Purdue 96, Illinois 88 2OT Postgame
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Painter is all class and a great coach imo (I've actually met him before when I was at the Buffalo Wild Wings in West Lafayette. I had no clue that was where he had held his local show either haha. He was chit chatting with everyone and seemed so humble and down to earth)
Absolutely. But of course you have so-called "fans" who will criticize him as if we had a roster with seven McDonald's All-Americans.
Crazy effort but came up a little short.
- have to be able to secure more of the loose balls and rebounds. Get a few more of those and we are in good shape.
- Underwood continues to baffle me with not calling timeouts when the other team goes on big runs
- with this Curbelo we have a real shot at a Final 4.
- officials were horse crap. I think that has been well documented here. Damonte should have gotten two free throws and the ball on the play he got checked out of the air. That’s a dangerous play and borderline flagrant 2 if that happens in the NBA. Damonte didn’t foul Ivey on the play where Ivey initiates contact and then basically flops back. Edey fouled Verdonk in the block. Clean on the ball but you can’t go through the entire arm and body to get to the ball. Edey took Trent’s legs out (accidentally, but still a foul if you jump and your giant foot kicks the person on accident) when Trent got banged up. Edey fouled Curbelo and then another player fouled Curbelo when he threw the ball out of bounds. Originally I thought it was deflected out but the player actually hit Curbelo across the arm when he was throwing the pass. I could go on and on here.
The foul they called on Ivey vs Trent was a bad call in our favor but I think we had about 3 calls/no calls in our favor vs about 10 for Purdue. A 5 vs 6 rather than 3 vs 10 discrepancy and we likely win the game.
- have to be able to secure more of the loose balls and rebounds. Get a few more of those and we are in good shape.
- Underwood continues to baffle me with not calling timeouts when the other team goes on big runs
- with this Curbelo we have a real shot at a Final 4.
- officials were horse crap. I think that has been well documented here. Damonte should have gotten two free throws and the ball on the play he got checked out of the air. That’s a dangerous play and borderline flagrant 2 if that happens in the NBA. Damonte didn’t foul Ivey on the play where Ivey initiates contact and then basically flops back. Edey fouled Verdonk in the block. Clean on the ball but you can’t go through the entire arm and body to get to the ball. Edey took Trent’s legs out (accidentally, but still a foul if you jump and your giant foot kicks the person on accident) when Trent got banged up. Edey fouled Curbelo and then another player fouled Curbelo when he threw the ball out of bounds. Originally I thought it was deflected out but the player actually hit Curbelo across the arm when he was throwing the pass. I could go on and on here.
The foul they called on Ivey vs Trent was a bad call in our favor but I think we had about 3 calls/no calls in our favor vs about 10 for Purdue. A 5 vs 6 rather than 3 vs 10 discrepancy and we likely win the game.
I’ve thought this for years that Bardo should never do another Illini game…goes out of his way to not sound like a homer so much that it’s infuriating..would take Dakich any day over him..on a side note, great effort today..reminded me of the AZ game..hope some of our big games the rest of the way go our way
So the league office plotted with the officials and directed them to give Purdue an advantage today? Please stop, because people do prison time if that actually happened... Every loss that is close gets blamed on the officials on every message board in the country, but this is kinda absurd. Today was a great game in a stand alone time slot on national tv and it featured our team. Take it for what it is. We were involved in one of the games of the year.
Lol...no plot, but....
-I do think the refs sucked a bit
-I do think B10 conf benefitted from Purdue win
On a side note...I do believe the refs were good up until they didn't call Stef swing towards Paynes face...and Payne got the flagrant.
But I don't subscribe to a plot or a conspiracy....
refs sucking today was beneficial for B10 reputation ...with Purdue back on track as a National contender/ juggernaut. Hopefully we can knock them down at some point
Do you watch much college ball? Officiating is really bad, especially in the Big Ten. Did you not see the MSU-NW game a few days ago?
Yep so far there has been a FRESHMAN Curbelo who sometimes played a little loose, but usually brilliantly for a FRESHMAN,
and now a SOPHOMORE who is playing essentially healthy (fingers crossed) for the first time this season
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I think most will agree officiating on the whole is bad. I think the issue some take is that some fans genuinely believe there is a league-wide conspiracy to screw over our team. There isn't. Every fan base has fans that think this. It's Hanlon's Razor: never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Except you can sub out "stupidity" for "incompetence." They're not out to get us. They just miss calls, and despite what many on here believe, some games it inures to our benefit, some games to our detriment.
The one caveat I'd add is Kofi does get fouled a lot without getting a call, which I think has a lot to do with his size and how effective he is at powering through contact.
Two practices since November and you want him initiating the offense?
There were definitely some tough/bad calls that did not go our way, but in the end, Purdue made the clutch plays in the 2nd OT and we didn't. A great college game to watch. I live in Spokane where the Zags rule all Sports coverage and it's downright boring to watch them undress their "next best" opponents (BYU, SM) by 30 pts. The game is usually over by the 3rd TV time out. We are lucky to be Big Ten fans and get nail biting games night after night in the BIG. Let's learn from this loss and keep this season rollin' on a positive vibe. Go Illini!
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Belo was amazing today, totally under control and probes the defense like nobody else can. The kid hasn’t practiced fully and has been out, it was an incredible game for him and all the guys.
Once integrates back into the team, we are going to be so much better.
And imagine if those passes to BBV were to Kofi, we’d have won’t the game.
Regardless, Kofi is going to be even a bigger nightmare with Belo back. This will be a fun year.
Once integrates back into the team, we are going to be so much better.
And imagine if those passes to BBV were to Kofi, we’d have won’t the game.
Regardless, Kofi is going to be even a bigger nightmare with Belo back. This will be a fun year.
On the flip side, you can blame everything on those three guys.
This is why some posters (myself included) feel the refs affected the outcome of this game. If they swallow their whistle on just one of Kofi's [alleged] fouls, then you do have Kofi on the receiving end of some of those passes and I think we win.
Of course, it also didn't help that we were 36% from three vs 44% for Purdue.
I watch a ton. The officiating around the country is not great, but also not as bad as we are making it out here. The reason it doesn't seem as bad in other leagues is because our team doesn't benefit. The heart has a way of playing tricks on the eyes sometimes...
andre initiated great offense, even when he got ball after a pass to him on wing..., his playmaking shined ...worked great for us and him today.
Ayo adapted last year in a similar manner...catch at full speed from wing and using his playmaking abilities after that.
Side note...Loved Andre's pullups...and he got a baseline contested fadeaway that was another highlight.
He had 26 min and 20 points and solid all the way around...I can't imagine a better way to use/apply his playmaking skills than what we saw today.
I agree with all that but a few more practices would be good for conditioning alone before I want him bringing the ball up on every possession, let alone the pressure of starting a particular offensive set. He should be ready by Friday. LOL
skyIdub
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Did you.....not...watch....the game?
(please read...this aloud...as......slow...as....I.....typed it)
Yes I did, see above post.
skyIdub
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Ok. Curbelo should be initiating the offense every possession he is on the floor. Period. Full stop.
This is literally why we almost won this game without Kofi on the floor.
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