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Illinois Post Game Thread

Hi-Low said:
The FOX studio guys on the postgame all criticized the call..... said it should have been a shot clock violation...someone needs to whisper in their ears they are completely wrong.
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Math is not their strong suit.
 
We have an excellent 1/2 punch at the 5.

Smith is a big time player. He was huge vs Arz we got the lead with him on the floor, if he stays in who knows. We extended the lead a couple of times today with him on the floor.

The depth is great guys can dominate for a half and then disappear but someone else steps up.

Couple of things a couple of breaks where Stewart got the ball and was determined to get to basket should have given it up it was 2 on 1 the first time and 3 on 1 the second.
Think we have to be more aggressive when we go through these lulls in shooting to many settled for jumpers.

Very good win now it’s on to Lawrence and slaying the dragon that is Kansas.
 
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Gutter King said:
Eric, with his back to the basket, spun to his right along the baseline and laid in with his left hand. He's going to be quite the player for us.
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off the glass, even. I don't recall any of our 5s doing that.
 
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Excalibur said:
Let’s be 100% clear. The shot clock call was 100% correct. Karaban rebounded the ball as the clock went from 2:30 to 2:29. On the whistle, there was 2:10 left. He got it off in time.
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For some reason the studio guys Jacobson and Ellis were adamant that was a bad call. Maybe they didn't understand the explanation.
 
Dare I say we looked better as a whole with Reibe in today. He was very good. Solo shot still not falling and 2 air balls. Under 25% on the season now. Ouch.
 
KingAG said:
Nah we have to figure that snit out. Can’t keep giving up leads.
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I mean we had people in a span of about 5 minutes go from saying we are one of the best teams in the country to panicking about how we were going to lose this game when we were still up 10, lol. Seemed a little bit too reactionary to me. Then again, I know that's the norm around here haha.

I get what you're saying and I don't like seeing us blow leads either. I'm just not worried about it. Refs gave Dybantsa a good whistle in the BYU game, Illinois got a pretty one sided whistle once we were up big in this one. Shooting also went ice cold both games. We should probably scheme around the poor shooting a bit better, but I'm confident the staff will sort that out. We still won by double figures
 
We have to stop holding the ball forever when we're up 10+ with 10 minutes to go. All of our worst play has come from 10:00-2:00 left in the game. It was fine in 23/24 because those guys had crazy killer instincts and would find a bucket on their own. But that's a huge luxury and not something you can count on reliably.
 
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huskiesNhoos said:
The Fox postgame was odd...all of them basically trashing the good guys saying how ugly a win it was, and then declaring it was completely out of character for Illini to play how they did. If I didn't catch the end of the game and saw it, I'd think they won
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Illinois played out of character because of UConn’s defense. The studio guys could have acknowledged that. The guys on the call did.
 
bendm said:
There were 2 offensive rebounds during the possession. After the first The clock should have reset to 20 seconds because the ball touched the rim but the clock did not reset. After The second rebound the clock did reset but it should not have because the ball didn’t touch the rim. The refs correctly ruled that Smiths 3 and foul should be upheld because it happened within 20 Seconds of the first offensive rebound.
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The clock DID reset on the first shot. I had to go back because that whole situation stunk to me and the explanation does not hold up to inspection.
 
thekollieman said:
That’s what they said, but I went back and watched the whole possession over and that explanation was nonsense.
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I will try to explain it one more time. We got an offensive rebound as the clock went from 2:30 to 2:29. The foul and shot happened at 2:10. Math says that the shot clock would not have expired if it wasn’t reset. Shot counts. Correct call.
 
Mets1432 said:
Dare I say we looked better as a whole with Reibe in today. He was very good. Solo shot still not falling and 2 air balls. Under 25% on the season now. Ouch.
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We did but that's because Tarris was at 20%. It's pretty awesome that the drop off shouldn't be too big when Eric comes in and there should be some two big looks as the season goes on. They are very different players and could cause all sorts of matchup problems.
 
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JustbrewitMan said:
I told all you worry wort weenies in the Scouting Report thread we had this taken care of. Statement win
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I own my bad take. Loved the ball movement and aggressiveness in the first half. They followed that up with wining the physical battle in the second half to get the lead up to 21. The depth was shown in this game. The 11-0 run was worrying but they got what they needed on offense and rebounded effectively to end the game. Great win!
 
Palatine said:
It's getting to the point where Ross is quietly effective. No real splash plays today but he made a difference.

Reed tried to force things today. Not his game. Don't blame him but he will learn from this.
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Reed doesn’t strike me as the kind of kid that can tough out some pain. His body language was lousy today. Reibe was the better player when in.

That cut by Ross for the easy dump down is exactly the kind of headsy plays we need out of that role. These are the kind of things Stew doesn’t do.
 
Nameless said:
I mean we had people in a span of about 5 minutes go from saying we are one of the best teams in the country to panicking about how we were going to lose this game when we were still up 10, lol. Seemed a little bit too reactionary to me. Then again, I know that's the norm around here haha.

I get what you're saying and I don't like seeing us blow leads either. I'm just not worried about it. Refs gave Dybantsa a good whistle in the BYU game, Illinois got a pretty one sided whistle once we were up big in this one. Shooting also went ice cold both games. We should probably scheme around the poor shooting a bit better, but I'm confident the staff will sort that out. We still won by double figures
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I’m not worried in the slightest. Just would like to make things easier on ourselves. Get some walk ons in the game haha
 
RuffRuff said:
Reed doesn’t strike me as the kind of kid that can tough out some pain. His body language was lousy today. Reibe was the better player when in.

That cut by Ross for the easy dump down is exactly the kind of headsy plays we need out of that role. These are the kind of things Stew doesn’t do.
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That is an impressive level of making stuff up.
 
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