Geez, Illinois was down ten, I take my dog out, come in and tied.

In the end no matter what I think of the refs all Wisconsin had to do was hold the ball instead of attacking the basket at 135 left. Rob Wilson just made a mistake there and he will never hear the end of it. Before this game started I said that it wouldnt be worse than the football loss to MSU, but I dont know this was just terrible.

 

The good news is they appear to be a tournament team, just I think this game was the difference between a shot at the Big 10 title.

 

Typical Big Ten game. 38 minutes they call it close, last 2 min it's anything goes.

 

edit: though i guess it was 7 min with the overtime. i felt like physicality won out in that game, which is msu's advantage.

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BP3 contributing. He was such a good free throw shooter in high school. No clue what is going on.

Tisdale had a great first half after a poor start. Defensive intensity from Illinois turned the tide.

Great D down the stretch and Mike Davis decided to actually get closer to the basket on offense and made a couple of nice moves.

In the end no matter what I think of the refs all Wisconsin had to do was hold the ball instead of attacking the basket at 135 left. Rob Wilson just made a mistake there and he will never hear the end of it. Before this game started I said that it wouldnt be worse than the football loss to MSU, but I dont know this was just terrible.

 

The good news is they appear to be a tournament team, just I think this game was the difference between a shot at the Big 10 title.

 

Wisconsin is a tournament lock but I just don't think this team is as talented as Bo's past teams. I like Taylor and Leuer a lot but the rest of that team is just incredibly mediocre at best. But when you basically never turn the ball over and play solid defense you will be in just about every single game.

I really despise watching Paul play a lot of the time.

Ugh, Mike Davis has missed two wide open 4 footers in the 2nd half. How about taking a dribble and dunking when you are 6'9 and athletic? No lets flip up a one handed shot. I give up, I just do

Taylor Battle is just tossing up garbage and it is going in tonight.

Taylor Battle is just tossing up garbage and it is going in tonight.

 

Those shots were deep but he did exactly what he wanted to do. Straight jUmp shot.

What an epic disappointment

Absolutely awful performances by DJ and DMac tonight.

Battle traveled badly on that last play and of course because Tisdale has to come over PSU gets a put back

Absolutely awful performances by DJ and DMac tonight.

 

Richardson just looked lathargic out there. Like he was sick. No aggressiveness at all tonight.

Again lol at the refs not calling Battle for that walk, picks it up and takes at least 3 steps before throwing the ball at the rim.

penn state gave them plenty of chances to take that game over in the 2nd half, but there was just no offense to be found.

bad.

Again lol at the refs not calling Battle for that walk, picks it up and takes at least 3 steps before throwing the ball at the rim.

 

Watched the play closely 3 times now, and it doesn't look like an obvious travel. Heck, when Cole bobbled that ball under the hoop to tie it, I was expecting the ref to call a travel.

Watched the play closely 3 times now, and it doesn't look like an obvious travel. Heck, when Cole bobbled that ball under the hoop to tie it, I was expecting the ref to call a travel.

 

He picks it up and takes 3 steps. That is a travel if you aren't playing in the NBA.

I would say that was a fairly obvious travel, I don't really give a f*** because the team is pathetic regardless.

 

Weber is so incredibly inflexible. His tenure has been incredibly underwhelming and his offense is pitiful unless 3s are falling.

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I would say that was a fairly obvious travel, I don't really give a f*** because the team is pathetic regardless

 

0-4 in close games now. Well I guess Maryland ended up close but that was more a game Illinois was in complete control of and then they just missed some free throws to make it close. When they are clicking they are great but I have no confidence in this team in close games.

 

And that was a no doubt travel (plus a nice push off by Battle there as well) he took 3 steps which generally gets called at the college level. But refs are p*****s so I wouldn't expect that to get called either.

Watched the play closely 3 times now, and it doesn't look like an obvious travel. Heck, when Cole bobbled that ball under the hoop to tie it, I was expecting the ref to call a travel.

Well he goes left, right...right. His right foot comes up and skips ahead and comes down again. It was obvious in live speed, actually. So yeah.

 

Pathetic offensive effort. DJ, McCamey, Davis...anyone shows up, we win.

 

Also, Battle please remove the horse shoe from your ass.

Will Talor Battle just f***ing graduate already??? He's been doing that to Illinois the last 4 years.

 

That being said, Illinois straight up blew that game with all the awful turnovers and sloppy play.

They rushed the court after beating Illinois? Really?

They rushed the court after beating Illinois? Really?

 

And for the 3rd time in the last 4 games in State College

Quite the battle going on for POY in NCAA this season. The four top contenders are Sullinger, Kemba Walker, Jimmer F, and Nolan Smith. Jimmer might be the best offensive player I've seen in a long time, but it's likely he will be on the outside looking in for the POY discussion. With Kemba and UCONN fading in conference, it seems Sullinger has a great chance to be POY even though Nolan Smith is having a fantastic senior season.