goblue16

January 11th, 2016 at 10:13 AM ^

Purdue was a terrible matchup for us I still think we have a great chance at upsetting Maryland. Iowa probably beats us by double digits

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ijohnb

January 11th, 2016 at 10:16 AM ^

Purdue never shoots like they did against us from deep.  We got what we expected inside, but I did not expect an onslaught of contested threes to fall.  For a team that can body Purdue they are very beatable assuming they don't go 11-19 from deep.

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Rick Grimes

January 11th, 2016 at 10:19 AM ^

Yeah I was looking up scores from the day's basketball action when I happened to see the score from this game. I was quite confused and wondered how Purdue could lose at Illinois when Michigan won there. With that result, I'm thinking Purdue isn't a real contender to win the conference.  

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twohooks

January 11th, 2016 at 10:22 AM ^

Happen in the B1G every year from preceived bottom tier teams, in any conference for that matter. I hope your not pacing the hallway wondering how this happened)

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LSAClassOf2000

January 11th, 2016 at 10:36 AM ^

I watched most of it actually - Malcolm Hill and Kendrick Nunn basically had a fantastic night indeed, accounting for what I would estimate to be 60%-ish of Illinois' entire offense. I think Hill ended up with 30 points by himself actually - without him and Nunn, Illinois really was shooting at a meh sort of clip, but you never know who is going to have one of those nice games, right?

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BlueIsland

January 11th, 2016 at 1:00 PM ^

This is what pisses me of the most with Coach. Once a big fouls, they get an auto-sub. Protect the rim or aggressive defense and foul, you're pulled. What incentive is there for the Bigs to play physical and aggressive?

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SDCran

January 11th, 2016 at 11:27 AM ^

This wasn't Illinois just having a great shooting game. On offense, Illinois got good shot after good shot. On defense, Purdue couldn't get anything going with their bigs against the same Ill defense that Donnal dominated.

I agree with those that said 'match ups, match ups'. But on paper, this was a bad match up for Illinois. Weird game.

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champswest

January 11th, 2016 at 11:38 AM ^

Timing. Teams don't play at the same level all the time, either. We caught Purdue at their place after they had just been thumped by Iowa, so they were all fired up. Then Illinois gets Purdue at home after Purdue had just beaten us. Purdue didn't look like they were playing defense with the same intensity as they did against Michigan, which may have helped Illinois shoot as well as they did. Maybe we will catch Maryland at a good time, coming off a last second win.

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UMfan21

January 11th, 2016 at 1:14 PM ^

it's about matches and hot shooting. it's why I don't worry about losses. as long as Beilein has the team peaking at the right time, and we get a good tournament draw, we will always have a shot to make noise.

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Zoltanrules

January 11th, 2016 at 3:14 PM ^

The guy is a major talent and was absent vs Sparty and his head was probably elsewhere before. I'm sure he will leave for the NBA early to support his family.

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