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this is why you play the game Brian best team does not always win man hats off to Chucky hurn this last 30 seconds he was man he was in Braden Smith defensively picked up the charge and what set that up was Purdue's Braden Smith called for an offensive foul and Purdue was trying to chew up as much clock as they could there was about an 8-second differential on the clock the shot clock and the game clock and he was CAU called for his fifth foul he left the game and then kman just kept posting inside and with about 4 seconds left hit a shot in close and then a long three by Lance Jones of Purdue he air mailed it into the band and Purdue knocked out of the Big 10 tournament and Madison Madison north and west is pretty happy here Purdue will be just fine by the way oh yeah number one seed next week they'll be the overall number one seed I mean they they're the best team in the country and they leave though here in the Big 10 semifinals Bucky Badger out there celebrating with the badger team and cheerleaders and everything else as Wisconsin defeats Purdue 7675 and I forget the number of games in a row that Purdue had won it was a bunch a whole lot of them they've only lost three times now four the entire season so yeah and so there will not be a repeat of the Big 10 championship for Purdue tournament and regular season hard it's hard to do both that's okay they they don't need all of it they don't need it all so Wisconsin it's interesting Wisconson led the league at one point early in the Big 10 season 8-1 they were the team everybody was chasing and then they had a hard slide start February and they've come on strong here in March and they're going to play for the Big 10 Championship they'll await the winner of Illinois and Nebraska so that game just finishes overtime win for Wisconsin the five seed 20 points for store 22 for heurn 12 for cman including the game winner at the end of the game and the boil makers a little unsteady at the free throw line they shot 32-9 free throws 32 attempts to nine for Wisconsin but they missed eight of them 24 4 to 32 and Greg guard and the Badgers are in the Big 10 title game tomorrow the last game before we have selection Sunday so now it's Illinois's turn they're taking on Nebraska coming up here in about 25 minutes we will uh take a break we'll come back we'll get the keys to the game for you we'll have the starting lineups for you once those are posted a little time to fill here just because of the overtime game Wisconsin into the championship game of the Big 10 here from neapolis on the Bucy Bank a linei sports network from learfield which schools will take home the prestigious learfield director's cup for the 2023 24 College athletics season you can follow the standings of your favorite school or Alma Moder at L Directors Cup on Twitter and online at the directors cup.com that's the directors cup.com and L Directors Cup on Twitter trophies will be awarded in June 2024 to the winning institutions in all 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the Ali wearing the script Ali jerseys script Illinois jerseys today Nebraska is the lower seed will be in red all right our keys to the game State Farm Insurance brings you those and let's talk about those F first key to this game is controlling the three-point line this is a really really good three-point shooting team Nebraska and the first in the head of the snake is K to managa I mean as he goes the excitement he brings to this team so we got to make sure we know where he is communication on defense especially in transition so we don't lose their Shooters beat them on the boards and make sure that we continuously attack the paint whether that's putting the ball inside uh with a post player or tsj or Marcus attacking the basket we have to put points on them rebounds on them and I think that'll open up our three-point shots our keys to the game for surprisingly great rates like a good neighbor State Farm is there they'll get the coverage you need that at a price that fits your budget like a good neighbor State Farm is there once they post the lineups we'll get to those again if you're just joining us first semifinal went overtime Wisconsin scored late to tie it to Cent it to overtime with Chucky heurn and then Max kesmond hit a little shot inside the lane little floater and knocked it down and a three-pointer for Purdue went missing to the left and Wisconsin plays for the Big 10 title tomorrow against Illinois or Nebraska let's hope it's Illinois right that's what we're hoping for so anyway our keys to the game brought to you by State Farm Insurance we got a little extra time here now we have 20 minutes till they get everything cranked up here in Minne and the Ali fans settling into the vacated seats of the boiler fans just left be a lot of red for Nebraska and a lot of orange for Illinois should be a fun atmosphere here this afternoon for the Ali ey in Nebraska the winner gets Wisconsin tomorrow afternoon here in Minneapolis back with more in a moment as we 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let's go Courtside here's the voice of the fighting Eli Brian Barnhart hey it's semifinal Saturday for the fighting Ali as they take on the Nebraska Corn Huskers the two seed