Illinois vs Maryland pregame/game thread
Posted by illini222
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I’m rooting for SEC teams, sans FL, on our bracket. They don’t play good D
Posted by memyselfandillini
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It'll be cold day in hell before I root for Auburn. In fact, I hope something explodes in Satan's
Posted by ATL
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Satan sucks…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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"[Satan] has Screwed Auburn and His Son"
Posted by ATL
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He's right that this is low on the list but glad people are realizing his asshattary*
Posted by illini222
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LOL that Werner found a way to get in Humrichous praise on the post game*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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He can’t stop himself*
Posted by illini21
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When are Big10 Awards announced? *
Posted by aimlessillini
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Never mind - apparently tomorrow at 11AM - B10 Network show *
Posted by aimlessillini
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Kentucky and Kansas are back channeling Wagler trying to get him to stay one more
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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If he’s lottery is that even a thing?*
Posted by cpsteine
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I would be surprised if they weren’t doing that with Wagler and many other players like him*
Posted by OB25
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LOL *
Posted by jdl
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This from your Seton Hall source?*
Posted by illini21
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Kentucky booster told me that we are trying to get your guy and we are not the only one*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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Would he prioritized before or after Dgl?*
Posted by John Coctostan
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This is the same guy who told me Morez is gone and we were replacing him with Big Z
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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Notre Dame TriDelt source.*
Posted by Illiniphil
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No, not a sorority: some Domer frat.
Posted by osklister
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Tampering of this nature should be severely punished*
Posted by bjl63
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Yeah, yeah.... lemme know when that happens. :-/
Posted by osklister
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Good luck with that. Not sure how they’d beat the security of a nba draft lottery contract*
Posted by MC
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Well, that's fun. Also, I can't imagine he wouldn't jump to the NBA. He's a top 10 pick.
Posted by Kajagoogoo
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#9 in AP Poll *
Posted by aimlessillini
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But #27 on Kenpom defense
Posted by timmer
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staaaaahhhhhpppppp
Posted by Blazer
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Noooo natty. No natty for you. No natty for you. No natty for that guy*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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Biiiiiiiiite me
Posted by timmer
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That's fine and I agree. But it is not true that being outside the top 25 in defensive ratings
Posted by Blazer
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So we’re gonna win it all?*
Posted by timmer
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Maybe! But we're also not not going to win it all*
Posted by Blazer
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With the regular season now over, it’s pretty wild to think about how this ended up.
Posted by OB25
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Not to mention we were 4 possessions away from 28-3*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Great season. Would bang again*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Anyone crying about this season has completely lost the forest for the trees
Posted by GMAW
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Anyone complaining about this season can get fucked. This was a good year*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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This feels like a team capable of winning a national championship
Posted by Sounder
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I don't think anyone that isn't Duke or Michigan is winning it*
Posted by assassin
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I think Florida is in that category too*
Posted by Blazer
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Unless you’re in a massive pool with tons of people where you really need to separate yourself…
Posted by OB25
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I hope they'll take the SEC tournament seriously trying to keep the #1 seed
Posted by Potomac
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I forgot about them, i haven't seen them all year
Posted by assassin
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I've watched a couple of their games. They look just as scary as Michigan
Posted by Blazer
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I'd probably put Florida right behind Duke as the favorites to win it all. Michigan, third.
Posted by Kajagoogoo
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Flordia , then Michigan, then Duke
Posted by bjl63
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Our staff did a great job (and historically has done a great job) molding the roster
Posted by illini
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Thinking about Wagler & Mirkovic
Posted by biclops
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But remember, Brad can't coach*
Posted by ATL
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Back to back seasons with 2 freshmen in key roles
Posted by jdl
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end result is fine and laudable. It's also fair to say we've played like a top 15-20 team
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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lost 5 big ten games. 3 in overtime, 1 at the buzzer in regulation, 1 blown out by the #2ish overall
Posted by assassin
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Yup. Simply flip our record in one possession games and we’re 28-3 (19-1) *
Posted by meanjeans
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your point and post are all valid. agree we have probably overachieved quite a bit. but i will
Posted by John Coctostan
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Who's the basketball genius who wrote "Just win, baby"???
Posted by osklister
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for all the bitching and moaning we all do, even drawing the least charitable arbitrary line,
Posted by John Coctostan
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Allow me to be the turd in the punch bowl. The least charitable arbitrary line is post-UCLA
Posted by Blazer
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post UCLA is only 3 games. and still shows as 25 to me. but i don't think 3 games is nearly enough
Posted by John Coctostan
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Sorry, I meant post-USC, including data from UCLA game
Posted by Blazer
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locker room
Posted by biclops
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We should finish regular season ranked 8th. Will probably be 9th*
Posted by Mrap24
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Ivisic bros are 6 for their last 41 from three. Critical part of the roster build philosophy…
Posted by OB25
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It feels like either Keaton isn’t recognizing the option as quickly or
Posted by memyselfandillini
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We have two resets. This week, and next week. They have to get reset.
