Illinois 81, Northwestern 56 Postgame
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Never in doubt!
Imagine how good this team could be if we don't have those scoreless lapses every game
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We continue to frustrate and scintillate.
Plus 40 in the 2nd half!
Collins starting out the 2nd half in a man to man might be the dumbest thing I’ve seen. It changed the game
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Now we get a little bit of a break with Maryland, @ Nebraska, OSU, and PSU.
agree 100%. I said in the game thread if I was him I’d have never gotten out of that 3-2
FeelYourPaign
- So Cal
Such a strange game. Hated seeing Ayo on the bench in H2. One of his 2 fouls was super early, stopping a breakaway. Let him play
53-13 in the 2nd half. Outscoring a Big 10 team by 40 in a half.
Down 15 at half time.
Win by 25.
You saw history tonight. Something that will never happen again.
Down 15 at half time.
Win by 25.
You saw history tonight. Something that will never happen again.
Love this!
That said, no one needs to eat crow. We played like absolute trash in the 1st half. I said I didn't know whether it was Underwood or the players. I still don't but whatever it was, major kudos to Underwood AND the players for their halftime adjustments, their perseverance, their effort, and their performance.
Nice halftime adjustment.
I don’t know if it shows in the stats, but Grandison had a great game.
I don’t know if it shows in the stats, but Grandison had a great game.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
Reminded me a lot of this classic:
The 30-6 half in 2000
The 30-6 half in 2000
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
They switched defenses a lot though. Didn’t seem like a bad move at the time I’m sure...
Illinifan533
- Normal, Illinois
Ohio State may not be among the conference elite but they're not going to be an easy out.
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UNTIL HALFTIME!!! /s
Mixed emotions but you can’t ever be upset with a 25 pt conference road game win.
This. I kept listening to the announcers praising Collins like he was Izzo or Beulein. Chris Collins would have been fired long ago at any other BIG school.
He probably thought we would have spent the entire halftime adjusting to the zone and it would catch us by surprise. He was wrong, but not a terrible line of thinking.
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