Illinois 83, UCLA 78 Postgame

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TheDukeUIUC
Iamgroot said:
My thing is i don't want us to hold every shot till the shot clock ends when we have a good lead like we used to do in the weber days and then get completely out of the flow of the offense. But that quick 3 from boswell got underneath my skin a bit cause for 1 that's a shot we could get anytime desired.what I'd like to see us do when we have a good lead is to continue to probe the defense and move the ball not just chuck up a bad 3 with 20 seconds on the shot clock and sadly boswell has done that multiple times this season.it makes me wonder if Brad has pulled him to the side and say whether in film room or etc saying you know we can literally get that shot anytime we want let's work the clock and run within the offense for a better shot.but a win is a win ILL
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I was more annoyed when we called a timeout and the play that we got was a stepback KJ three at the end of the shot clock.
 
#133      
WWWWRocU
Second place is 1st loser said:
I want to throw this out there because I'm not sure people remember(maybe because he's from overseas)......KJ is only a freshman.

WR is only a freshman
Morez is only a freshman
Tomi is only a freshman (on court freshman)

Four of our main rotational pieces are freshmen and we're going to win 20 games again. Let that sink in.
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And this is why we have difficulty closing out halves.
 
#134      
Combo
Iamgroot said:
My thing is i don't want us to hold every shot till the shot clock ends when we have a good lead like we used to do in the weber days and then get completely out of the flow of the offense. But that quick 3 from boswell got underneath my skin a bit cause for 1 that's a shot we could get anytime desired.what I'd like to see us do when we have a good lead is to continue to probe the defense and move the ball not just chuck up a bad 3 with 20 seconds on the shot clock and sadly boswell has done that multiple times this season.it makes me wonder if Brad has pulled him to the side and say whether in film room or etc saying you know we can literally get that shot anytime we want let's work the clock and run within the offense for a better shot.but a win is a win ILL
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That drove me nuts when Weber's later teams did that. The players got so tentative. I would rather have the players relaxed and not worried to take a shot. That said, lately we've been on the other extreme. And you're right Boswell in particular has taken some really bad ones. I don't get it because I know he's a smart player.
 
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illinoistradition
TheodoreRex said:
BIGGEST TAKEAWAY:
After 34 hit his 5th or 6th 3, Underwood called a timeout and Hamer (I'm pretty confident) went to say something to Brad and his immediately stopped him and looked like he was ready to steal his soul. Hamer sat down and looked like his puppy got hit by a car. I'm pretty certain Brad was enraged by the gameplan and issues we were having with 34.

Maybe it's just me, but I actually thought the crowd was terrible tonight. There were times when we increased the lead past 10 and the place should've been ROCKING and impossible to hear and it was nearly silent. Maybe I'm just getting older but it just doesn't feel like the crowd has a killer instinct either.
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It all starts with the Orange Krush, and the Krush is just not the same as it used to be. There have been some years where the team was not nearly as good as this one where the environment was a lot better. I hope they all prove this wrong on Saturday, but it has been sad to see the decline for a student body that has seen some damn good teams these last few years.
 
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WWWWRocU
Combo said:
My god I hated when Weber's later teams did that. I would rather have the players relaxed and not worried to take a shot. That said, this season's we've been on the other extreme. And you're right Boswell in particular has taken some really bad ones.
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Admittedly as he has proven to us all season, Bos does have his loose ends to clean up, but my goodness can he hit his free throws!!!
 
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blackdog
illinoistradition said:
It all starts with the Orange Krush, and the Krush is just not the same as it used to be. There have been some years where the team was not nearly as good as this one where the environment was a lot better. I hope they all prove this wrong on Saturday, but it has been sad to see the decline for a student body that has seen some damn good teams these last few years.
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It's not all on the Krush though, at some point the other people in the crowd have to stand up and make some damn noise. I was in the top yelling the whole game and the entire stadium in front on was sitting down silent. If they wanted to they would have.
 
#140      
ILLfated
Joel Goodson said:
hardly anything new, but KJ is way too loose with the ball. it's maddening, because it seems like he hasn't recalibrated on risk/reward

other than that, he's pretty good
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Just a more solid version of this 💎
 
#143      
jumpingjack
eas23 said:
I don't think think we had a good possession on either end of the floor between 5:00 and :30.

But this was a get the W any way you can kind of game and we did that. Bring on Sparty.
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That was exactly what I told my dad (he doesn't have a subscription). Some of the most beautiful offensive basketball for ten minutes in the second half and then we hit the 5 minute mark.
But then the last 30 seconds were fantastic.
Can't have that again against Sparty.
 
#146      
WyattEarp
Combo said:
Basketball is a game of runs and lulls. You generally aren't at top of your game for 40 minutes.
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The headline here is we won a big
quality game against a well coached super hot team!

But he’s not wrong obviously…and neither are you. (You know this…of course…there’s generally
a reason for those lulls and runs right?)We rebounded well and played pretty darn good defense tonight. But we stopped getting stops for a while at the end and made a few rash/bad decisions on offense and we let them creep back in it. That’s a valid point of view.

I mean the good teams find a way despite their own lulls and the other teams runs. I don’t see anything inaccurate about Ghost’s comment.
 
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#147      
jacekpardol
That’s because his entire bag is either shoot the three or pass the ball around the perimeter. Your not going to get any turnovers that way - your also not going to make anything happen. He’s a poor man’s Luke Goode.
 
#148      
Fighter of the Nightman
We’re now 16-1 when scoring at least 80 points, with the only loss being to current #2 Alabama in Birmingham back in November. If this team is scoring points, it likely means our effort/energy/focus is also on point, and we are simply very difficult to beat.

We beat a very good and RED hot UCLA team tonight, and we were in control for the vast majority of the game. Let’s win Saturday and start an actual winning streak, boys!!
 
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