On television, UCLA came out in the exact same setup after the Illinois timeout. The pick at halfcourt left Illinois with absolutely no resistance to the basket. Someone has got to step-up and stop the ball.
UCLA 95, Illinois 94 OT Postgame
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Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
No mention of being up 23 in your narrative?
Wagler dribbled and dribbled and dribbled the clock down to the point where it was hot potato and we didn't even get a shot off. I'd have to go back and replay it, but if he passed to Mirkovic in the situation with the clock running down, that's also an awful decision. It was a terribly handled end of the first half and end of the OT.
Kind of the story of Illinois basketball for the past 20 years summed up pretty well right here
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
The idiots controlling the clock never stopped the clock when the ball went through the hoop. The refs stopped play to fix the clock and the Cronin called the timeout. That was infuriating to me. Still not the reason we lost though.
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Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
That was intended for more than just you, apologies for the intensity.
I agree with this take. It was a beautiful first 11 minutes, but after that, it was pretty much awful across the board.
Mirk also had a terrible TO early in the 2nd when he was called for shuffling his feet with nobody near him and he wasn't even trying to do anything.
Tough game for him, he'll be better against Michigan
TheDukeUIUC
- Twin Cities, MN
He's 2-11 in our last three games from 3-pt range.
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Maybe we should change up our late game strategy. It’s just not working! 3 in a row is a trend!
Watched the final play probably 50 times. I still don't know WTF KB was doing or thinking
Crazy to give Dent free release. They may as well have not even set up in the backcourt
Crazy to give Dent free release. They may as well have not even set up in the backcourt
This thread alone is proof that winning cures all. When we lose, we devolve into a civil war borne out of frustrations from the loss.
Not at all dissimilar to some Bears threads I'm in.
Not at all dissimilar to some Bears threads I'm in.
Some good perspective IMO
Such a wild, oddly encouraging stat.
You have to take us down to the wire, basically, of you want to have a shot of beating us.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
lol the story is after the 11ish mark of the first half….a middle of the pack B1G team absolutely sh!t whipped us by 24 points.
That’s it. That’s the takeaway from this game.
We mailed it in after the first 11-12min.
Maybe I’m selling UCLA short, but scUM and MSU both held that team under 60.
That’s it. That’s the takeaway from this game.
We mailed it in after the first 11-12min.
Maybe I’m selling UCLA short, but scUM and MSU both held that team under 60.
TheDukeUIUC
- Twin Cities, MN
Wagler had the turnover which led to Mirk fouling the 3-pt shooter.
My dude- now is really not the time.. It was a terrible loss- end of story- please stop.
It’s just amazing the potential for duality — if we were only able to guard 4.9 seconds with the full length of the court (which we couldn’t; no excuses), everyone would be up in arms, gloating about the win. Yes we couldn’t… and so now everything’s a catastrophe.
I UNDERSTAND that’s how sports works — you either win or you don’t, you’re either doomed or your overjoyed. But it’s just not true to think there’s something major wrong with this team.
ALL of our 3 losses in the last 3 months have been in overtime (and all to pretty good teams).
I UNDERSTAND that’s how sports works — you either win or you don’t, you’re either doomed or your overjoyed. But it’s just not true to think there’s something major wrong with this team.
ALL of our 3 losses in the last 3 months have been in overtime (and all to pretty good teams).
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The one thing you don't want to happen on that UCLA inbound play from full court is for UCLA to pass the ball to Dent as he's running toward the basket. I don't understand why no play was drawn/made to prevent the ball from coming to Dent. Oh well, on to Michigan and hoping for the best.
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