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General Category => Fighting Illini Basketball Forum => Topic started by: fucking on January 24, 2022, 06:42:03 PM
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https://youtu.be/27wZ5W6ibWk
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When and what channel is the game on? Asking for Custard.
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Benetti and Hummel doing the game.
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Michigan State at Illinois 6:00pmESPN
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The fishwrap says 5 1/2 point favs. I'm not sure that I would have guessed that if we had everybody healthy.
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When and what channel is the game on? Asking for Custard.
How to Watch Illinois (13-5) vs. Michigan State (15-3)
Game Time: 6 p.m. CT
TV Channel: ESPN
Online Streaming: ESPN+
Radio: All Illinois basketball games air live on radio in the Champaign (WDWS 1400) and Chicago markets (WLS 890). The game is also broadcasted on other stations throughout the state; check the Fighting Illini Radio Network for more information.
Odds: ILL -5.5, O/U 144.5
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I like Illinois to win this game tonight. Michigan State seems to always play bad in Champaign vs Underwood.
Plus MSU is due for a loss. They won’t keep their high level they showed vs the Badgers.
Illinois 75
MSU 61
Kofi will play.
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I like Illinois to win this game tonight. Michigan State seems to always play bad in Champaign vs Underwood.
Plus MSU is due for a loss. They won’t keep their high level they showed vs the Badgers.
Illinois 75
MSU 61
Kofi will play.
oh no, the kiss of death!
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Dunno who will all be available to go at game time, but I am sure the defensive effort will be better than last game.
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I actually wouldn't mind some lady tennis player pictures right about now.
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Hope I’m dead wrong but put this down as another L.
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Sparty will beat us by however much they want to tonight.
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4 of next 5 games against quad 1 teams with a banged up depleted roster and a lack of team chemistry more than half way through the season will not yield positive results.
At this point all I want is to make the ncaa tournament, but the next 5 games will greatly decide how likely that will be.
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I just logged in to shout "Fuck Izzo"
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I just logged in to shout "Fuck Izzo"
Good.
Stick around for a couple of hours, or more.
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I just logged in to shout "Fuck Izzo"
Excellent. 👍
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Goode comes in for a 3 and a rebound, but Podz got off the bench 1st vs the turtles. Smh.
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Still waiting for our first top tier win this season. Let's hope this is it.
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Where is everyone
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Without Kofi and Curbelo, I’ll take this score all day
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Without Kofi and Curbelo, I’ll take this score all day
Need Trent to stay hot.
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BBV missed the free throw, and I'm thinking we need to make shots. And Goode for 3.
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Nice little run.
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Crowd chanting “Max you suck!” 😂
That’ll teach a kid from Illinois to go to Michigan State. Now let’s get the W
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A good half. Nice to see the Sparty turnovers.
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15-0 points off turnovers. 👍
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No points for Sparty off of turnovers.
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(https://i.ibb.co/6vxqBgT/Screenshot-20220125-185759.jpg) (https://ibb.co/YDMVZp1)
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No points for Sparty off of turnovers.
We've had 2 turnovers. Outstanding.
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Smitty,
You got anything you want to say to Izzo for the 2nd half ?
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Payne and BVV stepping up so far
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Goode is quite good tonight
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Goode is the type of guy that Purdue has every year on their team.
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I just logged in to shout "Fuck Izzo"
I second that motion!
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Trent's forcing too many threes
EDIT: More of that please, Trent.
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This game would be close if MSU could make any open shot
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C'mon Williams. knock off trying to make an offensive move.
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Fouls racking up.
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Ayo last night was inOklahoma City scoring 24 points for the Bulls and then he makes the drive down to Champaign in 0 degree weather the very next night. Guy loves Illinois.
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Fouls racking up.
And they're making them.
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I don't feel comfortable
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Go Clemson, beat Duke
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I don't feel comfortable
Chipping away, we gotta hang tough.
Good we get a foul call our way to get the ball back
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Goode>Damonte for offense
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the Calvin Brock ":LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
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Atta boy BBV!
