Mark Grote

They're just standing there with Iowa's zone.

And I'm like, wait.

move around make a basket and then nobody could nobody could shoot and you're gonna have those games in the tournament by the way i'm pretty sure i called that when i was like you're gonna have those games where you cannot shoot to save your life but at least they rebounded and rebounds is what helped them get out of this silly mess

Maybe I was watching a different game because I didn't have any of these feelings that you guys are talking about.

The whole time I was like, okay, this is okay.

This is okay.

Here's why.

Here's why.

Because in the first half, when they were missing all of those threes, I was like, all right, you ain't even made threes yet.

And you're still just right here hanging around.

And I understand.

Iowa jumped out to a 12-2 lead.

And I was like, okay, this is not ideal, but Illinois has more talent than Iowa.

That was undeniable to me.

But Illini tells you that sometimes they have more talent and then they still lose.

Okay, that's fair.

But I was like, eventually, they just need to punish them.

And guess what?

When you outscore a team 40-12 in the paint...

24-2 in the second half, that tells me you're going to be able to win.