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General Category => Fighting Illini Basketball Forum => Topic started by: Custard on March 17, 2022, 11:51:37 PM
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Did Trent get his ass kicked this week? Wtf? This isn’t good and that’s not pinkeye.
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Jesus. I get accused of being a homer all the time but there is no life and enthusiasm in this press conference. These guys look like they’re going to get their asses kicked by 1970s UCLA tomorrow.
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Trent clearly not himself physically or mentally. Fuck!
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Yikes, that looks BAD!
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Was there a fight in practice or what...
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If that was pink eye, that was bad.😳
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When was that presser ?
I still don't know how 3 adults can get pink eye without taking 'eye to eye' to an absurd level.
Antibiotics can clear pink eye pretty quick, but hitting 3's with sandpaper in the eye can't be easy.
Meanwhile .....
Jeremy Werner
@JWerner247
16h
#illini Brad Underwood: Expects every player to be available tomorrow.
"[Health] is best it's been since June
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Jesus. I get accused of being a homer all the time but there is no life and enthusiasm in this press conference. These guys look like they’re going to get their asses kicked by 1970s UCLA tomorrow.
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This pic looks like Curbelo just beat Fraziers ass in a MMA fight or something lol
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#illini Brad Underwood: Expects every player to be available tomorrow.
"[Health] is best it's been since June
not gonna lie pretty nervous about this one after watching all the 4/13 matchups yesterday!
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Maybe Frazier took a money shot to the eye.
Smitty?
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Conjunctivitis is really contagious.
I am sure he will play through it, but he will not be having fun.
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Maybe Frazier took a money shot to the eye.
Smitty?
LOL
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I feel like Curbelo either looks cheerful or has resting asshole face with no middle ground. Hopefully that was just travel or practice fatigue. Trent not seeing out of one eye would mean we're playing 3 v. 5 on offense at times.
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LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO!
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ILL!!
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Robb has been MIA recently. Maybe a heart attack due to weight problems? COVID? Fell in a dumpster and hasn’t been able to get out yet?
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Robb has been MIA recently. Maybe a heart attack due to weight problems? COVID? Fell in a dumpster and hasn’t been able to get out yet?
Probably gave the team pinkeye
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ILL!!
INI!!!
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Seth Davis says "go, Mocs!"
Fuck that guy
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Seth Davis says "go, Mocs!"
Fuck that guy
He’s been WAY over the top on this game. Almost way out of his way to say shit like that. Frank Martin called him out too. Just totally unnecessary for Seth Davis to go that far honestly.
Yes, fuck that guy!
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He is right about Curbelo. Will play us in or out of games.
Hope he settles the fuck down.
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Not a good start
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What do u know? No offense.
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Woof.
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He’s been WAY over the top on this game. Almost way out of his way to say shit like that. Frank Martin called him out too. Just totally unnecessary for Seth Davis to go that far honestly.
Yes, fuck that guy!
Maybe Seth bet on it.
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Looks like they got a high a lot the last week rather than prepare.
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Someone want to tell the players and coach that the tourney already started?
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Ooof
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Lol Jesus
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We’re not interested.
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We need to quit fouling and play some fucking defense!
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Illinois guards have sucked for a while now. Killing this team.
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And need to make our free shots. I’d play hack a Kofi cuz we aren’t gonna win with not making them.
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Illinois guards have sucked for a while now. Killing this team.
It’s true. They have not played well for a while. Unexpected, and extremely disappointing.
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Curbelo never meshed with the rotation that was going good.
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Curbelo killing us
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Curbelo killing us
Just him?
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Wtf are we doing?!
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Lol Curbelo. What a chode.
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I don't know what team this is, but this is not the midseason B1G team. These guards are terrible.
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Finish the dunk kofi
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Why did they mess with the color of the ball?
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Illinois guards are trash
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And now the 3 fat guys huddle around the laptop for 10 minutes to call it a common foul.
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Put in RJ
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Fastest review in history.
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Damn Frazier’s eye still looks horrible
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We might get 20 pts this half.