against the three seed and the Alana I will battle the Huskers here coming up in about 15 minutes as the first game today went to Wisconsin in overtime they beat Purdue and so Wisconsin awaits the of this game not Purdue Purdue will get ready to be the number one seed in the tournament starting tomorrow of course with the selection Sunday show but they lost just for the fourth time this year Illinois is 24-8 14-6 they went during the regular season Nebraska the three seed 23 and9 in a lot of ways a record setting season for Nebraska you have to understand Nebraska football for years and years was the standard for college football basketball was kind of always lurking in the background there and and they had some good years Danny knee in the early 90s competed for some big a championships but they have not had a lot of success over the years had never made it to the Big 10 semifinals and they are here today as the opponent for the fighting Ali eye good to have you with us Brian barard with Deion Thomas got batty filling in for Ed Bond we've got Michael tacket in Jefferson City so we got a little time to fill here as that first game went overtime between the Badgers and the boiler makers and not a surprise that I mean it was a surprise Wisconsin won but then again when you think about the top four or five teams in the Big 10 maybe it shouldn't be yeah it should not be but you know Purdue is I will say it's clearly the best team in the Big 10 but ourselves Illinois Wisconsin are right there especially when things are going right and the teams are playing at full strength and this was one of those games where I think Wisconsin had a great game plan they executed that game plan which kept them close and as you know this they going back and forth two points here one point here you know as far as the lead and then at the end the right team I mean I wouldn't say the right team the team that had the ball last made the best shot and and they were able to close out Purdue which hopefully will'll be meeting them next tomorrow yep the Ali have won eight straight against Nebraska although the last one was not easy in overtime in Champagne Tomy Naga had 31 for Nebraska Illinois was up 10 late in that game but had that lead get away late fortunately I think it was Marcus deas that got fouled on a baseline shot attempt and had a chance to win the game with two free throws in regulation made one out of two and then we went overtime and the atana eventually won that game 8784 Hawkins had 20 in that game Shannon had 18 damask had 19 Rogers had eight points and 14 rebounds Tom managa 31 rink Mass the transfer from Bradley had 22 and Jaan Gary had a double double 12 and 11 for the Nebraska Corn Huskers in that game Illinois coming off a scare last night they beat Ohio state had to Rally from 10 down at the Midway point of the second half to Win It 7774 Nebraska beat Indiana last night handily 9366 they LED 5027 at the half toaga had 18 in the first half alone including a big shot at the end of the half and he wound up with 23 points in the game Bryce Williams had 23 Jamarcus Lawrence had 15 for Fred hyberg Corn Huskers and they hit 14 threes in that game they've had one loss since February 10th and that was at Ohio State and it's interesting just the way the schedule Works Illinois won a game at the end of January in Columbus against Ohio State right and the next opponent they played was Nebraska so here we are again we just played Ohio State last night and a short night for the guys they uh had to wait until the Nebraska game was basically down to the final 5 minutes just to make sure that they did win and then they started their prep and they worked on it they walked over here to the uh the Target Center for a shoot around early this morning MH very short walk about a 3-minute walk and then um got ready to go watch some more film y today at breakfast and they're set to go so well you know like I know turn when you're in the 10 uh especially in a tournament time but you're in the Big 10 you're always watching your opponent anyway so you pretty much know what they want to do so this is a point in time where you're really concentrating on what you do and making sure that you are uh very good and on point and focused on what you do and then you go over the Tendencies of the other team so like you mentioned quick walkthroughs but you make you have to make sure that you are are zeroed in on on what needs to take place well Tom managa gets a lot of headlines and uh I think the thing that people like about him is he's having fun out there when he's playing he's just playing the joy of the game yes yes and you're right I mean and and that's what this is this is you know we look at this there's a lot of things and a lot of changes that are going on in college basketball right now but this is a game you know this is the one we grew up playing having fun on the basketball court before everyone started thinking about you know nil deals and all of this stuff and he plays like he's that little kid on the court just having fun and and it it is it's infectious and and that's what one of the fun things about watching him in this Nebraska team play he was a second Team all big 10 player uh rank mat the transfer from Bradley was a third Team all big 10 player six times