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General Category => Fighting Illini Basketball Forum => Topic started by: fucking on January 16, 2022, 05:29:31 PM
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https://youtu.be/TpuarOdjBNs
https://youtu.be/Mxga_kYQpJ4
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I hate Purdue so much
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Gonna have to track this from the phone.
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I got three different kind of brats to make for the game tomorrow night. Was about to send a group text to invite some buddies over and thought I better check the game time. W T F.
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"Meyers Leonard and his wife, Elle, a Gies College of Business graduate, have made a $500,000 gift to the Ubben Basketball Complex renovation and expansion project. Meyers and Elle will be in attendance at Monday's tilt against Purdue, marking Meyers' first game back in the arena since his final game as a Fighting Illini basketball player."
https://fightingillini.com/news/2022/1/16/general-nba-veteran-and-illini-great-meyers-leonard-makes-gift-to-ubben-basketball-project.aspx
Welcome back Miles and Elly
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Luckily we don’t have many kikes in the MBB program.
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Luckily we don’t have many kikes in the MBB program.
Deion Thomas and Tal Brody look down and shake their heads. Ron Guenther, honorary Jewish guy, does the same.
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I'm surprised we're favored. We'll see what the defense brings, but we'll need more than Trent and Kofi on offense.
Bardo doing the game.
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I'll be at the game, with awful seats but whatever
Should be a fun one
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I got three different kind of brats to make for the game tomorrow night. Was about to send a group text to invite some buddies over and thought I better check the game time. W T F.
any spicy brats?
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Belo reportedly dressed and active in shoot around.
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Indeed.
https://youtu.be/A2mOyTO0M2A
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Damn they’re big!
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Sparing something special from Belo, this is a really bad match up. Kofi won't score on Edey.
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Rough start. Need Plummer to get going.
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Belo!!! Hopefully he’s that spark.
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Might see more of Omar when Purdue rotates Edey in and Kofi when Williams is in.
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I’m gonna laugh when we lose this game because Belo came back…
Overhyped and overrated…
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Might see more of Omar when Purdue rotates Edey in and Kofi when Williams is in.
That’s a very good idea. Edey is just too damn big. Use all 5 of Payne’s fouls too
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I know Trent is our best defender, but I think Ivey’s length is gonna be a problem for him. Hope he proves me wrong!
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Payne is shutting Williams ass down.
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Payne is shutting Williams ass down.
He’s playing damn good defense! That’d be a helluva fight between those two! They about to fight it out 😂
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Payne is shutting Williams ass down.
And Williams is having a problem with it.
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Yes he is. Payne’s defense and physicality might be the difference/x-factor/equalizer in this game.
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Good job Payne dummy…
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That’s not a flagrant 1. Ball don’t lie
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Good shot Trent…
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🤣🤣🤣
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Bad Technical, just like the Arizona game. Such a huge swing.
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Payne’s wannabe gangsta style changed the entire flow of the game…Same thing one dummy did against Arizona after we built huge lead…Already turned it off can’t watch this crap…
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Already turned it off can’t watch this crap…
Thank God! Now quit posting please!
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We’ve gotta hit our 3’s or we're toast.
Trent baited Ivey lol. That’s the experience of a 6th year senior
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17-0 run. Wtf
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To be fair this is only the 2nd good team we have faced this year.
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17-0 run to end half and no FGs last 7:06…
Coach Underwhelm, Coach Custard what’s the difference…🤣🤣🤣
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That's 2 consecutive trips that Ivey pushed off on dribble drive, refs called the foul on him.
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Sparing something special from Belo, this is a really bad match up. Kofi won't score on Edey.
AOTC
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Payne is a goon.
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Game over…
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Payne is a goon.
Yeah, but he’s our goon.
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WTF is Kofi doing?
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Only chance to win is to get hot from 3.
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We've had a lot of good looks, just haven't been hitting for the most part.
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That was about as dumb a couple of minutes from an Illini player I’ve seen in some time. Kofi was way out of control.
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We need to push the pace as much as possible when Edey is on the floor. Wear that dude down.