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Verdonk and Goode are the difference this game. 17 unexpected points
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Verdonk and Goode are the difference this game. 17 unexpected points
Payne’s been good too
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Stop running offense through Damonte
Need to get these long rebounds.
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Damn we need a score.
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Getting that sinking feeling.
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56-54 get the ball to Plummer. Need to go 2 for 1 here
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This is looking like a Bruce Weber classic.
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This is hard to watch
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We've been running the clock out for the last 8 minutes
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This is the definition of hanging on if Illinois can get a miss here
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Get the ball to Plummer. 96% FT shooter
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This is hard to watch
Huge miss and rebound. Get Plummer the ball so they can foul him.
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Get the ball to Plummer
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Good foul. He won’t make both
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THATS NOT A FOUL
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THATS NOT A FOUL
It was a great foul. Won the game and prevented the tie
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A good foul 😂😂
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Great game…
No points in the last 5 minutes…
Underwhelm just fortunate that he ran out of time to give the game away…
Eeks out first quality win…Congrats
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56-55 win in a Bruce Weber classic
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We tried our hardest to piss down our legs but a W is a W is a W.
No Kofi, no Curbelo and we won. I'll take it.
Eat shit, Izzo.
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Suck it, leprechaun.
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It was a great foul. Won the game and prevented the tie
So he makes the 2nd???? Lucky to get the W!
Eat it Izzo.
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Sparty will beat us by however much they want to tonight.
Wooo!. ;D
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Damonte again with 0 points with no Kofi or hot mess…
Why does he still play for…
He ain’t his daddy…
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Wooo!. ;D
They chose to beat us by -1.
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Last free throw looked flat. Like he was trying to bounce if off the front of the rim.
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Hope I’m dead wrong but put this down as another L.
REALLY glad this turned out to be wrong.
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The fishwrap says 5 1/2 point favs. I'm not sure that I would have guessed that if we had everybody healthy.
I would have guessed 1.
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Anyone have some spare Xanax?
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When we played Purdue, Painter could draw something up to get a quick, easy bucket. It sure would be nice to have that when we're struggling to score. Instead, we get more of the same.
Anyway, nice win. Needed it.
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Goode reminds me a lot of Jon Ekey. Both similar size, thick big body 2s/3s with similar ball skills.
But Goode is already as good as Ekey so I feel like that is his absolute floor. And who knows how good he could end up being.
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Hate watching them lose a big lead down the stretch, but beating MSU without Kofi and Curbelo is an impressive feat.
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Robb, you got pictures of the extremely hot blonde behind the basket?
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In the last 9:45, a layup by BBV and 2 Trent free throws. No buckets in the last 6:13.
Good enough tho.
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In the last 9:45, a layup by BBV and 2 Trent free throws. No buckets in the last 6:13.
Good enough tho.
Hard to believe that with that lack of production for nearly 10 minutes they could win the game.
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Just me, or does Trent seem to miss a lot of front ends in clutch time lately? Need to get that ball to Plummer from now on, especially after Hawkins having it but not yet in the bonus.
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It was ugly but we got the job done.
Good group effort.
MSU has major ball handling fundamentals issues.
Only complete teams in Big are Purdue and Illini.
The rest is garbage.
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Watched it in the basement of the throughly disappointing Moon River Brewing Company in Savannah with multiple MSU fans and Illini fans. One of the Illini fans said “He’s gonna try and miss the free throw and accidentally make it” a split second before it actually happened. Not quite ready to quit drinking.
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Watched the last 4 minutes at the bowling alley tonight. Glad to see we won without our best squad. Last minute was some pretty shit basketball but whatever we shall forget about this win soon
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Somebody at FightingIllini.com watched a different game than I did.
"Illini Beat No. 10 Spartans in Thriller"
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So, they played Curbelo against Maryland when he had a fever and he missed this game due to The COVID protocols?
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Somebody at FightingIllini.com watched a different game than I did.
"Illini Beat No. 10 Spartans in Thriller"
It was thrilling, or disappointing, if you took the Illini -2 like I know a couple of people did.
