Illinois 97, Missouri 73 Postgame

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TheGMan said:
Just to give everyone who has never had to interact with a mizzou fan an idea of what us St. Louisans have to deal with. I’ve always had to sit on the mizzou side every time I’ve gone to the game. And I stayed for the whole game last year and took my lashing like a man. This year, the same friends were wanting to leave by halftime because they couldn’t take it. This after a mizzou grad tried to legitimately say that Columbia was a better college town that Champaign because Champaign was in the “middle of nowhere” but Columbia was somehow a part of a “metro area.”

This is just a taste of why this game means so much to St. Louis Illini. Mizzou fans could not be more hypocritical if they tried
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Preach brother...
 
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1970 John

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pruman91 said:
www.stltoday.com

No. 13 Illinois dismantles Mizzou as Tigers’ shooting goes cold in Braggin’ Rights game

Missouri made just one of its 17 3-point tries in the first half, setting the stage for a sizable loss to Illinois.
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Every excuse in the book, and twice as many weasel words. Yeah, Post-Dispatch, Mizzou was right there, soooo close. Uh-huh.
Angry Let Me Go GIF by Barbara Pozzi
 
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Loved the game plan to handle the press.. When they made a shot we moved like snails, when they missed we torched them. Ty is really looking confident with the ball in his hands. Takes a special player to be content with doing what he does but he loves it. By the time he’s a senior the B10 is gonna be so ready for him to graduate.
 
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D1959

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I noticed after game interviews everyone was smiling laughing being giddy except dainja
 
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TheGMan said:
Just to give everyone who has never had to interact with a mizzou fan an idea of what us St. Louisans have to deal with. I’ve always had to sit on the mizzou side every time I’ve gone to the game. And I stayed for the whole game last year and took my lashing like a man. This year, the same friends were wanting to leave by halftime because they couldn’t take it. This after a mizzou grad tried to legitimately say that Columbia was a better college town that Champaign because Champaign was in the “middle of nowhere” but Columbia was somehow a part of a “metro area.”

This is just a taste of why this game means so much to St. Louis Illini. Mizzou fans could not be more hypocritical if they tried
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Enjoy watching those Mo tears flow for the next year. The taste of Victory is sweet indeed. Nudge your friends when the Illini win in The Dance while their tiggers are One and Dones.
 
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hodgesonfire said:
The switch everything defense destroyed Mizous offense. Will be fun to see it against NW.

So glad my apprehension about the game was wrong. Nice to have a wire to wire bragging rites win and even nicer to see the team continue to improve every game.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, highest ceiling since the finals team. Might be an even better defense team than that one when everything is said and done. Very exciting season ahead.
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The fact that this team has players that will fight through a screen OR switch has got to be very frustrating for an opposing offense. When you have 5 experienced athletic players on the court that are all between 6'6"-6'10", the team has to take advantage of it. THAT was the Flying Illini.
 
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pruman91

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www.stltoday.com

How Illinois dominated Mizzou for a Braggin’ Rights win: ‘Game was over at halftime.’

“We’re not going to ever win a game shooting five free throws in the first half and then shooting one for 17 from 3,” Missouri coach Dennis Gates said.
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BenFred: Braggin’ Rights test proved Mizzou and Illinois are in different classes this season

The same Braggin’ Rights test that one year ago proved coach Dennis Gates’ first group of Tigers was destined to defy modest expectations issued a less optimistic but just as
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Illinifrank67 said:
Did anyone else catch Goode yelling for another shot after he missed a couple and then buried it? Love that guy, such a competitor. Also he plays really good D. Nothing flashy but he stays in front of his man, and never gets caught out of position.
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There was also one rebound I recall that he just ripped away with authority! How man shooters with his ability also focus on the glass so well? Not many that come to mind.