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Kofi’s POY chances taking a huge hit today.
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Game over…
You said you were turning this game off in the first half, but here is your dumbass self still watching and posting. Turn off your TV and computer.
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I would just bring Kofi in and chance it. Can’t win if you don’t close the gap.
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Bullshit foul call there.
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Illini getting called for everything.
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Nice drive and dish by Curbelo.
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And another.
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Nibbling away. Down to 4 with the ball!
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Good Defense
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Damonte with the best block by a guard in a minute!
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How is this thread so dead?
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Plummer bailed out on a bad shot.
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Nice foul on the arm Edey
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Edey got a lot of hand there
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That’s a fucking foul on Edey!!!
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Foul on Edey not called.
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You’ve got to bring Kofi back in.
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So much home cooking. :-\
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You can call it what you want, but Illinois is about the only team in the B1G that doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt at home with fouls. It’s quite astonishing. That’s not necessarily the reason they’re losing, but definitely a factor in the game. Blast away
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Underwood waiting too long to pull the trigger on Kofi.
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Have to have Belo on the floor.
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Both observations correct.
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BBV has done an admirable job.
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BBV has done an admirable job.
True, but he’s not Kofi.
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Edey over the back on Purdue offensive end not called.
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Ok, Belo has had a blow, get him back in.
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Don’t understand why Damonte is on the floor right now.
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BBV has done an admirable job.
He has. Not in stats, but he's played good d on Williams
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Guys on the floor should be Kofi, Belo, Grandison, Trent, and Plummer.
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Might want to guard Stefanovic.
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Here comes all the “moral victory” speeches from the posters…
“Well it was a good 2nd half”…
Illinois basketball is like that fishing pole geico commercial…You’re almost there, you almost had it…
That’s what we are…Still zero signature wins 17 games in. Fire Coach Underwhelm…
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Unbelievable game for Curbelo after not playing
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Would be a great time to get a home court call.
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Would be a great time to get a home court call.
Unfortunately that doesn’t happen for Illinois.
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Let’s fucking win this damn thing!
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Due to miss
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!!!!!!
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Here comes all the “moral victory” speeches from the posters…
“Well it was a good 2nd half”…
Illinois basketball is like that fishing pole geico commercial…You’re almost there, you almost had it…
That’s what we are…Still zero signature wins 17 games in. Fire Coach Underwhelm…
You’re trying just a bit too hard.
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Belo!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We will lose in OT…
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Need an offensive foul here
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Just hope we didn’t score too soon 😬
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There was a travel before that fucking timeout
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Fuckin win this shit
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OT!
Really wish college would add an extra foul for OT.
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This is fucking awesome!! Finish this shit!
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Sure wish we’d have had time for a shot.
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Here comes all the “moral victory” speeches from the posters…
“Well it was a good 2nd half”…
Illinois basketball is like that fishing pole geico commercial…You’re almost there, you almost had it…
That’s what we are…Still zero signature wins 17 games in. Fire Coach Underwhelm…
[/quoteGet lost you loser
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Sure wish we’d have had time for a shot.
Be thankful because we didn’t deserve OT honestly. We survived regulation. Now finish them! Mortal Combat lol
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Phantom 5th foul of Kofi. Did he even make contact?
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Verdonk says “no thanks” on the dunk. Lol
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Phantom 5th foul of Kofi. Did he even make contact?
Borderline, but Purdue has gotten a lot of borderline calls.
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Verdonk says “no thanks” on the dunk. Lol
Wide open too😂
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Big time bucket by Ivey.
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I’m starting to get too old for this shit. I’m gonna end up with a heart attack or something.
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Nice defensive whiff Plummer
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How is Plummer not in the game?
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Was waiting for Underwood to call that TO. Don’t understand why your best shooter isn’t on the floor down with a minute left.
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Exactly
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BBV has been the MVP so far with Curbelo a close second. What he’s done being off almost 2 months is unbelievable.
Win this shit!
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So their play out of TO is to let Andre wing it.
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Haha double OT. Nuts. Let’s get hot from 3 and end it.