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So, they played Curbelo against Maryland when he had a fever and he missed this game due to The COVID protocols?
Where are you seeing Covid ? All I've seen is fever and/or flu, except for a Detroit Free Press story that said Covid.
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It was thrilling, or disappointing, if you took the Illini -2 like I know a couple of people did.
Only low thinkers would view 1 basket in the last 9:45 as thrilling basketball.
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Gotta give props to our guys for playing tough. Butt ugly for sure but tossing smaller folk usually is. WTF with the foul call with .2 to go? It wasn't hard, flagrant, or Duke. BIG officiating is brutal.
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WTF with the foul call with .2 to go? It wasn't hard, flagrant, or Duke. BIG officiating is brutal.
Wonder if that was the same guy that called Wisy/NU or the Iowa/Rutgers. Both of those had really shitty late game calls.
A win is a win. Came out hot, up pretty big at half. Long, slow meltdown at the end of the game. MSU thinks they have some life, have a chance to tie, and they piss down their leg. FTI!
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Wonder if that was the same guy that called Wisy/NU or the Iowa/Rutgers. Both of those had really shitty late game calls.
Yeah, I don't want to be that guy who tracks the stripes but I'm tempted.
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Wonder if that was the same guy that called Wisy/NU or the Iowa/Rutgers. Both of those had really shitty late game calls.
A win is a win. Came out hot, up pretty big at half. Long, slow meltdown at the end of the game. MSU thinks they have some life, have a chance to tie, and they piss down their leg. FTI!
Nope.
We had Earl Walton, Rob Riley and Paul Szelc last night. Don't know who made the home cookin call, but it worked out just fine.
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Nope.
We had Earl Walton, Rob Riley and Paul Szelc last night. Don't know who made the home cookin call, but it worked out just fine.
I didn't think it was a bad call, but could have also not been whistled and would have been fine, too. :D
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I didn't think it was a bad call, but could have also not been whistled and would have been fine, too. :D
Not if the basket was good.
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Amazing how many people are upset we won by 1 without Kofi and Curbelo
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Amazing how many people are upset we won by 1 without Kofi and Curbelo
Be quiet homer! 😂
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Gotta give props to our guys for playing tough. Butt ugly for sure but tossing smaller folk usually is. WTF with the foul call with .2 to go? It wasn't hard, flagrant, or Duke. BIG officiating is brutal.
It was absolutely a foul and would have been a normal foul at any other point of the game.
Bad officiating happens when refs call things differently in the final minute than they would otherwise call it
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Amazing how many people are upset we won by 1 without Kofi and Curbelo
Curbelo is a negative so if he’s played that’s a loss.
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Curbelo is a negative so if he’s played that’s a loss.
Love it, the classic Truth narrative-shift.
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Love it, the classic Truth narrative-shift.
Do you disagree? This team is better with Plummer/Frazier getting almost all the guard minutes. They shoot more 3s and turn the ball over less when Curbelo isn’t playing
Kofi if he plays it would have been a 14 point win 75-61 like I said.
But pretending Curbelo out is an excuse for struggling is a fallacy
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Where are you seeing Covid ? All I've seen is fever and/or flu, except for a Detroit Free Press story that said Covid.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33146395/kofi-cockburn-andre-curbelo-play-illinois-fighting-illini-michigan-state-spartans
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https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33146395/kofi-cockburn-andre-curbelo-play-illinois-fighting-illini-michigan-state-spartans
Medcalf was at the game, so I assume it's correct.
Makes no difference to me if it was flu, the Covid, or the norovirus as long as he gets better.
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Neither team will go very far in the tourney based on how they played yesterday, but at least for us our best player and another top 5 were out. We needed a win vs a top 10 and we got it, finally.
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How about Ayo flying in from Oklahoma City, driving to Champaign to watch Illini
Dude loves the Illini
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How about Ayo flying in from Oklahoma City, driving to Champaign to watch Illini
Dude loves the Illini
Couldn't agree more. This is the type of stories that build programs up. Love that he's from CPL.
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It’s pretty awesome.