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We wait all this time to be relevant again only to find the last two NCAA Tournaments efforts almost unwatchable.
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Again. We can’t manufacture offense for shit.
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Wow man shooting like 10% and can’t make FT’s
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That’s the Curbelo we need. Creating easy buckets for others.
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Double digits!
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Is frazier the most over rated illinois player of all time???
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We are dodging a bullet right now. They can't hit shit and allowing us to pull it together.
We could be OK.
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We are dodging a bullet right now. They can't hit shit and allowing us to pull it together.
We could be OK.
And I though Q97 was the dumbest poster on this board
Doesn't matter if they lose all their bigs, if we miss dunks and free throws consistently
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De Sousa just fucked them.
Time to eat
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We are dodging a bullet right now. They can't hit shit and allowing us to pull it together.
We could be OK.
Agreed. We should be fine (I know, define “fine”). But man is this ugly.
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I'll drive Underwood to Manhattan myself if we lose this game. No joke.
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Kofi is trying to finish this game with 40 points. Maybe pass it back out once in a while, big fella
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We will be OK
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And I though Q97 was the dumbest poster on this board
Doesn't matter if they lose all their bigs, if we miss dunks and free throws consistently
We were playing like ass and slowly closing the gap. LKDog was right
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And I though Q97 was the dumbest poster on this board
Doesn't matter if they lose all their bigs, if we miss dunks and free throws consistently
Go fuck yourself. You do nothing but take a shit every post. Truth v2
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Why wont RJ play?
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Glad we woke the fuck up!
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Kofi is trying to finish this game with 40 points. Maybe pass it back out once in a while, big fella
He can't figure out where the double team comes from, not just today, been that way most of the year.
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Why wont RJ play?
Why should he?
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We will be OK
will we???
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Kofi is getting killed in there!
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That was a good possession. Nice pass from Hawkins
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Kofi is still trying to Superman his way through doubles and triples. Pass the fucking ball man.
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will we???
They’re gonna be down to their 9th-15th guys with 10 minutes to go.
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Why should he?
Hes been good
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Kofi is still trying to Superman his way through doubles and triples. Pass the fucking ball man.
It’s brutal. He’s having a terrible game. He’s getting pounded too, but still.
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Hes been good
What like, a couple of games a month ago?
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Kofi is still trying to Superman his way through doubles and triples. Pass the fucking ball man.
Agree. And other guys need to present in his line of vision.
Got to move without ball
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They’re gonna be down to their 9th-15th guys with 10 minutes to go.
yet how many point will illinois be down by then? This is not a high powered offense
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How in the hell are we only down 4?
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We were playing like ass and slowly closing the gap. LKDog was right
Well, I like our chances in the last ten minutes after UT-C is forced to put the cheerleaders in due to foul trouble
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How in the hell are we only down 4?
Superior talent.
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has anyone shot but Cockburn?
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Refs keeping Illinois in the game. How you miss that goal tend?
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We're getting hacked to hell but it's no excuse for not being up 10.
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Great drive by Plummer. Keep taking it to them and we’ll win going away.
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Hawkins should not have passed up that shot. But way to go Plummer
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what a typically awful last possession
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Pretty good last couple of minutes. If we come out of the half awake at all we’ll win easily.
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Damn that would have been sweet if we got that off in time.
Still down by 4 even after playing like donkey dung. I'll take it.
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8 offensive rebounds for Mocs. That makes me scream out loud.
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I’m very cautiously optimistic. I waited for us to show up against Loyola last year, and it never happened. Although this Chattanooga squad is way worse.
We should outlast them. But I’m not counting on shit.
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Curbelo playing well when he is pass first. He looked off a wide open Plummer with 7 seconds left to take a 26 footer.
Need to play smart. Get our shooters shots.
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We have no wings who want to create and take their own shots right now. Just Belo and the post guys pushing around.
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I’m very cautiously optimistic. I waited for us to show up against Loyola last year, and it never happened. Although this Chattanooga squad is way worse.
We should outlast them. But I’m not counting on shit.
We should be OK.
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Curbelo playing well when he is pass first. He looked off a wide open Plummer with 7 seconds left to take a 26 footer.
