You mean our first halves?
Illinois 81, Northwestern 56 Postgame
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altenberger22
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Somewhat predictable, in that NW typically plays us tough in Evanston for at least a half. Mark down the "W". Next up.
Hit 76% of our FTs tonight.
Let’s do that in the close games, too.
Let’s do that in the close games, too.
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Largest margin of victory in Evanston since February 2000.....33 points then
It's fun go watch people have fun. They had fun in the second half.
First half wake forest for me.
Few observations:
1) Grandison is starting to feel comfortable and figure out his role. Man, so nice to see how he has progressed and likely still can get better! He'll be a big factor if he can get there.
2) Ayo, what a better game. A little hangover from the last game early with a couple of fouls, but he kept grinding and defending. He has really picked it up I feel on the defensive end as well. I love the explosive attempt at a dunk. I think that's the type of athleticism he needs to show to get teams excited about drafting him.
3) So good to have miller and trent work their way out of a little shooting funk.
4) Switches on defense are still a problem especially early
5) This team knows they're good and can play with anyone. This is good because when we're down, we can come back. However, I also feels like it leads to these slow starts against teams we're not excited to play. We had it "on" from the start vs. Baylor and Duke....How can we get these guys to turn the switch to "on" from the start no matter who we play!!
Great win. Crazy stat of 53-13 in the 2nd half...but keep trucking along! Road kill!
1) Grandison is starting to feel comfortable and figure out his role. Man, so nice to see how he has progressed and likely still can get better! He'll be a big factor if he can get there.
2) Ayo, what a better game. A little hangover from the last game early with a couple of fouls, but he kept grinding and defending. He has really picked it up I feel on the defensive end as well. I love the explosive attempt at a dunk. I think that's the type of athleticism he needs to show to get teams excited about drafting him.
3) So good to have miller and trent work their way out of a little shooting funk.
4) Switches on defense are still a problem especially early
5) This team knows they're good and can play with anyone. This is good because when we're down, we can come back. However, I also feels like it leads to these slow starts against teams we're not excited to play. We had it "on" from the start vs. Baylor and Duke....How can we get these guys to turn the switch to "on" from the start no matter who we play!!
Great win. Crazy stat of 53-13 in the 2nd half...but keep trucking along! Road kill!
That was absolutely crazy, after that’s first half I thought we were done. What a second half performance.
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That is amazing. Has that ever happened?
UI: “Yikes, we stunk that half”
Nerds: “Hold my White Claw”
Nerds: “Hold my White Claw”
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Hehe.
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- Chicago Burbs
Touché
Gotta hand it to Underwood. Whatever he might have did or said to the guys at halftime....message received. We outscored a Big Ten team by 40 in a half after being in a 15 point halftime hole. On the road. I don't care if NW is legit or not. That's still hella impressive to me.
Loved all the floor slapping energy in the second half.
It really sucks we are finally back and we can’t go to games and celebrate this team.
Adam Miller looked like Ace tonight.
This is huge guys.
This is huge guys.
Grandson was a huge spark. There was a point in the game when we we were still behind and he made a pass, got a critical rebound, stole the ball or made a shot on nearly every possession. Not sure why he’s barely played the last few halves, but I hope he stays part of the rotation.
Yeah he’s impacting the game a lot for a D3 player (how a poster described him awhile back. He had 2 rebs, 2 assists and 2 steals along with a 3 pointer. I love his D. He’s not the most gifted physically, but love how he stays in front of his guy but also plays good help D.
Social media is a beautiful place right now
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I didn't think we were done but I thought we were going to have to fight to get it close in the 2nd half and then the game would come down to the last couple of minutes.
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