Indiana 83 Illinois 79 (2OT)
Good lord, that was an entertaining game. I'm not sure if you're going to see a more intense basketball game (on and off the court) than that one, not even in March. Hell, Gordon was shoved in the pre-game warm-ups and his parents had objects tossed at them. Tons of credit to Illini players and fans for making this one as uncomfortable as possible for Mr. Gordon (who was clearly effected by this in the first half).
As for the game, that would be a definition of a nut-kick loss for Illini fans (sorry Leitch). If Shaun Pruitt can make one of four potential game-winning foul shots in regulation and overtime, the Illini win and Gordon cries all the way back to Bloomington. Instead gets the last laugh, banking in a late three to send it to overtime while Armon Basset scored 11 points in overtime to steal the win.
UCLA 67 Washington State 59
Bruins pull away in the second half, Cougars now face virtual must win vs. USC on Saturday
Big man: Darren Collison, 18 second-half points.
Pittsburgh 55 West Virginia 54
Ramon's wide-open three at the buzzer wins it for the Panthers. Mountaineer fans officially out of furniture to burn following a Pitt loss
Big man: Ramon, game-winning three.
Xavier 70 Saint Louis 68
The A10 upset bug almost struck again, but Derrick Brown's tip-in with 0.1 remaining won it for the X-men.
Big man: Brown, game-winning tip-in
Stanford 72 Oregon 43
You knew that Oregon would struggle without Brooks this season, but the fall-off has been drastic.
Big man: Robin Lopez, 15 points
6 comments:
As someone who had money on the Illini (+2.5), I just wanted to say that it was actually only three GW free throws that Pruitt missed. But the odds of a 60% FT shooter going 0/3 are 1 in 16. So that was fun.
I can't believe no one mentioned Gordon's bonehead 10 second violation with no one on him in the second OT. I realize that the Illini turned it over right after that but that could have cost them the game.
Rob, I'm glad you brought that up - because Jay and Rece did a horrible job last night of even mentioning that (I think they were anxious to get to SportsCenter). Overall, it was an exciting game, but I would urge the Illini to show a little more class in the future. They need something to hang their hats on this season, and so far sportsmanship doesn't appear to be one of those.
Yeah that was honestly the first time I can remember a 10-second violation being called that late in a game. Too bad the Illini couldn't hang on to the basketball.
Better game this week? SMC-Gonzaga or Illinois-Indiana?
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