Need to play smart. Get our shooters shots.
It would help if he could stay on his feet.
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They should be gassed and in deep foul double with 10 minutes left. Just can't come out flat in the second half.
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Time for our super seniors to step up.
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Need to stop giving them offensive boards and make our free shots. Need an additional player to step up. It’d be nice to get a little offense from one of our guards.
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8 offensive rebounds for Mocs. That makes me scream out loud.
Been a big problem all year. Blocking out doesn't mean much with this team.
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Curbelo playing well when he is pass first. He looked off a wide open Plummer with 7 seconds left to take a 26 footer.
Need to play smart. Get our shooters shots.
Plummer has been open a lot and it keeps going in to Kofi. As that kept happening the wings got even more wide open
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Need to pound the ball, and not just to Kofi. Move Kofi off the low post a step or two and create some easy looks for Hawkins. Need to make them play at our pace.
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AT&T Lily is hella thicccc
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AT&T Lily is hella thicccc
She’s a hottie
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We’re a dumb team.
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Game over. This team blows
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Starting the half the same way we started the game.
Not good.
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We’re fucked.
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Looks like Brad's halftime talk did the trick.
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Jesus. Fuck these guys.
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Might as well yank Plummer and let Curbelo sink us instead. Fuck it.
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Such a wonderful start to the 2nd half. OMG
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If we somehow win, Houston is buttfucking us anyway. We’re not good.
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Throw in Goode, Melendez, and Podz. Fuck the others, they aren’t doing shit anyways.
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Fuck Kentucky ;D
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Lets fucking go!
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Was that last foul on us?
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Damonte gives a shit. So there’s one.
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Was that last foul on us?
Great question. Harlan said it was but I don’t know how.
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How did we get called foul a foul on that rebound?! 🤔
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Was that last foul on us?
Courtney Green in disguise so he can screw Illinois.
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Ok, so we didn’t. They’re not gonna tell us wtf happened. Lol
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Frazier and Plummer might as well have stayed home.
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Settle the fuck down.
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We just can’t make a freaking basket!!
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About time
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Finally a three!
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About time
x2!
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LET'S FUCKING GO
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There’s Plummer. About fucking time.
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Oh-oh Plummer warming up!
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We got this. Lets go! Keep chopping fucking wood! 😂
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Place will blow up if we actually take the lead. Steal their soul!
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Hottie Lily and a Rat Face.
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What has happened to Frazier?
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Every time we make a run, we shoot ourselves in the damn foot.
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The sloppiness is frustrating as hell
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Frazier is broken
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What has happened to Frazier?
I think he bet on Chattanooga.
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7 and change left. Getting down to the nitty gritty. Gotta get right soon or we’re done.
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I give up
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The other team is shooting 35/23/45 and we're losing.
We're getting out-rebounded, out TO/AST, out everything. 5th year super-senior guards 0-7 from 3. When Frazier is off on offense he is OFF.
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Might as well have thrown the $125 I bet on Illinois to win the title in the trash.
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Rebound the fucking ball! Act like you wanna fucking win the fucking game you motherfuckers! This is beyond fucking frustrating!!!
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Pit in RJ
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Put RJ in for Frazier!
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Hawkins, what the fuck bro
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Wtf is Hawkins doing?!
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Hawkins. God damn.
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Fuck this team. For real.
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WTF is Hawkins on acid out there?
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Grab a goddamn rebound, you fucking pansies.
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The stupidity burns
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Hawkins on full tilt. Our whole team is on full tilt. I’m on full tilt. That 3 was a back breaker
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This is painful to watch
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Trent Frazier has been clutch so many times, but this last month he has been hot garbage.
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I’m very cautiously optimistic. I waited for us to show up against Loyola last year, and it never happened. Although this Chattanooga squad is way worse.
We should outlast them. But I’m not counting on shit.
I fucking knew it.
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We can still win if they just stop with the stupid loose possessions.
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Is there a worse game plan and post season coach than Underwood?
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Plummer in and out. Sums up the 120 year existence of the Illini.