Posted by JFG
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I hope we treat the BTT like practice. Does KW even have to play?*
Posted by Toonces
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They should sit him. They won't, but they should
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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Come out playing completely different offense and defense
Posted by Chilango
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Keaton going cold too and Kylan remains a non shooter
Posted by Blazer
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Ever since MSU showed everybody how to guard Keaton, kid has been run down.
Posted by JFG
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Are we locked into a 2 at this point? I guess maybe if ISU, Neb or PU make conf final they could
Posted by John Coctostan
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Saw one bracket projection with us as a 2 against....Austin Peay*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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Well, if the Fly is open.... he's now age 73.
Posted by osklister
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I really think so
Posted by jdl
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I think for sure if we win Friday
Posted by Blazer
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Has Mirk dunked this year?*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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T-Rank says nope *
Posted by jdl
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Has he hung on the rim for an extended period of time?*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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So did you predict a top 4 B1G finish pre-season? What was your season prediction? *
Posted by Tuscy
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Probably *
Posted by jdl
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I think yes but didn’t expect the strength at the top of the BT.
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Apparently Brad didn’t think much of the question from Sturdy
Posted by Ron McDon
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Sturdy is a dope*
Posted by bjl63
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So what? It’s a perfectly reasonable question*
Posted by ilinni11
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Tomi 19 minutes, sat the last 8.5 of the game.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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that airball after the intentional foul was brutal.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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Neither Ivisic was very good, but Z still caught multiple lobs*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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Surprised though that Tomi was +9 and Z -4. Thought it would have been flipped*
Posted by Blazer
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from up in the cheap seats, Zs defense looked pretty bad*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Z’s angles and timing on blocks seemed off quite often *
Posted by Orangeillini
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agreed, guys would just wind up behind him before he knew it!*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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if the staff thought sitting Wagler for B1G Tourney would really help him, they should do it
Posted by cpsteine
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I grew up in ACC country and therefore love all college basketball tournaments. Let’s hang that
Posted by ATL
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Agreed*
Posted by Blazer
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My unscientific in-person observation
Posted by Tortillini
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Counterpoint: You were in attendance.
Posted by tvillini
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Guaranteed single digit loss season. One of nash's criteria for a successful season.
Posted by nash
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Aren't a few off the table? Single digit loss, beat Missouri and can't win Big10 reg season.*
Posted by ibdoc
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^5 *
Posted by jdl
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Dre had the flu per Brad *
Posted by jdl
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Does he actually have influenza? Brad calls everything “the flu”. *
Posted by DocWalk20
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Either that or "food poisoning" *
Posted by jdl
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Which nobody on the team or here has ever had*
Posted by Chilango
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I swear Keaton looked sick too, but maybe just the injury bugging him*
Posted by Blazer
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CBS halftime - "Hum-rissious and company down Maryland"*
Posted by OrangeSox
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I cayn’t call no other dude delicious!”
Posted by opossum jenkins
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Yo D, hold up. *
Posted by assassin
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Maryland missed at least their last 8 threes, so things did finally level off for them.*
Posted by OB25
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I think the last 9. It was 9-21 ended up 9-30*
Posted by QcIlliniFan
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ORtg is only 1.2 ahead of Purdue now *
Posted by jdl
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I think I’d rather play Wisconsin than Purdue*
Posted by ab75
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Almost positive it would be UCLA if we move up to the 3 seed.*
Posted by OB25
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What must happen for that to be the case?*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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Iowa beat Nebraska and we are the 3 seed*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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I don’t think anything needs to happen actually, seems like it should be locked in.
Posted by OB25
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Iowa needs to win *
Posted by jdl
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agreed.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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Very little chance we play Purdue *
Posted by jdl
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Wisconsin is a horrible matchup for us *
Posted by meanjeans
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Hopefully it helps that we won’t be down two starters this time*
Posted by Ron McDon
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great regular season, but I am not confident for post season
Posted by snipes824
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Meh. We’ve also watched us end the season hot as shit and then get dorked by fucking Loyola
Posted by meanjeans
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Any other opponent and that team goes to the Final Four
Posted by RVA
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you knew it going in?!*
Posted by cpsteine
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It was probably just the grizzle but yeah
Posted by RVA
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I feel we’ve hit a wall. Our defend isn’t great and our shooting has fallen off.
Posted by Mrap24
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Need the vets to step up
Posted by jdl
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he also has a sprained AC joint
Posted by assassin
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The shooting drop-off started before that, though. 25% from 3 since the Wisconsin game*
Posted by Blazer
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That's a championship tiebreaker while filling out your bracket final score*
Posted by RVA
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Honestly amazing we made it the whole year without having one of those against a bad team.
Posted by OB25
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KW hasn't been shooting very well either*
Posted by OWWDig
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Yeah if you just step back and look at the season we have zero Q2, Q3, and Q4 losses
Posted by meanjeans
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Phew*
Posted by OWWDig
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Weird shit happens on the road, got the win, but man
Posted by Blazer
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If we can’t hit open 3s we’re fucked. The pressure on the perimeter has slowed that a bit, but
Posted by voiceofreason
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I blame Tort.
