Lincoln, NEB.-Illinois flipped his roster after scoring a run in Elite Eight, and coach Brad underwood knew that the power four conferences would have high and ups of ups .
The 18th ranked Ilini (14-7, 6-4 Big Ten) hit a thick patch. His 80-74 overtime loss in Nebraska on Thursday night was his fourth blow in six matches.
He started 12–3, one of which was a disadvantage. 8 Alabama and one in a mad then no. 1 Tennessee. Three weeks ago he was ranked number 13, and underwood told reporters that his team was able to score another deep postsen runs.
“It’s disappointing for me,” he said after a loss to Nebraska, “Because I know where we can be and what we were doing.”
Ilini has played three straight games without 7-Foot-1, 255-pound Sophomore Center Tomislav Evichis, which are out indefinitely with mononucleosis. He is 13 points per game with the team’s number 2 scorer and 8.5 per game with the top rebounder. Morez Johnson Junior, 6-9, 255-Pound Freshman, Ivišić is starting in place of IVIšić.
“It is larger to ensure,” Sofomore Guard Draw Gibbs-Lauren said about the absence of EVisic. “Tommy is a great player. He is one of our early people, one of our best players. This is no excuse. We should have a next-man-up mentality. ,
Star Freshman Point Guard, Kasparas Jakuionis, missed two games earlier this month. He is a leading scorer per game with 15.9 points and is shooting a team-Best 37.5% on 3-pointers.
Will relay, another promising Freshman, got a flu and Maryland was not played much for a loss of 91-70 last week.
“I don’t know when we will meet again,” said underwood. “Tommy is a big piece of what we do and the peacock was becoming. We have the protecting number 1 in the country when they are both on the floor together.
“You have 7-1, 250 and quite quite surely our second best shooter-Maya, now our best shooter-lineup. And we know how he can pass. We have found to go back to him. ,
The lineup Shafal has disrupted the crime. Ilini has shot 25.3% at 3-pointers (48 of 190) and has done an average of 13 turnover in the last six matches.
Underwood said that many turnover is unforgivable as they are the result of disregarding the scouting report and forcing them to a sick-wing. Against Nebraska, many passes were thrown into defense teeth.
“Grow up. Grow up Going, and we constantly tried to do so.
“From the point of view of a scouting report tonight, we were very unattainable, making them turnover. You are not going to do anyone to do so. ,
Thursday’s game began a stretch of three out of four on the road in 10 days. On Sunday, go to Ilini host Ohio State, then Ratgers and Minnesota. The three teams have less than 500 in Big Ten Play.
“I think with this team, we are going to go on our small recession,” Riley said. “We are very young. I think we are becoming more consistent as the day.
“We are on the next game. We are going to come out with high intensity, high effort.