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I’m hoping for a loss just to hear what homer Jeremy Werner has to say.
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Underwood looks flustered.
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WTF is Hawkins on acid out there?
Getting trash talked and lost it. Stupid BS.
Press full court or it's over
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Walking the ball up the court. Jesus.
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Is Chattanooga going to choke this away? Both teams deserve to lose
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Had a feeling that we’d go as far as Plummer’s 3 pt shooting could take us. He just missed a huge one. With a great look.
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We’re so freaking close! Come on guys and win this! All game you’ve acted like you didn’t want to, so now fucking do it!
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15 offensive rebounds.
15.
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I can't take this
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A lead!
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That’s not a fucking foul of Kofi!
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Come on, 90% Plummer
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Sweating it out against this bum ass team. Lol
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Yo guys I’m gonna have a heart attack now. Why every damn game?!
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Fuck me
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That. Was. Excruciating.
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Holy fuck. My heart. Be still my heart.
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Survive and advance
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Lol what a joke. I hope Houston beats Illinois by 20.
Didn’t deserve that game at all. Lead for like 20 seconds the whole game
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Wow, lol. What a pile of shit we just won. My god.
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Piece of cake
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We fucking won! We fucking won!!
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Yo guys I’m gonna have a heart attack now. Why every damn game?!
I don't believe they won this game. Helluva rebound Coleman Hawkins. See what blocking out will do.
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Lol what a joke. I hope Houston beats Illinois by 20.
Didn’t deserve that game at all. Lead for like 20 seconds the whole game
Go fuck yourself bitch! Suck a fat dick! Fuck you!
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Jesus tuxedodick Christ
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I don't believe they won this game. Helluva rebound Coleman Hawkins. See what blocking out will do.
And the blocked shot by Hawkins
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Lol what a joke. I hope Houston beats Illinois by 20.
Didn’t deserve that game at all. Lead for like 20 seconds the whole game
Eh. That Chattanooga team sucks. They didn’t deserve it either.
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That was like getting laid by the nastiest fattest whore in town.
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Chattanooga shot 32% the entire game and lead for 99% of it.
This Illinois team is trash
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Lead for like 20 seconds the whole game
It's a 40 minute game.
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Survive and advance
That's the name of the game right now. I thought it was gonna be another nutpunch to add to the long list of nutpunches in Illini hoops history.
We have to come out with more energy against Houston or UAB or our ass is fucking grass.
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Go fuck yourself bitch! Suck a fat dick! Fuck you!
On this we do agree
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That was like getting laid by the nastiest fattest whore in town.
Perfect analogy.
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That's the name of the game right now. I thought it was gonna be another nutpunch to add to the long list of nutpunches in Illini hoops history.
We have to come out with more energy against Houston or UAB or our ass is fucking grass.
I was trying to decide if we - aside from the famous Arizona game - have ever delivered a nut punch. I can't recall ever winning a nail biter.
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That was like getting laid by the nastiest fattest whore in town.
You speak from experience or
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Chattanooga shot 32% the entire game and lead for 99% of it.
This Illinois team is trash
Suck a dick you piece of shit. Suck it!
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You speak from experience or
He *is* the fattest nastiest whore in town
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I was trying to decide if we - aside from the famous Arizona game - have ever delivered a nut punch. I can't recall ever winning a nail biter.
In the NCAAs, it's been more receiving.
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And the blocked shot by Hawkins
That too, kudos to you, that was huge. The kid can play, just gotta be under control.
Eat it Seth Davis.
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That was like getting laid by the nastiest fattest whore in town.
Spot fucking on lol.
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He *is* the fattest nastiest whore in town
Big Mr. Slave from South Park vibes.
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I still cannot process the fact that we won a game in which we lead for all of 25 seconds. That's truly mind blowing to me.
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In the NCAAs, it's been more receiving.
*all* receiving
Of course you know how this goes. UAB beats Houston. Seton Hall beats Arizona. We lose to UAB.
Unless of course we win that game and then lose to Michigan
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Suck it Terrell Owens, a-hole.