this year with double doubles he had a huge game against Ohio state with 34 and then you've got Alec the transfer from uh New Mexico who has a sister on the Nebraska volleyball team came back to Lincoln in his hometown right he's got the great hair he's got a long hair does it man and uh he plays like his hair is on fire he he really does doesn't he he he's out he's there Ty Rogers I mean he just does not stop moving he flies around he you know does all of the dirty thing the dirty work he's like the Dennis Rodman of Nebraska with better hair I mean he needs to be in the commercial Head and Shoulders commercials with Troy palalo I mean that's how nice his his hair is let's get to our starting lineups brought to you by your central Illinois Toyota dealer and for the Ali Teran Shannon of course Ty Rogers Marcus deas Quincy garer and Coleman Hawkins Shannon with 28 in the game last night against Ohio State 21.9 point a game he's also got 57 assists 25 blocks and 23 steals Marcus damasco had a tough shooting night last night three for 16 had seven points one of the few times in the last couple of months he hasn't scored in double figures but he's averaging about 16 a game all big 10 first team 11 111 assists on the year for Marcus also starting tonight Quincy garer 10.1 points a game 6 and a half rebounds he leads the team in total rebounds with 212 Ty Ro Rogers 66 sophomore sag on Michigan boy was he good last night 6.7 points a game 5 a half rebounds 66 assists 14 blocks on the year and Coleman Hawkins 610 230 senior from Sacramento California 5.9 uh points the game and 3.4 rebounds for the uh Nebraska Corn Huskers rice Williams will get a start 12.8 points a game he scored 23 and their win over Indiana last night five and and a half rebounds two and a half assists casay tominaga 14.8 you thought his average might be higher but it wasn't 14.8 but he's he is a load he had 31 in Champagne back at the start of February Jawan Gary 11.9 points a game 6.2 rebounds rank mass 12.4 and 7.8 with three and a half assists he's a good point Center if you will gets rid of that ball and Josiah Alec uh he's played in 31 games 7.1 points a game five and half rebounds and as you mentioned very similar numbers to Ty Rogers and Williams a 67 Gary 66 to managa at 6'2 with a quick trigger mast at 610 and Alec at 68 so the two teams similar in a lot of the positions as far as it goes in the matchup today semi-final Saturday we'll check some other games too from the other tournaments of course tomorrow the finale Wisconsin awaits the winner of this game coming up Illinois and Nebraska do want to mention to our Phil it's because we have some extra time here we are going to go ahead we've got a Bonus break it'll be a network break we'll go ahead and take it uh 2 minutes in length and then we'll come back and get closer to the start of this one we're a little delayed because of the overtime game between Wisconsin and Purdue that Wisconsin just won by a point a few minutes ago we'll come back after this two-minute Network timeout back to Minneapolis in a moment as we continue on a line ey basketball from lfi 2 million brain cells die every minute during during a stroke Carl Health wants to remind you of the six simple signs of a stroke we call it be fast and it stands for balance lost eyes blurred faces drooping arms are weak speech is slurred and terrible headache if you or someone you know are experiencing these symptoms call 911 immediately be fast 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with Dion Thomas we are back here in Minneapolis at the Target Center two teams on the floor we'll have the second semifinal coming up in uh my day doing baseball we call this rain delay theater cu the first game went overtime so we had all this extra time so we got three or four minutes here Mike kley with the line ey guyses here what do you think of that first game that was something huh that was exciting down to the final second it was a lot of fun and now the doorway is open for the line I just have to take care of business in this game yeah with the Purdue guys just left and they were saying well it might be blessing in disguise they get a little bit of rest I know coaches don't like to think that way but those of us out there can think about it cuz Purdue is going to be fine regardless of what happened today yeah they are but the Ali have an opportunity to really lock up a three seed potentially today it would be fantastic to see them do that the first a line ey team to be a three seed since 1988 I believe so you think they can get to the three line I think they can but they need a victory today and and boy Nebraska is shooting well and they feel confident and I think it'll be a great matchup yeah has anybody figured out how to guard tominaga yet you seen anybody I think I think you have to hope he misses I think that's the that's the big thing Mike kley with a line ey guys with us here as we await the start of this on our start of the game in a few minutes the second semi-final of the day I know you're probably charting all the uh selection Sunday stuff we're all kind of guessing till the committee actually does it but uh any hints anything you're hearing about where Illinois might be sent you know that changes on a daily basis you keep seeing you know