIdub

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Winged Warrior
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Rad

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Nashville, TN
Rad
Loved what I saw from DMW. Reminds me a lot of Nick Anderson but better passer.
 
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SuperMetroid

SuperMetroid
Evanston
SuperMetroid
I long for the day we don’t have to sweat out ugly wins against sub-200 RPI no-name mid-majors. Starting to wonder if that day will ever come again.
 
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mdonsbach

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The zone'd the entire game as well...we I didn't see much of the spread offense. It will be interesting to see if more teams play zone just to keep us out of that.
 
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Ol Dirty Gamer

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Ol Dirty Gamer
Coach looked pretty upset walking off the court. The guy loves teaching moments, and even though we would have loved a blowout win; Underwood got another moment to teach.
I trust they will learn.
 
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Illiini

Illiini
In the land of the Nittany Lion
Illiini
Kudos to UT-M for playing well. But man were we leaving the underneath wide open. Looked amateurish.
 
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IlliniDent

IlliniDent
Chicago, IL
IlliniDent
mdonsbach said:
The zone'd the entire game as well...we I didn't see much of the spread offense. It will be interesting to see if more teams play zone just to keep us out of that.
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It was obvious how uncomfortable the team is running this offense still against different looks. That will improve with time
 
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FC Illiniman

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FC Illiniman
CAHALL15 said:
We’re 2-0 like we wanted to be. I’m sure there will be some lessons learned from this game and I think it’s good for these young guys to experience the college grind by playing two games in 48 hours.

I do think this is the sort of game we would have lost last year.
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Agreed, we do have that as a plus.
 
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IlliniMed

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Lillington, N.C.
IlliniMed
SuperMetroid said:
I long for the day we don’t have to sweat out ugly wins against sub-200 RPI no-name mid-majors. Starting to wonder if that day will ever come again.
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lol. Kentucky just won by 3 to Vermont.... Those days don't exist.