Illinois Post Game Thread

[RedStickHusky]

That is an impressive level of making stuff up.

Especially when talking about a guy that gave us tough minutes on an obviously still injured ankle.

 

[navery12]

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.

This post is Exhibit A of what I was talking about yesterday and why nobody respects your opinion. We just beat a top 15 team at MSG and you come here to post this idiocy.

We're 7 games into the season and you have trashed basically every UConn rotation player already

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

This post is Exhibit A of what I was talking about yesterday and why nobody respects your opinion. We just beat a top 15 team at MSG and you come here to post this idiocy.

We're 7 games into the season and you have trashed basically every UConn rotation player already

It's a pretty marked contrast to Hurley's comments on Reed post-game.

 

[huskiemaniac]

How's that any different than here?

Smith and Reibe were the stories of the game. Reibe's progression game to game is fun to watch. He's turning into a weapon.

James Breeding continues to be the worst.

It’s different because we’re fans…I have trouble sleeping when they lose. Live and die on every play…turnovers and missed shots are brutal. We may be overly critical at times but it’s because we love our team. Fox postgame guys don’t have that excuse.

 

[Mister P]

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.

Hurley during today’s post game presser.

“ Tarris Reeds courage. I mean Tarris is probably a week ahead of when he should have played but that guy was a total warrior today getting on the court “

 

[TheHorde]

I came away impressed with Smith, Reibe, and Ross especially today. Much better job on the boards. We got beat by guard penetration a fair amount today so that’s one thing to work on, but overall a strong defensive effort. I liked the screening, passing, and movement without the ball today.

 

[Inyatkin]

Hurley during today’s post game presser.

“ Tarris Reeds courage. I mean Tarris is probably a week ahead of when he should have played but that guy was a total warrior today getting on the court “

Hurley’s opinion is nice but has he asked the guy who loves to trash our players?

 

[dalydosehoops]

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[Khal Drogo]

I need to see a replay again because I feel like I saw something different than everybody else. On the replay they showed of the "shot that didn't hit the rim", I swear I saw on the rebounding that someone (couldn't see who or what team) tipped the ball back towards the basket and the ball just barely nicked the rim. If that really happened, the clock would have reset then and the ensuing shot would count. I am doubting what I thought I saw because no one else seemed to see it. But it WOULD explain the call that everyone is arguing about.

You’re not crazy. I saw that replay and it did look like the ball hit the rim. The announcers said nothing so I assumed it was the camera angle.

 

[superjohn]

This is in the pantheon of stupidest things ever seen on the 'yard.

His first crush was the freshmen not playing at UConn and now he's gone all in on a bunch of 3rd-6 year transfers (Michigan) being this unstoppable juggernaut and a matchup nightmare for us. He thinks their talent blows away ours which is fine. It's annoying and nonsensical that he does this and that he always takes shots at our guys while doing it but whatever.

It's one thing to critique and be critical of the play of our players (good and bad.) We all do that and we should do that but RuffRuff makes these wild declarations that we only have three plus players on our entire team and now he's questioning the heart of a player on our team who is playing injured. There is no damn reason to do that, it's ridiculous and there is no basis for it.

 

[upstater]

Now I’m not following. If it’s a shooting foul at all then it’s gotta be count the basket and he shoots 1.

Edit: I think I understand… the actual time of foul from your perspective (i.e., when the whistle blew) was BEFORE the 2:10 game clock stop time. Thus, it was within the 20 seconds that started at 2:32… can’t (maybe, maybe not) have phantom time to continue the shooting motion, and if not, you can’t count the basket. But he was still shooting a three, so, three shots. Interesting perspective. I appreciate it for sure.

But again, when you say it's 2:32, that was the time the ball clanged off the rim. The actual time that Reibe gained possession and the 20 second clock started was a second or two later.

 

[upstater]

They can review a play to see if a whistle was blown late. All I'm saying is that it seems totally appropriate for a player to follow the official shot clock and that, in cases where the malfunction prejudiced the team with the ball, the officials should go back in time to whenever it "malfunctioned" -- whether because it erroneously stopped or reset. I would have been really ticked off if we lost possession because of the shot clock operator.

Anyway, we won, the shot was awesome, and the result was awesome. The 11-0 Illinois run wasn't, but a 13-point lead over a good team is a great win any way you slice it.

This is only if time expired. Then they can go back in time.

I agreed with that and so I wrote that in the post you were responding to.

In this case, they can't go back in time because the 20 seconds had not yet expired when he was fouled.

I'm also not sure of which reset your are talking about. The announcers were confused. The clock operator did not mess up in the first instance; the clock reset when Malachi's shot hit the rim and Reibe came down with the rebound. That was proper and by the book.

