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47 combined fouls is just bad basketball. Way to gut out the win but this was just ugly basketball with a lot of points. Very rare.
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Illini still have a chance. Big Ten title destiny back in Illinois’ hands
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Please don’t let this shit team hang around tonight
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Hawkins and Donald are absolute trash at handling the ball.
Hawkins has the intelligence of Jerry’s Kids. For the love of God, get rid of this fucking coach.
Hawkins has the intelligence of Jerry’s Kids. For the love of God, get rid of this fucking coach.
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Coleman Hawkins can’t get out of Champaign fast enough to suit me.
Mental fucking midget. Whines to refs nonstop. Doesn’t know his limitations- for example he still fancies himself a three point artist.
Un-fucking-believable last few seconds
Mental fucking midget. Whines to refs nonstop. Doesn’t know his limitations- for example he still fancies himself a three point artist.
Un-fucking-believable last few seconds
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The more frustrating part is Brad’s blind love for him as point-forward. WTF?!
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I just don’t get it. This wasn’t some good team they lost to.
This team has just lacked a true point guard since Deron. Loved Ayo but he was more of a combo guard. Get a real fucking point guard! Can’t remember the name of the PG in 2021 but he was looking promising and then bolted.
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Hawkins looked good.
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The defense has all but evaporated. Underwood finally has an offense that he was hyped to be bringing but they can’t stop anybody, Penn St included. 4th in KenPom offensive efficiency. I saw a couple of brackets as a 5th seed. They’ll likely have a couple more losses or end the year. My guess is a loss at Wisconsin, at Iowa and in the BTT. Maybe they can salvage a win vs Purdue. But 23-10 is a 6 seed at best.
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Only dropped one spot to 13th
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They’ll likely be top 3 in offense in kenpom. Too bad the defense sucks
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Lunardi has them as a #5 seed.
This squad reminds me of a less athletic version of the high-flying, defense lacking 2019 Auburn Final 4 squad.
This squad reminds me of a less athletic version of the high-flying, defense lacking 2019 Auburn Final 4 squad.
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I love Sat noon games. See if they can top 105 pts. No. 13 Illini Visit Wisconsin Saturday - University of Illinois Athletics
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The main issue with Illinois is there isn’t a go to guy to handle the ball in clutch situations down the stretch. Shannon can score at will but he’s not a point guard. Everyone else just seems to turn it over
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Impressive. Is this offense as close to the flying Illini as any other Illini team? The 05 team had a prolific offense but they didn’t even score like this. They just played considerably better defense.
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This team makes offense look easy. There were so many Illinois teams that struggled to score 60 or 65. It’s just sad that they can’t stop anybody at all defensively. It felt like Wisconsin was getting layups at will, which is not anything new vs Illinois.
When looking at teams that do well in the tournament, they always need to be balanced and be in the top 25 or 40 both offensively and defensively.
I’m just afraid that Illinois will get knocked out early because of not being able to stop the opponent from scoring no matter who it is.
Hopefully they will prove me wrong, and let the offense carry them so they can actually advance to the second weekend for a change.
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I’ll do some deep diving on the kenpom numbers but usually a team needs an elite offense and a decent defense. Most teams that have won it are in the top 10 on offense and top 20 on defense. The 89 Team started off with 12 straight games of 80+. This team is nearly as explosive ever since Shannon came back—both teams lack(ed) a true PG too.
I’m just hoping for not going home on the 1st weekend, Illinois is one of the worst seed performing schools in college basketball(historically). I think they are at only 1 upset (over Cincinnati) all time(based on seeding). I could be wrong
edit: they defeated #8 UNLV in 2011 as a 9seed
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