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Fox Sports Executives are drooling over this shit right now. lol
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Holy chit!
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This is fun but so damn nerve racking lol
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Sure didn’t mind Ivey slow dribbling up the court with 7 seconds left.
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Time to foul Ivey out
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Good point about Ivey taking his time. I was yelling to put some pressure on.
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We’re right there and just can’t get over the hump.
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Edey just dove on Curbelo. Smh
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Another foul on Edey not called.
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Wheels are wobbling
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🤣🤣🤣
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Need a bucket here or it’s over
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Coach Underwhelm strikes again…
Makes ya want to believe it, then let’s ya down at the end…
Good thing I turned it off at halftime…
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Coach Underwhelm strikes again…
Makes ya want to believe it, then let’s ya down at the end…
Good thing I turned it off at halftime…
You never did turn the game off, loser idiot.
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Here comes all the “moral victory” speeches from the posters…
“Well it was a good 2nd half”…
Illinois basketball is like that fishing pole geico commercial…You’re almost there, you almost had it…
That’s what we are…Still zero signature wins 17 games in. Fire Coach Underwhelm…
I’ll bite. If there’s such a thing as a “good loss” this could qualify. Andre’s first game back and even though he’s a great player, it messes with the chemistry they’ve been building. Kofi had one of his worst games in an illini uniform, and Purdue got about every conceivable iffy call.
Verdonk it appears could be a usable piece. Despite Illinois not shooting particularly well and the above factors, they took a top 5 team to 2OTs in a tough matchup.
I didn’t care much for Underwood’s substitutions tbh. I’d have had Kofi back in as soon as it was tied up the first time. Damonte was on the floor way too much last 20 minutes. They weren’t getting stops, so you might as well have someone who provides more offense since they clearly needed it.
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Coach Underwhelm strikes again…
Makes ya want to believe it, then let’s ya down at the end…
Good thing I turned it off at halftime…
I’m not convinced you did.
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That’s a good assessment. Being up two games on them and one on everybody else in the standings already was playing with house money basically. Lots of positives to draw from this. Curbelo and BVV are two of those. Kofi won’t see another front court like that all season. Bad shooting day as well.
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Curbelo looked like a continuation of last year, which was nice. About had a couple turnovers on double teams, but he looks near deadly around the basket. Take the good with the bad with him. Got a lot more good than bad today.
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We weren’t going undefeated. Just bounce back and win 4-5 in a row. I’m honestly not concerned about winning the Big Ten (probably the first time I’ve ever said this about a team with realistic expectations).
I just want the team to scrap, battle, and get better. Get a high seed in the tourney, and make a very deep run. If we finish 2nd in the Big Ten, don’t care.
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Who took a tougher loss today, Illinois or our buddy Dominic?
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Who took a tougher loss today, Illinois or our buddy Dominic?
Had to be Illinois…Still zero ranked wins
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Meh what a game for the most part, refs were trash in regulation though for real
Game ball goes to BBV, way to step up kid
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Payne’s wannabe gangsta style changed the entire flow of the game…Same thing one dummy did against Arizona after we built huge lead…Already turned it off can’t watch this crap…
Next time do us all a favor and turn off your life support
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Had to be Illinois…Still zero ranked wins
You're a moron.
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Meh what a game for the most part, refs were trash in regulation though for real
Game ball goes to BBV, way to step up kid
I’ll second this post
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Remember when Hawkins was starting and was gonna play valuable minutes on this team
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Remember when Hawkins was starting and was gonna play valuable minutes on this team
He’s very immature and needs to handle the ball better.
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Great game. Some questionable officiating for sure. Problem I had late was during normal Trent Time Curbelo took over then we looked really out of sync in OT2. I look forward to seeing how the team adapts now with Belo back in the lineup because as good as he was at times today it prevented Trent from doing his thing. Bad matchup for Hawkins not surprised he didn’t play. BBV was a man today.
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ahhh Hawkins had flu
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Who took a tougher loss today, Illinois or our buddy Dominic?
This Truth guy is not Dominic/Truth/Toll Booth Willie/Plaza. He's an impersonator.
