Purdue 76, Illinois 71 Postgame
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PizzaHutParkingLot
- McPherson, KS
More Hawkins running the point, please
ginabackes00
CrazedUIFan
It was a good adjustment, but he also sat quite a bit of the first with foul trouble.
Yep, I believe Purdue missed the front end of a 1-1 twice and we didn't score on the other end either time. Those are really tough when trying to come back.
chiefini
- Rockford, Illinois
I’ll repeat: These guys didn’t give up. Whatever Underwood said at half-time, bottle it up, and sell it. I wanted them to be rewarded for their perseverance and grit, but it wasn’t meant to be today. I think we beat them if we get them a third time in the BTT with a pro Illini crowd…
Matthew Mayer does a lot of good things, but I'm not sure he is a winning player. We have seen him take bad shot after bad shot in critical situations, and they very rarely go in. At times, it still doesn't feel like this team is all pulling on the same rope.
How was his foul on Mayer not flagrant…he made no attempt on the ball!?!Zach Edey’s defense study material…
But all jokes aside… love what we’ve been getting out of Ty, Harris, Luke, RJ, and absolute hats off yet again to Coleman Hawkins who has to be gassed after going to-to-toe with Dickinson and now Edey. Need the rest of the team to play with the same urgency, energy and toughness. I’m looking at the seniors. On to the post-season
ginabackes00
CrazedUIFan
Agree. How was that not reviewed?
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
The one where Mayer faked him, Edey jumped in the air, and then fell on Mayer? How can that be a flagrant?
Refs weren’t the issue. All in all a very good game, ESPECIALLY for Big10 refs!
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
FWIW, Deon Thomas agreed with this in the radio postgame…
You'll never get all that grime off of you . . .
Ignatius Shang
5th year PhD, school of Information Sciences
- Champaign, IL
Well fought. I think we taught Purdue's NCAA opponent a lesson how to deal with Edey. I will not be surprised if Purdue is upset early in the tournament.
What an effort in the second half. Grateful for showing fight and pride, even if it came up just a little bit short. They had their chances.
Maybe some final lessons can be learned from this one, just in time for the postseason.
Maybe some final lessons can be learned from this one, just in time for the postseason.
That two-handed push on Mayers chest should have been a double technical. Anyone have a clip of that? Matt’s tailbone will be sore tomorrow for sure. Edy should have been in the locker room.Zach Edey’s defense study material…
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
I really want to see what happens when we get away from Big Ten style officiating. It seems like other leagues don't just let them play. I'm interested to see how we handle that kind of change
This game is another prime exhibit of this team's MO all year. The lack of mental preparation to start and finish games is really frustrating. The difference in effort level between first and second halves is unacceptable, and has been the source of most losses. Great fight, but it shouldn't have to always come down to that. They are good, but not good enough to overcome the mind-numbing play during stretches in the first half. Just 30 minutes of play like they exhibited in the second half makes all of the poor calls and lack of end of game execution moot. And I would argue it makes the execution part easier because you have not just expended all your energy cutting a 20 point lead to get back in the freakin game. Frustrating, but entertaining at least I guess 
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