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Amazing how many people are upset we won by 1 without Kofi and Curbelo
Here’s the thing…
It wouldn’t be so upsetting if it wasn’t done in typical Underwhelm/Bruce Weber fashion…
Up double digits most of the game only to watch paint dry in the 2nd half…Seems to be a trend…
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If it was done in Bruce Weber fashion we’d have led by 3 the whole game and lost 37-36.
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Here’s the thing…
It wouldn’t be so upsetting if it wasn’t done in typical Underwhelm/Bruce Weber fashion…
Up double digits most of the game only to watch paint dry in the 2nd half…Seems to be a trend…
Missing a 1st team All-American and another preseason All-America candidate and beat a top 10 rival. Gain some perspective.
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Not to mention the best record in the B1G the last two plus years.
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Going to be hand to hand combat is my guess.
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We're the deeper team. I'm good with mixing it up. Gotta make FT's.
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Illinois is a -2.5 favorite on the road at Michigan State.
I know Michigan State sucks but that line seems ridiculous
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Getting homered early
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Getting homered early
Yep. Plummer driving to the lane, guy knocks him back, makes him off balance and misses the shot with no foul. What a joke!
Jay Bilas talked on Gameday that the game needs to be officiated correctly, refs allow too much crap to go on without calling fouls.
Good to see RJ already in the game. Need his production.
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Michigan State has no clue on offense. It consists of long 2 point jump shots and careless turnovers.
I don’t see MSU making the NCAA tourney. They might win 1 game at most the rest of the season
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Grandison hitting 3s early is big.
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Dunk by Kofi was from some of the best passing all year
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Way to move the ball. Nice pass by Grandison. Great to see.
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We have good energy. MSU looks like total ass.
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Shooting 37 and 20. Could be up 20 with better shooting.
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We have good energy. MSU looks like total ass.
The Illini need to play 40 minutes like that.
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Frazier ice cold
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Plummer tripped on a drive, surprised the refs called a foul.
Kofi needs to finish shots. He did finish the last one.
Another 3 for Grandison!
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Grandison hot today.
Curbelo is pretty much unusable right now.
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The Illini need to play 40 minutes like that.
Careful. I said that before the Rutgers game.
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When was the last time frazier had a good offensive gm????
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Gotta finish the half strong here
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Way to choke away a halftime lead. Classic illinment.
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Sparty shooting 27 and 20. And down single digits
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Ugly game. Have to out ugly them.
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That last Grandison shot going in means it just might be a W for us today.
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How in the fuck is MSU the 19th ranked team in country.
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Reputation.
They look awful, and we cant smell blood
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Way to choke away a halftime lead. Classic illinment.
Frazier drives to the hoop and Walker comes from nowhere to block the shot out of bounds. Where is the Illini player that Walker was guarding? Gotta give Trent a passing option if he sees Walker coming, but guys just stand at the 3 point line.
Thank god Grandison came to play today, 5 bombs.
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Some stats we're not used to having advantages in
Sparty with 2 fast break pts.
(https://i.ibb.co/xGxYcjN/Screenshot-20220219-080029-Samsung-Internet.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Bj0G7Z9)
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Sparty on fire to open the half
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Kofi winded???
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Letting the foot off the gas, here they come.
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Kofi needs and should come back next year. Him as an nba player just doesn't work.
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Kofi winded???
Hard to believe he could be winded after 3 minutes of the 2nd half.
BBV in, Pain with 3 fouls.
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Kofi needs and should come back next year. Him as an nba player just doesn't work.
He should come back, there are things he needs to work on. Passing out of the post, quit bringing the ball down to his waist, shoot a 10 foot shot, etc.
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Awesome snuff by Hawkins!
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Quit fouling
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Gonna try to let them back in on free throws at this rate.
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Kofi out again??
Grandison comes through again.
Illini could be in trouble, 6 fouls already with 12 to play. Kofi back in already, quick move to shoot the ball and score without all the dribbling and draws a foul.
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Grandison on FI-YA!
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How in the fuck is MSU the 19th ranked team in country.
