UCLA 95, Illinois 94 OT Postgame

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#126      
Mistakenj
Have you ever seen a team worse at defending the full court layup? Jesus Christ
 
#127      
MidwesternCowboy
Repeatedly losing close games in overtime is not good. I love our team and we are really talented but I have my doubts that we can maintain focus and intensity to string together multiple games in the tournament. Hope I'm wrong.
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I was about to say the same thing. The most elite teams aren't completely winless in OT.

Don't be surprised or shocked if Michigan blows us out.
 
#128      
jumpingjack
skyIdub said:
This is not about OT or the final play guys.

We were burying this team and then started thinking about scUM.

It's not a trap game if you don't fall into the trap.
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#130      
PepeSilvia
The defense out of the timeout was atrocious.

The entire goal is to not let them catch at speed while moving forward and they let Dent do that with no resistance.

What was the point of Ben on that play? You either guard the inbounder or take Dent away by doubling him instead of guarding the inbounder by say putting Stojakovic in front and Boswell behind.
 
#134      
Curbelo Fanboy
Underwood !!!!! the bed at least once every year. Final four potential but they’ll die in sweet 16 or earlier. He just isn’t a good situational coach. Zero post season expectations now.
 
#135      
DICKnaggie
QueenCityIllini said:
I’d rather Z dick punch the dude driving the basketball than to give up a finger roll. It’s already bonus plus, no easy baskets… Unbelievable loss. Seeing Stavvy Halkias tonight was spoiled by this 23 point blown lead.
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Z has to learn when to go for a block and when to just be 7ft tall, put your arms up and get in front of the guy. Not the time to gamble on a block.
 
#139      
DeeIL89
Absolute choke job. Up 20 plus in the first half on the road and had them buried but then had a complete defensive collapse giving up 10 straight field goal to them. Parted the red sea to UCLA. That's the story.
 
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21ChampaignSt
That was the Tennessee finish all over again.

Seems like every time the other team has the last shot, we lose. We cannot stop them when it matters. Off the top of my head over the last couple years....Tennessee, Nebraska, MSU to send it to OT, now UCLA all made clutch shots at the end to beat us. And our game winners never go down. I have no confidence that we'll win a game if it's tied under a minute to go.
 
#145      
aaeismacgychel
aaeismacgychel said:
I'm always leary when a team comes off an extremely good performance and has to play a decent team. Generally they revert back to the mean a bit that 2nd game. I also think UCLA is likely to have a bounceback effort tonight unless they're completely broken (entirely possible). You almost never see a tourney team get blown out 3 games in a row. In my opinion this will be a tough one. We need to attack the glass and win the 50/50 balls, and be clutch down the stretch. And hey, the only thing Keaton hasn't done for us this season is hit a walk-off buzzer beater for the win. I think that means he's due. Just win.
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Unfortunately the walk-off buzzer beater by Wagler happened 4.9seconds too soon... Sigh...
 
#147      
QueenCityIllini
DICKnaggie said:
Z has to learn when to go for a block and when to just be 7ft tall, put your arms up and get in front of the guy. Not the time to gamble on a block.
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I agree, I’ve also said that. Like brother, you’re 7’2” your wing span almost reaches the rim without jumping 😂.
 
#149      
KCBassin
On the bright side I can officially stop worrying about a Big Ten title or a 1 seed. Feels like the Final Four dream is pretty much dead too.
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This was equivalent to a round of 32 opponent so could see us losing again early ugh
 
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