Penn State 90, Illinois 89 Postgame
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CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKE AGAIN. THIS I8S T6HE 3RD BIG GAME THEY BLEW DOWN THE STRETCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They do not know how to put the game away. Missed 2 free throws with 18 seconds to go that would have sealed the win. SICKENING!
And I was upset when we blew and 8 point lead in the last 5 minutes against MSU.
up 7 with with 1:17 to go. How the actual hell do you lose that?
This is the softest most listless Illinois team I can remember.
Who cares how good you are on offense if you can't stop the other team from scoring?
Who cares how good you are on offense when you absolutely crumble under the pressure in the last 3 minutes of games?
Who cares how good you are on offense when you can't even execute the basic fundamentals of inbounding the ball?
This is inexcusable.
"It'S thE B1G. EveRyoNe sTrUgGleS oN tHe rOad."
Inexcusable.
Who cares how good you are on offense if you can't stop the other team from scoring?
Who cares how good you are on offense when you absolutely crumble under the pressure in the last 3 minutes of games?
Who cares how good you are on offense when you can't even execute the basic fundamentals of inbounding the ball?
This is inexcusable.
"It'S thE B1G. EveRyoNe sTrUgGleS oN tHe rOad."
Inexcusable.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I'm really surprised the win expectancy at 40 seconds was only 96.4%
But still, 96.4!
We broke their pressure immaculately all game!
I can't believe what I just saw, I really can't. Sure we're bad at inbounding the ball, but that's only like a quarter of it.
History on the brink of repeating itself…just like when we had both Ayo and Kofi.
No, just no! No excuses for this loss! So what if he got hacked and both teams played on that court. I’m just not giving them a pass on that pathetic performance
You also had a dam double-digit lead with 16:00 mins to go. You gave that up, and then choked at the end. No excuses!
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Then you need to articulate why the Big Ten wants PSU (who isn’t even close to the Bubble) to upset one of two ranked Big Ten teams. It benefits nobody who’d be crooked enough to order it unless you just chalk it up to a specifically anti-Illini conspiracy.
Maybe start with Domask catching the inbounds pass as our best FT shooter and mature ball handler. As much as I love TSJ he isn't was 13 for 19 from.the line and more likely to turn it over. I am.over certain choices given our talent. No way we should lose that game. Hawkins should have never had the ball to miss those 2 FTs. The foul was just foolish. Donask throwing it in is good for Penn state.
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Not really…but I guess if it makes you feel better, go for it.
Illini were up 7, with the ball, with 40 seconds to go. Just mind blowing.
I didn't even want to touch on the PG situation right now. The fact that happened....again, is incredible.
To your point, we all knew that position was an issue in the off-season. We tried to convince ourselves that PG by committee was ok. It's not and it's cost us twice and it should have been three times(Nebraska at home).
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Well Werner made it (to Freezing Cold Takes)
This game won't mean a hill of beans if this team makes it to the second weekend of tourney and even less if it makes it to third weekend.
This game won't mean a hill of beans if this team makes it to the second weekend of tourney and even less if it makes it to third weekend.
Yes! We got the ball to the right person. He made the play he needed to. If the foul is called and makes the free throws were up 6. Yes we let them have too many easy baskets, yes we missed free throws, but that foul has to be called or you don't call the foul on the three at the end. Shot was gone and Coleman barely touched him (it was a foul BTW).
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I couldn't believe PSU didn't foul.
If Penn State can run a normal out of bounds play to get 3 layups during the game we should be able to run a simple play just to get the ball inbounds
blackdog
- Champaign
We are now officially Iowa and this is what you get for playing an all-offense style of basketball.
Relax guy. They’ve had a bad loss every year in BU’s campaign.
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