They haven’t beaten anyone other than Wisconsin,
Look at their schedule. They may not win another game this year.
Izzo should retire. Not sure who MSU should hire but probably a much younger coach willing to use NIL.
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Hey the called a foul on a hip check
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Nice find by Hawkins for a big three
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+16. Keep the foot on the gas pedal.
Quit laying off of Christie.
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Is plummer the worst defender in b ball??
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Payne is pain. Dude blows.
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It's about time for the obligatory 4 minute dry spell.
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Curbelo??? You give up a layup and potential foul to pass to Williams for a 3???
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Fucking makeup call
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Fuck.
Why did Belo pass up an open layup?
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Fucking makeup call
A couple of them
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Sparty nailing everything from deep now. Lovely.
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Get frazier on walker
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Make your free shots!
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That was lucky
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That coed had a nice rack
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Fuck.
Why did Belo pass up an open layup?
Absolutely dumb play by Curbelo.
Play some D. Or not.
Great play by Trent.
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Tyson Walker is on fire. Why is Trent not being put on him?!
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No no no....yes!
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Covered
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Trent with the damn dagger!
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FUCK YES TRENT.
Whew. My heart couldn't take this game anymore. We got the fuck out of East Lansing with a W. That's all that matters in the end.
Eat shit again, Izzo.
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Tyson Walker is on fire. Why is Trent not being put on him?!
Great question.
Frazier being the man at the end. HUGE win.
Eat it Izzo, be-otch!
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People are gonna be all excited, but this is the biggest Jekyll and Hyde team I’ve ever seen…
Has a big lead can’t finish period…
This team could make the FF or lose in the 1st round and will all depend on matchups…
Yes they won this game, but made every attempt as usual to give it away…
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This team could make the FF or lose in the 1st round and will all depend on matchups…
Tempo = Truth is a match!
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That coed had a nice rack
I missed that.
I did notice some knucklehead wearing a cowboy hat...backwards. HAHAHA.
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Sweeping the Izzos. Fukk yes.
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Giorgi was at the game
https://twitter.com/WCIA3Bret/status/1495114645987811328
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Looked more like a wrestling match where the Illini started gloating after throwing Sparty out of the ring in the 1st half and Sparty came back and blindsided the Illini to almost win. But I'll take it.
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Maybe Rob can write an article about Underachiever's throw downs at the local Pizza Hut back in the day.
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Weird game.
We seem to find a way and are not even close to hitting on all cylinders.
Great to see Trent down the stretch play well.
This is his team.
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Giorgi got some greys!
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Remember guys. These are the good times.
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Remember guys. These are the good times.
Damn right. Nice win today.
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This time I regret forgetting the game was on.
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https://youtu.be/TcSGpJI5APE
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Solid, solid win. KOFI.
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MSU is probably not quite a top 25 team right now, but it is a nice win considering it was on the road.
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MSU is probably not quite a top 25 team right now, but it is a nice win considering it was on the road.
They were when we beat them, so good for us quadrant win status. I agree though, they should not be anywhere near the Top 25 with stretch of recent losses.
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Looks like they dropped out now and Iowa in.
Purdue up to 4th.
We are down to 15th. Probably hover around there unless we have a big run or rough stretch the rest of regular season.
We are 4/5 seed ish. 3 if we get hot.
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Not a huge Izzo fan in the past, but damn, gotta like his stance on the handshake line...
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33346721/michigan-state-coach-tom-izzo-says-college-basketball-get-rid-handshake-line
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Wasn't Iowa projected to be bottom of big ten?
Yep 9th
Maryland was 5th
Wisconsin 10th!
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Not a huge Izzo fan in the past, but damn, gotta like his stance on the handshake line...
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33346721/michigan-state-coach-tom-izzo-says-college-basketball-get-rid-handshake-line
That's the only stance.
The end.
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That's the only stance.
The end.
Especially since it would end the annual Bruce Blow By of Self and others.
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The Izzos got spanked at xxxx. 86-60.
xxxx called a time out with 42 seconds remaining and up a couple dozen. Juwan Howard nixed it. Fran said ok.