Like I said...it is WHEN it is called...not when it happened. Which is what that states.
Foul committed at 9:56
Foul called at 9:54
Clock is stopped at 9:54...not 9:56
Maryland 92, Illinois 91 OT POSTGAME
Like I said...it is WHEN it is called...not when it happened. Which is what that states.
Foul committed at 9:56
Foul called at 9:54
Clock is stopped at 9:54...not 9:56
You tend to get more plate appearances if you bat at the top of the order.
Also, if you start a basketball game and you are hot more than likely you are not subbed out.
They had six freshman and 7 returnees from a 3-15 big 12 team.
Agree. Besides being soft Finke's feet are so slow when they back cut. His rotations on D are late too leaving the lane wide open.
Ebo showed a defensive presence last night.
We will need The freshmen to start hitting jump shots for that to work and I think they can.
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Forte and Evans were their starting backcourt and Carroll is an NBA caliber player with size. Our backcourt transferred and our top scorer is playing overseas Now, I love the way our team is coming together, but to have your entire backcourt returning(one being an All American), the two starting points for the respective teams isn't equal and to expect an adjustment, on the fly, to project this team to 20 wins and an NCAA birth is unrealistic.
A winning season and a couple of games in the NIT would be a great year given what we had coming back and the amount of minutes freshman are getting.
Great Game. The fight to get back into the game was unbelievable. We have not had that fight in us for years. We took the first two B1G teams to overtime. These are good times, we are on the upswing.
Alstork has arrived.
DaMonte is playing out of his mind and Aaron Jordan... So proud of Aaron Jordan.
Go Illini. I really love this team and style of play. If you aren't having fun watching, divorce your wife.
Alstork has arrived.
DaMonte is playing out of his mind and Aaron Jordan... So proud of Aaron Jordan.
Go Illini. I really love this team and style of play. If you aren't having fun watching, divorce your wife.
Agree it is not all on Damonte, but disagree about the pass. If that particular pass is made, it needs to be a high lob. Either Kipper gets it, touches the ball himself or the defense touches it. Either way the clock starts, the ball is 60+feet away with 4.6 seconds left.
That pass was worst case scenario. No touch, clock does not start, Maryland gets ball on own baseline.
You know, last night I was pretty sickened by the mistakes, but this morning, I'm feeling a lot better, because of all the things they did well. The glass isn't quite half full yet, but this is a team that could get over the hump.
Lot to analyze, but I'm going to refrain. Love how Underwood pushed his bench. Guys who want minutes know this coach is for real. Go get em!
I'm not sure what is worse, to simply get blown out and lose a game or to scratch and crawl back from a 22 point deficit, only to have 10 different opportunities to put it away and fail on each and every one. While the latter is definitely more painful, I think you have to say that it's better. Will these guys get better? Absolutely. We are giving significant playing time to many underclassmen who will only get better. I'd even consider AJ to be somewhat of an underclassman since Groce never played him. There is an orange light at the end of this tunnel, folks. Finke and Black are only juniors btw, and probably safe to say that no one is jumping early to go pro.
Unfortunately, the next 2 B1G games are on the road--@ Minny and @ Michigan.
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Agreed, the more I think about it, the play was likely not nearly as strategically poor as it looked, but the execution was the worst possible. Would have to see if any other guys were open, but clearly the objective was to throw a jump ball at other end of the court and a thousand scenarios could’ve played out that eroded the clock, or put Kipper in the line. DW simply threw a very bad pass, almost as if he expected KN to run a fade to the post instead of a button hook
If anything you have to reinforce to DW that the pass must be under thrown before over thrown and MUST be catchable; perhaps DW was trying to impress Love.
Agreed, the more I think about it, the play was likely not nearly as strategically poor as it looked, but the execution was the worst possible. Would have to see if any other guys were open, but clearly the objective was to throw a jump ball at other end of the court and a thousand scenarios could’ve played out that eroded the clock, or put Kipper in the line. DW simply threw a very bad pass, almost as if he expected KN to run a fade to the post instead of a button hook
If anything you have to reinforce to DW that the pass must be under thrown before over thrown and MUST be catchable; perhaps DW was trying to impress Love.
I have never understood why you don't just lob the ball up as high as you can towards the middle of the court in those situations.
Future Walk-On
- Peoria, IL
1. For how fancy that OOB play looked at setup...can't believe how terrible it ended up being.
2. I think DW thought (I don't even remember who he was throwing it to) would go deep....that makes sense considering 1 you get the ball and fouled, you get the ball and can dribble out clock or make layup, or you throw an interception and the Maryland player has to go 90 feet in 4 seconds.