Posted by tvillini
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EAT SHIT MARYLAND *
Posted by Jackie
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Re: EAT SHIT MARYLAND *
Posted by jdl
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Re: EAT SHIT MARYLAND *
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Re: EAT SHIT MARYLAND *
Posted by Blazer
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Buzz will be a problem in the future.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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They could have given Mirk a T there*
Posted by ab75
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They say no foul. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CONTACT, YOU SHILL.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Don’t think he was shilling. He seemed surprised given the precedent of the game these refs called*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Yeah in fairness he didn’t say anything about contact *
Posted by meanjeans
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yay we won
Posted by apusikam
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Whew. Didn’t really deserve that but still counts*
Posted by bjl63
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LOL*
Posted by assassin
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Jesus we tried to give this thing to them. Whew*
Posted by Blazer
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20% on 3s but 80% on FTs. What a contrast.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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I got all sad for nothin'*
Posted by Stu
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Burn this, never think or talk about it again, rest up*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Why was Mirkovic hanging from the rim?*
Posted by biclops
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Trying to get a stupid T?*
Posted by HeatMizer
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trying to give MD another shot to win*
Posted by Orangeillini
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Ultimately a nice press break and time killing*
Posted by DocWalk20
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nice lil press break*
Posted by assassin
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ffs.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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Would have preferred the dunk there Z *
Posted by meanjeans
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Same*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Ah yes, one last phantom call. Cool. Also, that full court look was very dumb*
Posted by John Coctostan
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So close to an and 1*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Attack the basket and flail… get a foul called whether one actually happened or not*
Posted by DocWalk20
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why are we contesting a layup?*
Posted by Ari Gold
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Did we just run the same stupid D from the UCLA game?!*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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no, this we stopped the initial ball but let them advance to their best player at half court*
Posted by assassin
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Yes. It’s terrible*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Comical call again there.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Refs autowhistling to the very end *
Posted by meanjeans
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Credit to Brad. That set to Mirk out of the timeout was nice*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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Bos scared the crap out of me with these 3P contests*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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*exhales*
Posted by jdl
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Andrej with a key defensive rebound. Not exactly a tough one, but I’ll take it.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Hit the FTs please*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Never a doubt*
Posted by DocWalk20
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No mills, and no layup is all i care about*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Well that Mills shot is a-ok*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Buzz with some interesting TOs in this game*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Weber-esque*
Posted by Blazer
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He hasn’t taken any right after a made basket by his team just as they were getting rolling has he?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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md kind of screwed up that possession.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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Get a stop, please*
Posted by bjl63
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Buzz just wasted a lot of time letting his best player sit in the corner*
Posted by assassin
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And then finally took the TO just when his player was about to get a shot up. Now has to reset*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Helluva OPB play
Posted by Carl Spackler
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yes! Keaton inbounded to Mirk and then screened Mirk's man. Great play design.*
Posted by Orangeillini
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BLOB *
Posted by jdl
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Mirk!*
Posted by DocWalk20
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So who misses the wide open 3 this possession?*
Posted by John Coctostan
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I willed that take into being, you’re all welcome*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Thank you*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Also that was a GREAT play design*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Wow I’m shocked by that.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Hell hath frozen over again*
Posted by Blazer
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If we lose another fucking close game….*
Posted by GMAW
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Fouled 3 times there. Would also be nice if Ben could hit more than 25% of open 3s*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Brad loves playing Ben at the end of games.*
Posted by gullit
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Let’s not look down our nose at 25% *
Posted by meanjeans
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This is torture*
Posted by OB25
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dont think there's evidence 12 hit it*
Posted by assassin
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Gotta be ours*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Wow ours!*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Should be. It won’t*
Posted by Blazer
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And yet they will probably not*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Not conclusive enough to overturn
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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Wow, I’m shocked that went our way. And it’s dumb that we’re now out of challenges
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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Baseline view was the only hope*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Agreed*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Agreed.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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why do refs hate Wagler?*
Posted by biclops
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Stop playing Ben at the end of games.*
Posted by gullit
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Wagler was mugged*
Posted by GrandmotherPearlsJam
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(Autofill)*
Posted by DocWalk20
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I honestly don’t know what the fuck we’re supposed to do if you can just smack the crap out of our
Posted by meanjeans
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Call a fucking foul*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Keaton fouled twice there*
Posted by Blazer
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Wow. *
Posted by harb
