Illinois Post Game Thread

[Mets1432]

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.

 

[Nameless]

Nah we have to figure that snit out. Can’t keep giving up leads.

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

 

[JMick]

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.

 

[thekollieman]

They looked at the full possession and determined that the initial reset of the clock at the start of the possession was wrong so the hail mary ended up being in time

That’s what they said, but I went back and watched the whole possession over and that explanation was nonsense.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Up to 6 in KP @RuffRuff 😀

 

[blkknight1]

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

Illinois played out of character because of UConn’s defense. The studio guys could have acknowledged that. The guys on the call did.

 

[thekollieman]

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.

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.

 

[Excalibur]

That’s what they said, but I went back and watched the whole possession over and that explanation was nonsense.

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.

 

[superjohn]

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.

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.

 

[TroyHall98]

I told all you worry wort weenies in the Scouting Report thread we had this taken care of. Statement win

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!

 

[RuffRuff]

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.

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.

 

[KingAG]

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

I’m not worried in the slightest. Just would like to make things easier on ourselves. Get some walk ons in the game haha

 

[Excalibur]

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.

That is an impressive level of making stuff up.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Keep Reed in bubble wrap until Tuesday.

 

[superjohn]

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.

Wow

 

[Palatine]

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.

Ross also had a nice line to the basket that drew two defenders. He missed the shot but Reibe got an easy putback. Just a play in the game. But a possession where we didn't have to settle for a three.

 

[Marat]

Shout out to the UConn crowd. It must have been at least 75/25, if not 80/20. I wasn't expecting that black Friday.

 

[ColchVEGAS]

That court was terrible on the eyes.

 

[Mr. French]

Ross annd AK were awesome today. Reibe was excellent. Malachi was INCREDIBLE.

Solo was really good despite shooting poorly. It’s not great that his shooting is this off, but I’m still not freaked out. He’s playing great in general and rebounding.

He still gets blown by on D way too easily.

 

[jostar1]

 

[Hunt for 7]

I am so shocked we got that miracle Smith shot back. What was the rationale?

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.

But it reset to 30 seconds first then flipped to 20 seconds with all that going on it becomes almost impossible to get it down to the tenth of a second. I think it just fell under there was so much wrong with the clock operation they did not have enough evidence to overturn the call.

Not sure that clock operator keeps their job after that. Even though it was a dagger we would have still been up 7 points with 1:17 left. We can do the math on that and it would probably say we win the game more than 95% of the time.

 

[aceboon]

 

[Excalibur]

Wow

Consistent with his MO here for 25 years.

 

[metsfan2323]

Our best lineup may eventually be with Mullins at the 2 and Reed at the 3.

Edit: Ross at 3.

 

[Excalibur]

But it reset to 30 seconds first then flipped to 20 seconds with all that going on it becomes almost impossible to get it down to the tenth of a second. I think it just fell under there was so much wrong with the clock operation they did not have enough evidence to overturn the call.

Not sure that clock operator keeps their job after that. Even though it was a dagger we would have still been up 7 points with 1:17 left. We can do the math on that and it would probably say we win the game more than 95% of the time.

That’s why you look at the game clock. 20 seconds had not elapsed since the offensive rebound.