Yeah, at the risk of getting some blowback here I'll say I think some on the board have been a little quick to excuse Dainja for this. On purpose or not, the player must be aware of his surroundings and his own actions at all times. This was a dumb play that only served to allow us to check the 'bad Illinois technical' on our 2023 Illini bingo cards.
Maybe not 100% apples-to-apples, but three years ago, the top player in the tennis world was disqualified from the US Open for inadvertently striking a linesperson with a ball hit in anger, ending his perfect season. By comparison a two-shot technical seems appropriate.
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