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Illinois +14.5 at tOSU (ov/un 126.5) Tue 7 ET, ESPN

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Bucks win, 83-67.

Illinois' bubble has officially burst. The only way they go dancing is if they win the B1G tourney. In other words, the same chances as Pedo State.
 
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Just finished watching the game. In my opinion the refs were terrible! What do you guys think on the call they gave sullinger when he went up and hit someone in the face with his elbow? I dont think that was a foul at all!
 
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Jake;2113464; said:
Bucks win, 83-67.

Illinois' bubble has officially burst. The only way they go dancing is if they win the B1G tourney. In other words, the same chances as Pedo State.
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I doubt they win another game.

bucknut522;2113465; said:
Just finished watching the game. In my opinion the refs were terrible! What do you guys think on the call they gave sullinger when he went up and hit someone in the face with his elbow? I dont think that was a foul at all!
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It was awful, but, par for the course for B1G officiating. It's so bad across the board that in nearly every game, the commentators are compelled to discuss it. I'd say that should get the league office interested, but it's been this way for years.
 
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bucknut522;2113465; said:
Just finished watching the game. In my opinion the refs were terrible!
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That's different than every other game thread...how? :wink2:

I'm guessing we could get 20 more foul calls in our favor than our opponent and people would still complain about the refs, so those gripes ring hollow with me.

The Bucks won. That's all that matters.
 
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Bucky Katt;2113409; said:
Are you kidding me. All the times they've gone to watch replays and the only time they actually DO assess a flagrant is on a guy who was shooting. :huh:
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How DARE a basketball player try to shoot the ball in the Big Ten! We prefer our games to be decided in the 30s and 40s!
 
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Post game

I really would like to see the team push the ball up the court a little quicker and I really don't know if it was accomplished last night even with Scott and Craft playing together. Scott really needs to work on his shooting. Don't know if that was a liability for him in high school or not.
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- As noticeable as the heightened pace was when Matta replaced Lenzelle Smith Jr. at the first timeout of the game with freshman Shannon Scott rather than Sam Thompson, who had been the first guard off the bench since early January. That paired two point guards, Scott and Aaron Craft, for the first time in a long time, and Matta used the tandem extensively in each half.

Matta said he did it to accelerate the pace and keep his offense attacking Illinois.
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"We ran the same things . . . but just tried to keep the pace going high," Scott said. "No one really wants to play defense that long, so we tried to push it all the time and keep attacking them all the time."

Illinois coach Bruce Weber said it also allowed Matta to use Thompson to spell Buford, whose 26 minutes were his fewest in 13 games. But Matta stopped short of saying it will be that way every game.

One of the factors in him resting Buford last night, he said, was "where we are in this stretch and where we?ve played. The last two games (at Minnesota and Michigan), we played at 9 o?clock on the road and got home at 3:30 in the morning, got home at 2:30 in the morning, and bam, we?re back at it."
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http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/blogs/hoops-and-scoops/2012/02/02-21-12-postgame-illinois.html
 
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