Yeah man like I said I'm tired of seeing Payne come in for Kofi. It's a huge drop off. Hawk should be subbing for Kofi for the rest of the season as far as I'm concerned.
Ohio State 86, Illinois 83 Postgame
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WTF? Ties for the top have always been co-championships in the B1G. There are no tiebreakers for regular season championships. Period.
Conspiracy theory - big 10 trying to push our basketball focused Illinois to focus the Big 10 on football.
Kinda makes sense though…
And the 5th foul on our All-American?
Watch the replays on his missed he got fouled on a lot of them. With that said he needed to go up stronger but I think O$U prevented him from getting to deep in the lane
Refs missed a lot of action down low trying to establish the post
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
If the situation had been reversed and that was an osu guy driving to the rim , you can bet your a** a foul would have been called .........probably a flagrant 2 for that nasty body check by them bully Illini players......
Every d*mn game is the same ......kofi gets mauled ....play on .........we breath on the opponent .....foul on Arch
Of course. They step right in line with the league company line. Nobody on the network, with maybe the exception of maybe Hummel and Katz, has the ba&^s to have an original thought.
People who work for the conference defending it?!
ginabackes00
CrazedUIFan
I’d love to see it more against smaller teams. It’s all about the matchups
To everyone saying we are out of the big ten race - we are literally a Wisconsin win over Purdue away from being right in the thick of it. We now rely on that more so than before (when we literally controlled our own destiny), but we are in no way out of the race
Coleman Hawkins with a very mature post game presser. Saying all the right things about working harder and developing trust from BU, bodes well for his future.
They want Illinois to leave the big 10 maybe? Since we are a basketball school?
So many posters don’t realize it’s not as simple as the best 5
I'm not saying we wouldn't be co champs but it would be weird to celebrate that with a team who beat us twice...just like it would be weird for us to share a title with a team we beat twice
My last post for the night. I just re-watched the game and the plain and simple fact was Kofi cockburn going up for a shot!. At least minimum of twelve times got fouled hard and no calls! That is a big ten officiating issue and that's a shame because he should be the face of college basketball he's such an amazing young man what a shame the Big Ten!
no excuse for us giving up 50 points in the second half but those calls makes such a huge difference and people don't realize it! when they're watching the game! I'm out I've had enough I'll see y'all soon
Had Kofi inherited Garza's halo from last year, he'd average 30 points a game. I think that's what's most frustrating to me, we finally have that type of dominant player and he rarely gets the benefit of the doubt.
Why has Hawkins at the 5 not been considered more/earlier? Omar is good for a couple quick fouls and BVV is what he is at this point.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
Both bald guys killed us.
I’d be hard pressed to believe BU didn’t consider it
He always does. Killed us against Purdue too.
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Agree to diagree
Over his past 5 games he has a combined 13 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists in about 130 minutes of playing time. He’d have to be an Olajuwon-Jordan hybrid defensively to justify that kind of production going forward.
It’s irritating because of all our guards Damonte gets to the lane the easiest, but rarely ever looks to score it. Then he pulls up in the exact same spot every time and turns around and kicks it out. The guy can really elevate, I don’t understand why he doesn’t look to finish at the rim, like ever.
Per Bruce's usual, the game was lost coming out of the halftime locker room. I would enjoy a coach more that recognizes in game trends. Like Plummer is hot. Kofi is getting hammered and can't finish. Trent is a mess. Pressing when the team isn't giving max effort helps to engage all. 94 feet of hell. Rotate fresh bodies. No one cares if Payne and Goode and other bench types pick up fouls as long as they are hustling and being disruptive. Coached correctly, most of these close losses are winnable. Long time board observer. 40 year fan. Not probably as positive as a lot of you. Sorry. Love the Illini. Just see we can be better. PS practice free throws please.
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