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Gophers lead 57-55 with 24 seconds left.
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Looks like the Gophers will blow this game, as White hits one of 2 FTs with 1.5 left. -
Don't know what just happened because I don't have the B10 network and I left B-dub's after the Illini game, but the Yahoo sports box score says Minnesota wins 59-58!!
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Not quite! Minnesota with the Bryce Drew like ending! A full court pass to Blake Hoffarber, and the shot with 0.2 of a second left.Originally posted by IlliBraves View Post
If ISU gets held out of the tourney due to an Illinois or Minnesota tournament championship, then I've seen it all!Comment
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This is beautiful...
UIUC rolls Minny E-Z!
Sunday baby for a ticket to the dance!Comment
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If Illinois gets past Minnesota, I will buy a ticket to the championship final.Originally posted by MacabreMob View Post
Karma, Indiana!!!Comment
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At the very least, UIUC may have bounced BU out of the CBI!Originally posted by MacabreMob View Post
Or hopefully, BU and UIUC we'll meet in the CBI......Nahhhh! That will never happen!
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I thought you were gonna say you were gonna buy your buddy MacabreMob a ticket right next to yours for the game.Originally posted by IlliBraves View Post
Just kidding.
Enjoy "the ride" bro. I feel the O&B momentum.Comment
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I know Indiana will get into the tourney based on their regular season. But the way they are playing recently, they have NO business being in there!Originally posted by IlliBraves View Post
At the very least, a matchup against a team like Maryland-Baltimore County or Oral Roberts would just scream upset. In reality though, I think Indiana gets a much lower seed and gets pummeled by a Davidson or Illinois St!Comment
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Just in case you forgot.... Indiana beat ISU earlier this year by 13.Originally posted by Bravesfan View PostComment
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Hey, I'm all for MacabreMob sitting next to me in Indy, provided I receive 50 dollars haha!Originally posted by MacabreMob View PostI thought you were gonna say you were gonna buy your buddy MacabreMob a ticket right next to yours for the game.
Just kidding.
Enjoy "the ride" bro. I feel the O&B momentum.
But, as this season has taught me, we can't get ahead of ourselves, there's much work ahead, 2 down, 2 to go!! Minny scares the hell outta me. Yeah, we dominated 'em twice, but 20 wins in Tubby's first year? Illinois reminds me a lot of the 1999 team, but that team fell short against top seed Michigan State.Comment
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True, but then there was the train wreck to the finish they had. I don't know what kind of program they're running, but at this point in the season, you shouldn't be seeing any suspensions (Ellis) not to mention the threat of anarchy against the newly imposed coaching staff. ISU was very close in that game until the end. I think if it were played again, we might see a different score.Originally posted by MacabreMob View PostComment
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Didn't realize that Hoffarber (Min) that hit tonight's game winning shot, was the kid that hit the Min 4A game winning shot for state off is rear 2 years ago! - Just saw that on BTNComment
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Doesn't matter. That's when Sampson was still coaching. And this game would be in a completely different atmosphere anyway.Originally posted by MacabreMob View PostComment
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Indiana is clearly not the same team they were a few weeks ago.
They are struggling even against teams like Northwestern and Minnesota.
I guess it was karma for Illinois as the shot by Hoffarber wasn't too different from the game winner in Champaign off the backboard by Gordon.
Anyway...for those who saw it...the refs were clearly giving Indiana several gifts on silver platters....putting them on the FT line THREE different times in the final 3.4 seconds!!!
Two of the fouls were pretty bogus as guys were scrambling for the loose balls off the missed Gordon and White free throws, and the refs instantly whistle fouls that just didn't seem to exist, and the clock seems to stop even before the whistle blows!!
You can say what you want and believe what you want, but there were at least a couple extra guys trying hard to help IU get past Minnesota, the refs and the guy operating the clock, and they failed.
If I were Gopher fan and had lost that game, I'd have been furious with the officiating.
By the way, the kid throwing the inbounds pass, Travis Busch, is the kid who beat out Ray Brown for 2005 Minnesota Mr. Basketball.
Here is a video of the final shot and the final 3-4 seconds....watch how fast the refs blow those fouls and how quickly the clock stops!
One last comment, this comes directly from the Indiana Premium message board and is posted by one of their major posters:
"Irrelevant, I know Timekeeper error on DJ's put-back.
I just watched the recording again, and when DJ tipped back Eric Gordon's second free throw, the time-keeper stopped the clock half a second before it went through the hoop. You'll see that the ball seems to dip into the hoop, but rolls around a bit before falling in. The time-keeper stopped the clock too soon. That might (might) have made a difference in how much time Hoffen-Laetner had to shoot the ball.
I know the game was "lost" because of many other things, but if that shot hadn't gone in, we would have won. I would have been happy! I wouldn't be throwing away $300.00 worth of tickets, and I'd be on my way to Indy instead of moping in my living room like a loser, typing on a computer. So I'm a little grumpy."
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