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We weren’t going undefeated. Just bounce back and win 4-5 in a row. I’m honestly not concerned about winning the Big Ten (probably the first time I’ve ever said this about a team with realistic expectations).
I just want the team to scrap, battle, and get better. Get a high seed in the tourney, and make a very deep run. If we finish 2nd in the Big Ten, don’t care.
Winning the B1G in basketball is as meaningful as going to the Rose Bowl when missing out on the CFP. Nice, but doesn't mean squat.
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This Truth guy is not Dominic/Truth/Toll Booth Willie/Plaza. He's an impersonator.
Yeah, they seem to be having a contest to see who can be stupider.
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Fun game. Good effort. Purdue is very very good. We are also very good and could be excellent in another month.
Will be interesting to see how they reshuffle the rotation moving forward.
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What a game. No shame losing to the #4 team. Not even close to the end of the world.
In fact, I'm even more excited seeing us continue to grow and improve after that.
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I think we go into Ncaa as a 3 or 4
I say we end up 22-8 15-5
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I think we go into Ncaa as a 3 or 4
I say we end up 22-8 15-5
This is pretty good assessment.
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It’s weird. We seemed to be getting a very short bench in last few games. Really only playing 7 guys.
All of the sudden we seem deep after today.
Got to put the pieces together now. It is there.
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What a game. No shame losing to the #4 team. Not even close to the end of the world.
In fact, I'm even more excited seeing us continue to grow and improve after that.
This is the post I was waiting for right here…The classic “Moral Victory” post…
Here’s the reality…
We were preseason #10 team in America…
In both high end home matchups we looked overmatched and along with Marquette game can’t finish period…That’s what this team is folks…All that talent, average coach and maybe one win in the tourney…
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This is the post I was waiting for right here…The classic “Moral Victory” post…
Here’s the reality…
We were preseason #10 team in America…
In both high end home matchups we looked overmatched and along with Marquette game can’t finish period…That’s what this team is folks…All that talent, average coach and maybe one win in the tourney…
This is so bad. We had ball in Plummer’s hands with chance to tie in final minute when he had that epic brain cramp. Went to 2OT today. Definitely overmatched. And we still haven’t even had a chance to be healthy and cohesive yet.
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Who schedules a game for Monday at 11am? Terrible scheduling.
Missed the entire game and it was the only one I had any interest in watching since the Big 10 sucks.
From the box score, Curbelo 20 points 0 turnovers great game for him.
Kofi showed why he’s never getting drafted
Purdue is a better team, better coached, lead nearly entire game. Deserved the win.
Illinois ceiling is 3 seed and sweet 16.
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This is so bad. We had ball in Plummer’s hands with chance to tie in final minute when he had that epic brain cramp. Went to 2OT today. Definitely overmatched. And we still haven’t even had a chance to be healthy and cohesive yet.
Healthy and cohesive 🤣🤣🤣…Look I get it, the bar is set real low with the past 15 years we’ve had, but come on…
They sold us a corvette and they delivered us a semi nice ford Taurus…Good economy car and will get you where you need to go, but at the end of the day there’s nothing pretty about it…That’s what this team is…
And I gave em a pass with the Kofi suspension, that was until I watched the Marquette game and Belo’s meltdown in a game we had won from start to finish…
After that I didn’t care…I watched some of the Arizona game and it was like men among boys…Oregon gets more run then we do and they’re not even ranked…Helps when you beat two top 5 teams on the road…As for Spark that’s a whatever from me…I’ve been around awhile and have never seen him post anything useful, he just comes on and disagrees with other peoples facts like myself…
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It’s weird. We seemed to be getting a very short bench in last few games. Really only playing 7 guys.
All of the sudden we seem deep after today.
Got to put the pieces together now. It is there.
Frazier played 48 minutes and Damonte 45 minutes. It’s not very deep
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Frazier played 48 minutes and Damonte 45 minutes. It’s not very deep
Aren't you the moron who said Curbelo was transferring? Guess not.
I get you and Truth mixed up. It's like Thing 1 and Thing 2.
