Road game. Raucous crowd. Really solid Illinois team. Not many favorable whistles. No Geo Baker, our leader and arguably best player. No Myles basically. And we almost won. We are a GOOD basketball team.
I'm Impressed Even In Loss...
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We lost by three on the road in a game where our offense and rebounding was putrid.
I agree. I think this is still a top-5 team in the B1G this year (don’t forget we spent some of the middle of last season around 7th). Have to win these next few at home to keep those strong expectations alive!
this was my take. Our defensive execution was off the charts good. We were missing a huge piece in this game.
Agreed. We... will... be... fine. Illinois is not getting enough credit for the D they played and their hustle on the boards and 50/50 balls. Our offense is not all-world to begin with, but when we're up against a team that plays D and rebounds as well as we do, it's gonna be a struggle. We got a dose of our own medicine. They completely took us out of our rhythm, and Myles' foul trouble didn't help. With all that said, they were still only one bucket better than us today, in their place. I'm very optimistic about the rest of the season.
our defense was tremendous...the offense will come and go but the defense is always going to be there..thats a big positive
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