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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1690209" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/illinois-blitzes-mizzou-in-tigers-second-most-lopsided-braggin-rights-loss/article_53eff0c7-f14d-51b6-b48a-a564dabc1869.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Brad Underwood wanted his Illini to bring more intensity to the Braggin’ Rights Game this year.</p><p>The fifth-year Illinois men’s basketball coach entered Wednesday’s annual rivalry game with a 1-3 record in the holiday tradition. His only win came in his 2017 debut season. He made the point repeatedly this week that he was challenging his players and himself to match the energy level rival fifth-year Tigers coach Cuonzo Martin’s Tigers had flashed during Mizzou’s three-year winning streak.</p><p></p><p>Message received. Mizzou’s streak, snapped. Significantly so.</p><p></p><p>With sharpshooting guards firing away from behind the arc and 7-foot center Kofi Cockburn having his way with any Tiger who dared to cross his path, Illinois blitzed Mizzou 88-63 in front of a smaller than normal but much more orange than black-and-gold crowd at Enterprise Center.</p><p></p><p>“That was the focus, out-toughen them,” Cockburn said.</p><p></p><p>The Illini (9-3) looked every bit deserving of the No. 11 ranking they secured to start the season and later lost. They poured in 12 3-pointers on 25 attempts. When they weren’t splashing in threes, they were feeding Cockburn, who went from two rebounds shy of his fifth consecutive double-double at intermission, to a game-high 25 points and 14 rebounds — in just 29 minutes. It was the junior center’s first Braggin’ Rights win, and he relished it, pumping up Illini fans before tip-off and testing the fortitude of the basket with dunks that left the backboard quivering.</p><p></p><p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]13812[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p><strong><em>I love the smell of "" misery "" misery in the morning.......I really really really do..............................................</em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1690209, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/illinois-blitzes-mizzou-in-tigers-second-most-lopsided-braggin-rights-loss/article_53eff0c7-f14d-51b6-b48a-a564dabc1869.html[/URL] Brad Underwood wanted his Illini to bring more intensity to the Braggin’ Rights Game this year. The fifth-year Illinois men’s basketball coach entered Wednesday’s annual rivalry game with a 1-3 record in the holiday tradition. His only win came in his 2017 debut season. He made the point repeatedly this week that he was challenging his players and himself to match the energy level rival fifth-year Tigers coach Cuonzo Martin’s Tigers had flashed during Mizzou’s three-year winning streak. Message received. Mizzou’s streak, snapped. Significantly so. With sharpshooting guards firing away from behind the arc and 7-foot center Kofi Cockburn having his way with any Tiger who dared to cross his path, Illinois blitzed Mizzou 88-63 in front of a smaller than normal but much more orange than black-and-gold crowd at Enterprise Center. “That was the focus, out-toughen them,” Cockburn said. The Illini (9-3) looked every bit deserving of the No. 11 ranking they secured to start the season and later lost. They poured in 12 3-pointers on 25 attempts. When they weren’t splashing in threes, they were feeding Cockburn, who went from two rebounds shy of his fifth consecutive double-double at intermission, to a game-high 25 points and 14 rebounds — in just 29 minutes. It was the junior center’s first Braggin’ Rights win, and he relished it, pumping up Illini fans before tip-off and testing the fortitude of the basket with dunks that left the backboard quivering. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ATTACH type="full"]13812[/ATTACH] [B][I]I love the smell of "" misery "" misery in the morning.......I really really really do..............................................[/I][/B] [/QUOTE]
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