Cohawk is putting up generally better numbers than junior year Brian Cook while making all the hustle plays. Pretty hard not to love that kid.
Illinois 85, Texas 78 OT Postgame
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I wholeheartedly agree with this. He will be contributing before it's all said and done. I like his game.
Big win for the Illini. Love the fact Coach has the players to both play the inside-out game, in addition to spreading the floor.
Lunardi had Illinois as a 5 seed. After tonight, let's jump to a 3 seed.
Did you miss their backcourt cramping up? That should answer your question
thump thump hiccup thumpSkyy may play in the NBA at some point and I hope he does....but it will not be next year. A lot of skills need a lot of work. But all it takes is a good attitude and hard work. He had 5 pts. that were all needed and 4 boards which is not bad for a pg. Players play at a level at both ends of a bell curve....every one of them. Some curves are wider than others. Tonight was hopefully at his very left end.
Thanks, Buddy.
You know your team has really improved when they win and the fans still find time to complain about the officials.
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
So, about that Hawkins goal tend. Here is what I saw:
1. Hawkins missed the ball when trying to block it (I saw no evidence that he touched it, including the ball not changing rotation).
2. His hand then hit the backboard.
3. The ball was on the rim/hitting the backboard at that point.
4. Is this not a goal tend? You can't slap the backboard when the ball is in the air towards the hoop and certainly not when the ball is on the rim/backboard.
I wish they would get on the mic and explain, like football (and now baseball). I suspect that was the final call.
Now, if he hit the ball, then there was no goal tend. But I saw no evidence of that.
1. Hawkins missed the ball when trying to block it (I saw no evidence that he touched it, including the ball not changing rotation).
2. His hand then hit the backboard.
3. The ball was on the rim/hitting the backboard at that point.
4. Is this not a goal tend? You can't slap the backboard when the ball is in the air towards the hoop and certainly not when the ball is on the rim/backboard.
I wish they would get on the mic and explain, like football (and now baseball). I suspect that was the final call.
Now, if he hit the ball, then there was no goal tend. But I saw no evidence of that.
At the half we had 37. At the 17:27 mark we had 44. At 7:42 almost 10 minutes later we hit 46. End up scoring 85 and winning. Amazing.
Everyone needs to remember these freshman are all in their first ten games and going against the second best team in America in the most famous basketball arena in the world.
We can all agree Deron Williams was an all timer. Do people not remember him missing two huge free throws at joke against Memphis coached by cal as a freshman.
It’s a good thing we were patient with him, yeah?
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For anyone still questioning, Mayer just confirmed this was the first game all season he felt he wasn't dealing with injury. I can all but guarantee that the back injury he was said to have been suffering from in the offseason lingered until now. If his back/neck was stiff and sore that 100% explains why he was moving around so slowly and playing so tentatively early in the season and why it looked like he "flipped the switch" in this game. The guy just wasn't healthy and wasn't playing close to 100%. Here's hoping he's through the worst of it and this is the start of the real Matt Mayer.
skyIdub
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Well....then Sencire is the blood coursing through it.
I really thought there was a deflection prior to hitting the backboard best seen from the camera angle taken from behind the glass facing the rim. The rotation on the ball changed ever so slightly.
Edit- just rewatched. The angle from directly above the rim shows it. The ball came off the backboard at a completely different angle compared to the initial shot.
Either way, obviously was not overturned during the game (though I really thought it was going to be changed)
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He hit it as close to contemporaneous to it hitting the backboard as it gets. If the officials hadn't initially called it a goal tend, it would've never been overturn. Just a bad initial instinct by the ref but understandable in real time I guess.
NEIlliniFan
- No longer in New England
Good to see ya, pru. I was there concerned
FeelYourPaign
- So Cal
I thought the camera shot from straight above the backboard was the best angle and showed that he got it about 1 inch before the backboard. A very close call and IMHO a bad one.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
I'd settle for following their shot for a better chance at boxing out for offensive boards, too.
I understand someone needs to get back to prevent the break, but there were too many times tonight in the second half where no orange jerseys were crashing the offensive glass. We played on our heels until the last two minutes of regulation and OT.
We gotta bottle that OT energy for the future
Did Epps have family at the game tonight?
When Coleman called that timeout. I thought to myself. Maybe this just isn’t our day. But we overcame.
Go Illini!!!
Based on the replay it looked pretty clear to me that the ball changed direction. If he didn't touch it, then yes the goaltend is correct, but I thought there was more than enough evidence to overturn the call and call it a clean block. Interestingly enough, this type of play happens all the time in women's volleyball, and my guess is if we had a couple of those refs reviewing the call, they would've overturned the goaltend with little question. Then again, that's what they're paid to do, so *shrug*
That Epps 3 with 35 seconds left. Man.
Heart breaking time out call by Co Hawk on the RJ made 3 and we get it right back. We don’t force OT without that play, it will certainly be one we’re hopefully talking about in a couple months if we make a big run
Heart breaking time out call by Co Hawk on the RJ made 3 and we get it right back. We don’t force OT without that play, it will certainly be one we’re hopefully talking about in a couple months if we make a big run
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