Illinois v OSU is a good game
Didnt know you could slide across the floor with the ball and not travel.
That sequence changed the game.
Curbelo travels, sliding across floor and moving his knee - no call
Pass bounces ON sideline (OSU players see it) but bounces to Ayo - no call
Ayo passes to Frazier for 3 - OSU had stopped playing bc OOB
WOW.
I saw a short clip of the Gonzaga center in the paint making a bunch of jukes before getting to the basket. Pretty sure (not 100%) it was Dickey V going on and on how good he is. I’m zero percent basketball expert, but I watched him pick up an move each foot - twice. No whistle...
Must have gone to the Tyler Hansbrough baskeball camp.
Absolutely. Ayo is a really good player with the ball in his hand but the offense also sort of stops when he's working and you can tell the guys around him just sort of wait. It's still a good offense but seeing them without Ayo for a bit shows a team with more flexibility and creativity.
I think Curbelo has one more year then off to the League with him. Has to develop his outside shot but otherwise he looks great.
Great game going on.
Curbello will be in the league after next year.
Can carve up any defender with ease.
Yeah the offense bogs down with Ayo out there. They all sit and wait for him to do something. Where he helps is on the defensive end with his length. I think they played the perfect game against us last time and we will get them back if we see them in the conference tourney.
I will say that while I loathe both fanbases and they can die in a fire for all I care... no one deserves to have Dick Vitale call a game they're in. No one.
I’m pulling for Ohio in this one ??♂️
If we play Illinois again we have to have better energy and for godsakes rebound
Don't think it was an energy thing, their team speed just stalled our offense... think Juwan can adapt and I actually hope we see Illinois again.
Beating Illinois would at least shut them up about being more deserving than us.
Dosunmu is money at the end of games my God
How did Washington score 30 on Michigan?
was wondering the same thing. he is a crap shot machine. if he played against michigan like that and there was half competent officiating, we would have won by 20
I want to play the turdbag Illini again
Ohio State are a bunch of chokers. Washington folded down the stretch once again. Haven't been the same since the coach started talking about gold charms for beating Michigan. Hate to see it.
Damn OSU falling apart. Ayo is a a monster even if they bog down.
Do you still think Michigan and Howard are terrible?
When did I say that? Illinois is a bad matchup against M, and M simultaneously shit the fucking bed against them. Unlike half the board who bandwagon’d onto the Howard train after Battle for Atlantis, I was hype from the get go.
Harbaugh on the other hand...
OSU definitely choked but my God these refs are awful
Their prick coach can come down and fist bump Holtman but walks off the court after our game.
Illinois closes out the game with a 9-0 run.
That's the second time. Against us they only scored something like 2 baskets in the last 10 minutes.
O$U is folding to end their season.
OSU played like shit to close out the game, but wow, the refs were sucking off Illinois the whole game. That was an obvious charge on Ayo
A couple minutes before that, Sueing fouled out charging into Curbelo. The plays were very similar. They should have been called the same way. One was a charge, one was a block. Both favored Illinois.
Given all the bullshit charge/block calls against us, I’m not shedding any tears for osu getting the short end of the stick, for once
Suckeyes choke.
Curbelo had 2 points on 3 shots and only played 12 minutes. Did you even watch the game?
Huh? He had like 18 or 20.
You may want to check the box score. Curbelo had 19. Frazier is the one that had only 3.
Uh, were you watching? Curbelo was one of their best players today (as he was against us).
How many points did he have ? Your only 17 pts short, did you even put down your drink?
Pathetic.
OSU blew this game so fucking hard. What was Duane Washington doing at the end? Got an offensive rebound and instead of running more clock, he drives into a wild shot at the rim. The next possession, he forces another wild shot at the rim with like 20 on the shot clock.
Wow. OSU was up by 4 with a little over 2 minutes to go, went scoreless the rest of the way, and lost by 5. It seemed like they were missing shots from all over the court.
It's too bad that both teams couldn't lose, but better for OSU to take the dishonor.
Four straight losses for OSU - nice!
Liddell is feeling it from downtown, so of course Washington goes all heroball and puts up 5 bricks in a row. Thanks for nothing Brutus.
I like to watch Washington play against anybody not named Michigan, because he's a black hole and a chucker with the confidence of a 90% 3 point shooter
He might get them to go down against us, but he literally loses his team games the rest of the year
How many games this year has Illinois escaped losses by the other team choking with a lead with 2 minutes left? At least 2
Off the top of my head I can think of three - Indiana, Nebraska (!) and OSU. And I think I’m forgetting one.
They’re a good team but we definitely got their A+ game.
The bright side is Illinois is likely the fourth 1 seed so we won’t see them til championship game if then. Would like a rematch in BTT to see if Juwan can make adjustments.
Why is this a bright side? This Illini team is not unbeatable and Mich doesn't need to be scared of them. Yes, they're good but so what. There are others. We're going to have to beat good teams along the way.
While I agree with your reasoning, It seems apparent that Cockburn presents issues for Dickinson/M that few other teams can match. Therefore avoiding them until late in the NCAA - (after we beat them in the B1G preferably) - is a good outcome.
Also it’s a travesty that Duke is 11-10 and is listed as first four out. As far as I’m concerned they would have to win ACC Tournament to make it that’s a horrible record.
Same reason why Michigan State is listed in the tournament, they want certain teams in there even if they stink.
Ratings, viewers, etc.
That's why Dickhead V. sucked whizzo's dick all night Thursday.
Kelser to Magic baby!!!!!!????
Well I can’t be too upset about OSU losing, but I’m sick of Illinois this year and wanted them to go down.
But whatever, we’re Big Ten champs. Deal with it Underwood.
Yea that was a great game. Loved seeing osu choke it away.
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Curbelo really blossomed without Ayo on the court.