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What is this trash *
Posted by MC
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Why is Boswell still on the bench inside of 2 mins?*
Posted by GrandmotherPearlsJam
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We constantly have random players in playing time jail and it's annoying*
Posted by OrangeSox
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It’s un-fucking-believable*
Posted by Blazer
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No kb or tomi down the stretch*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Again, Mirk, stop doing weird stuff with 6” guards on you.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Get a bucket here and then please go zone*
Posted by Blazer
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Announcers don’t realize Mirk fell for the fake shot clock countdown there.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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MVP Mirk today*
Posted by voiceofreason
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This game is coaching malpractice by Brad*
Posted by Blazer
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he just called a time out!*
Posted by Poldark "After Austin Peay, we deserved one of these"
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Call a TO and set up a play brad. Fuck*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Hell hath frozen over*
Posted by Blazer
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he did it!*
Posted by OrangeSox
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Hurray, great success*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Brad call a timeout? Never.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Ho-Lee-Shit*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Dammit, Z. Keep your feet*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Just automatic midrange slop from MD*
Posted by Ron McDon
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If I was a Maryland fan I’d be furious at all of our FTs rattling in *
Posted by meanjeans
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Seeing Sandfort in red is still odd to me.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Buzz way out of coaches box*
Posted by Poldark "After Austin Peay, we deserved one of these"
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Nice take, Keaton. Was that Washington’s fifth?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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It appears so. Big. He was +5 +/-, no other Maryland player + *
Posted by meanjeans
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He alone is helping our cause. Lots of boneheadedness from him*
Posted by bjl63
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Looked like it based on his reaction*
Posted by Blazer
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Maybe they can change that one too.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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So much slop for them going in*
Posted by Blazer
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Garbage bucket*
Posted by HeatMizer
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ha*
Posted by John Coctostan
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That shot never made it 11 feet off the ground*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Quite amazing.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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lol*
Posted by Blazer
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lol, spinning fadeaway midrange 2, swish *
Posted by meanjeans
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Don’t be an idiot Z*
Posted by Ron McDon
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LOL I heard someone from the bench..."Stop talking Z!" *
Posted by jdl
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Ha, I thought I heard that, but wasn’t sure.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Jesus don’t get a T*
Posted by John Coctostan
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lol, thanks for not taking that layup, Maryland.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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they’ve been a mess against zone.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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Exactly*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Thought the same *
Posted by meanjeans
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lucky there
Posted by apusikam
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Massive phew*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Small thing, but that was nice by Z on that last defensive possession.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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6 has been our limit..thats when something bad happens *
Posted by QcIlliniFan
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Did the announcer just use “Ivisic” and “post up” in the same sentence?*
Posted by biclops
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Respect to Mirk. He’s played hard all day*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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Buzz demonstrating for Brad how to take a key timeout to try to break momentum*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Just don’t get it*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Amazing the difference that just hitting one 3 can make*
Posted by OB25
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Nice stretch there, now don’t let up*
Posted by Blazer
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Good TO by Buzzzz there.*
Posted by nash
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SWEEP THE LEG *
Posted by jdl
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good sequence there!*
Posted by Ari Gold
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2 really good possessions and good d too. Let’s go*
Posted by John Coctostan
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LFG!*
Posted by DocWalk20
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What’s the points in the paint difference?*
Posted by timmer
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Come on!*
Posted by John Coctostan
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B3n!*
Posted by DocWalk20
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We’ve hardly used zone all game, and they seem flummoxed when we do
Posted by Blazer
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no doubt.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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The 2 phantom fouls on KB really hurts*
Posted by ab75
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Even go 6 for 21 and the game is reasonably comfortable. The inability to make shots is just insane.
Posted by OB25
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Yeah this. Missing all these wide open shots just lets them stay around*
Posted by John Coctostan
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I think we could iso Dre like that every time if they don’t zone.
Posted by assassin
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Brad's not exactly showing a whole bunch of fire on the bench.*
Posted by illini222
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nope. i don’t get it.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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Refs on auto whistle every time down now *
Posted by meanjeans
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The homering in this game is getting ridiculous*
Posted by GMAW
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They’re the aggressor. Pretty simple*
Posted by CWR10
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Are they? We’re dominating points in the paint*
Posted by GMAW
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Come one. Wagler has been downhill several times with no calls*
Posted by John Coctostan
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You are both correct.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Our effort is much more aggravating *
Posted by bjl63
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Yeah I am much more frustrated with our play than the refs*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Same*
Posted by Ron McDon
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maddening.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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What the hell is the incentive to give Maryland a homer whistle in this game?
