Illinois Post Game Thread

[navery12]

Hurley owns Underwood. Just miles better at pretty much every facet of in-game coaching.

Also Wagler is a stud. So much fun to watch.

One more!!!!

 

[KingAG]

UConn made plays when they needed to.

That was a solid win for UConn, now waiting for the winner of Michigan and Arizona

Mullins dagger and Reed's foul shots at the end put it away

Solid? Lmfao

 

[SubbaBub]

Duke would have blown the lead.

 

[Boost'ED]

Can we talk about Reed becoming Ray Allen from the free throw line this Tourney? He has stepped up in every way.

Kodiak Bear

Ray was giving Reed good mojo while watching in the stands!

 

[NewBlood]

How do we match up against Michigan? Zona is going to be tough with Peat physically

 

[KingAG]

Hurley can put his name in some insane conversations Monday night.

 

[FreeDogs]

Freaking A that was great! Let's go!!!!

 

[aboogieee]

Dan Hurley masterclass.

 

[lateralous]

They never take the opportunity to put the other team out of their misery when they have a chance for a kill shot but damn if they are not the most resilient team ever in the last minute or two

 

[HuskyFich]

But they were the best offense in the nation.

But they offensive rebound like a machine.

But they have multiple seven footers.

But they play in the top conference.

But we’re not done.

 

[FearThePups]

Can we talk about Reed becoming Ray Allen from the free throw line this Tourney? He has stepped up in every way.

Kodiak Bear

The whole team made 80% ? of their free throws

 

[Scottzer]

I’m going to enjoy watching sleepers media explain themselves for picking Illinois. Greg also has eaten a big pile after Tarris became a superstar.

 

[KingAG]

But they were the best offense in the nation.

But they offensive rebound like a machine.

But they have multiple seven footers.

But they play in the top conference.

But we’re not done.

Those God Damn analytics

 

[BlueWolf25]

I want Arizona again. Payback

Same. I bet Hurley, staff and players want that too

 

[Inyatkin]

Box score is incredible. So many contributions from so many guys. Total team effort

 

[visitor123]

We’ve beaten 3 top 10 KenPom teams with a chance for one more. I’m not a huge KenPom guy but anyone claiming an easy path is jealous and more importantly, wrong.

I was looking at Kenpom and all the titles in the last 25 years have been won by teams that finished in Kenpom Top 3 except '03 Syracuse, '11 UConn and '14 UConn. This would be the next team to do so. We just create our own trends.

 

[uh-no]

How do we match up against Michigan? Zona is going to be tough with Peat physically

i feel like arizona is the better matchup because karaban has a better mismatch against koa on offense than he does against yaxel

 

[BugsyCT]

 

[Bomber36]

It’s winning time!

 

[BGesus4]

These last 4 years have been a fever dream. Wtf is going on

 

[ec33]

Illinois fans can take a seat next to San Diego St, Duke, and UK fans in hating UConn

Zags.

 

[Hoophound]

Incredible.

 

[Mr. French]

That Silas rebound. Wow.

But seriously. The most “team” win of the entire year. So proud!!

Silas Ross and AK do SO MANY things that help us win in close games.

 

[husky8273]

amazing defense

 

[Giddyup5]

I had a dream…. We beat Duke, Illinois, Arizona 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Honestly…at this point. Have a day!!!

 

[gsmooth]

Kind of in disbelief that we’re still going. Loving every minute

After the Duke game I sat in my couch slumped for 1 hour looking completely catatonic. I was in shock and disbelief in a good way.

 

[Boost'ED]

Tarris Reed is such a beast. I know we made a lot of 3s but every play I was screaming get the ball to Reed. Dude grabbed so many boards too.

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Awesome photo!!

 

[Rocktheworld]

Checking in on the broken fan base of Finger Lake State

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[MJKI]

In 3 games vs us, Illinois is 18/78 from 3. Dan is an absolute defensive genius. Just putting their players in bad positions and forcing tough 3s against a team that was allergic to sharing the ball. Dan for Naismith HOF after this year and I’m not joking

 

[Kitaman]

In a complimentary way, I still don't think we've played our best ball.