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Solid first few possessions of the 2nd half. Glad those halftime adjustments worked

Illinois challenging us for dumb plays and inability to make uncontested layups has kept us in this game. The whistle is helping us too.

Let's make the high percentage, disciplined play that gets us points instead of the low percentage, trying for SC Top 10 that results in another turnover.

We're lucky to be down only 4. We've been getting worked and Ill has missed a lot of uncontested bunnies and haven't gotten the whistle. Edit: 1

It's been a thing for a lot of the season. I'd say positioning has a lot to do with it. We get in rotations and then can't rebound when they do miss.

Oof, "getting outworked"

We're doing the things that have gotten us beat - giving up offensive rebounds, turning it over, leaving shooters open, etc.

Bates getting all the way to the bucket? Yes, please

Kopp getting worked on defense, again.

Is Melendez getting paid by the missed layup? We appreciate it!

Kopp took the 3!!!

Why? What are you hoping to achieve by slapping him on his back/side?

Rogers (?) for Ill has had some good minutes too. I'd prefer a win because of what we did and not what the opponent is missing. A win is a win though right?

Possibly, my point was bringing a player like XJ back compared with a Race or Gallo is a little different. It's always possible XJ comes back and tries to do too much both shooting and making plays that aren't there. Gallo and Race don't typically press (Race has a bit at times) like XJ has a tendency to do. That could be good or bad.

Abilene Christian vs Grand Canyon has really good flow and pace. I thought that would be impossible with Larry Scirotto officiating. Which Big 1.o game will he be officiating in a few hours?

We could use the XJ that ended last season and the good from the Xavier and UNC games. I'm not sure the impact an XJ returning from injury while pressing would look with this team. He was already a hot/cold type player but if he's that cold and pressing... that could get extremely rough.

I'm not sure XJ is one of those players that returns from an injury with a smooth transition. We could certainly use his abilities but that could go south in a hurry.

These Hoosiers just keep attacking but at their pace and carving up defenses. It must be extremely frustrating to play against them. There are so many different weapons and they play together so well.

I don't know if it's necessarily $ from the tourney. I believe the manufactured parity and massive home court advantage that is achieved through *cough* horrible officiating *cough* is to get fans and stands and eyes on TV sets. It helps to have a massive logjam in the middle and teams "just barely" out of contention while fighting for a chance at a tourney birth.

That @Iowa, home to NW, and then completely forgetting we had a game @PSU stretch really stings!

I scored the first round in favor of purdoodoo on number of strikes but it was close Maryland has thrown more punches in this second round but purdoodoo still has a punchers chance or could possibly go for the submission. I hope Maryland beats the absolute dogshit out of the toiletmakers.

I did a little OSINT and figured out why we're having issues with Scirotto. He was fired as Police Chief because of discriminatory hiring and promotion practices. TJD's dad (or stepdad) was a police chief in Indy or Colorado or somewhere. Obviously, Scirotto's bias towards TJD led to him turning the ball over and giving a T to boiler Rick who happened to be sitting on IU's bench last night. You're welcome

Turned on the TV at lunch and it was on BTN, the first sentence I heard included the word "effort." When I glanced up they were talking about IU's lack of [effort] in the first half. They obviously didn't get the memo.

Pretty sure you're missing ~30 of my wins in there somewhere. Excellent run by fwgreenway there for a few years.

Hopefully it's not a repeat of the Maryland performance and Reese.