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Played hard. I am disappointed in the loss. Also sorry that this late in the season the fact that IU played hard today is a moral victory. Who threw the elbow at Rob? I missed it.

Please put a strong big on Cockburn.

I did not see the play or the replay, I just heard it away from the television. Who threw the elbow at Rob?

I know some of you guys do not like him much anymore, but I wish Archie would put Deron in to play tough defense on Cockburn.

After googling what that was, I am very glad I did not know what that was.

Yep. Right after I posted that too lol. I'm like wow, I am not stupid, but I think I might look real stupid right now haha.

This is the first likeable Illinois team I have seen since the early 2000's.

I am not suggesting that Joey Brunk is on steroids, just that he looks like a guy whose steroids wore off. Did he come down with a case of the Corona virus? He looks like Popeye before he gets the spinach.

That one was very winnable, and we came out of the gate ready to play, then cowered when it was time to finish the play, over and over and over again. I know it is tough down there in the paint, but tough down there in the paint is what this team is built to do very well. We had chances, and literally almost never finished the play. We fumbled on the goal line repeatedly. That is hard. We need closers up front. Race and Deron looked like closers tonight. Deron forced Haarms to the bench, and forced them to bring in their version of Deandre Thomas to replace him. It seems we should have been able to capitalize off of that, but some surprising sulking from our biggest star, albeit a freshman so it is at least forgivable, and that contributed largely to our defeat tonight. We know our guards can't hit a bull with a bass fiddle, and they showed us again they are not able to do that tonight to remind us we need to hang our hat on the power ground game. Again, we are built to win playing a power ground game, but too many of the guys we rely on to open up holes, and plow through holes acted like they simply could not do that, and too many big guys seemed to give up too easily. It is very late in the season, and we need wins now, when every team in the country is out there on the floor playing the best basketball of their seasons. I don't know if IU is going to make it this year. IU looked ready to play when they hit the floor tonight, but far too often their faces and body language screamed 'uncle' when the fight hurt, and tonight again, as usual, that hopelessness gave the other team endorphin and adrenaline rushes that put them on runs both big and small, that separated the other team from us, and put all of our efforts tonight to nil. I cannot imagine how bad it must feel for the IU players on the court tonight to know they had so so so many chances to finish, but did not. They must already know so many things they should have done differently and better tonight, but wait until they see the game film, and see so many things they could and should have done better and differently. We could have won the game tonight on the road at Mackey against Purdue, but we didn't. Purdue isn't even that good this year, but they swept IU this year. Again. We have not beaten Purdue in over 4 years.

I like where you are coming from, but future farmer of America is actually a pretty good gig if you can get it. That gig is really hard to get.

lavin needs to go. he's bad at this. not his thing.

we are a reggie miller string away from a win

did that @$$hole just say purdue was picked to finish near the bottom pre-season?

they are so stupid. iu sucks chant when iu gets the momentum

Smith finished? Wow. We'll take it.

I think God likes Race Thompson. Me too. Me and God both like Race Thompson.

shut up lavin. you are supposed to be objective you bastard

slow out of position guys get called for fouls. they deserve every one of them.

is that a boudreaux chant or just an ordinary boo?

Deron is our big to have in against purdue

running out of time for miracles now

I hate it when the only thing left to do is laugh at our team. At least that is fun, and keeps you watching.

I am giving up on Justin Smith ever finishing a play. He simply can not finish. One of the most athletic players in the Big Ten, and what is the point? I give up on Smith the way some of our best guys already gave up on this game.

agreed. I have already seen some of our guys give up tonight. not even mentioning names because some of them are our best guys.

I hope Race has got it in him to save the day becoz that seems to be our only chance now.