Purdue 76, Illinois 71 Postgame
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The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Never give up. I desperately want this team to put in a complete 40 minutes.
Boy did we lock Zach Edey’s Herman Munster lookin a** up.
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This team is Terrance Shannon’s chase down block.
What a beautiful and successful regular season.
We essentially lost an entire Big Ten champion’s roster last year; and not only were we nonetheless able to compete for the title this season, we did so while cultivating a powerful young core for the campaigns to come. From a program building perspective, this skillful maneuvering of pieces across the board would make Bobby Fischer whistle.
Ty-Dain-Sencire-Jayden-RJ plus recruits is a maturing juggernaut. The new Wu Tang (Sencire is the ODB). And we got plenty of NIL greenbacks to make it rain in the transfer casino.
And today again reminds: our team is a lottery ticket capable of a post season jackpot.
The best is yet to come.
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Govoner Vaugn Fan
- New Orleans
A win would have been fantastic, but after that second half I feel better about this team than at any time this season. In the tourney, play like the second half and anything can happen. Play like the first half and nothing will happen.
I feel like we were a pack of dogs turning on ourselves at the end with two alphas (MM and TSJ) both trying to do too much to be the hero with 30 seconds left in the game. Happy we made it respectable but I think it was self destruction in the end that gave this game away. We put two halves together we win this one comfortably.
Shoulda played CH at the point from the jump
Good come back but we can not fall behind at the start of every damn game. N Epps get well
Imagine if this team was consistent
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
Heck of a fight.
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Way better 2nd half. I love the fight in these guys.
Now I need to go take a shower after being in the game thread for almost 2.5 hours.
Now I need to go take a shower after being in the game thread for almost 2.5 hours.
Mayer blew up two straight possessions in the last minute. Not going to miss that at all next year.
Great effort. We fought hard to come back and had a chance. Next time we gotta be consistent all the way through. Can’t keep digging first half holes.
This team has guts man, never die attitude. We can beat or lose to anyone.
Can't say I'm not really irritated at that non-call on Shannon, refs ruined the game. Was BS. Seems like we get hosed constantly in the last minute or two by refs. But we also are terrible in end-game situations, we should just not call timeouts.
Can't say I'm not really irritated at that non-call on Shannon, refs ruined the game. Was BS. Seems like we get hosed constantly in the last minute or two by refs. But we also are terrible in end-game situations, we should just not call timeouts.
Don’t care about the damnable numbers on the scoreboard.
THAT was an Illinois victory.
Awed the Nation with one incredible comeback and turned it into a winnable game.
Awesome effort, guys in Orange.
THAT was an Illinois victory.
Awed the Nation with one incredible comeback and turned it into a winnable game.
Awesome effort, guys in Orange.
Just at a total loss what we did coming out of that timeout which we burned (questionable in its own right) after a getting a free timeout on the clock review. It’s just totally unacceptable on so many levels.
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