spoke can Pittsburgh obviously the higher you move up in the seed line the better it gets for you location wise so again another reason to get your fingers crossed yeah what' you make of that game last night for Illinois that was that was a grinder I thought that was a really it showed you what type of Team Illinois is they have a quote bad unquote offensive game they score 77 points and do mask and Coleman Hawkins have challenging games this is a very talented Ali team and it was nice to see the defense lock him up last night well Coleman Hawkins was good when he needed to be yes he was I tell you I told him that in the locker room too yeah like kley with us couple more minutes from a linee guys we'll tell you how you can read their stuff but um man this tournament's fun isn't it I didn't know what what it might be like I I figured Wisconsin would have a lot of people just because it's a neighboring state Nebraska's brought a lot of people the Nebraska fans are a very loyal group of people you have to give them credit for that and the Eli fans made a nice showing last night there was a loud Ohio State fan group but I think the Eli fans drowned them out that was good I think you're right what do you expecting this game today high scoring I think it's going to be I think one team's going to score in the 80s the other team's going to score in the 70s and I'm thinking Illinois is going to make it to the 80s tell us about ali guys Ali guys.com is where you can get all of the information what's going on behind the scenes with the Ali all the sports you go to ali.com hit the free registration we don't charge you till the 7th day you will love it and if you go back into the message boards that's where you can talk and argue with Ali fans all over the world all right very good Mike thank you very much appreciate you filling a little time for us thank you very good Mike Kegley with the line ey guys covering of course we got a lot of great reporters here and uh News Gazette Scott Richie here of course and others that are um covering the team and some of those I think are back in the uh media room right now listening to Greg guard and his teammates so Mike was available to us right there so we appreciate him coming by for a couple of minutes two teams warming up again the winner gets Wisconsin let's check some other scores shall we Mr Thomas I shall I will get those going out there the the Big 10 is in the semifinal mode a couple of the conferences the Big 12 for instance has their championship game today as is the case with the the ACC SEC will have their Championship tomorrow again Wisconsin knocks off number three Purdue and the Big 10 semi 7675 some other games 810 games are in there it looks like duaine over St Bonaventure early 1611 Texas A&M leads Florida 10 to3 very early the ivy league championship Brown gets it 90 to 81 some of the other tournament games and some other games coming up Big 12 as well SEC now that may have been from last night I don't know um getting into some of those dates but anyway we we'll check him out throughout the day and follow along as we dwindle down the number of teams that are left playing before the NCAA tournament selection Sunday of course we'll find out tomorrow where the Ali are headed found an interesting Mike thought we might get a three seed at some point if we can win this game and maybe win tomorrow and I would agree with him uh I think Illinois is right on the cusp of that three seat especially if they win this U Big 10 tournament Championship I think they will solidify that three seed for him I think we're firmly in that four position and it's just a matter of how you close it out Illinois fighting Al all right the Eli about to be introduced Big contingent of Nebraska fans and Illinois fans although I think Nebraska's probably got us outnumbered I I don't like to admit that very often but but uh doesn't happen very often happen very often I say now um the Alana with teren Shannon Ty Rogers Marcus Damas Quincy Gary a Coleman Hawkins rice Williams K tominaga Jaan Gary rank Mast and Josiah the starters for the Nebraska Corn Huskers let's check in on who's listening today and where they're listening we got a couple of minutes here before they start the game The Villages in Florida with us section 236 here in the building listening through the varsity app we appreciate that Lyall Township with us Belleville Illinois Katie Texas uh Richland Washington State section 120 here on the drive home from Branson cold but Sunny Arizona listening in today Glen View Illinois Loi Wisconsin Newark Ohio Troy Illinois wrmj Alo with where they're listening in sherard Illinois Liberty Illinois listening from beautiful rural Shelby County Today topis beautiful mhart dairy farm they say on my deck in Broadwell fton Illinois Princeton Illinois with us today from Huck Hall today they say nice um somebody says on the top of a mountain in the middle of a rainforest even better that's interesting Newton Iowa uh re packaging homemade venison sausages in St Joe I want some listing a wsy indicator driving back to Champagne County through Indiana and Illinois San Antonio somebody with headphones on at a party for my daughter's friend at Chick-fil-A in Fairview Heights Illinois they say Illinois Corn is better than Nebraska