I agree but the coach needs to make that a part of the game plan. I'm not confident that he will...we'll see. I hope to see it.

That said, I'm happy they've kept it close but there's no way UConn doesn't start hitting those open 3's. This could easily have been a blowout

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Looking good UConn. Zippy, we’re at Kessler’s.

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F’n Underwood sucks. This is what they came up with during halftime?? Plus they have 2 guys who apparently have no interest in scoring.

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Underwood is hanging Hawkins out to dry by continuing to allow him to go 1 on 1 with Clingan. It makes absolutely no sense

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This could be a great big guy match up with Purdue.

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Ok just hedged it. Another profit locked in.

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That place looks very cool and we haven’t been there yet. Unfortunately I’m already 2 drinks in and that’s a 20 minute drive for me.

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“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
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Underwood is melting down. He is making horrible decisions. Wtf is Guerrier DOING while Dain sits?

Dainja and or Hansberry should be in Clingans face the rest of this game

Yeah that could be old school fun. Clingan looks considerably faster than Edey but it would be a nice test which could move him into the 1st round.

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“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
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It was obvious where the mismatch happened to be from the opening tip off of the game. He only has one player that stands a,chance against Clingan and he only plays him 4-5 minutes

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This is madness

UConn 21-0 Run

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Game over. Yup

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Welp....

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Go Boilers

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illinois legacy in shambles

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Amazing run of piss poor shot selection. Zero game plan.

I just do t know what underwood could have possibly thought he was seeing at halftime. They let clingan run wild for 8 minutes to start the half with no reaction.

Shannon was a no show. Hawkins too.

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Shannon driving to the hoop time and time again should CLEARLY been off the table when clingan is in there.

Can we go back to ignoring these guys for the next decade?

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Hansberry gonna have more minutes than Dainja. Fucking crazy

Yeah, I admire the strategy, I guess, but if it ain't working, they should have abandoned it.

I don't think any adjustments would have helped them, but it might have slowed the onslaught. UConn is fucking awesome. I don't know how they lost a game.

Most fun Illini season in quite a while, though.

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Not so much Hawkins, but Shannon for sure. Dainja didn't do much. So it goes.

The 2022 team (or was it 2021?) was significantly better, and they did nothing, so I am happy with this season.

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You can't continue to go with that mismatch when it was clear that it was an obvious mismatch from the start of the game though. Particularly when you have a better option on the bench

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You’re right, it was a very fun exciting ride. Beating UConn was always a long shot. Underwood defiantly looked right in the camera and said he didnt care if they had 100 blocks, they were driving in there no matter what. That’s madness.

Exactly. That's Underwood--he doesn't really make good adjustments. This is what happened when they lost to a much worse Loyola team a few years ago.

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LTG blaming the coach, imagine that

Dainja didn't play really. I won't ever fault a guy for not producing when he only played 6-7 minutes. And Hawkins didn't give them anything either. The only reason the game was close early is because of the play of Domask. He had 15 of their first 23 points. All while the game was still a game.

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