Posted by JFG
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Yep … really bad, to the point that I wonder
Posted by ab75
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Funny thing is many of our fans want him to yell more, get a few Ts, etc *
Posted by jdl
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Maddening *
Posted by OWWDig
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We have to go to a zone here*
Posted by Blazer
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The midrange 2s continue +
Posted by meanjeans
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That’s a foul, but play through it. Jesus Christ, so soft.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Hey brad. You have TOs. You can call them all on your own buddy*
Posted by John Coctostan
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I think we know he cannot*
Posted by OrangeSox
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they have the best player on the floor*
Posted by apusikam
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and we apparently aren’t going to try anything to stop him.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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we can't stop him he knows it
Posted by apusikam
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We are a soft, soft basketball team*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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We don’t deserve to win this game *
Posted by bjl63
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He fouled Wagler twice*
Posted by Herman Blume
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That was the moment where it became apparent this is actually going to hapoen*
Posted by meanjeans
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I am so disgusted right now *
Posted by biclops
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Good job guys total breakdown everywhere*
Posted by John Coctostan
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What the hell is that Mirk*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Not a great pass but dude went through Wagler to get the steal*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Meh.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Sonofa…*
Posted by DocWalk20
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This is unbelievable*
Posted by Blazer
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This is some homer bullshit*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Fuck this man*
Posted by Ron McDon
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and then that.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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Ridiculous*
Posted by Herman Blume
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GTFO with that call against Kylan*
Posted by Blazer
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Where was there any contact? *
Posted by assassin
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Where’s the foul, Steve Smith?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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wtf was that call*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Ok KB definitely reached in stupidly. Not much, but you’re gonna get that call a lot*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Not even slightly touched *
Posted by meanjeans
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where was that foul?!*
Posted by Ari Gold
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This. *
Posted by harb
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Ridiculous *
Posted by biclops
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Illinois players on the take*
Posted by HeatMizer
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Had a chance to really put them away and then all this BS*
Posted by John Coctostan
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A lot of front rim misses the last few games*
Posted by GrandmotherPearlsJam
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Wagler just has no legs right now*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Finally a call on a drive on KW. Feel like that hasn’t been allowed since the MSU game*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Hey, Keaton got a call*
Posted by Blazer
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And promptly misses the free throws. Thank you for not boxing out the shooter, Maryland*
Posted by DocWalk20
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They've gone cold, but so have we for the most part. Need to just drive and dish for a bit*
Posted by GrandmotherPearlsJam
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Can’t believe that didn’t go down for mills*
Posted by John Coctostan
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There is a lot of cursing in the biclops household right now. *
Posted by biclops
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4-21 from 3.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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Took a while but Fletch finally got to them *
Posted by meanjeans
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Somebody make a shot*
Posted by UIHuskie
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Come on. Down to 19% on 3s today*
Posted by DocWalk20
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TAKE THE LAYUP, JAKE.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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MAKE A SHOT*
Posted by OB25
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Ben*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Jesus Ben, come on*
Posted by Blazer
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C’mon, Tomi. What the fuck.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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lmao good shot Tomi*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Tomi is broken*
Posted by Blazer
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Good, now use this to fuel a blowout the last 10 minutes-*
Posted by bjl63
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thanks tomi!*
Posted by Ari Gold
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…or throw up an airball. Jeebus, Tomi*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Or shoot an airball instead*
Posted by bjl63
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Sweet*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Brian Dorsey is colorblind *
Posted by Ron McDon
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Whoa. How about that?!*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Credit to the refs *
Posted by meanjeans
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that's not a natural motion, so it is a trip. if a trip is flagrant, should call it*
Posted by snipes824
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An intentional trip is an intentional trip irrespective of how it happens*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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He’s frustrated for being an idiot?*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Never seen it called but in theory I’m not sure why it wouldn’t be considered a flagrant*
Posted by OB25
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Yeah, no way is that "common" *
Posted by jdl
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Dangerous play. Should be a flagrant in my biased view.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Somewhere Fears is giggling *
Posted by jdl
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Should DM that dude and try to sell him tips on how to do it and not get caught*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Flagrant?*
Posted by apusikam
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The only reason you don’t call it a flagrant is you don’t want to *
Posted by meanjeans
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Can’t believe we actually got the call on that Washington kick out*
Posted by Ron McDon
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I was about to break the remote. *
Posted by assassin
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Can that be ruled intentional?*
Posted by bjl63
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I mean how is it not intentional? Definitely not natural*
Posted by Herman Blume
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I was just thinking it should be an F1 even if that’s not the official rule.*
Posted by assassin
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That’s a very good call. He did the Reggie kick out*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Is that flagrant in college? I think it is in nba but not sure*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Rarely see that called correctly. Who knew it would get called correctly here today?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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no doubt.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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we cannot rebound a missed 3*
Posted by apusikam
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We’ve looked like a dead ass tired team for like 3 weeks now and I’m not sure why. It’s not like
Posted by John Coctostan
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Short rotation all year, and a 6-7 man rotation for a month of conference play
Posted by Blazer
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Sure and I’ve been critical of that along with you at times. But this is our 3rd game in 15 days
Posted by John Coctostan
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No idea
Posted by Blazer
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Can we go back Mirk dishing out of the double team plz*
Posted by Blazer
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This fucking team was down 20 to Rutgers for crissake *
Posted by bjl63
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Another way below the rim attempt gets volleyball spiked.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Wagler gets no calls. He needs to flail around more *
Posted by biclops
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Getting midranged against Maryland. A tradition unlike any other.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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I mean their shot chart is gonna look terrible*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Other than all the green that is*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Yep*
Posted by Herman Blume
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bond, fears, UCLA dude now this guy*
Posted by apusikam
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How was Keaton not fouled on that bucket*
Posted by Blazer
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It makes sense when you remember he never gets calls