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I still cannot process the fact that we won a game in which we lead for all of 25 seconds. That's truly mind blowing to me.
Seeing the "FINAL" on the screen with Illinois ahead is still surreal. Was convinced this was Loyola Pt. 2. Now we get to root for Houston to collapse.
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Burn this tape and catch amnesia. Onto the next one!
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Quite the way to get our first ever victory over Chattanooga.
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Silver linings. Sampson can end Underwood’s hopes for building Illinois into anything just like he did to Weber when he flipped Eric Gordon.
Awful game. Awful result (at least based on who deserved to win).
I’m sure dick heads like Jeremy Werner will crow about what a gritty win this was…
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Silver linings. Sampson can end Underwood’s hopes for building Illinois into anything just like he did to Weber when he flipped Eric Gordon.
Awful game. Awful result (at least based on who deserved to win).
I’m sure dick heads like Jeremy Werner will crow about what a gritty win this was…
So why do you come here? And why you have it out for Illinois? Tell the….TRUTH!
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Hottie Lily and a Rat Face.
Yuck. Give me more of thiccc Lily and Zooey Deschanel please.
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Curbelo, Frazier, Williams, and Grandison were 2-16.
We are due for a good shooting game.
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Curbelo, Frazier, Williams, and Grandison were 2-16.
We are due for a good shooting game.
That’s the spirit! I can’t imagine we can play worse on Sunday.
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Silver linings. Sampson can end Underwood’s hopes for building Illinois into anything just like he did to Weber when he flipped Eric Gordon.
Awful game. Awful result (at least based on who deserved to win).
I’m sure dick heads like Jeremy Werner will crow about what a gritty win this was…
How about them Hoosiers?
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That was the worst we’ve played all season at the wrong damn time. I’m hoping we can’t play much worse than that.
Houston OR UAB will blow us away playing like that.
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Trent needs to get his head out of his ass if we’re gonna win Sunday.
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We were fortunate that the Mocs shit the bed. Our D came up big when needed. Trent didn't look right. We can't possibly shoot so horribly 2 games in a row. I like us winning again.
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Piece of cake.
Pressure is off. 1 down, 5 to go.
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!!!!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!
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Lot of good takes in this thread too 🤣🤣
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Going to take a better effort than we’ve given in a while to beat Houston.
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We need better play out of both Frazier and Curbelo. Frazier has been pretty much broke for awhile. Curbelo is simply broke all year and has had TO issues almost every game.
Had 6 TOs tonight.
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After further review of the game, that was the worst performance by an Illini team in the NCAA tourney since they lost to Dayton in 1990. The gameplay in this win was worse than any actual loss they’ve suffered since 1990.
Illinois was far worse last night than the Loyola game. If they had played a Loyola caliber team, they’d have lost by 20.
Chattanooga did show the country the blueprint on handling Illinois offense. Foul Kofi and run the 3 shooters off the line
Still pissed about this game. Hate when a favored team gets an undeserving win. Not that Chatt was good (they sucked too) but if you lead by 14 in 1st half, 11 in 2nd half, and for all by about 30 seconds of the game, you should win.
It was nearly a carbon copy of the Loyola game where Illinois never lead.
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After further review of the game, that was the worst performance by an Illini team in the NCAA tourney since they lost to Dayton in 1990. The gameplay in this win was worse than any actual loss they’ve suffered since 1990.
Illinois was far worse last night than the Loyola game. If they had played a Loyola caliber team, they’d have lost by 20.
Chattanooga did show the country the blueprint on handling Illinois offense. Foul Kofi and run the 3 shooters off the line
Still pissed about this game. Hate when a favored team gets an undeserving win. Not that Chatt was good (they sucked too) but if you lead by 14 in 1st half, 11 in 2nd half, and for all by about 30 seconds of the game, you should win.
It was nearly a carbon copy of the Loyola game where Illinois never lead.
Get fucked.
W
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Trent needs to get his head out of his ass if we’re gonna win Sunday.
Would help with the pinkeye if he did that.
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Yay team!
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Got damn, that was ugly!
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Would help with the pinkeye if he did that.
