Illini oh my!!!
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Very very ugly. Uconn can be beat pretty easily if you just make shots. They are missing every single open shot. Crazy. Same thing happened against San Diego St. They just couldn't make any shots at all. Lots are wide open and they aren't even close.
Well when you are 1/15 in the 2nd half you aren't going to beat any team. Let alone one of the best in the country.
They’re good, still hope to play them, at this point it is what it is, let’s win tommorrow!
10:34 left in the game. They’ve scored 2 points this half. They will probably end the game sub 50 points. Top offense my a$$
Yikes- ill- annoy was quickly and convincingly rendered into a disorganized , trash- talking rec league team….
creighton beat UConn by 20 so they’re beatable but definitely haven’t looked beatable in the tourney. But neither has Purdue.
I loathe Cam Spencer, seeing him celebrate like he won the ship when he makes a layup up 30 makes me gag
Until they’re beaten.
Illinois is getting their sh!t pushed in. Imagine blabbering all year about TSJ being the best player in the country all year and he has 4 points and is 1-10 in this game. Totally vanishing in this game.
UConn has shot poorly enough that they are certainly beatable. Illinois missing everything from layups, open 3s and free throws. If Illinois showed up at all today they’d be winning. They’ve basically stopped playing.
I actually think Uconn has looked very beatable in H1. 28 pts that's piss poor offensive effort. Granted the refs did not call contact & screwed offense for both teams. But still other than Clingon, no one else as hitting outside shots
Illinois has had garbage defense for two months. This is more garbage offense than the most brilliant Illini hater couldn’t call
Dan Hurley looks like he’s going to stroke out every game even though they have trailed about 20 secs this whole tournament
2 games in a row. So who knows. Definitely can be beat though. Last 2 opponents have been absolutely terrible shooting though. I mean it was 28-23 at halftime. Illinois will be lucky to get to 40 points.
So did Gonzaga. But look how that went against us yesterday.
I hope Purdue gets a shot at them.
Me too.
Embarrassing how completely they unraveled after competing well in the first half..
Guess it takes more than squirt guns to game plan??
One can only hope we get a chance to play for it all against the Huskies, but I can guarantee, win or lose, we show up more than these Jokers have.
Still need to make shots. They couldn't make anything at all most of the game.
Maybe it’s the Saurian brandy talking but Edey would make Klingan look like a tribble.
Yeah - very very slim margin for error for the handful of teams that could compete with them......actually thought Illinois was one of them.
Different teams/different eras, but the closest I've seen in a while to Tarkanian's UNLV Rebels when they get going downhill.....can just overwhelm a team all over the court.
UCONN plays pretty decent defense. They'll be very tough to beat with big that's much more mobile than Zach.
Wild what UCONN just did. Didn’t understand why Illinois was attacking Clingan at the rim. They did better when they drew him away and neutralized him.
I think if you’re Painter and crew you share a message from this game - this isn’t boxing or MMA, no tap outs. Go for the jugular and don’t let up for 40 minutes.
I think if you’re Painter and crew you share a message from this game - this isn’t boxing or MMA, no tap outs. Go for the jugular and don’t let up for 40 minutes.
Have to keep UConn outside at all costs. They're showing they miss a lot of 3's. Clog the paint with bigs. D should collapse back into the paint and force mid-range and outside shots. Give up nothing easy inside of 8 feet. Easier said than done of course.
Brad Underwood’s strategy to go at Clingan was a mistake. He continued to try and attack the big man with no other strategy. Way to go Brad, on the biggest stage, as you looked foolish as your team got destroyed.
So glad Painter is our coach instead of a guy like Underwood.
I didn’t think UConn looked that great. Even game at the half. Neither team could make a shot. Then Illinois missed like 20 straight shots. Most were wide open. Then they gave up and UConn beat them down the floor for layups.
I hear you, Beef - Underwood stated it in the first break/interview - "We're going to keep being aggressive, not back down, and go at him......if he blocks 100, then he blocks 100."
Probably could have added - "if they go on a 30 pt run, so be it......"
With all of that, had they finished at the rim in the first half - maybe they stay in it for a little while......don't think it would have changed the outcome, regardless. Illinois had a really nice solid season, but you hate to end it that way......
Reminded me of Purdue's Round of 16 game against top-seed Kansas in '17......multiplied by a factor of about three or four, though.
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