We needed to stop one of their guards and we didn’t even come close to doing that. The majority of their scoring comes from 2 players, terrible game plan
Wisconsin 91, Illinois 88 OT Postgame
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Our fate this year is overtime = guaranteed loss.
honest question, who do you trust?
i like the idea of whoever said get the ball to mirk late, but he wouldn't be able to get his shot off the dribble, i don't think.
He fell, multiple times, like requested and still can't buy one. It's such a horribly officiated conference. Legit ruins the game.
Then why did Boyd get so many calls bc that iso and ball screen iso is basically all they ran for last 15 mins?
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
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If Brad doesn’t want questions about not being able to win close games, then win close games.
Microcosm of the Underwood era
Keaton, Jake, AJ Redd
Sorry man that it’s at your expense, but I had a hard laugh at this post.
Trust me, I needed it.
This series history vs Wiscy genuinely feels written on stone.
Never seen an all American level player with such a weak whistle
Then Blackwell gets a call where he’s not touched on an airball step back fadeaway lol
Are you a Cubs and Bears fan as well?
I left Chicago years ago. This "blame the coach (particularly one that has won 2 B1G Tourneys and one regular season title in 7 years)" who is in the top 2 in B1G wins over the past 7 years lacks common sense.
Yet after every big loss, that Illinois loser mentality comes out and "we need to fire, Brad, Bruce, Lon Kruger, Lou Henson, Gene Bartow, Harv Schmidt (why not Jon Groce - I don't get it) and every Cub Manager and Bears Coach (including Mike Ditka) that ever lived. Less I forget, we have needed to fire every Illini football head coach (including the current one) going all the way back to Pete Elliott.
It gets tiremsome to read and borders on the ridiculous. Go watch some other team. Until this community stands by the sports programs through good times and bad, we are never going to be consistent winners in any sport.
Let me explain something to you. If you think there is someone out there that could accomplish what Brad Underwood has accomplished after taking over a program that had been run completely into the ground, you are in the minority.
Was today's performance bad? It sure was, but given the rebounding and the FT shooting (had we made 1 more regulation FT we win) that is on the players, not the coaches, Then postgame to turn around and start claiming our coach is "only" a good recuiter (who leads the B1G in transfers in and out) is more than just a modest overreaction.
I will gladly take the last 7 years of consistency. You know why? I have seen the alternative.
The future doesn't include Brad because we're going to get Tyler in a few years right? The ol Stephen Pearl method.
Brad should look in the mirror. The offensive issues in crunch time are about more than just missed 3's. We don't do anything to make life easier on ourselves. Can we set a hard pick for once instead of running pick and pop for the millionth time? How about adjusting pace and recognizing when Stojakovic actually has a good matchup doing his thing driving to the hoop? Let Tomi work inside more to build his confidence back up instead of parking him in the corner?
I actually think it’s more of a recruiting/roster building problem than a coaching mentality problem. There’s only so much toughness a coach can instill in his guys.
I’ve said this before, but it feels like we’ve gone with an Iowa (Fran era) on steroids philosophy the past few years. We go for skilled players and figure we can teach them to guard good enough. That has won us a lot of games but leaves us vulnerable against athleticism and toughness and if we don’t make shots. And right now we aren’t making shots and better pray we don’t draw a tough athletic team as a 15 or a 7.
And I’ve said this before too…I don’t think it’s a good look to go all in on offense when your son is the O Coordinator. In modern basketball you need to score, sure, but we’ve got some flaws that are the direct result of going all in on players designed to make Tyler’s offense look good.
Id like to see us with a little more roster balance and slide a few more athletes in alongside the skilled basketball players. I realize Ty got hurt but not sure if he would have cracked the rotation or not. But it feels like we are missing a Trent, DaMonte, shoot even a Morez type dog out there who can just beat people offensively and defensively with their athleticism.
We are a team of bum slayers. Look out NW, Oregon, Rutgers… we’ll run you out of the gym. But against actually good teams? Not so much
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
Mostly agree Pru, but ref bashing late in the game is no excuse when the players who blew a 15 pt head 15 minutes ago should not be in a position where one bad ref call
loses the game for us.
The reason Boyd and Blackwell get foul calls is that they are quicker than Illinois, and quicker guys get calls when they go up against bigger slower lesser athletic players.
Wagler plays in slow motion a lot on his drives. He’s not exploding by guys and therefore isn’t gonna get many touch calls especially at his size where he already has the advantage over smaller guys.
If you are quick, small, and fast, it’s easy to create foul contact. If you are taller and slower, it’s much harder
That dude carries the ball so bad. Only called 1 time.
A 15 or 7?
Goillinikobd
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3 and they all miss and fall into
the waiting arms of Wisky
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