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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Phantom calls on the other end. Actual contact on KW and no call*
Posted by DocWalk20
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yep.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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I mean. And 1? Ever? *
Posted by assassin
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Hammered, no call *
Posted by meanjeans
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Is it just me or are the announcers basically rooting for MD?*
Posted by GrandmotherPearlsJam
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Gaudin is always that way with underdogs*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Every announcer ever is gonna root for the underdog and the close game. It’s fine*
Posted by John Coctostan
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That dudes gonna draw one whenever he wants to*
Posted by apusikam
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And now getting homered too. Cool cool cool*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Gotta get the 4th on Mills*
Posted by Blazer
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Cannot believe we’re doing this again. *
Posted by illini
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I by cannot, I mean absolutely can. *
Posted by illini
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I can*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Attack the basket, force the issue*
Posted by illini222
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Yep. Built a 6 point lead on driving and good interior passing.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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They are 301st in 3pt percentage. *
Posted by biclops
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What are they on wide open looks?*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Probably about the same. Their looks have overall been worse than ours*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Delete.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Win or lose, we’re playing our worst basketball in March*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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yeah i'm less concerned about whether we squeak out this game, and more concerned that I'm seeing a
Posted by snipes824
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I’m approaching that too. Peaked in January*
Posted by Blazer
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Hard to argue*
Posted by OWWDig
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crazy how much harder md is playing.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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This is embarassing. Maybe they still are our Kryptonite *
Posted by bjl63
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I’m scared.*
Posted by nash
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Ok now I’m getting a little scared*
Posted by OB25
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We’ve reached the dumb shit keeps happening portion of the program. *
Posted by assassin
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Enough of Dre.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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4-18 from 3.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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I fucking hate refs sometimes*
Posted by snipes824
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I fucking hate missing shots sometimes*
Posted by apusikam
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that's all the time for me*
Posted by snipes824
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now this guard is gonna get confident and go all athletic guard on us*
Posted by apusikam
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Completely phantom call on that Mills drive. No contact at all.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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We can’t keep their guards in front on the perimeter*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Kylan is ok, but nobody else can stay in front*
Posted by Blazer
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Where was the foul there?*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Holy fuck nothing close to a foul. *
Posted by assassin
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How wagler gets reffed compared to other lead guards is truly maddening. Twitchy athletes
Posted by John Coctostan
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9/21 from 3, because of course *
Posted by meanjeans
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wut*
Posted by biclops
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Adams is a 25% shooter from deep*
Posted by Blazer
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They are shooting 45% on 3s. We are shooting 22% on 3s.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Fuck right off*
Posted by HeatMizer
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26%*
Posted by John Coctostan
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If Z sticks around, Fletch needs to work him to death. *
Posted by assassin
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Mirk takes some bizarre shots with guards on him.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Z was literally getting held on that last o rebound*
Posted by Blazer
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Then he gave up after fighting out of it. Weird. *
Posted by assassin
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Z is such a wuss on the boards. Goddam.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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He was completely held on that last one.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Maybe, but he was held on that one*
Posted by Blazer
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Mirk making stats. Keep it up young fella. *
Posted by harb
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he ran right into him
Posted by apusikam
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Flop. *
Posted by harb
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Washington got Deron’d*
Posted by Blazer
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He’ll be back on the floor in less than a minute *
Posted by meanjeans
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Yep*
Posted by Ron McDon
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100% perfect screen*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Z on non dunks is a nightmare. And then of course the 25% 3 shooter knocks it down*
Posted by John Coctostan
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And he dropped another dreb after a good blockout. Sigh*
Posted by John Coctostan
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He was held*
Posted by Blazer
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Under review?*
Posted by biclops
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You gotta check. And it took 10s. No problems with that*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Marathon eagle making a strong case against the Carfax fox for worst, most generic mascot.*
Posted by HeatMizer
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Keep getting in the paint, going to the rim*
Posted by Blazer
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Our shot quality is so much better than their shot quality.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Offense really clocking even without being able to hit an outside shot.*
Posted by OB25
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Officiating maddeningly inconsistent today*
Posted by Blazer
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Offense is death starring. *
Posted by assassin
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they missed*
Posted by apusikam
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Actually drawing fouls this half when we drive will help*
Posted by assassin
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That’s a big one*
Posted by John Coctostan
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They may not start missing them at this point.*
Posted by OB25
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Mills and Coit are decent shooters, just can’t give them such wide open looks*
Posted by Blazer
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This shit is what happens when you let bad teams hang around. Confident shooting all over*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Is that Wagler’s first and one of the season *
Posted by meanjeans
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Not even close
Posted by voiceofreason
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wut*
Posted by Blazer
|
sarcasm font? *
Posted by jdl
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Crazy finish from Keaton there. Maybe that gets him going*
Posted by Blazer
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Did not enjoy that 6 point swing on wide open threes right out of half*
Posted by OB25
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don’t forget about the fumbled rebound to boot.*
Posted by Ari Gold
|
Taking a deep breath, they have hit a ton of ridiculous shots
Posted by Blazer
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Agreed. 12 of their points are from ridiculousness. Let’s just efficiency the
Posted by voiceofreason
|
Agree mostly…but getting outrebounded is bad*
Posted by OWWDig
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We’ve missed more shots. We’re out rebounding them on OREB. *
Posted by assassin
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They have four points in the paint, two of which on that early breakaway dunk. *
Posted by assassin
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That Mills guy is the exact kind of player that Andrej should theoretically be guarding for us.
Posted by OB25
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Dre doesn’t have the lateral chops to guard a guy like that. He doesn’t have the desire as well,
Posted by voiceofreason
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Don’t know about that. He can absolutely do it. He just doesn’t actually do it enough*&
Posted by John Coctostan
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He completely locked up Coit in the first matchup*
Posted by Blazer
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Sure, but Coit is much smaller. Easier to recover with the length advantage. Mills moves
Posted by voiceofreason
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True, but still requires lateral movement to stay in front
Posted by Blazer
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Yep. Back to unplayable Andrej today*
Posted by Blazer
|
Pick your poison. Do you want to break the zone better or defend better?