I think you’re on to something
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Chattanooga did show the country the blueprint on handling Illinois offense. Foul Kofi and run the 3 shooters off the line
That's not exactly news. Illinois needs to counter with guard penetration, back door plays, transition offense, and mixing in some pressure defense.
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Agree. We do not even try to attack closeouts. Plummer and Trent sometimes.
Trent was a lot more earlier in year.
He needs to step up.
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Agree. We do not even try to attack closeouts. Plummer and Trent sometimes.
Trent was a lot more earlier in year.
He needs to step up.
I'll defer to you, but it seems as tho most of our attacking closeouts is into a very clogged lane, because Kofi and the 3 guys defending him take up the space under the bucket.
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I think we know what to do, and staff are telling them, we are just not executing very well.
Having three or four guys with Kofi who can hit the three and have to be guarded is great but he has to pass out of doubles much quicker, and we have to hit shots.
I do think we miss Grandison being out there. Damonte won't shoot, Curbelo can't shoot, and Trent is struggling..
Hawkins can't shoot, but he attacks the hole, runs the floor and is good offensive rebounder.
He might be key if we hang with Houston.
I wonder what status of RJ is?
Kid is a scorer and we need those options right now.
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It would help if Kofi could occasionally set a screen and spot up for three instead of rolling to the hoop or posting up. We don't really have a true stretch big. Grandison? Hawkins has a nice looking set shot, but he misses consistently.
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Has Kofj looked sort of sluggish since the concussion?
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Has Kofj looked sort of sluggish since the concussion?
Yes and less explosive for sure. They said he had a bone bruise back before the Purdue game I believe. Something is def off.
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Well, bottom line is we will need to hit about 10 threes to have a shot.
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I think we know what to do, and staff are telling them, we are just not executing very well.
Having three or four guys with Kofi who can hit the three and have to be guarded is great but he has to pass out of doubles much quicker, and we have to hit shots.
I do think we miss Grandison being out there. Damonte won't shoot, Curbelo can't shoot, and Trent is struggling..
Hawkins can't shoot, but he attacks the hole, runs the floor and is good offensive rebounder.
He might be key if we hang with Houston.
I wonder what status of RJ is?
Kid is a scorer and we need those options right now.
For the life of me, I do not understand the rotation yesterday. We absolutely sucked on offense but Brad insisted on playing 2 lead guards who played 62 minutes combined for 1-13 FG, 7 pts total. Grandison only 9 minutes, Goode and RJ 0. Trent's defense and Damonte's intangibles aren't THAT crucial against a Southern Conference offense.
A 6-man rotation with 3 scorers is not a successful recipe for success.
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Watched the first half at a sports bar with some buddies. Left feeling pretty good about how we finished the half after being so awful for most of it. Then I had to go to a gala that I committed to weeks ago not knowing that the Illini would be playing.
It was in this old industrial building downtown that had been renovated into a place to hold receptions and shit like this and it never occurred to me they wouldn’t have any TVs in there.
So I was trying to socialize and also check my Score app without being rude. When it got down to around 4 to play I found a spot in a stairwell away from the crowd and watched the end of it on my phone. Not my ideal way to watch Illini tournament basketball.
So I didn’t see a lot of it but obviously saw the stats. I had people texting me and saying Plummer and Kofi saved us and Curbelo needed to be benched. 1-7 shooting, 4 assists, 6 TOs.
This is really a catch 22. I know we need what he can potentially give us when he’s right and everyone including Brad are hoping the light bulb suddenly comes on. But man 30 mins a game of this type of performance on top of Trent struggling is definitely not a recipe for a deep run.
I’d like to see more of
Trent
Plummer
Grandison/RJ/Goode
Hawkins
Kofi
on the floor at the same time.
Keep Curbelo and Williams minutes around 20.
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Agree. I think Curbelo is just out of control. He was like that at times last year but shot better and had more assists so it was a net plus.
This year it is not and kills our ball and player movement.
A friend of mine heard from insiders that he had team disciplinary issues in addition to the COVID thing after he returned.
My guess is he moves on after this year. Not a good fit on this team, or the Big Ten slugfests.