What was improper was his clock reset after the Karaban shot.

 

[superjohn]

 

[CL82]

Weird comment considering that we led the whole game.

Well sure, but other than that..

 

[Rocktheworld]

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

When did Illinois take the lead from us? I just have missed it

 

[upstater]

I understand what you’re saying, and it isn’t true: Reibe has the ball in two hands with 2:32 on the game clock and a reset shot clock. Either way, it’s beside the point. The explanation given for the ruling was this: “So apparently, the prior shot, which did hit the rim (okay)… clock reset to 20, but, that last flail was within the original 30” … that is nonsense.

No... that wasn't the explanation given.

This screenshot also doesn't capture the reset of the clock which did not happen at 2:32.

It happened at 2:31 or 2:30.

This makes all the difference.

Look at this screenshot: 2:29 on the clock. 19 seconds on the play clock. If the guy hadn't reset the clock after Karaban's miss, the play clock would have expired at either 2:11 or 2:10. Malachi was fouled before 2:11 (the whistle came at that time) but he let the ball go at 2:10.

[For some reason my screenshot off of youtube tv is just blacked out, but trust me the clock reset properly, and at 2:29, the play clock was at 19 seconds.]

How could the refs make any other ruling?

 

[Scottobot]

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.

Toughing out pain was exactly what he did by playing today.

 

[Gurleyman]

There’s a little bit of human reaction time on a shot clock reset - you have to see possession clearly and then push one of two buttons. It’s never going to reset the instant someone squeezes the ball.

But if they did a film review with a stopwatch, maybe that’s when they would have to start it.

 

[GHSWolverines]

I think the math is off.

Malachi missed and the ball hit the rim but the clock resets when possession is ESTABLISHED. NOT when the ball hits the rim.

This is why 2:32 is not the correct time for the original reset.

It's more like 2:31 or 2:30.

So when the ref blows the whistle on Malachi's shot, the clock reads 2:11.

For argument sake, you could say that Malachi was fouled within the 20 seconds BUT he let the ball go AFTER the 20 seconds had run out. So you wipe away the 3 and give him 3 foul shots.

Kollieman's math and understanding is bad on this one.

I am a high school math teacher. Maybe I should pose this question to my students.
Lol

 

[Rocktheworld]

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.

Except, you know, when he played through the remainder of the game he actually got hurt in to make sure we won

But I’m late to this thread, I’m sure you’ve gotten appropriately roasted for this nonsense

 

[upstater]

I got it from seeing Reibe gain possession of the rebound and have the shot clock reset with 2:32 on the game clock. Then the whistle for the shooting foul stopped the clock at 2:10. The weird thing about the freeze frame I attached is it shows 30 on the shot clock, which was a momentary flash before it said 20 and began counting down (an anomaly I noticed throughout the broadcast).

This is wrong. Show me a 20 playclock with 2:32 on the screen. I can show you a 2:29 screenshot with 19 seconds.

I took a shot of my screen with my camera.

 

[dennismenace]

I just went back and rewatched that possession from the beginning. The ultimate explanation from the announcers was not true. In the original shot clock, Smith missed a layup off the rim and they reset the clock properly. Then Karaban’s shot didn’t hit the rim, but they improperly reset the clock.

In my opinion, they handled it incorrectly: it should have been UConn possession on the baseline with about 3 second on the shot clock. The basket should not have counted because it was released after the shot clock would have expired. However, it should not have been a turnover to Illinois because the reality on the floor was a reset shot clock, and the players responded to the live ruling. So, in my opinion, they made the wrong determination to count the basket and also offered a factually untrue explanation for that decision.

Good in depth reply. It sounds like a correct answer on a philosophy test.

 

[gsmooth]

Solo is so good from midrange and at the basket right now that if he could just shoot 38% from 3 he would sleepwalk to 18-20 points a game. if he wasn't still lighting it up in practice I doubt Hurley would give him free reign to hoist them up, hoping it eventually bounces back in his favor but he hasn't shot it well from 3 in any game yet dating all the way back to the exhibitions.

Dating back to the end of the regular season from last year.

 

[Scottobot]

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.

I don’t know why so much obsession about that call. The refs made a lot of mistakes and bad calls today. It was an awful crew and in my opinion the mistakes mostly benefited Illinois.

Also the clocks on TV aren’t always the real
clocks.

 

[RedStickHusky]

This post is Exhibit A of what I was talking about yesterday and why nobody respects your opinion. We just beat a top 15 team at MSG and you come here to post this idiocy.

We're 7 games into the season and you have trashed basically every UConn rotation player already

On a side note though, I might drop a couple quid to see Ruffy ask Tarris for his thoughts on the matter... In a face-to-face setting, I mean.