Corn I love that sto guard Germany Portsmouth Virginia Birmingham Alabama and Illinois they say screaming and nervous monel Toledo Brazil Bartelso Illinois Osco Illinois W Mountain Home Arkansas and U good to have all those folks with us as we get ready to tip this one off here in Minneapolis the winner gets Wisconsin tomorrow big 10 championship game at 2:30 and the line eye will go with the same lineup they've had in recent weeks Nebraska in the red one team in red has already won today let's hope the other one does not I'm with you on that one Brian the line eye in the script Illinois jerseys as they take the floor here just after 3:00 a bit of a delay Teran Shannon as he tends to do testing out the ball he flings it up towards the ceiling and then underhanded flip to the referees kaga now checking it I guess they're the official inspectors H out there Illinois 24 and 8 Nebraska 23 and N the winner gets Wisconsin it it's funny the rituals that that people have for across the sports all right here we go Josiah Alec and Quincy gar Alec at 68 so is Quincy and the Big 10 semifinal number two about to get started once the TV folks say we can go and the game delayed about a half hour after the schedule time just because of an overtime game that Wisconsin one over Purdue everybody waiting standing and waiting it's like waiting on a bus here to arrive now it's interesting damask and Shannon are going to switch sides of the floor now they start to go back now they're all kind of gathered up the players are just talking to each other in a straight line now the official comes in all right says guys let's get in position and Big 10 semi-final number two they don't move again the referee here we go we're going to toss it in the air Gary a and Alec and finally after the first game goes overtime we're underway in game two in the Ali I haveit and Marcus deas will take it left to right as we look at it here in Minneapolis at the Target Center Ty Rogers top of the key guarded by rank Mast now to Shannon Shannon guarded by his man Bryce Williams gets a pick throws it left to Mast left corner to Hawkins ball fake dribbles back out tend to shoot opening possession of the game Hawkins dribbling now to Damas going to shoot a nope he's going to pass to Hawkins with two and he stepped on the sideline very hesitant first possession for Illinois very discombobulated that first possession and wasn't anything that Nebraska did I just think we just didn't get in the flow of what he wanted to get into early Ras in the opening possession of the game for them Gary to Rick Mass the former Bradley Braves pull up from 15 right elbow is good and rink mask draws the first blood for Nebraska two nothing Huskers 1915 to go first half just underway here at the Target Center pretty full today a lot of red and some orange as well here is the mass top of the key left side gets it to Ty Rogers bad pass deflected to Hawkins thought about a three now he's going to pass it with eight to damass drives Baseline cut off now to Hawkins drives with 3 2 1 put it up an in Coleman Hawkins with a basket as he drove down the lane when we've melt the clock twice 22 1843 to go in the half mast Fires for three left wing and he got it he can shoot it he's a lot like Coleman in that regard and it's 5 to2 Nebraska okay I got have a little bit shorter help on mass tonight or switch it Mass doesn't you know he's not a killer down in the post big body and can score maybe we look at possibly switching that the mass to Hawkins left wi three tries to answer short rebound fought for and mass has it for Nebraska they're up five to2 picking up tomaga is Damas Tom managa with a floater with the left hand rattled in and out halfway down and came out rebound to Illinois here comes the mass middle of the Court about a three Hawkins faking a three back to Marcus top of the key drive on MK pass rightwing Shannon out top garer three ball missed it rebound underneath to Damas put it up and in with a left hand wait for Ty Rogers to keep it alive down there fighting on the boards and then they find the big fella MD finishes it off yep 54 Nebraska by one in the early going here's a near steal by Hawkins deflects it to tominaga picks it up in midcourt left side in the red to Gary hands it off to Alec now to Mass to tominaga tomaga back to rink Mass top of the key three missed it rebound Mark is the mass out L Shannon here he goes down the lane shovels left corner Hawkins for three missed it rebound Nebraska ryce Williams coming down Court underhanded shovel to Gary layup missed it but a foul Jawan Gary will go to the line the transfer from Alabama who averages 12 a game he had 11 points last he's a transfer from Alabama Bryce Williams a transfer from Charlotte of course tominaga from Japan and CJ welshire comes off the bench he started his career at Savor oh I mean Fred's done a really good job and then bringing in mass as well got a bunch of guys that transferred in guys that have experience from other locations and they've come in and as you see turn that season around really I mean turn the year around really quickly for free throw is short for Jawan Gary a 66% foul shooter Nebraska is a team right up there fourth in the Big 10 in free throw percentage 5-4 Nebraska 1711 for the first half second free