Tre White needs to figure some things out soon if this team is going to make the second weekend of the tourney. He's been non-existent.
Michigan State 80, Illinois 78 Postgame
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Impressed Underwood was able to keep the blood from biting his tongue so hard from dribbling out of his mouth
wonder how much is their NIL.
I saw that replay. The only thing definite about it was that it couldn't be verified definitively either way. The announcers even backed off on making a judgment either way.
I thought the same initially, but looking at it a bit more KJ tripped him. I'm sure it was accidental but looking at this frame KJs foot is right in front of the foot of the MSU player.
These three are criminals. They robbed us today.
Foot wasn't planted, KJ moved it into his path and then he tripped on it. KJ was moving the whole time.
This picture really proves a bigger point. All but one of the fouls(#5) are questionable with #4 being egregious. That's all fine and good.
Let's not let our guys off the hook either.
5/24 from three and 17/27 from the foul line. Neither of those, especially the foul shooting, is acceptable.
1/17 from your starters from three is not acceptable.
A bench technical late in a tight game is not acceptable.
Some of the turnovers in absolutely crucial situations isn't acceptable.
Using the refs as the reason for losing is ridiculous. If we do ANY ONE of the above, to even a respectable level, we win.
Did losing KJ hurt and did it make things tougher without him? Absolutely. Should we have won regardless. Absolutely.
No more excuses.
Let's not let our guys off the hook either.
5/24 from three and 17/27 from the foul line. Neither of those, especially the foul shooting, is acceptable.
1/17 from your starters from three is not acceptable.
A bench technical late in a tight game is not acceptable.
Some of the turnovers in absolutely crucial situations isn't acceptable.
Using the refs as the reason for losing is ridiculous. If we do ANY ONE of the above, to even a respectable level, we win.
Did losing KJ hurt and did it make things tougher without him? Absolutely. Should we have won regardless. Absolutely.
No more excuses.
Leading scorer plays 8 min due to foul trouble. 5-24 on 3's. 17-27 FT's not horrible but not good. Missed at least 10 bunnies. With all of that we prolly should have been down by 15, but fought like hell to have a chance to win on the road. At East Lansing. Bring that kind of effort and grit every night and we will have a very good season.
Correct.
That and the 50/50 ball should not have been fouls. I think the fifth foul was legit. I don't even know if I saw good angles of the other two.
And why are those 3 6'2 guards getting to the basket and scoring against the Illinois interior defense?
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I'm not saying it's the entire reason why, but only Boswell wasn't in foul trouble between our four guards defending. Riley, KJ, and DGL all had 4 fouls. It had an impact in the last 10 min.
I believe it was legal to shoot over the old fanshaped backboards back in the day.
Let's see how they react when they'll be forced to cover the Illini when they go on their run.
This loss is disappointing....we played over 3/4 of the game without KJ, didn't shoot particularly well especially from 3, missed several free throws and yet had a chance to win at the end.....just couldn't overcome all the adversities in East Lansing....but having said that....the loss to USC at home was a bigger disappointment....that was one that most people had penciled in as a W.....afraid that game will haunt us in several ways as the season progresses
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I remember the days of Jim Burr and etal.
Several have mentioned it was not on Brad, but I do not think it was really explained what happened. My best guess is that it was for the assistant coaches standing up. Only one coach, usually the head coach (I am not sure if there are exceptions), are allowed to stand at a time and only in the designated box. This is up to the discretion of the refs (they generally allow them to stand to address a player as they are leaving the floor, to briefly celebrate a good play, etc.) and is usually something that is warned prior to issuing a technical foul.
What did they say that was wrong? This regular season championship is now a three horse race. Can't lose to NW(up double digits in the second half) and USC (who's awful) and expect a different response. We put ourselves in this situation and the commentary reflects it.
Now, you're right.....the season's focus is on seeding in both postseason tournaments.
Now, you're right.....the season's focus is on seeding in both postseason tournaments.
Maybe someone did the math on this already. I didn't read it all.
KJ with 37 fouls in 473 minutes going into this. one foul for every 12.8 minutes of play.
Today, one foul for every 1.8 minutes.
KJ with 37 fouls in 473 minutes going into this. one foul for every 12.8 minutes of play.
Today, one foul for every 1.8 minutes.
Bummer that he couldn't make all three free throws except for one from drawing that foul on his 3 point attempt. Would have been a big momentum swing to have gotten the game tie there 61-61. Our free throws attempts wasn't great today.
Illini in OC
In. The. Alley.
Regular Big Ten season Championship means little. Have to look at each team resume separately. Unbalanced schedules make it harder on selection committee 4th or 5th place teams could have better resume than 1st place team
We have to win some of the big games we have coming up to get our favorable seed
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