RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
With the players getting a cut of the money coming soon, a 42 (34 conference/8 non con) game regular season starting in October would be a sure fire revenue generator.
Michigan State 80, Illinois 78 Postgame
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With the players getting a cut of the money coming soon, a 42 (34 conference/8 non con) game regular season starting in October would be a sure fire revenue generator.
Exactly. This is true at all levels: all the way to junior high.
I wonder how much their NIL deal was
I am all for eliminating all cupcakes and only playing conference teams or holiday tourneys
I totally agree with point #2 under the positives.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
And our layups. If some of Riley's FTs at the end of the game had been off of and-1s, that's a very different last 5 minutes and a very different energy in that crowd
I think we win if we cut out the sloppy play on offense and stop settling for bad looks. Too many turnovers and long contested 3s, which allowed MSU to kill us in transition on the other end.
Wow, that's crazy. If I'm not mistaken, the make was by Ben at the very beginning. Some of the 3s were definitely contested and ill-advised, but we missed a ton of open ones.
Yep. Refs were totally in the tank for Izzo. Bush league bull crap.
Seeing some opinions on how we’re a 4-5 seed after this loss. Perhaps, but that’s if the season ended today. I think we’d have a chance at a 3 seed, but 4 seed would be more likely. If we go on a run in the next few games, I think we can move up to 2-3 range. The floor for this team is a 5 seed.
If KJ has a target on his back because the fix is in, it makes sense to play him in high leverage situations. That’s what Brad did.
Good first point. As to officiating, it wasn’t great but about the norm. I find it a little hard to blame officiating when the same exact number of fouls were called on both teams and they shot the same number of free throws. Yes, some of the fouls on KJ were tricky tacky, but at the same token he has to play smarter not to pick up some of the late ones.
Let’s win the next one and start a long streak.
Let’s win the next one and start a long streak.
Means absolutely nothing. It's about when and how the fouls are called. Context is everything, and the officials are always able to even things up. The loss was not totally on them, but they were WAY too involved today (in many games) and it happens far too often - especially in the B10. Let the players decide the games and make yourselves less visible. It's not too much to ask. The players and fans deserve way better.
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Links to this strutting? I don't doubt you, but want to see it.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
We'd be the scariest 4-5 seed in the field
Virtually ALL our guards had 4 or 5 fouls with lots of time left. That was the biggest difference and biggest effect on the game to me.
we are a better team than sparty: playing basically without KJ, 2 of our starters in Ben and Tre combining for only 9 points, the awful officiating, missing 10 free throws, a bad day from 3pt, Tomi playing with strep throat and still only lose by 2 on the road in a hostile environment despite all of that
Cook
- Richmond, VA
KJ too often ends up in a position where he's trying to defend from behind his man. Which leads to legit fouls and illegit fouls that refs call because of how it looks. Has anyone ever seen a shot block from behind that a foul isn't called?
Cook
- Richmond, VA
Yep, too many unforced TO's from just being sloppy. Also, that 2nd half stretch from ~12 min to ~8 min, offense was horrendous. Multiple possessions compounded with: Out of rhythm, step back, early shot clock, one on one, no ball movement, deep 3's jacked up. Not surprising they didn't go in. This is the type of moment, I'd like to see BU use a TO to get the guys back on focus.
Brad taking the high road when you could see he wanted to let loose on the referees and the one sided calls. Good on him. That’s my coach.
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