throw is good for Jawan Gary and Nebraska's lead us two at 6'4 teams feeling each other out they met once during the regular season in champagne and Illinois won in overtime the bass left wing Gary three ball air ball taken out of there by Nebraska Gary ahead to Bryce Williams Williams left corner to Alec wasn't ready for the pass pass and it sails into photographers row turnover Nebraska Alec wasn't even looking that time but he I I like the shots from Coleman I like the shots from Quincy but I would like to see a little bit more ball movement before we get into just taking the quick threes cuz I think we can beat this team off the dribble and find easier shots they thought they might get quite a few three attempts today if they move it around Hawkins left corner to Gary a 64 Nebraska 1638 to go first half right wing Shannon Shannon guarded by Alex shoots it over him for three and nothing but that for Teran Shannon Splash knocks it down splash down 76 Illinois he gets into that t t j gets into that little rhythm dribble boy and you're in trouble first lead of the game for Illinois at 76 Shannon guarding tomonaga here is mass spinning his way down the lane against Hawkins maybe hooked with a left hand is good rank Mast with seven early and it's 87 Nebraska as we seesaw back and forth in this one 1603 for the half deas jump pass right corner Shannon feeling it for three more and he's hot early he's hit a couple he has six and the a line I lead is two at 10 to eight Shannon backto back threes and that's what I was talking about right there here's a drive by Bryce Williams with a layup put it up and down he has his first two and it's 1010 get in the lane and spray it out you'll be able to find open opportunities for guys bad pass by theask haded dribbled to the floor and stolen by Nebraska good turnover Illinois driving Bryce Williams pass in the corner to Alec out top Tomy Naga missed it rebound Gary put it up and in for Nebraska Gary with three and the Nebraska lead is 1210 both teams shooting well over 50% Nebraska over 60% in the early going Rogers across the line 1210 Nebraska four lead changes already get used to that I think oh yeah damass Hawkins top of the key got a shorter tomaga on him now to damass inside to Rogers left Baseline guarded by Gary sprays it right corner Gary a five to shoot into the lane short jumper good for Quincy garer did not score last night at four rebounds he has his first two of the tournament ties the game at 12 Gary answering at the other end for three short 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Jersey out top to Jawan Gary now to mass shoots a left wing three and got it I didn't think that was going in but he hit it he's got 10 already and it's 15 to 12 Nebraska it did not look like it was going in I'll tell you this is one of those situations right now BR I I would really like to see Dane in to force Mass to have to play defense here's a drive by Harmon right Baseline missed it ball on the floor rebound Nebraska Bryce Williams up the court he was hot early against Indiana yesterday to Mast puts it on the deck against Hawkins put it up and missed it rebound on the weak side to Mast out L Shannon 1512 Nebraska 14 minutes to go in the first half goody left wing Hawkins spins the in the corner to Harmon back to Coleman now to Harmon on the left wing Justin Harmon back to Hawkins out top hesitates now to deas 12 to shoot drives lost the handle save by Shannon though cuts to the rim put it up missed it but he was fouled and Shannon saved the possession there yeah great job by Terrence being being aware and picking up that loose ball and then driving it to the basket and putting the foul on mass as I was mentioning earlier Mass has we got to make him play D because he's such an efficient player that if he has his legs at the end of the game he can make just about any shots you talking about look who's coming in D danger exactly gotest work Shannon with six early now he's got seven he made 10 of 11 free throws last night Hawkins out danger in who was one of the Stars maybe if not the star of the game last night 1513 Nebraska 1344 to go first half second free throw for TJ who was an 80% foul shooter up and down he's in good form today 1514 Nebraska by one largest lead for Illinois two largest lead for Nebraska three rink Mast already with 10 points Sam hyberg is checked in gets it to Mast shoots a three and knock down another one we got to figure this out asz Mass Gives Nebraska its biggest lead at four 1814 he's already got 13 of their points damass crosscourt har left corner goody free ball hit the side of the basket loose ball Nebraska coming down court hyberg now with it Bryce Williams Williams back out top to mass somebody cover him please mass backing his way down baby hooked short rebound on the floor skipping for it and a possession tie up possession arrow to Nebraska with 1302 to go in the half Nebraska up 1814 and that's the thing right there well as we saw this is the second shot around the basket that mass did not make I mean he's not an athlete he's not going to explode over you so if you contest shots it's difficult for him to get the ball really over got but give that that kid an opportunity to spot up and shoot the ball oh you you're dead in the water his High game this