Posted by assassin
|
Great half for Mirk. Otherwise, not great Bob.*
Posted by Ron McDon
|
I had forgotten how much I hate Buzz Williams and his stupid antics and vests*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
If they continue to double in the mid-post, have to keep going to it,
Posted by larue33
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I unfortunately just don't trust our shooting right now outside of jake davis*
Posted by snipes824
|
Huge overall dip from where we were a month ago. Hopefully starts to revert back the other way*
Posted by John Coctostan
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4-16 from 3, but up 3.*
Posted by Ari Gold
|
We need a team of Mirks*
Posted by Stu
|
Build the whole plane out of Mirks *
Posted by jdl
|
Mirk is a bulldozer today. Love it.*
Posted by voiceofreason
|
Thank god for Mirk*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
Mirk rules. *
Posted by assassin
|
How did Mirk get that in. Should have been a foul call. *
Posted by harb
|
How is that not an "and one"? *
Posted by jdl
|
They called the same one earlier. Couldn’t possibly call it again and be consistent*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
^^^ this. *
Posted by harb
|
And 1?*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
Mirk came to play today*
Posted by Blazer
|
Hummer guarding Coit is kind of hilarious *
Posted by jdl
|
on two straight possessions! wtf*
Posted by Poldark "After Austin Peay, we deserved one of these"
|
Nice cut and pass… and Jake actually took the layup (and looked good doing it)*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
the cuts are great
Posted by apusikam
|
Unbelievable half from Mirkovic*
Posted by OB25
|
He is a stud. *
Posted by harb
|
He’s LeBronning *
Posted by assassin
|
What a pass by Mirk to Jake. *
Posted by harb
|
Mirk is having a heck of a half*
Posted by OrangeSox
|
Dumb foul. *
Posted by harb
|
Z in the dunker spot is a zone cheat code*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
Don’t think Ben on Coit is the droid we are looking for*
Posted by Blazer
|
What are we doing on defense*
Posted by Blazer
|
Being unathletic. No one else can stay in front of Mills. It has knock down effects.*
Posted by voiceofreason
|
If neither KW or Dre is in, and Bos is guarding mills, who is supposed to guard him?*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
Would rather have Kylan at the point of attack*
Posted by Blazer
|
Don’t think Ben on Mills is gonna produce a better overall result*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
AJ Redd*
Posted by Ron McDon
|
That’s a walk*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
Get off the court, vesty*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
We just look like we’re running in cement*
Posted by Blazer
|
Can’t remember, is poking somebody in the eye a foul?*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
Multiple guys getting hit in the face this half. *
Posted by Memphian
|
Wagler has a right hip/lower back issue he's favoring if you watch him*
Posted by OrangeSox
|
Looked like lower back to me*
Posted by opossum jenkins
|
our hands in traffic all year*
Posted by snipes824
|
Absolute slop and then 27%. Cool*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
That call after what they just did on the other end to KW. Wtf are we doing*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
They can start missing any time now *
Posted by biclops
|
Unfortunately it looks like we’re doing this *
Posted by meanjeans
|
MD has thrown in some really tough shots*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
Theyre hitting some tough shots*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
|
Nice High Low game there. Somewhere Bill Self smiles at that.*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
Dre is truly an all or nothing guy. 20 plus or can’t play him*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
He’s also not useful against a 2-3 zone *
Posted by assassin
|
Might need to start him because it seems like his engagement is more consistent as a starter*
Posted by Ron McDon
|
100% this. Jake needs to be off the bench at this point to get the most out of Dre.*
Posted by JFG
|
4D chess by him*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
Obviously off them*
Posted by OB25
|
good challenge *
Posted by jdl
|
That’s our ball easily. *
Posted by assassin
|
Absolutely was last off Coit*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
Officiating starting to tighten up. Keep driving.*
Posted by voiceofreason
|
Terrible foul by Washington but Mirk absolutely traveled after the catch*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
Not a great showing for Dre so far*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
That was a really nice cut, just a nice block recovery block*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
3 and 5 seed? Wtf is he talking about*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
We got a good chuckle*
Posted by OWWDig
|
Typical MSU bias *
Posted by jdl
|
On the bank shot, Boswell got fooled by the "5, 4..." chant and shot with 8 seconds left*
Posted by Orangeillini
|
I don’t think he did, he looked up at the clock before shooting *
Posted by assassin
|
Agreed. Looked like he knew the clock, just took the shot that opened up*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
Ben and Jake are on roller skates against their athleticism out there. Woof.*
Posted by voiceofreason
|
Lolollllll take that Danny Miller*
Posted by Jackie
|
Lol*
Posted by apusikam
|
Ugh FUCK that guy*
Posted by Ron McDon
|
We have waited 25 years for that shot*
Posted by Jackie
|
BANK! (I heard him call it)*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
The bank is open*
Posted by Ron McDon
|
well, at least jake came to play today.*
Posted by Ari Gold
|
At least Jake can still shoot.*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
shouldn’t kb have a little more energy after being out a month?*
Posted by Ari Gold
|
What are you basing a lack of energy on?*
Posted by OB25
|
Absurd to call that on Boswell after allowing that contact*
Posted by OB25
|
best tomi passing i've seen in awhile*
Posted by snipes824
|
lol fuck that*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
Surprised they didn’t review for a hook and hold. *eyeroll**
Posted by DocWalk20
|
Nice ball patience and ball movement*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
KW has zero burst today. Less than usual*
Posted by CWR10
|
Yeah. Wondering if he’s sick or something. Looks completely flat and slow*
Posted by Blazer
|
I know he’s still been putting up numbers but he’s looked flat and slow to me for a while*
Posted by meanjeans
|
is 1-7 from 3 any good?*
Posted by Ari Gold
|
I blame John C for this start…
Posted by DocWalk20
|
One side definitely is snoozing*
Posted by bjl63
|
Does the team know they're playing for a two seed and triple bye in the BTT? Anyone wanna tell them?
