UConn 77, Illinois 52 Postgame
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Absolutely. I dont envy the job of a college basketball head coach They get paid a lot of money, but having to recruit, re-recruit, and coach at the same time is insane.
Character is the thing Underwood needs to stay laser-focused upon, and not lose sight of that with me-first guys with gaudy numbers. If Underwood has turned that corner over the last 12 months, hallelujah. I want him to succeed, cause I want the Fighting Illini to succeed.
Or he loves this team and is sad they lost? People try to read into everything.
At halftime I had no idea how it was going to go. No gut feeling either way. Thought it could either go great or illini could implode and everything in between. Unfortunately it was the implosion.
Thorough a$$kicking all the way around. But, still a great season. Go illini
Thorough a$$kicking all the way around. But, still a great season. Go illini
Yeah, the gameplan was sound. Execution and an unwillingness to abandon it were the issues.
sacraig
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Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Motivation to work on his shot for next year 4am in the gym!
Game plan is all I can say. I think the players stuck to the game plan to a fault.
The usual complimentary stuff, but it was nice to hear -- well coached, nba players, etc. And said that "systematically" they were able to turn it up and win.
Awesome season. A bit of shame to see Shannon, Domask, and Hawkins to go out in a uncompetitive game but a loss is a loss and every team but one loses to end the season(also think we lost to national champion).
Gameplan was clearly to take it inside and try to get Clingan in foul court which wasnt a bad idea but the refs simply were allowing a ton of contact. At that pointed needed to adapt and live by the 3pt shot with Clingan on the 3 pt court.
Gameplan was clearly to take it inside and try to get Clingan in foul court which wasnt a bad idea but the refs simply were allowing a ton of contact. At that pointed needed to adapt and live by the 3pt shot with Clingan on the 3 pt court.
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This is what the game felt like.
I think Brad did make halftime adjustments. We started shooting more threes in the second half. But when they were not falling, we started to panic and defense just completely collapsed. And it just spiraled out of control.
No shame in losing to UConn. Purdue will get stomped by them too if they make it to the final (as will every team).
Even a perfectly coached game, I don’t think we beat them except maybe 1/10 tries. It’s a bad matchup with Clingan and they’re loaded at every position on top of that. But I don’t know what we were thinking not putting Dain in for Ty at half to try something else on Clingan. He only plays 22 mpg, it’s not like it means Dain has to play the whole time. We went down 9-0 to start the game mainly because of the center matchup and we died by staying on that hill to start the second half.
Even a perfectly coached game, I don’t think we beat them except maybe 1/10 tries. It’s a bad matchup with Clingan and they’re loaded at every position on top of that. But I don’t know what we were thinking not putting Dain in for Ty at half to try something else on Clingan. He only plays 22 mpg, it’s not like it means Dain has to play the whole time. We went down 9-0 to start the game mainly because of the center matchup and we died by staying on that hill to start the second half.
That's really it.
I love this team. They were special.
ChiefGritty
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When can we start 2021 vs 2024 discourse?
You will all be held to account for your Ayo slander.
sad to see this season end. a great run for a deserving team. it was breaking my heart to watch Ty so upset on the bench. nothing to hang heads about at all. UConn is a dominant team & I think they’ll win it all. we had a wonderful season & I’m so proud of the team overall & so proud to be an Illini. this team, specifically TSJ, had to overcome some serious obstacles just to get here. nothing but love. 
I don't think it's any indication of anything except heis hurting. I've been there, season is over, it really hurts. From pain can come growth, Ty will be here and hungry
Don’t be sad it’s over. Be happy for the journey.
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