Offense was fine tonight minus about 4 minutes. Got a bunch of good looks and couldn’t finish with Goode and Harmon.
Illinois 87, Nebraska 84 OT Postgame
We still beat a really good team though. We didn’t shoot well at all and still won.
Once we realize situations we are unbeatable, full court transition TSJ, half court bucket Domask, half court scramble, move the ball and Hawk and others with passes we can’t be beat. When we settle we can be beat by sound teams.
If Nebraska was a middle of the road B1G team, that may be true. But Nebby is one of the 5 most talented teams in the league...period. They did not quit and they played hard.....and hit a ton of very difficult shots that BU wanted them to take. Fortunately, the second half effort by the Illini was pretty darned strong...until the last 3 minutes.
I agree with most of this post. Underwood’s best coaching was late in the game with a timely timeout FINALLY, and making obvious substitution changes. More importantly, Goode still gave us a lot with rebounding. His shooting was concerning, so was Harmon’s obviously, but those free throws at the end for Harmon were huge. Illinois needs better all around.
So very sorry to learn of this sad news. Blessings to you and your family in the coming days.This win is for my big brother (74) who I lost this morning to a heart attack, the guy who initiated my passion for all things Illini. He’s the reason I went to Illinois as he was a senior when I was a freshman. There ya go, Charlie! This one’s for you!
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Winning college basketball games is hard.
8 top 25 teams lost yesterday alone.
8 teams in the top 13 lost this week.
I’ll take the win.
8 top 25 teams lost yesterday alone.
8 teams in the top 13 lost this week.
I’ll take the win.
No reason we should be so horrible at the line. We are shown by other teams how to shoot 100 percent (or near to it) on FTs, yet we can't figure it out.
A lot of games that went into OT in the B1G the last week or so. NW-Purdue, Wisconsin-Nebraska, NW-Minny and Nebraska- Illinois. Very competitive.
Ohio state was pretty complete for TSJ
We had our struggles early in the season but then improved. This is the first time in a while that FT shooting was an issue.
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
We did what we do. Share the ball, exploit individual mismatches, execute the scouting report, guard without fouling (this team is outstanding at that), and attack the glass at both ends.
We're going to pile up wins doing that. But in those moments when the heat gets turned up and the game tilts a little out of control do we have that extra gear?
Brad echoed what you said postgame. Bad time out.
his toughness and hawkins overall game with steadiness from Domask won us the game.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Ty Rodgers, period. At the margin he's why we've squeaked a couple recent ones out. Just a warrior on the boards and D.
Scratching my head about Justin's failure to call TO and toss that panicked inbound lob to Coleman. [EDIT: Also, lmao on that play at Allick pushing Coleman away vigorously with one hand to get position for the ball and no foul call.]
Also, I have not played or coached BB in 30 years: can someone please explain to me the logic of lining up four or five players out of bounds on the baseline for an inbounding play? It seems extremely inefficient. Why not stack four, or three and have a man long? It was always efficient and worked well when I played. It's mystifying. Justin was really lucky his inbound pass to TSJ in coverage bounced off two Neb players and he could scoop it up. Otherwise, we're probably lamenting a loss after an epic collapse.
Scratching my head about Justin's failure to call TO and toss that panicked inbound lob to Coleman. [EDIT: Also, lmao on that play at Allick pushing Coleman away vigorously with one hand to get position for the ball and no foul call.]
Also, I have not played or coached BB in 30 years: can someone please explain to me the logic of lining up four or five players out of bounds on the baseline for an inbounding play? It seems extremely inefficient. Why not stack four, or three and have a man long? It was always efficient and worked well when I played. It's mystifying. Justin was really lucky his inbound pass to TSJ in coverage bounced off two Neb players and he could scoop it up. Otherwise, we're probably lamenting a loss after an epic collapse.
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Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
This win is for my big brother (74) who I lost this morning to a heart attack, the guy who initiated my passion for all things Illini. He’s the reason I went to Illinois as he was a senior when I was a freshman. There ya go, Charlie! This one’s for you!
So sorry, friend. Glad the boys pulled this one out for Charlie!!ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Dominated the game with 8 points.
I told ya, we’d win easily. Never a doubt.
Three things I liked about the Illini play tonight:
1. Ty Rogers
2. CoHawk playing an aggressive offensive game. Loved his drive/dish game.
3. Second half energy, movement, and aggressiveness.
You all can have your pick of what not to like, and there was much...not the least of which was on BU...but I can build a winner on the above.
And all of you posters who realized that the Huskers did not miss a FT tonight....please raise your hand and shout.
1. Ty Rogers
2. CoHawk playing an aggressive offensive game. Loved his drive/dish game.
3. Second half energy, movement, and aggressiveness.
You all can have your pick of what not to like, and there was much...not the least of which was on BU...but I can build a winner on the above.
And all of you posters who realized that the Huskers did not miss a FT tonight....please raise your hand and shout.
On Jan 30, we raced away from Ohio State at their place. They had cut it to 6 halfway through the 2nd half, but we responded with a 6-0 run of our own and they'd never get closer than 8 points the rest of the way.
On Jan 27 against Indiana, they hung with us as we shot poorly. In the last minute we used an 8-0 run to 'race away' from them and win.
On Jan 21 against Rutgers, we had no issues 'racing away' as we cruised to a 86-63 victory.
On Jan 18 vs Michigan, they had hung tough and got our lead down to 1 midway through the second half. We finished the game by scoring 40! points in the last 13 minutes of the ball game to win comfortably by 15.
I seem to recall absolutely boatracing a very good Northwestern team by 30 in Jan as well.
Prior to that we waxed a bunch of bad teams (FDU, Missouri, Colgate).
Then before that happened we won the last 2 minutes by a 9-2 margin vs a good FAU team to win by 9.
Game before that was another beatdown of Rutgers (18 point margin).
Tonight was a crazy game. Nebraska is also a tough team. We got flat and let up in the final minutes, but we came back out in OT and gutted out a win.
Regardless, I have a tough time thinking this team doesn't have any killer instinct. In fact, this was honestly the first game I think we played this year where we just fully came apart at the end (EDIT: end of regulation, at least).
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Conversely, if Dainja was more of an elite defender, he might be all big ten..
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Before this game we'd actually been shooting very well from the line.
