I would really like to see Belos +\-
Marquette 67, Illinois 66 Postgame
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Not really. A loss is a loss, is a loss.
If it’s not alley oop, Payne isn’t catching it.
I think they missed both FTs off that foul, no?
What bothers me is Frazier is hot...and he just got stuffed 3 times underneath and he kept feeling he had to win it while others were open.
Well, that was an embarrassing game. Really missed Ayo's ability to close out close games at the end. I'm not going to overreact though as this team will improve as Kofi comes back and the season progresses. If I recall, we started 9-5 last year.
I agree. Just sucks cause these are the types of games that bump you down a seed in the tourney
Is that a reason to say we aren't a top 25 team all of a sudden? No it's not. And a few yrs ago we weren't good at all.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Curbelo did not play well tonight, for sure.
TheFameProtector
- Champaign
Some journalism student should start videotaping for Belo's future documentary tonight. The a** kicking he's going to get this week will make for a great first turning point if he can get it together and become the player we've thought he can be. Splice some footage together of his senior year and freshman high points along with him getting the 6th man award to start the doc, then this game + multi-day Underwood 
storm, followed by...well hopefully some really great ending material b/c otherwise it'd be a major waste of that student's time .
storm, followed by...well hopefully some really great ending material b/c otherwise it'd be a major waste of that student's time .SuperMetroid
- Evanston
Anatomy of a Meltdown
We were up 58-46 with 10:14 left after a CoHawk 3.
In the last 10 minutes:
- we were outscored 21-8
- we made 2 baskets and 3 free throws
- we shot 2-15 from the floor
- we committed 7 turnovers
- AC missed 9(!) shots
- fouls were 11-4 in their favor
- 0 points in the last 3 minutes
We were up 58-46 with 10:14 left after a CoHawk 3.
In the last 10 minutes:
- we were outscored 21-8
- we made 2 baskets and 3 free throws
- we shot 2-15 from the floor
- we committed 7 turnovers
- AC missed 9(!) shots
- fouls were 11-4 in their favor
- 0 points in the last 3 minutes
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
What worries me the most isn’t Curbelo’s performance, it’s the fact he didn’t have the IQ and feel to realize he needed to stop trying to force it. With Ayo gone as our closer, we need Belo to make the right play, especially when he is having a terrible game.
Crazy how quickly curbelo NBA rumors can be burned to the ground on the back of a nuclear bomb.
First true road game in forever on short rest against a team that loves to press. Not surprised we turned it over so much. Feel like we could have done more press breaking, but that stuff is tough to install with I’m guessing limited to no practice time.
Don’t like to blame the refs but 2 brutal no calls at the end too. Felt like Trent got hip checked and the ball got kicked on their steal, and then I though Belo took a pretty good bump on our last possession. Could excuse the no calls more if they hadn’t lived at the free throw line the last 5 minutes.
All that said, Belo was brutal and cost us the game. All we had to do was not turn it over and not foul and we did both.
We should have won this game but the loss won’t sink us. And that Marquette team has a ton of HK transfers and they might be decent this year.
Good news is we have a week to practice and Kofi back for our next game. Guessing Brad will have Belo’s ear for the next week. Let’s get better and maybe as important, tougher.
Don’t like to blame the refs but 2 brutal no calls at the end too. Felt like Trent got hip checked and the ball got kicked on their steal, and then I though Belo took a pretty good bump on our last possession. Could excuse the no calls more if they hadn’t lived at the free throw line the last 5 minutes.
All that said, Belo was brutal and cost us the game. All we had to do was not turn it over and not foul and we did both.
We should have won this game but the loss won’t sink us. And that Marquette team has a ton of HK transfers and they might be decent this year.
Good news is we have a week to practice and Kofi back for our next game. Guessing Brad will have Belo’s ear for the next week. Let’s get better and maybe as important, tougher.
When Curbelo wasn't turning the ball over trying to go 1 on 3, or 1 on 4, or 1 on 5, He was tossing up a difficult low percentage shot. That is when he wasn't getting the ball swatted down his throat trying to get to the rim. How many times are you going to get blocked at the basket before you learn it is a bad idea. That was just a mind blogging performance. Alpha's got to have the tools and smarts to be the Alpha.... if not, your just a guy running his mouth and getting punked in the end
While I am extremely pissed about this game, it doesn't really hurt my long vision for the team. It's very frustrating, but we shot 20 less free throws, had 26 turnovers, missing a key contributor off the bench and an AA NPOY candidate. We lost by 1 on what was probably the worst game I've watched in a long time, thanks to an uncalled kick that led to a game winning layup.
Can anyone tell me why Marquette wasn't fouling at the end? There was like 1.5sec difference between shot clock and game clock? If we hold for 28 and shoot a long 3, it's over.
I'm guessing the guy was gonna go for a steal, expecting to foul and it didn't get called, nor did the kick.
Bo Boroski and Larry Scirotto are the two worst refs in college ball and we always seem to get them.
Can anyone tell me why Marquette wasn't fouling at the end? There was like 1.5sec difference between shot clock and game clock? If we hold for 28 and shoot a long 3, it's over.
I'm guessing the guy was gonna go for a steal, expecting to foul and it didn't get called, nor did the kick.
Bo Boroski and Larry Scirotto are the two worst refs in college ball and we always seem to get them.
drsmitty74
- Rochester
Hey, it could be a LOT worse. Mizzou is getting spanked by 20 from the powerhouse Kansas City.
Seemed like Brad was trying to teach the team to fight through things and figure it out on the floor. Also seemed though like he didn’t want to lose so he didn’t play the freshman. That what’s so perplexing about the coaching in the last 5 minutes of the game. If you’re playing to win you need to coach like it down the stretch. It one game and hopefully they learn from it. Just very frustrating…Ayo ain’t walking through the door to bail the end of a game out.
Epsilon
M tipping over
- Pdx
I might be willing to see it your way. It’s just a little difficult to get past how annoying Shaka was tonight lol.
Yes...I think you are right "...trouble seeing past original gameplan"
That said, in-game blinders is not a quality of a great coach, unfortunately.
Wokker
- "The Good Land", WI
He hit his head early after being in concussion protocols last week and clearly wasn’t right, yet stayed in the game.
that’s on BU…
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