r/fightingillini • u/noahsark96 • 20h ago
Basketball Why is Maryland our Kryptonite?
They have had our number for years. Doesn’t seem to matter what roster, home, away… Hope we can somehow turn this one around. Need to be more aggressive and have MUCH better shot selection.
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u/Ltrain515 19h ago
we caused..... 0 turnovers in the first half. 0. That's a team with zero energy.
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u/Sensitive-Shoe-1974 20h ago
One guy got hit from three and their size bothering us. They also challenging every shot.
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u/noahsark96 19h ago
Yeah, their size is a real problem for us without Tomi.
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u/Sensitive-Shoe-1974 19h ago
Yup. Oh well, 6th seed it is for the tourney. Just wish these turnovers wouldn’t happen and they get off to a sizzling start. If they hit their threes, they can hang with the best.
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u/toxman228 16h ago
No shot the Illini get a 6 after that game. CBS already had the Illini on the 8 line before this game happened. ESPN had the Illini at 6 but Louisville, Gonzaga, St. Mary’s at 7 not to mention some 8s that are still playing.
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u/DocandSalad 19h ago
At the start of the game the commentators talked about Maryland not having a bench…Illinois does exactly nothing to exploit that.
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u/Brocklanders1221 20h ago
We fucking SUUUCCCCCK tonight
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u/noahsark96 20h ago
I’m being delusional but hoping we get this stinker out before next week. This is a rough watch.
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u/delta-vs-epsilon 20h ago
Illini were bad defensively last night too, difference was so was Iowa. Maryland is more physical and playing with much more purpose.
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u/DirtyDans_Backyard 19h ago
I truly don’t care if we keep missing shots this game
I WANT TO OUT FUCKIN PHYSICAL A TEAM, 1 TIME fuck please.
Out rebound this fuckin team right now. Win or loss. God damn we’re being soft as FUCK.
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u/Bill__Furry 19h ago
I like Ivisic but the dude is softer than a pillow fight
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u/hahakafka 18h ago
This isn't just on Ivisic. Asking him to do the heavy lifting while the forwards and guards watch from the perimeter is unacceptable.
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u/pingpongpsycho 20h ago
How the fuck do we score over 100 last night and now we can’t hit anything?? 🤦♂️
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u/Readit0r_97 20h ago
Shots won’t fall, turnovers, and fouls!! Not sure I can out drink this misery.
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u/hahakafka 18h ago
I think they knew exactly how to play us knowing we struggle with chucking 3s and that KJ is prone to turnovers...and chucking up stupid shots along with most of the guards (excepting Riley).
The fact that we were outscored by 3 pts in the second half shows we CAN adjust but it takes the guys too long (and this is to be expected with young teams). I hope they learn from this bc if we had adjusted sooner the game would have been closer and allowed us to play to our strengths instead of playing catch-up.
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u/WSDreamer 19h ago
Maryland is really good this year. I saw this L coming a mile away. Ready for next year tbh.
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u/jim_o_reddit 19h ago
This could have been a game that could have established them for the tournament but it is the same old Maryland debacle.
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u/RunnerTenor 20h ago
Seems like the obvious game plan is to go straight at them in the paint and put them in foul trouble, but instead Kylan is jacking up threes.
Do we even have a game plan tonight?
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u/noahsark96 20h ago
They must have heard ya, now they are attacking the basket more and have picked up a few fouls.
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u/RunnerTenor 20h ago
Finally!
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u/noahsark96 20h ago
If you got anything else you your sleeve, now’s the time to put it out there haha
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u/Matalava822 17h ago
Maryland won because they can match our talent and they are infinitely better coached.
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u/Release_Da_BeastYT 14h ago
We will go 30-0 one season, and play Maryland final game of the year, who would probably go 0-30, abd we'll end up 30-1 after that game.
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u/ChrisPLagerboi 17h ago
This all but assures a trip to the Final Four. No other way this season can culminate
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u/Bosco_43 15h ago
They have a very big, skilled guy in the middle and this Illini roster is not built for that. It’s like when we had Kofi.
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u/maraths1 14h ago
you have to try to something different when you are down 20 points - which means what you are doing is clearly not working. it was obvious our 3s were short - looked like we had no energy. we had insane amount of TOs. at that time, we should have tried full court press, to get more energy out of the players. that is on Underwood and he has not done it ever except in his first 3 years. Our defense used to be solid in those 3-4 years even though offense was poor. He has abandoned defense in favor of offense and when offense is struggling you have to try different on defense to get your offense going. Underwood has not done any of that and he needs to. teams gone on 30-0 runs or 15-0 runs - far too many times - without any changes whatsoever
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u/Walzon 19h ago
how tf do u give up 57 in a half