Definitely a bad call. Agreed. The lack of a call of Frazier was also brutal. There were definitely misses by the refs. Can't control that.
That's a good question that I've been asking myself. It's probably because Hawkins play has been subpar for the past month. Games like tonight should give BU the confidence to insert him at the 5. You have to go with your best players from here on out.
I'll try to find the tweet, but theres an analytics guy that shows change in efficiency 2nd half vs first for all p5 teams charted out, and Illinois is among the best....
I AM SICK OF WATCHING Kofi get his arms brutalized but no call.
Hawkins coming out party tonight. Really believe he gained some swagger back tonight. Thought he was terrific
Maybe, but Kofi and CH were out of the game. I think OT would have been a problem with matchups and rebounding. Shoot the three and take your chances. It’s frustrating to think about how many games over the last several years featuring last possessions to win have ended up with no shot at all. I agree with others on the board who said Trent likely gets the call if he throws up a wild shot vs. passing. Still, I have this weird feeling that this game is going to be a net positive going forward.
Coleman will have his up-and-down moments like all young players, sure, but he is a willing and effective passer and has been bringing great effort and making all the hustle plays that may not be reflected the stat sheet recently.
Ya Young obviously flopped when he felt Kofi's hand on his hip. He knew he couldn't get past him for that rebound so he did the only thing he could. Stupid ref bought it.
Yeah, I mean, any shot is better than no shot too.
Agreed, I'm oddly excited after what should feel mostly like a heartbreaking loss. This felt like a season changer.
The complaint is Kofi had 15 shots was getting hacked and didn’t shoot hardly any free throws. It’s a reoccurring theme. We should be getting a lot more foul calls with Kofi.
Love that kid.
Agreed! We need to secure the wolverines rightful place in the NIT!
You are onto something. Stick Hawkins out there and suddenly, the athletic 4 (or 5) don’t look so scary. Payne has a lot of work to do. He’s still very very raw.
He won’t be around.
I can guarantee you that wouldn’t happen if you had three more physical players on the court at the same time because those players would help draw the defenders away from Kofi. That’s why I’m looking forward to seeing Rodgers and Dainja play next year and if they add a strong forward or power forward such as Roddy than that will be a much more physical team to face. Teams will have a hard time guarding that. In the meantime, they should just put Hawkins out there at the same time with Kofi and have Frazier and Plummer as the guards with Grandison as the shooting forward until Melendez comes back. DMFW just isn’t it, this year. His lack of focus isn’t there this year.
Including tonight’s game Omar has 52 total points and 52 personal fouls.