year was 34 against Ohio State he's on Pace for that right now as Rogers is going to check in for Marcus damass so it's Rogers Shannon danger goody and Harmon on the floor inbound caught front of us by Jawan Gary here's a long three by mast again he missed that one goody screens him out and grabs the rebound Rogers ahead to Shannon 1814 Nebraska Rogers drives right Baseline shot up banked it short fights for his own rebound can't get it Gary with the outlet for Nebraska coming down cour Jamarcus Lawrence into the game 1814 oskars Lawrence with a drive layup got it up and around and under his first two of the game he had 15 last night and the Huskers had a six-point lead this game will e and flow let me tell you Rogers out top goody left corner Shannon too hard rebound goody saves it throws it in the back court Shannon to run it down they say over and back turnover Illinois goody with an impressive rebound but threw it over his shoulder the two coaches working the sideline both wearing kind of Cotton white tops today co- coach of the year in the Big 10 Fred hyberg was an assistant GM for the Timberwolves he played with the Timberwolves the Bulls and the Pacers first two years his Husker teams went seven and 20 something s and 25 7 and 20 and now 20 to 14 Nebraska 127 for the game and meret checks into the game here's a drive to the basket and a foul as Gary was fouled by goody right near the Big 10 logo foul on the line eye gives them three goody his first and Nebraska will inbound again Illinois no field goals the last 240 they're down six 20 to 14 Nebraska inbound Tomy Naga Shannon on the on him like glue tominaga can't fire out top to hyberg guarded by merett lay up got it tough shot Sam hyberg with a tough shot the coach's son Nebraska opens up an eight-point lead Under 12 minutes to go in the first half Nebraska shooting 56% Shannon has eight points early handles it top of the key down the lane Euro Step foul on the way in foul on Nebraska with that we get the Under 12 timeout 1150 to go first half Nebraska shooting it quite well 56% they're on a 70 run the at haven't hit a field goal in 3 minutes we'll come back with more from Minneapolis after this Timeout on the Bank the line I SWS network from L field 2 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had 22 in the overtime win for Illinois scoring for the Huskers tomin Naga had 31 tomin Naga yet to score he's only taken one shot couple of shots actually but um how do we get this kind of adjusted again down 2214 well it it's really like I said in the um keys to the game we have to attack the paint we're not attacking the paint right now I mean we look at the number of three-point shots we have 13 shots total eight of them have come from the three we got to get to the basket you know Dane I call for Dane to come inside Dane didn't even sniff the ball put the ball inside now you contract the defense and now you're able to get the other outside shot love what Terrence is doing right now he's taking the shots that are good shots he's attacked the basket and picked up fouls on guys when he didn't have that but we got to find better flow ball has to move and pop around a little bit better and I think that starts by getting the ball inide Shannon has eight of Illinois 14 points Mast has 13 of Nebraska's 22 Shannon first free throw is good he's three for three for the day we're at 11:50 on the clock first half 2215 Nebraska and these two teams played a high-scoring overtime game 8784 that Illinois won back in early February Shannon second one is good yes sir hit them both and 2216 we got to get a stop on this end though El line I with d deas Rogers Shannon Hawkins here's a drive and a shot and an alley and a dunk for Josh Josiah Alec he got free slammed it in 68 230 lb senior former New Mexico Lobo 2416 is the Nebraska lead Rogers inside the paint backing his way down to mass 15-footer rimmed out Rogers keeps it alive and then he gets fouled on the Baseline well Rogers as he did last night jumping in there for the rebound sky in foul on Jawan Gary yeah we got to got to have better communication Brian Dane gets back screen nobody says anything no one helps I don't know we we'll step behind here and I know the coaching staff has these guys prepared so they need to wake up mentally 246 here's a little lob on the inbound Rogers to Shannon put it up and in well-designed play and the line back within six at 2418 here is Lawrence out top to mass Hawkins jumps out on him now to hyberg drives against the Mast underhanded pass Mast right wing Tomy kna for three too long rebound harams to Coleman Hawkins line ey down six with the ball 1055 for the half deas thought about a three now to Shannon who will fire it for three and he's the only guy not hesitant right now fires it away he's on fire again and the Ali have cut it to three 24-21 Shannon with 15 here is Lawrence pull up jumper from 16 good Demarcus Lawrence his second basket he has four 26-21 Nebraska here is damask back to Hawkins top of the key right corner Shannon he's got the hot hand hyberg is on him now to Hawkins Coleman hands to Shannon Shannon dribble Drive running left hander short rebound Sam hyber they want to run Tomy Naga drives on the mass shot up and got it Tomy Naga with his first two the ball hung on the rim it