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For the life of me, I do not understand the rotation yesterday. We absolutely sucked on offense but Brad insisted on playing 2 lead guards who played 62 minutes combined for 1-13 FG, 7 pts total. Grandison only 9 minutes, Goode and RJ 0. Trent's defense and Damonte's intangibles aren't THAT crucial against a Southern Conference offense.
A 6-man rotation with 3 scorers is not a successful recipe for success.
This.
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A friend of mine heard from insiders that he had team disciplinary issues in addition to the COVID thing after he returned.
I have heard this as well.
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After further review of the game, that was the worst performance by an Illini team in the NCAA tourney since they lost to Dayton in 1990. The gameplay in this win was worse than any actual loss they’ve suffered since 1990.
Illinois was far worse last night than the Loyola game. If they had played a Loyola caliber team, they’d have lost by 20.
Chattanooga did show the country the blueprint on handling Illinois offense. Foul Kofi and run the 3 shooters off the line
Still pissed about this game. Hate when a favored team gets an undeserving win. Not that Chatt was good (they sucked too) but if you lead by 14 in 1st half, 11 in 2nd half, and for all by about 30 seconds of the game, you should win.
It was nearly a carbon copy of the Loyola game where Illinois never lead.
Imagine bitching about winning a tourney game.
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Imagine bitching about winning a tourney game.
Yeah. That is some fucked up shit. Nothing is easy in the tourney.
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I’d like to see more of
Trent
Plummer
Grandison/RJ/Goode
Hawkins
Kofi
on the floor at the same time.
Keep Curbelo and Williams minutes around 20.
Yep. Those options at the 3 create size mismatches on offense that DW does not. As-is we let the other team play whoever the hell they want at 3G/SF without regard for defense, or that the 3 can sag and hassle Kofi as happened some yesterday because they know our 3 isn't doing anything except hitting one 3 per game.
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Imagine bitching about winning a tourney game.
Bc if the guy’s shot had fallen at the buzzer and Chattanooga won 55-54, it’d be without a doubt labeled the worst game Illinois has ever played on the NCAA tourney.
The fact he missed doesn’t take that away. Illinois lead for 20 seconds against a far inferior team who also was playing poorly themselves. They shot 32%. So in total, the worst game Illinois has ever played on the tourney.
Frazier is 1-16 shooting in his last 2 NCAA games.
Then you got the low expectations crowd of “at least we made the tourney”. Well enjoy this then I guess bc it’ll be years+ before Illinois makes another one after Kofi is gone
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I did listen to Werner/Piper after the game.
Piper hates Plummer 😂. Given that Plummer is the only guy on the team that can hit any shots, he must have something personal with him.
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Bc if the guy’s shot had fallen at the buzzer and Chattanooga won 55-54, it’d be without a doubt labeled the worst game Illinois has ever played on the NCAA tourney.
The fact he missed doesn’t take that away. Illinois lead for 20 seconds against a far inferior team who also was playing poorly themselves. They shot 32%. So in total, the worst game Illinois has ever played on the tourney.
Frazier is 1-16 shooting in his last 2 NCAA games.
Then you got the low expectations crowd of “at least we made the tourney”. Well enjoy this then I guess bc it’ll be years+ before Illinois makes another one after Kofi is gone
They shot 32% because we played really good defense. Which is exactly what you have to do when shots aren’t dropping.
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I did listen to Werner/Piper after the game.
Piper hates Plummer 😂. Given that Plummer is the only guy on the team that can hit any shots, he must have something personal with him.
You’re one weird fucking pedophile.
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Agree. I think Curbelo is just out of control. He was like that at times last year but shot better and had more assists so it was a net plus.
This year it is not and kills our ball and player movement.
A friend of mine heard from insiders that he had team disciplinary issues in addition to the COVID thing after he returned.
My guess is he moves on after this year. Not a good fit on this team, or the Big Ten slugfests.
Disciplinary issues with Curbelo would not surprise me at all with facial expressions, the way he acts sometimes when bring the ball into the front court, just "too cool" BS.