MBB v Illinois BTT Open Thread
I only started one other MBB game thread this year and it was for Illinois and that one turned out well. Hopefully twice is still a charm.
GO BLUE!
WIN THE GAME! - we did.
We got lucky. The inbound was great for us, but no help defense stepped up to stop the shooter.
Really poor.
(BUT I'LL TAKE IT)
Wow, he had a wide open look. Horrible D by Caris there. Michigan escaped this one. Hit the video tape hard tonight boys!
Welp. We gave up the drive to the hoop. Fuck, we got lucky.
I think my heart stopped
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Very lucky in the end, guy should have made that.
Holy crap
Man he had a great look there too. We're lucky.
That was not a good stop on our part. It was a bad miss on their part.
Too close.
OK...my heart has stopped pounding as hard. Too close of a call for my liking, but let's keep winning. One seed on the line.
And the Illinois guy pushes off and they don't call anything.
And then he just played his worst defensive series.
And Illinos misses a floater.
#Sports.
FUCK YOU ESPN GAMECAST FUCKING QUIT AT THE END OF EVERY CLOSE FUCKING GAME FUCK YOU
Wow, he got way too good a look at that. Talk about some maize and blue luck right there!
I guess you just gotta survive and play better next time. At least I think our 2 seed is probably more or less safe now.
To be completely fair, Illinois was playing as good or better than Nebraska and OSU over the last couple weeks of this season.
Man Levert WAY WAY too far out on the floor there.
Just win the game. Win the game. :)
Rob
That was excruciating. LeVert's rebounds, Nik's pass and JMo's shot sealed it.
I really didn't expect to be so nervous at the end of a noon game to open the BTT. Happy that we got our crappy game out of the way and that it didn't end up hurting us. Go kick some ass tomorrow and get back on track.
GO BLUE!
... not sure the close call & being asleep part of the game won't reflect not-so-hot on us.
But we should have the #2 seed, at least.
(On the other hand -- could be seen as strategic. Doing just enough to stay in the Dance; not putting too much energy into what could be a costly diversion of a tournament.)
So, are we a #2 seed now regardless of what we do in the reat of the BTT?
All they'll talk about is how we won the regular season and the tournament.
DUpe post, sorry.
I believe it's 1:40 on cbs sports.
1:40 CBS. Semi's have a different schedule than Quarters.
It was FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU, then YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
too close...
You act like bad defense is something new.
Amazing what this team has been able to do in terms of winning the conference, despite being so bad defensively.
Conserve energy (at this point in the game).
Not revealing all our techniques / weapons.
Letting 'em think...
The Offense bothered me more than the defense. That was the expected defense we've seen almost all year. To go almost scoreless for 10 minutes (3 baskets in 11 minutes- 2 threes and the morgan lay up plus 1 FT) was terrifying.
we're capable of beating the very best, AND...
(that's what makes us a great team for a tourney! always a good show.)
Lol. Great win! Just like UConn and Akron!
Not even remotely similar. Or funny.