Man I saw this game a lot differently. I thought it was a great win. Illinois isn't that bad and they came in with a good game plan and they got after our asses. They hit us with their best shot and we withstood and kicked their asses. We were tough. We hustled. We fought. We played D. I thought it was a great gritty performance. Our best player took control when we needed him to. Our bench played solid mins. Our bigs stayed out of foul trouble and got their bigs in foul trouble. We out rebounded the piss out of them on shear effort.
I will take games like this every day of the week and twice on Sundays. Versus watched Loving, Williams, and Lyle loaf up and down the fucking court. No thanks. Now that shit I did not like to watch. Tate, Dakich, CJ, the Wessons, and KBD getting after it, yeah count me in.