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Frazier played 48 minutes and Damonte 45 minutes. It’s not very deep
Aren't you supposed to be dribbling?
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Aren't you the moron who said Curbelo was transferring? Guess not.
I get you and Truth mixed up. It's like Thing 1 and Thing 2.
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I expect this is the last season Curbelo is playing here yes given no sit out rule for sure transfer.
This team will not make the tourney next year so I don’t expect Curbelo to stay here. It’ll be terrible next year. Losing nearly all the minutes off this years team
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You guaranteed everyone he was gone after this Xmas.
Your great prediction now is he transfers after the season?
1500 guys transferred out last year. 1 out of 4 players. Wow.
Really making a bold prediction, there, big guy.
Which one are you again? Thing 1 or Thing 2??
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Who took a tougher loss today, Illinois or our buddy Dominic?
Everytime Illinois loses I feel pretty good, So no, pretty good day for me actually.
Sparky is one of these homer Illini fans that have set standards and expectations so low that his ilk has in fact helped keep the program down based on their own very low bars of acceptable performance. Pretty sure Spark was supporting Groce in year 5.
Spark is the Brad Sturdy of messageboard posters.
So Spark, keep your expectations low and you’ll never be disappointed. Others of us have higher aspirations, and beating good teams at home is one of them, something Illinois has yet to do this year
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Everytime Illinois loses I feel pretty good
Others of us have higher aspirations, and beating good teams at home is one of them
Wait, what?!
You’re like a talking contradiction.
One sentence it’s this, the next it’s that. Same with your Curbelo “predictions.”
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I listened to the post game pressers from the coaches last night. Matt Painter absolutely gushed about Trent Frazier’s incredible understanding of the game. He also did a great job explaining what makes Illinois such a tough team. Definitely worth checking out as well as Brad’s post game interview.
If you want a chuckle go back and watch Juwan’s post game presser from Friday night. Compared to BU and Painter he offers almost nothing in the way of meaningful insight or observation.
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Who schedules a game for Monday at 11am? Terrible scheduling.
MLK Day dipshit.
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There were plenty of other times available on MLK Day to have a basketball game. It’s not like Christmas or New Years or Thanksgiving where almost everything stops.
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Tickets sold out?
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Slot on national network TV secured?
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Inconvenient for Fartface?
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... guys, we're gonna need to reschedule.
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Tickets sold out?
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Slot on national network TV secured?
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Inconvenient for Fartface?
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... guys, we're gonna need to reschedule.
Did you get a chance to chat up Miles? I watched his presser. Noted that he said several teams were interested in him, but he's fighting an ankle injury which is why he's not playing. Anything else to add?
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Gavin had a big long interview with him when his presser was finished. So look for something from Gavin.
Paul M. Banks also took an interest, so look for something from Paul M. Banks.
I just said hello, shared some pleasantries with Elle, and reminded Miles to hold his phone in landscape while making videos.
Fucking amateurs.
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There were plenty of other times available on MLK Day to have a basketball game. It’s not like Christmas or New Years or Thanksgiving where almost everything stops.
I'm with Custard on this one. I had a necessary meeting at 12:30 and it felt like the opening day of the tourney trying to figure out what was happening in 2 places in once.
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I'm with Custard on this one. I had a necessary meeting at 12:30 and it felt like the opening day of the tourney trying to figure out what was happening in 2 places in once.
Hasn't the day usually belonged to the NBA since MLK was a big pro hoops guy? Also, there was a professional tackle football playoff game at night. I am betting the honchos at Fox were more concerned about those conflicts than the schedules of people who work on MLK Day. nb!!
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Tickets sold out?
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Slot on national network TV secured?
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Inconvenient for Fartface?
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... guys, we're gonna need to reschedule.
It wasn’t inconvenient at all for me, Fuckface. I was off work and the kids were outside playing with friends.
I just felt bad that lots of people had to miss it due to work and a lot of others missed it because it didn’t even occur to them it would be in the morning. For fuck’s sake I have my own Illini message board and was planning a get together for the game days in advance and didn’t even realize it was an 11 am tip until the night before the game.
