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QUOTE (Boogua @ Mar 12, 2015 -> 11:35 AM) So I'm pretty sure the Illini are -19 with Starks on the floor so far. I'm not watching the game but I'll say again that Groce should have been open to playing a lineup with no PG. Starks has some value as a guy off the bench who can get hot but he isn't a guy you want running the show for 30 minutes as a PG and Tate is f***ing terrible.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 7, 2015 -> 07:12 PM) I think Illinois would probably be the greatest program in college basketball history if it wasn't for referees. Generations of referees have been out to get the Illini. Illini fans need to watch more games and realize every single team is the victim of bad calls especially when you are on the road in Big 10 games. I complain about refs in other games all the time. I had tons of posts about the refs in the tourney last year and illinois wasn't in it. College refs are inexcusably bad at their jobs and there is no accountability.

Illinois really needs to land Lovett (and have him qualify) or bring a 5th year PG. Tate is probably the worst guard in the Big 10 that actually gets minutes. Even with Illinois having a scholarship open I hope he transfers. He just isn't good enough for this level.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 7, 2015 -> 06:35 PM) Illinois 3-22 in the half. Refs kept Purdue in game in first half and illinois with just a garbage performance from the 2 minute mark of the first half on.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 7, 2015 -> 06:26 PM) Right? He likely runs the offense better anyways. Or at least not worse. I don't mind playing Starks for stretches because he can get hot but Tate is dreadful. Not close to a Big 10 player. And since we were playing zone on D for a lot of this game you get the added benefit or extra length on D if you have Colbert or Black in.

That ball was clearly off Thompson. Amazing how many calls college refs miss.

I just don't understand why he insists on playing Tate or Starks at all times. Go big and let Rice initiate the offense.

Illinois got a call there. Bad play by tate and he got bailed out.

It's infuriating that Groce won't go to a big lineup without a PG. Tate f***ing sucks.

And the replay on that last Rice jump shot is exactly why I complain about refs. Davis held and grabbed him multiple times and they didn't call it. Any contact on Illinois at the other end is being called today. Purdue fouls on every single possession and has 6 fouls on them in the game. It is ridiculous.

Put Tate on the bench and keep him there.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 7, 2015 -> 05:05 PM) Does Rice have a tattoo under is right eye or is it a mole? Amazed how refs are always screwing illinois. 30 games a year. I'd call a block e wry time unless it was obvious. Purdue has been getting away with mugging people at home for years. It's absurd. Watch their guards on the perimeter, hands all over guys constantly. And while announcers always say that the block/charge call is tough it really isn't. It's almost always a block.

Horses*** officiating in Illinois-Purdue game so far. Purdue getting away with holding and grabbing like always and yet Illinois getting called for everything and Hill's charge was a f***ing joke.

Can someone explain why Murray State is ranked? Do people who rank teams even pay any attention at all?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 3, 2015 -> 04:22 PM) We need Wisconsin to clinch and sit their players the last game of the season as well as MSU to beat Purdue. Wisconsin is still playing for a potential 1 seed so no way that happens.

Lol, college refs are so bad.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 28, 2015 -> 08:39 PM) Rice is unbelievable What are your thoughts on Colbert? I see a little Warren Carter in his game. He is starting to look like a decent rotation piece going forward. Need to find a solid PG to run the show after Abrams leaves but the wing play will be good going forward and we are solid at PF. Hopefully one of the bigs can be passable at center as well.

Illinois gets less calls at home right now than any team in the conference other than PSU.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 28, 2015 -> 08:19 PM) He's done fine at KSU. Won their first conference title in a million years then followed it up with a tournament bid after everyone left them for dead. This year has been rough with the one of the biggest cancer in cbb Marcus Foster rearing his head but I guess they still have wins over KU, Iowa State and Oklahoma. Funny how Weber always seems to have cancers on his teams. He has done fine with Martin's players. The guys he has recruited haven't shown much ability other than Foster and who knows how long he will be at KSU.

This should be a flagrant 1 but I'm going to be pissed if they call this after not calling Woodbury earlier.

Ridiculous. Woodbury gets away with more bulls*** than any player I can remember.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 25, 2015 -> 10:04 PM) OTOH, Iowa has committed 8 turnovers already, and is only 8/13 (61.5%) from the foul line, with Aaron White and Uthoff almost never giving up those opportunities. Jok and Woodbury have been beyond terrible. That sequence at the end of the first half is indicative of the entire game so far. Iowa could have extended the lead and the momentum, and, boom, it swung right back to Illinois because of a silly pass and not getting back on defense with their heads hanging. Gesell hasn't been healthy for 2-3 weeks, either, so Clemmons has become more important. With his wrist still hurting, Mike has no alternative but to drive or show from about 15-17 feet and in. Well Woodbury is just a beyond terrible player so that isn't surprising.

How is that not an intentional on Woodbury? Never even came close to making a play on the ball.

Sigh. That ball was clearly off Olaseni's foot and not remotely close.

Adam Woodbury is f***ing terrible and he is a thug out there to. Leron Black has rightfully been called out by announcers at times this year but it is stunning that Woodbury hasn't been called out more for the bulls*** he pulls on the court.