Illinois Post Game Thread

[JungleLobo]

Really? Didn’t we have the hardest path?

“The B1G is the best conference this season”

“UConn had the easiest path”

Pick a lane people

 

[TheShot1990]

What type of foul was this on Silas? A Neck-to-the-hand?

You guys know more about basketball than I do, but I used to think the guy grabbing the neck was the fouler.

 

[El Obrero]

Great win!
But we don’t hang Final Four banners.

 

[BarkingDog]

Tarris Reed with a big double double. Thought Silas had a great game as well and contributions from just about everyone. And the defense was exceptional. Again .

Might as well win the whole thing now.

 

[Mets1432]

What type of foul was this on Silas? A Neck-to-the-hand?
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You guys know more about basketball than I do, but I used to think the guy grabbing the neck was the fouler.

It was a terrible call designed to keep Illinois in the game. There were a few others in the 2nd half.

 

[UCfor3]

Reed 5/5 FT
Let's go

Went from Shaq to Curry in like 2 weeks. Transformational and incredible. Credit to Tarris.

 

[HailUConn]

Now we have as many title appearances in 4 years as Cuse's entire history.

 

[305Husk]

Imagine if both Karaban and Mullins find their stroke Monday

 

[formerlurker]

Sorry, @RuffRuff it's part of my mojo now. @Matrim55 make sure to give a thumbs down.



NEVER FORGET

 

[Doctor Hoop]

We don’t always shoot it great, but we have lots of guys who CAN shoot it great, including Smith, Ross and Stewart. Ball had his best game in a while, and we had solid FT shooting.

Michigan or Arizona will have their hands full. I get the impression that during the tournament almost every team we play has never seen defense as fierce as they face from us.

 

[sdglast]

Hurley is the greatest coach in the game right now and, if he wins Monday night, can certainly be put on Calhoun's level, and I never thought we would see anyone like Calhoun here at UConn again. It's unreal!!

 

[Marat]

3-0 vs Big Ten, and 1-0 vs overall #1. Not bad so far.

 

[Boost'ED]

That photo may need to be taken in landscape if we're fortunate to win again Monday!

The look on the face of that Illinois fan in the left of that photo sums up everything (not to be too salty to Illinois, who played a very good game).

 

[huskdogs]

tonight we are all zona fans

 

[BugsyCT]

 

[traitor71]

What type of foul was this on Silas? A Neck-to-the-hand?
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You guys know more about basketball than I do, but I used to think the guy grabbing the neck was the fouler.

How dare anyone use their neck in such a fashion.

 

[Umami Zen]

Great team win .Bench was the X- factor. Five down-One to go. These dudes are gonna win 35 games this year!

 

[ec33]

I want Arizona again. Payback

Reed getting revenge against Michigan wouldn't be a bad consolation prize.

 

[RuffRuff]

Team win. Went about exactly as expected - outcoached, out-executed. Nothing flashy. Felt like we could have won by 20 if some in-outs went down.

Dan Hurley will never lose to Brad Underwood.

Hurley is the greatest coach in the game right now and, if he wins Monday night, can certainly be put on Calhoun's level, and I never thought we would see anyone like Calhoun here at UConn again. It's unreal!!

There are many saying he's K/Wooden level.

 

[bigdog1002]

So satisfying to silence the sea of orange

 

[jibsey]

We have gained confidence going thru this gauntlet and hopefully it keeps going

 

[uconn1999]

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!!!!

Wagler might be why they lost. Jackin 3s (2-10)

 

[TRest]

Kind of think the second game is going to be a dog

 

[NewBlood]

Imagine if both Karaban and Mullins find their stroke Monday

It’s coming. It’s Alex’s Last game. Monday night magic

 

[RioDog]

Cupping, suction cups to bring blood to surface helps in healing bruises

That's some Medieval sh!+ right there...

 

[blkknight1]

I remember early in the year that we were all concerned that our FT shooting was going to cost us. But everyone seems to have found their stroke from the line only 1 miss tonight.

 

[Cheddie]

The refs wanted to keep Illinois in it. They went on a 9 minute FG drought while going on a 10-0 run. Ridiculous.

Also, my only real complaint was Dan icing the starters in the 2nd half. He got to cute with the lead and went with the bench lineup for 2 minutes 2 long. The starters came in cold and the offense dried up. Lucky to hold on.

BRING ON MICHIGAN / ARIZONA

I was yelling at the TV to bring the starters in so they wouldn't get too cold. A bit of a gamble by Dan Hurley, but it worked.

 

[uconnbaseball]

Reed has hit his free throws in every single game so far. The early UCLA free throws when we otherwise were struggling were massive.

 

[housekeys]

Talking heads before the game on why UConn has a chance: "the heart of a champion". Cliche.

Reality: UConn is damn good at basketball. There is NO team better; never mind the "heart of the champion", which is ALSO true.

 

[FearThePups]

They did what they had to do. Now it's just a waiting game.

I think we can beat either if we play out A game.

A lot of salty fan bases right now claiming we had an easy path even though we took down the number 1 overall seed.

Jealous and petty. Beating UCLA. MSU. Duke and Illinois was the easy path? I guess they have to come up with an asinine excuse.