And even though the crowd seemed pretty good yesterday it is still tough to get same environment for a morning game as something later in the day.
I’m sure it wasn’t anyone’s first choice of time slot.
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It wasn’t inconvenient at all for me, Fuckface. I was off work and the kids were outside playing with friends.
I just felt bad that lots of people had to miss it due to work and a lot of others missed it because it didn’t even occur to them it would be in the morning. For fuck’s sake I have my own Illini message board and was planning a get together for the game days in advance and didn’t even realize it was an 11 am tip until the night before the game.
And even though the crowd seemed pretty good yesterday it is still tough to get same environment for a morning game as something later in the day.
I’m sure it wasn’t anyone’s first choice of time slot.
Hmmm. When I was posting game times, tv channel, and locations for the football games, WasteofJizzJerkoff told all of us that was a waste of bandwith since all that info was on The Google. Looks like we should be doing that for the basketball games?
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Why are you trusting content from the JJ? People need to know, man.
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Why are you trusting content from the JJ? People need to know, man.
I agree. Instead of just thread titles with cute nicknames for the opponents, maybe some dadgum factual information would be nice in said threads.
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That's Loyalty's niche.
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That's Loyalty's niche.
Being pragmatic just means you are stealing everyone else's good ideas.
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Glad most normal people agree that an 11am game on a Monday is an awful time slot for a marquee game like Illinois-Purdue.
Much rather be on FS1 or Big 10 network at 8pm than Fox at 11am
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Glad most normal people agree...
I actually laughed out loud at this. Well done.
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Has the Fart determined whether any of these Truths is Truth?
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Tickets sold out?
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Slot on national network TV secured?
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Inconvenient for Fartface?
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... guys, we're gonna need to reschedule.
Exactly
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Exactly
Except it wasn’t inconvenient whatsoever for me, it was just a shitty time of the day for a big time basketball game.
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Except it wasn’t inconvenient whatsoever for me, it was just a shitty time of the day for a big time basketball game.
It’s all my fault according to that PenisMan dude 😂 sorry Custard
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Except it wasn’t inconvenient whatsoever for me, it was just a shitty time of the day for a big time basketball game.
Yeah, put it on at night where they can compete with the Lakers and Jazz for viewership. It’s a college game. Held in a college town. Holiday daytime games have gotten kind of prestigious. I’m sure there were a lot of people happy to watch the game and get on with the rest of their holiday.
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People, besides government workers, get MLK day off?
Fascinating. I've always had to work that day.
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People, besides government workers, get MLK day off?
Fascinating. I've always had to work that day.
Kids home from school. People who have to watch their kids?
I usually work too, but the past few years the holiday has been out-of-town hockey tournament weekends. As we all know, MLK was a big fan of youth ice hockey.
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Kids home from school. People who have to watch their kids?
I usually work too, but the past few years the holiday has been out-of-town hockey tournament weekends. As we all know, MLK was a big fan of youth ice hockey.
Yeah, I get kids are home from school. I figured, unless you are a mailman or work for the government or are a school teacher, you had to work. If you have to watch your kids, you have to take PTO.
Dipshit34 is acting like it's a big holiday that everyone has off. That's not accurate.
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Yeah, I get kids are home from school. I figured, unless you are a mailman or work for the government or are a school teacher, you had to work. If you have to watch your kids, you have to take PTO.
Dipshit34 is acting like it's a big holiday that everyone has off. That's not accurate.
Illini homers are acting like a January college basketball game between #4 and #17 is a highly anticipated national event. That’s not accurate.
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Illini homers are acting like a January college basketball game between #4 and #17 is a highly anticipated national event. That’s not accurate.
No, it's obviously not a highly anticipated national event. And I really don't think people have said that. We all know you like to embellish. It's the twitter in you.
In my meaningless, worthless opinion, a game on Monday at 11am central time, when most people in the work force are actually working regardless of the government holiday, is dumb. Play the thing at 6 or at 8 like any other time. That's when college basketball should be played on a weekday.
Again, just my dumbass opinion.