Posted by OrangeSox
|
The panic over the perceived “effort” is absurd *
Posted by assassin
|
It’s been pretty sleepy on the D boards at least. O is basically just missing shots*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
Kinda? A lot of it is Z not surviving contact because he’s kinda weak w bad hands. *
Posted by assassin
|
Sure, but also MD is attacking them. We’re just standing a lot*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
Maryland is fouling on every drive and rebound. And zero calls.*
Posted by JFG
|
Very uninspired effort this far*
Posted by bjl63
|
We’ve got 4 steals and they hit 3 really tough shots early. Its the same thing as always for me…
Posted by OB25
|
What a mess*
Posted by opossum jenkins
|
Foul on 18*
Posted by biclops
|
Giving a shitty team life. Cool*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
just a step slow all over the place.*
Posted by Ari Gold
|
Washington is suddenly Yaxel Lendenberg out there *
Posted by biclops
|
I guess we’re just not calling any fouls today?*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
Letting a ton go*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
|
Except one on Wagler, apparently
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
|
Twinkle toes*
Posted by HeatMizer
|
Big Z might have the worst hands ever*
Posted by Ron McDon
|
Can Mirk dunk?*
Posted by UofIL6
|
One of these teams is playing hard, one isn’t.*
Posted by voiceofreason
|
Yep*
Posted by Blazer
|
The number of times I’ve watched a shit team suddenly decide to give their best effort of the year
Posted by meanjeans
|
When you are a top level program it is the norm. Have to match it.*
Posted by voiceofreason
|
We’re just good enough to be a trophy win, but not so good that people feel hopeless against us*
Posted by meanjeans
|
The Ivisic brothers are killing me lately. Get a damn rebound*
Posted by OB25
|
Or hit a fucking three. Seems like they haven't hit one in forever*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
|
grab the ball!*
Posted by Ari Gold
|
I hope Zvonimir didn’t re-break his nose *
Posted by biclops
|
Appears to have more damage to his hand
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
|
Had the same thought. At least he has the mask already.*
Posted by voiceofreason
|
Z got popped in the nose*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
Due for a team to shoot 80% on step back jumpers*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
Happy to continue to give up these kind of shots to MD*
Posted by Herman Blume
|
lol, the only reason you don’t call that hang on the rim a technical is because you don’t want to
Posted by meanjeans
|
Man, I so wanted that first shot to go down for Tomi*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
Somewhere RJ is apoplectic at that pull up dunk*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
Seriously*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
“39 career double doubles” stat for Boswell???*
Posted by OB25
|
Maryland still plays the Pedo “You Suck” song? In 2026?*
Posted by assassin
|
I’ve very much like an early big lead and a snoozer please*
Posted by John Coctostan
|
Big hopes for the Ivisic twins today *
Posted by biclops
|
I am preemptively sad*
Posted by Stu
|
I am preemptively “Holy cow! These guys could win the whole thing!” :) *
Posted by Philo
|
Libman!*
Posted by Stu
|
I am sad for you*
Posted by OWWDig
|
Brian Dorsey Paul Szelc Owen Shortt*
Posted by Poldark "After Austin Peay, we deserved one of these"
|
Will take that crew.*
Posted by DocWalk20
|
Just win, baby. *
Posted by osklister
|
Tidbits from Brad's Saturday press conference (medium long):
Posted by JFG
|
Now 7-7 in Q1. Win @USC fell to Q2 and home loss vs WI up to Q1*
Posted by biclops
|
Anyone know what we’re wearing today? *
Posted by aimlessillini
|
Orange tee under orange hoodie although it may get into the 70s today
Posted by timmer
|
Scratch that. Pulling out my Shield “I” golf shirt
Posted by timmer
|
#26
Posted by timmer
|
This drives me crazy
Posted by Blazer
|
huge survivor bias here, I suspect *
Posted by IlliniRunner
|
oooo
Posted by Blazer
|
Sunday March 8 2:00pm Fox*
Posted by biclops
|
IL -15.5 *
Posted by OB25
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