Illinois 80, Oregon 54 Postgame
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Wagler should've had so many more assists....
They ARE missing 5? 6? dudes. And somehow they beat Wisconsin…
Who beat…)checks notes.)…both Michigan teams?
Not to go all 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon but the BIGTEN is consistently weird in that way.
Orangetool
Give me back my Afta, heh heh
We gotta stay healthy.
Also gotta keep working Andrej so that his confidence and game find their peak in the weeks coming.
Also gotta keep working Andrej so that his confidence and game find their peak in the weeks coming.
Andrej needs to be back in the starting lineup. This team needs the energy he played with tonight and 25+ minutes of that if they want to go deep.
Hey, I'd love to take the route that their decent, but we're 30 points better. I'll go with that. It feels better.
Andrej adds what we don’t have.
We need him badly
We need him badly
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
great way to close out the home court season with a peking duck buffet of tender morsels of victory..........Andre was a driving force to the rim and got a double double................
Bam and Ben thanks for the memories..........I enjoyed watching you guys wear the Illini uniform proudly and with pride..............
good to get back on the winning side pru..............see you soon...................
I'm happy...............I really really am..................
take care of merryland next game and then the BTT and the Dance............
Tomi with 2 points, a plus 7 in 24 minutes. He did give us 8 boards.
Z with 8 points, 5 boards, 2 blocks, and at least two shots altered that I caught. A plus 19 on the night In..............7 fewer minutes than his twin.
Z has to be on the floor for this team to reach its full potential, IMO. Alternatively, if Tomi is going to be on the floor, he's gotta be hitting shots because his lack of D and general energy is not helping right now.
Z with 8 points, 5 boards, 2 blocks, and at least two shots altered that I caught. A plus 19 on the night In..............7 fewer minutes than his twin.
Z has to be on the floor for this team to reach its full potential, IMO. Alternatively, if Tomi is going to be on the floor, he's gotta be hitting shots because his lack of D and general energy is not helping right now.
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Overall nice, low stress win against a team that has been playing better. Good to see Andrej bounce back, was also our leading rebounder. That effort tells me he gives a **** which you want to see.
I do still have some concerns that I think oregons poor play masked:
1. Going back to the second half of UCLA we are in a bit of an extended shooting funk, though we did make some in the first half.
2. Still had a few lackadaisical spells. The start of both halves and then we let them get the lead down to 13. We dropped the hammer after that and put the game away but still…
3. Tomi is really struggling both with his shot and I just don’t think he’s moving well. Looking like he do early in the season coming back from injury when he didn’t have his legs.
I do think this was a step in the right direction, but this effort could also get us in trouble against a better team. I’m actually not sure we played a ton better than we played @UCLA.
All that said, I’m going to chalk alot of it up to the physical and mental fatigue that comes at the end of a long season. We are in the dog days and we aren’t the only team that is looking lethargic. Kansas down 9@ ASU and Texas Tech losing at home to TCU to take two examples from just tonight.
Good news is we have a nice rest until Sunday when we play a sub 130 team to close out the season and if we take care of business we shouldn’t have to play again until Friday. Let’s TCB, get our legs back and reset for the postseason.
I do still have some concerns that I think oregons poor play masked:
1. Going back to the second half of UCLA we are in a bit of an extended shooting funk, though we did make some in the first half.
2. Still had a few lackadaisical spells. The start of both halves and then we let them get the lead down to 13. We dropped the hammer after that and put the game away but still…
3. Tomi is really struggling both with his shot and I just don’t think he’s moving well. Looking like he do early in the season coming back from injury when he didn’t have his legs.
I do think this was a step in the right direction, but this effort could also get us in trouble against a better team. I’m actually not sure we played a ton better than we played @UCLA.
All that said, I’m going to chalk alot of it up to the physical and mental fatigue that comes at the end of a long season. We are in the dog days and we aren’t the only team that is looking lethargic. Kansas down 9@ ASU and Texas Tech losing at home to TCU to take two examples from just tonight.
Good news is we have a nice rest until Sunday when we play a sub 130 team to close out the season and if we take care of business we shouldn’t have to play again until Friday. Let’s TCB, get our legs back and reset for the postseason.
While we won by a lot, we were not the machine that we need to be, that we can be.
Absolutely. Tonight Petro was a team player. That's all I've wanted to see out of him all season. Sometimes your shot isn't falling, sometimes you make the right cut and blow a layup, sometimes you try getting a ball to a teammate and turn the ball over, sometimes you blow your defensive assignment, or look silly. That stuff happens. But the effort and being a team player that needs to be there. Tonight he showed it. Loved seeing it. In my opinion, that should earn him a couple planned minutes against Maryland. He earned them.Unlikely, but a Ben Humrichous-esque redemption arc for Petrovic would be something
I will always hope that every eligible Illini returns to enjoy one more year together. Brad would need a couple of home run replacement for Hummer and Kylan, but that is possible. Of course, Keaton would have a tough decision, but he needs another year of physical maturity and strength development. But where are these guys gonna go to find a better group with which to play and win? Playing and winning is light years better than sitting on the bench in the NBA or G league. They all have significant development to make. I am hoping BU can find the $ support to get it done. I don't expect it to happen, but the probability is not zero.
Just nothing behind Tomi’s eyes right now. He looks medicated or something.
If it happens it would not be here. We’ve seen this movie before in the NIL era.Unlikely, but a Ben Humrichous-esque redemption arc for Petrovic would be something
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
On Torvik there is a bigger gap between us and #7 Purdue just below us than there is between us and #1.
I think that's an example of lying with statistics.
Now is not the time to get complacent, over confident, in denial, whatever.
We did not play well tonight on many fronts.
Generally, too much sandlot ball.
Oregon just played worse.
this Oregon team was only down 40-38 to that Michigan team at halftime as well
Illini in Italy
- Illini HQ, Florida Panhandle
You sir, are a poet.
Chuck Nuggets
Dip your nuggets in my staff source sauce.
Boy, I really don't like how the Illini look right now. Not because they're bad, but because they just look off to me. Tired. Slow.
They also gave Purdue everything they could handle at Mackey.
Illini in Italy
- Illini HQ, Florida Panhandle
What a dumb*** take.
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