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Agreed. It's pretty dumb.
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Agreed. It's pretty dumb.
Fair enough.
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Yeah, put it on at night where they can compete with the Lakers and Jazz for viewership. It’s a college game. Held in a college town. Holiday daytime games have gotten kind of prestigious. I’m sure there were a lot of people happy to watch the game and get on with the rest of their holiday.
Dude what shitty job do you have you’d even have that day off? 90% of the private work force works on that day.
It’s not a holiday for anyone other than government workers
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Illini homers are acting like a January college basketball game between #4 and #17 is a highly anticipated national event. That’s not accurate.
If it’s not a national event, then why put it on Fox?
Lot of people complain about 11am football on a Saturday. Here we have 11am on a Monday and you think that’s ok?
Bottomline is it was the most anticipated game of the whole season played at an absolutely asinine time that guaranteed the fewest people possible could watch
No, that’s not ok.
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No, it's obviously not a highly anticipated national event. And I really don't think people have said that. We all know you like to embellish. It's the twitter in you.
In my meaningless, worthless opinion, a game on Monday at 11am central time, when most people in the work force are actually working regardless of the government holiday, is dumb. Play the thing at 6 or at 8 like any other time. That's when college basketball should be played on a weekday.
Again, just my dumbass opinion.
I get it. There has been an NBA tripleheader on that day usually. The playoff tackle football game in the evening was an issue. The Blackhawks played in the afternoon and they were on the West Coast. The Bulls played in the afternoon too.
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Exactly. Let’s go up against the NFL playoffs and the Lakers.
It’s a freaking January college basketball game. Pretty sure the students weren’t even back to school yet. Sorry you were inconvenienced.
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We did get 2nd fiddle on Fox to an exciting 2:30 et matchup on the east coast between unranked Notre Dame at HCBU Howard with their 1300 fans in the stands.
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We did get 2nd fiddle on Fox to an exciting 2:30 et matchup on the east coast between unranked Notre Dame at HCBU Howard with their 1300 fans in the stands.
The Bulls game on TNT started at 3:30 est, so that went against ND after an hour. Illinois Purdue was the only nationally televised game from 11AM-12PM cst. The Charlotte Knicks game was on NBA TV at 12PM cst was the only national broadcast in the same window.
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The Bulls game on TNT started at 3:30 est, so that went against ND after an hour. Illinois Purdue was the only nationally televised game from 11AM-12PM cst. The Charlotte Knicks game was on NBA TV at 12PM cst was the only national broadcast in the same window.
Exactly. For one whole hour we were the biggest thing going in sports. People need to understand our lot in life and STFU.
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People need to understand our lot in life and STFU.
Not sure we need to go that far.
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Not sure we need to go that far.
We’re not going to be prime time on a fairly major holiday. Not in January especially.
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We’re not going to be prime time on a fairly major holiday. Not in January especially.
I was thinking of the "STFU" part....
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I was thinking of the "STFU" part....
Illini nation probably needs to hear that a bit more often, anyway.
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Illini nation probably needs to hear that a bit more often, anyway.
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When people say we have a whiny fan base, it’s pretty hard to refute it.
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When people say we have a whiny fan base, it’s pretty hard to refute it.
everyone else's fanbase is whiny but ours!
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We’re not going to be prime time on a fairly major holiday. Not in January especially.
It’s not even a major holiday.
Schedule the game, on literally ANY other day of the week AT NIGHT, and nobody is complaining.
Like I said, 11am game on a Monday ensures the fewest people possible are able to watch. It doesn’t matter what network it’s on.
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It’s not even a major holiday.
Schedule the game, on literally ANY other day of the week AT NIGHT, and nobody is complaining.
Like I said, 11am game on a Monday ensures the fewest people possible are able to watch. It doesn’t matter what network it’s on.
They should have scheduled it at a time that was not up against one of my shows.
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everyone else's fanbase is whiny but ours!
Ever meet any Jeopardy nerds? They suggest one Black guy to be host and they all went ballistic. Enjoy watching that ugly doctor or whatever the fuck she is. JFC.