Illinois 91, Wisconsin 83 Postgame

#176      
If Illini beat Purdue and then win at Iowa, and make it to BTT final, that would be a lock for 3 seed at worst. It would mean the Illini would have likely won 5 straight Quad 1 games to the final. Some teams ahead of Illini right now will likely stumble a bit, and 26-8 is easily a 3 seed.
Agree 100%. I was commenting on moving up to a 2 seed. A 3 is definitely in play. The opportunities are definitely there.
 
#180      

Loyalillini10

Urbana, IL
Well, he's not wrong ☝️
It is a stupid mindset. Before BU, we couldn't even make it to the tournament for the better part of a decade. Now we do it every year, compete for a BIG title every year, get a top seed in the BTT every year, win more than 20 games every year, but because we haven't had our success in the NCAAT yet, BU isn't good enough for Illinois. This is preposterous.
 
#182      
Great game by our guys! Domask and TSJ doing excellent work and they looked a bit better defensively despite giving up over 80 pts. I really thought there was potential for Wisconsin to put out a tremendous effort with the Howard Moore tribute but our Illini were ready today. Wisconsin played a solid game too. This is the type of road win that we needed. Good bench contributions from Harmon and Dainja(1st half) as well
14 point improvement in defense! Didn’t give away anything new for scouting reports.
 
#193      
Great win!
And I may get banned for this, but I actually liked LaPhonso Ellis on the call. (Very pleasantly surprised!). Yeh, he went a little overboard defending the stripes, but it was no big deal to me, and since many fans can go a little overboard the other way, it kinda balanced out for me.
 
#194      
Here is a challenge for all Illini fans who do not check the stats first. Which reserve player has the highest FT % for the season?
DD, Ty, DGL, or AH?

Next...who leads the team in steals with over twice as many as anyone else?

Thirdly, who leads the team in rebounding?
TSJr.
Coleman
Ty
Q
 
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#197      
It was a close game nearly throughout but I oddly felt pretty confident once TSJ got going early in the first. That is impressive doing that at Kohl. We really made them play our tempo.
 
#199      

Noblesville Illini

Nappanee, IN
I enjoyed seeing Wahl visibly frustrated after every basket by MD. Think I saw an F bomb in there!
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Almost looks like Wahl