Also add in that both players hit over 70%.
Illinois 98, Florida Atlantic 89 Postgame
THIS ARTICLE IS A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD. SCROLL DOWN TO THE ILLINI STORY.Nice write-up from Norlander triggered from the game last night, looking back on Underwoods tenure at Illinois (in the middle of the article):
Court Report: UConn's Tristen Newton has been the not-so-quiet MVP of the Huskies' season so far
Four teams descended on Madison Square Garden on Tuesday for the Jimmy V Classic. Matt Norlander has intel on all of themwww.cbssports.com
Lol, now is our of your system or do I have to send you another Frozen gif?
See, he can smile.
Where are you rewatching? Or did you record it?
Great job Matt Norlander,very tuned in with Illini bb and beyond.Is BU not getting the credit he deserves?
What does it mean to "Mario Kart"? The old man doesn't understand verbing nouns.
blackdog
- Champaign
Its a racing game so playing on the statement of having to pass people to get to #1.
I think this fan base would embrace Coleman a whole lot more if nothing changed about him (good and bad plays) except his on-court demeanor. Too much whining, and then too many times when he does something great and takes a moment of game time to celebrate. He had a great steal on Goldin in the first half and could've turned around and started moving the ball up the court. Instead, he took a moment to scream/celebrate while FAU's defense had a bit more time to get the defense set and stop any potential transition action.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
I'm quite ashamed to have a ESPN+ subscription...because F ESPN.
But it was gun to my head from NHL when they moved their Center Ice over....so I can watch Stars games.
My ESPN programming boycott continues on forever. Only tune in for games I'm forced to.
Last night he got called for a foul and he said he got hooked.He kept going up the refs with the arm motion he was hooked. Even if you did move on, the refs aren't going to change it. He spent at least 2 minutes going up to the refs talking about how he was hooked. MOVE ON DUDE . Stay focused
I think BU gets a little more hate than he deserves, but it is a travesty how poor this team has performed in the post season.
All that being said if a “down” year in the BU era is a 9 seed first round loss, sandwiched by a couple protected seed apps to go along with having the winningest BIG program in the past 4 years… I’ll take it until he wants to call it quits.
Have you seen some of the posts on here regarding the refs and the calls.....before the game, during the game, of EVERY GAME?
Hawk complaining about calls falls right in line with some of our fans. We have the whole stone and glass houses dynamic going on here.
Giving them credit is fair, they did beat Marquette while we obviously lost to them. But they also got worked by a very average Providence team. Oh, Michigan State also isn’t good. I think the eye test isn’t close, we have TSJ and they do not. I’d say anybody who calls Wisconsin the better team right now isn’t paying attention
Just to add to the PG debate, who would you rather have Brandon Smith or Ty. One scores and is abused on defense. The other doesn’t score but abuses the opponents offense. To me a clear choice of what you want your team to look like.
Hey where is the poster who wants to hire Dusty May because Brad yells to much and it’ll never work?
Lol. For real though, we have nothing better to do. He's literally on the court.
I get the 'enough is enough' with fans whining about refs. But the above is a false equivalence. Those posters can climb on the rooftops with a bullhorn and complain and it will not affect the gameplay. A player exhibiting that behavior will absolutely influence future calls, at the least at the subconscious level of the ref. And repeated behavior of the same will build a reputation.
Those outbursts need to be contained to legitimate bad calls, and should mostly come from the coach anyway. Then you might get a makeup call later if the ref knows he made a mistake. Coleman at this point of his career will probably never get one of those.
Edit to +1 @Frank for the lesson in brevity!
My post was tongue in cheek. I agree with you. If you're throwing your arms up at every call, you'll never get the benefit of the doubt on one.
I'll take option 3. Let Domask, TSJ and Harmon dominate the ball and put Ty on one of the opposing teams top scorers, be physical, crash the glass and get the ugly buckets. That's where Ty's value lies. He can be the 2023-2024 version of Sergio McClain and that would be a damn good thing for us.
sacraig
- The desert
I mean, if Brad were not our coach, Dusty May does seem to have a bright future.
For whatever reason he plays 22mpg this year and 21mpg last year. Probably because of foul trouble? He is averaging 6.7 fouls per 40 minutes.
Was great to see the Illini get a solid win over a top opponent. It was even better that we did it without hoisting up three pointer after three pointer. Great game plan using the size of our guards to our advantage. Great games by Shannon and Domask. Solid outings from Harmon and Lukes defense. Our roll players excepting and excelling at their jobs. Would love for a point guard so Ty could play down low more. But no complaints last night.
At what point does this stop?
I would love 5 million dollars, but no one seems to be handing it over, so I just do the best I can. I’m getting along just fine & so are the Illini.
LOL, muscle memory!
