Illinois 79, Northwestern 68 Postgame
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1. Fourth B1G road win
2. No worse than a third place tie in B1G
3. One win in a row in Evanston
4. Tomi breaks out of a slump
5. Keaton plays yet another top level game and comes through in the clutch...but not the hold.
6. Depth advantage shows down the stretch. Thanks Brad for loading the bench to the end.
7. Illini play to the buzzer when not hitting on all cylinders and grind out a win that beats the spread.
8. Kylan leads the team and wills the team to a solid win...as a senior should...with solid play on both ends. Tip of the cap to KB.
2. No worse than a third place tie in B1G
3. One win in a row in Evanston
4. Tomi breaks out of a slump
5. Keaton plays yet another top level game and comes through in the clutch...but not the hold.
6. Depth advantage shows down the stretch. Thanks Brad for loading the bench to the end.
7. Illini play to the buzzer when not hitting on all cylinders and grind out a win that beats the spread.
8. Kylan leads the team and wills the team to a solid win...as a senior should...with solid play on both ends. Tip of the cap to KB.
Now we know why baldy is such a bad ref... he's color blind!
AEX
- West Lafayette
Collins was so frustrated with that play. Kept laughing watching his reactions. Led to a couple timeouts.
It is, though letting Tomi take that shot was part of Northwestern's game plan. He had that shot all night. 1st half it wasn't falling. 2nd half late he absolutely buried them.
3 of the top 5 are B1G teams.
Any win where Voldemort, High Knees, or “That’s cash” make up 2 of the 3 refs, that’s a good win in my book. Should count towards KenPom rating if we’re being honest.
And Brad said in the post that he was fighting back spasms
I entered the game thread right before half, and then quickly realized why I generally try to avoid it.
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
He looks like tha judge from Brazil
sacraig
- The desert
We’ll see how the back half of the season goes.
I was kind of concerned by all the missed threes then I realized they were getting the offensive rebound and putting up the two so I calmed down. But only a little.
Against also-ran teams like Northwestern? Maybe. Against teams competing for a spot on top of our conference, I don't see it.
Two very impressive wins on the road against very good teams.
As BU said, NW has had leads in basically all of their Big Ten games, while Iowa almost pulled off an upset in West Lafayette (9-point 2nd half lead at one point).
Just impressed all-around: a great balance of three-pointers and taking it to the hole. Defense gave up some offensive rebounds in the second half, but overall, a real good job. Once Kylan covered the "little guy," he chilled a little bit.
I hate the hook and hold! Am I wrong for wondering how in the Sam Hell that was a H&H? Or I just don't know the rule?
I felt the referees gave Illini a break with the Tomi 3-point play after NW cut the lead to four, I believe. Tomi posted up a smaller player while Jake made a great pass. NU player didn't really touch him at all. I believe the refs knew they screwed Illinois on that H&H.
As BU said, NW has had leads in basically all of their Big Ten games, while Iowa almost pulled off an upset in West Lafayette (9-point 2nd half lead at one point).
Just impressed all-around: a great balance of three-pointers and taking it to the hole. Defense gave up some offensive rebounds in the second half, but overall, a real good job. Once Kylan covered the "little guy," he chilled a little bit.
I hate the hook and hold! Am I wrong for wondering how in the Sam Hell that was a H&H? Or I just don't know the rule?
I felt the referees gave Illini a break with the Tomi 3-point play after NW cut the lead to four, I believe. Tomi posted up a smaller player while Jake made a great pass. NU player didn't really touch him at all. I believe the refs knew they screwed Illinois on that H&H.
Poor Kitty Kats!!! ILL
A lot of things happened tonight that don’t normally happen.
They are a bad rebounding team. Played us even on the boards.
They are a bad three point shooting team. Hit 9 of them tonight.
Had a guy go for a career night. I was worried about that matchup going in but no way did I pencil him in for 28.
Refs dealt us some adversity.
And who knows how many guys are under the weather.
Still found a way to win. Kylan and Keaton are ice cold. And we got a good Tomi game just when we needed it. We have so many different buttons to push this year. 4-0 on the road to start out conference play is outstanding.
They are a bad rebounding team. Played us even on the boards.
They are a bad three point shooting team. Hit 9 of them tonight.
Had a guy go for a career night. I was worried about that matchup going in but no way did I pencil him in for 28.
Refs dealt us some adversity.
And who knows how many guys are under the weather.
Still found a way to win. Kylan and Keaton are ice cold. And we got a good Tomi game just when we needed it. We have so many different buttons to push this year. 4-0 on the road to start out conference play is outstanding.
On more than one occasion Boswell and Wagler coulda kicked it out but instead went to the bucket. Boswell made great decisions to not settle for 3s down the stretch in this game. This was exactly what I’ve wanted to see during crunch time in previous games that have gotten away from us.
Boswell controlled this game
Boswell controlled this game
IMHO, he is the equal of KJ who seemed to have better vision and passing "courage" leading to some "wow" plays. But I have no doubt that Keaton is a better overall shooter by the same advantage. I see KW with a higher upside, but IMHO, he needs another year at Illinois and not at the end of the bench somewhere in the NBA. Life is a lot easier in C-U than in the NBA....and I think his parents know that. He will forever be an Illini legend if he rolls it back for another year with this core group. If Brad can keep them together they will be a top 5 team next year and may not need more than one addition...maybe none.
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