Gotta remember one thing Illini fans.....this was not a beat down loss to Cincy or Marquette.
I think sometimes we lose sight of the randomness of one game.
Not unusual. Slower teams typically dictate pace unless the faster team uses a full court press.This is what I was thinking the entire game. We completely played Virginia's style. I thought Underwood was a fighter but he seemed to capitulate on the team's identity right from the start.
Epps had the ball in his hands a ton and only had one TO in two games. While Hawk does do some things well however he must take better care of the ball.Playing a lot isnt a good excuse for having 8 turnovers the past two days with 5 yesterday. He was fortunate a few other times with the ball today being careless knocked away and only went out of bounds or he could've had easily had 5 today. RJ had 5 over two games while our freshman Epps and Mayer only had 1 in two games. RJ and Coleman need to a much better job taking care of the ball while doing some of positives you mentioned.Interesting take. IMHO, CoHawk and RJ are our two most complete players, neither of whom force offense but can be deadly. They do all the little things....all the time. But both are involved in a ton of plays and are highly visible. Their blunders are magnified because they are there and involved. Lucky to have them both.
Game definitely turned on the Sky 3 foul. We had plenty of opportunities to win but had some terrible turnovers that you can't give up to a team like UVA. Overall can't have anything but optimism we aren't close to a finished product and were 3:30 mins from having two top 15 wins. The freshman belong very very impressed we'll be ok with Sky n Epps handling the offense which was my biggest concern for beginning of the season. The offense will only get better as they get more experience.I was in the second row. The refs didn't cost us the game. The three pointer that Skyy fouled on was questionable and a game changer with us up two and had the board but they attacked the rim more than the Illini..
Virginia has a team drove and attacked the basket much more than our team as a whole so they got to the line more often and made them. Epps and Shannon attacked the rim but not like they did.. We had good looks from three especailly in the first half just did hit like vs UCLA.
Yes this will be a loss that doesn't end up in the bad column at the end of the yearGotta remember one thing Illini fans.....this was not a beat down loss to Cincy or Marquette.
I agree we need to clean up the turnovers. We get the ball slapped away from us to easily with turnovers and rebounding. Epps had the ball today a lot and had zero assists need to get better at moving the ball and seeing Dain.Epps had the ball in his hands a ton and only had one TO in two games. While Hawk does do some things well however he must take better care of the ball.Playing a lot isnt a good excuse for having 8 turnovers the past two days with 5 yesterday. He was fortunate a few other times with the ball today being careless knocked away and only went out of bounds or he could've had easily had 5 today. RJ had 5 over two games while our freshman Epps and Mayer only had 1 in two games. RJ and Coleman need to a much better job taking care of the ball while doing some of positives you mentioned.
Welcome, appreciate the kind words you are welcome back anytime! It was a great game your experience won out in the end we are still putting all the new parts together, gave you some awful to's and you made us pay every time. If there was any team that I didn't mind losing to it would be you guys after such an awful tragedy hearts go out to all UVA nation. Massive respect for how you performed this weekend. You should be very proud of your boys(I'm sure you are). Best of luck for the rest of the season you will be a load and will be rooting for you to win the ACC.UVA fan here just popping in to say gg. It was a hard fought game that could've gone either way. The difference was our experience and maturity prevailed at the end. That definitely felt like an away game for us. The ILL crowd defining showed up and showed out. You guys have some talented Freshman and I'd hate to be facing this team once they gain some more experience as the season progresses. Highly doubt there are 18 teams that are better than you guys right now. Wishing you all many wins and good health the rest of the way!
I don’t, Brad always loses to defense minded teams
True. They’ve got it down to a science.Y’all are acting like it’s just easy to make Virginia not play their game when they’ve been playing that game for a decade+.
They were in both the UCLA and UVA game threads. Not a single positive comment in either. Didn't post in the UCLA post-game thread. They post that in this thread. Easy ignore.WATCH THIS!!! I'M GONNA GO IN AND POST SOMETHING REALLY OBNOXIOUSLY NEGATIVE JUST TO GET A REACTION!
I thought Epps just tried to make plays because the last 4 minutes had a lot of stagnation.Did we though?
I thought the difference was the ability to finish at the end. Epps isn’t Felize.…. Yet.I don’t, Brad always loses to defense minded teams
Still, Epps is a freshman and played well and not scared. He is only going to get better and be a beast. I am more excited about him thus far than any freshman. I think Skyy has the highest ceiling. I just wish he would look to score because I know he has it in him and could really lead to opening things up for others.I agree we need to clean up the turnovers. We get the ball slapped away from us to easily with turnovers and rebounding. Epps had the ball today a lot and had zero assists need to get better at moving the ball and seeing Dain.
Virginia entered the game 27th in the country in Total Rebound Percentage. They play at a slow pace so their rebounding totals may be low but they are a far better rebounding team than 300. https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/stat/total-rebounding-percentageGot out-rebounded by the #300 rebounding team in the country.
Probs has more to do with slow play than anything but still. I think we should have dominated the glass.
TriggeredGotta remember one thing Illini fans.....this was not a beat down loss to Cincy or Marquette.
Gotta remember we played 4 freshmen huge minutes… VA only played one underclassman. (McKneely)
Not picking on you specifically, but here are the rebounding percentages for today’s game:they rebounded the ball better