Illinois Post Game Thread

[Dove]

Imagine if both Karaban and Mullins find their stroke Monday

And Solo.

 

[BugsyCT]

Another good one from tonight - this one alone is a UConn Mt Rushmore - Kemba, Rip, Emeka & Ray.

EDIT: sorry, this is from 2023

 

[Devland]

I was pretty confident at halftime because I kept thinking about the last time they played Illinois in the tournament and Underwood refused to make any adjustments. Maybe he doesn't realize you're allowed to make adjustments

 

[Umami Zen]

I beg to differ, there is going to be a ton of people looking to dump their tickets:

Pretty sure Bill M went to Regis College in Denver

 

[Scottobot]

Hope the kevin ollie shoutout didn’t trigger anyone!!!

Hurley shows class with that

 

[noelle]

But they maintained the lead for a few minutes which rested the starters

yea that was the problem. they rested a bit too long

 

[Mets1432]

So r

Remind me again, what high major school are you the coach?

UCDZ look it up.

 

[nomar]

Maybe we are not that bad. I know we have no chance on Monday but we looked competent in stretches against Illinois.

In seriousness, while I did not expect this to happen, I have consistently said all year long that while we can play poorly, we can also beat any team any day of the week when we play well. Not really going out on a limb there given who we did beat this season. The funny thing is we can apparently beat any team without playing all that well offensively.

Kenny Smith made some great points about the UConn system. The staff knows who to go after and how to coach them up. And our teams are clutch. I once heard someone explain that being clutch doesn't mean you play better under pressure; it means you keep playing your game when others wilt under the pressure.

 

[AdamaNation]

For this team to get to the final game, with all those close games all season, losses to Big East teams, blowing a chance at a BE title twice, that's a heckuva job by this team and a great coaching job by Hurley in this tourney.

On to another championship game!

Proves our conference is an issue. At least the officiating

 

[JungleLobo]

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

Going for tourney win #19 to tie a guy named Hurley

 

[Scottobot]

I love Bill Raferty getting the call. He is perhaps the greatest all time.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Checking in on the broken fan base of Finger Lake State

NCAA Final Four Games Thread for Sat Apr 4

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[Giddyup5]

Guys help me out. I'm a one year removed student. I can get a ticket to the game Monday. Cheapest way to get there that doesn't involve driving from CT to Indianapolis?

I’ll pay for a reasonable flight

 

[HuskyHawk]

Wow. Quite a performance. We missed a ton of layups, credit Illinois bigs for making us rush. Wagler is a heck of a player, but I’m not sure I’ve seen anybody get away with more push offs. He’s an offensive foul machine. We got a few calls. They got a few. Some big clutch shots from multiple guys. Defense continues to be underrated. We made things really hard for them.

 

[bendm]

Zona's guards are much better - Krivas is much more stout, Peat plays a more traditional and explosive 4.

I'm honestly not sure.

Line on this one flipped to Zona, interesting.

Part of me likes that UM hasn't seen us, and that Mara is flimsy in the torso, Tarris can move him.

I think Zona's guard would give us a REALLY hard time about now.

Krivas has 5 lbs on Mara and is an inch shorter. How is Johnson not a traditional 4? I think Yaxel would be giving us a hard time the whole game. Agree the backcourt is their weakness.

 

[jostar1]

 

[JakeTheDog]

Hope the kevin ollie shoutout didn’t trigger anyone!!!

Let’s hope not. People need to realize that by acknowledging KO, Dan is acknowledging that 2014 championship team. Dan respects our history and the fact that those guys still show out for the program.

 

[Matrim55]

Another good one from tonight - this one alone is a UConn Mt Rushmore - Kemba, Rip, Emeka & Ray.

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That one's from 2023.

 

[jostar1]

 

[mhshuskies]

We get Bill Murray for at least one more game!

But it sucks that Luke is going to bc, otherwise I would wish him luck, but not to the evil empire!

 

[temery]

Going for tourney win #19 to tie a guy named Hurley

Alex has a much better tournament record than Hurley.

 

[Umami Zen]

At this point all the so called blue bloods should be asking us to join our club. Blue Blood isn't even worth talking about anymore.

As Ian Eagle said as game was winding down and it was clear we would win- "UConn is the bluest of the blue bloods"

 

[bendm]

But it sucks that Luke is going to bc, otherwise I would wish him luck, but not to the evil empire!

Empire of what, sucking?

 

[thekollieman]

outside of that brief stretch with the starters out in the 2nd half, comfortable game as predicted.

silas o rebound then braylon dagger sealed it. these two have been unbelievable

In between those two moments: a heads-up play by Solo to pass on a wide open three in order to milk the clock!

 

[TheShot1990]

i was happy for Solo (and all of us) for him to see a few 3s start to fall, even if I screamed out "NO!!!" on the last one that went in. Hope he's found his stroke just in time.

 

[husky8273]

Guys help me out. I'm a one year removed student. I can get a ticket to the game Monday. Cheapest way to get there that doesn't involve driving from CT to Indianapolis?

where do you live?

 

[Inyatkin]

I think Zona's guard would give us a REALLY hard time about now.

Yes. Keep it going. One more game

 

[dennismenace]

Reed 5/5 FT
Let's go

26/34 for the ncaa tourney

 

[TheShot1990]

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

I stand corrected. It was not a neck-to-the-hand call. It was an OMG-80%-of-this-stadium-is-about-to-go-home-tomorrow call.

 

[cellocgg]

I’ll pay for a reasonable flight

Is the move to fly to Cincinnati instead?