So I don't really understand why we didn't have a guy going for a hail mary as a "last resort"
3. I think Damonte has a great all around game and high IQ...this situation just didn't work out.
4. BU is sending Mark Smith a message..."I know what you are capable of, but this isn't downstate high school basketball...so you gotta step it up"
5. Props to the team for not packing it in and getting blown out.
2. I think DW thought (I don't even remember who he was throwing it to) would go deep....that makes sense considering 1 you get the ball and fouled, you get the ball and can dribble out clock or make layup, or you throw an interception and the Maryland player has to go 90 feet in 4 seconds.
So I don't really understand why we didn't have a guy going for a hail mary as a "last resort"
3. I think Damonte has a great all around game and high IQ...this situation just didn't work out.
4. BU is sending Mark Smith a message..."I know what you are capable of, but this isn't downstate high school basketball...so you gotta step it up"
5. Props to the team for not packing it in and getting blown out.
Agreed. I had so much fun watching, I think my wife wanted to divorce me. I've never had so much fun watching Illinois lose 2 in a row. We are still figuring it out, and I see better days ahead.
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Body language between coach and players during that presser was interesting. The tough love needs to lead to tough wins...
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Agree - also - apparently you can now try to block the pass by jumping out of bounds at the passer - check out Huerter during that pass - he almost lands on DaMonte - we get called if our hands wander across the imaginary baseline - Huerter gets to almost mug DaMonte.
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
Last year after 18 games, OSU was 10-8 overall and 0-6 in the conference. Then they started to click. Let's see where the Illini is after 18 games. That would be after our 5th B1G game, and we may very well be 0-5. Next three conf games are at Minny, At Mich and home vs Iowa...
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
why not have all 4 of the Illini in the far end of the court and lob it to the crowd....seems like it would have been hard for Maryland to steal and sink a half court shot...
We had it won....and lost....
tremendous comeback but, it still is a loss.....
Mark Smith has a deer in the headlights look for the last 2-3 games....we need him playing with confidence and attacking the rim...as BU said in the post game pressers you can't play with fear...interesting that TJL didn't play any in the OT(unless I'm mistaken)...guess the lob alley pass got him in BU's doghouse, but Trent was great and playing fearless down the stretch...
another game won but lost because of silly mistakes...goal tending should be reviewable......
Turgeon stated in his pressers that nobody in the B1G will make them have TO's like the Illini...said our defense was very impressive along with the SFC atmosphere...signs of us returning to level of the past with teams hating to play us at home....
I have great hopes and expectations of where we will be in January and Feb....
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Captain Bubbles
- Fairfield, IL
Watched the majority of the game last night. Heck of a comeback. Just bad plays that Illinois committed on their end, along with the slow start in the first half were the reasons they lost.
I also want to add that I love how this team fights. Their defense in the second half was the best I've seen in years. Overall, I think Underwood is doing a great job. Could've easily been 3-0, yet the growing pains are visible. This team has a lot of good potential.
I also want to add that I love how this team fights. Their defense in the second half was the best I've seen in years. Overall, I think Underwood is doing a great job. Could've easily been 3-0, yet the growing pains are visible. This team has a lot of good potential.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/coll...cle_f4129e18-b889-5514-a11d-c661fbd1c365.html
“Just get the ball in-bounds and make free throws,” coach Brad Underwood said after the fact.
“Just get the ball in-bounds and make free throws,” coach Brad Underwood said after the fact.
Te'jon is more of a dribble drive guy and can create offense doing that. He is exceptionally quick and has good court vision. 3-point shooting is not his strength. I wouldn't say his lack of "is killing us." There are 4 other bodies out there who can shoot it, and his defense and his ability to penetrate have given us a shot at victory when others were lacking the leadership and fortitude.
In other words...lay off Te'jon
I said before the season started that I had no idea how many games we would win this season, or if we would make the dance...but if at the end of the season I saw improvement from the team and by February and March we were a team no one really wanted to play and I couldn't wait for the 2018-19 season to start..then it would be a successful season....although it's to early to make that claim I think this team will get better because they don't quit... we have 9-10 guys that can play and there really isn't much of a drop off when BU subs...this is a young team and being inconsistent is going to be a problem at times, but I see improvement....trying to keep the long range goal in mind when we have games like this will be difficult...being patient will pay dividends....lets get a win and build some confidence starting Weds. night