goes in Nebraska's lead is seven we go into to end Shannon rightwing three short rebound Tomy Naga little quick 28-21 Nebraska by seven 952 to go first half good Pace on this one Nebraska's hit five of their last six now Shannon steals it from tomaga coming down the court the line on the break Hawkins out top Gary three ball too hard rebound Rogers they'll reset it another offensive rebound the team leader in that category is Rogers n and 1 half for the half 28-21 Nebraska here is Shannon pull up for three feeling it he's got another one and Shannon or is it a two they give him a two toce but that's a good shot over the short there tominaga offers no chance over resistance Shannon already with 17 11 straight points for TJ keeping theine eye close Tomy Naga head fake goes around shanon Fires for three and got it he got Shannon in the air Tomy Naga with five all of a sudden 3123 Nebraska by eight that is their biggest lead the mask out top Gary a right corner Shannon drives Baseline shot up go down fouled on the way in he'll shoot a pair but again he's playing so decisive he's not thinking getting to the basket driving when he's supposed to doing the right thing we need everybody else to pick up and be his same energy rank mass by the way with two fouls now so Fred hyber has a decision to make here Nebraska with a total of four fouls Illinois whistled for three 852 to go first half Nebraska with a lead Shannon with a first free throw and it's good and he's up to 18 points already and Mast will sit down best player on the floor acting like the best player on the floor Toman nagas hit a couple of shots Mast will sit down Bryce Williams is out there hyberg is out there Jaan Gary is out there they've gone smaller here Shannon with the second of two foul shots and he missed that one rebound to the corner Tomy Naga one out of two for Shannon first Miss the line eye for the game five out of six and here is Nebraska with the ball right to left in the red leading 3124 Tomy Noggin out of hyberg hyberg out top to Bryce Williams to Alec Josiah Alec hands it off to hyberg step back three over to mass Grimm it rebound tipped up by Hawkins he was fouled by Alec trying to knock it away from him yeah good block out by Coleman on that series on a welld deserved rest right here for t s j with with Harmon coming in the game but now with him on the bench somebody got to pick up we got to get back to better ball movement get it inside to Marcus we got to do something to put some points on the board rascus hit six of their last eight they lead it 3124 Illinois had a two-point lead at 108 825 to go first half right wing Harmon bounce past toass guarded by hyberg backing him down fadeaway shot from 15 missed it rebound Gary a little off to the left and here comes tominaga with his team up seven drivve step back right wing three missed it rebound Ty Rogers with his fourth rebound to go with three assists Tai left corner Harmon toy Naga on him Harmon back out top to Gary a on the left side between the circles now to Harmon who's going to be the guy to step up 750 for the half Hawkins step back top of the key three in and out no good fight for the rebound and I think Gary a knocked his man over trying to get to it that's two on him we'll get the under eight timeout here in Minneapolis well the Huskers trying to get to the title game first time ever in the semifinals the winner gets Wisconsin tomorrow at 2:30 today's game brought to you by the College of Aces improving lives and sustaining the future back to Minneapolis in a moment on the buy Bank a line ey Sports network from learfield Bruce bill business booming Bountiful bushels of soybeans you're boasting boatloads of bushels but how bags of zavo soybean seed bags of zavo soybean seed Bunches of them Bunches of bushels from bags huh you beta that's a breakthrough Bean to Boggle the brain Bill Bruce best we give it a break an Innovative seed packed with enlist E3 trade 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we got to do a better job at getting inside and getting the shots that we want and then spraying the ball outside for three-point shots the hus by the way have held six of their last seven opponents to 70 points or less they're number one in field goal percentage defense in conference play and uh they've won seven of their last eight games so we're facing a hot team again as we did yesterday in Ohio State earlier today Wisconsin beat Purdue that's right Wisconsin beat Purdue they're in the final the Eline ey trying to get there but got some uphill work to do here down to the Huskers 3124 Huskers out of the top time out with it Alec lob alley oop and goes through the hands of Bryce Williams and out of bounds I'll take it too much mustard on it turnovers three for Nebraska three for Illinois the rebounds 1411 Nebraska they're usually about even on the rebound that's true but again right there back screen came no no communication no ball pressure so he had an open here's a drive by Shannon whips the pass in the corner to damass back to Harmon jump pass goody left corner Shannon he's the one guy shooting he missed it rebound tapped out of bounds by Nebraska but we got our best three-point shooter wide open and he didn't even look to shoot the ball he passed it to the corner luk goody got to shoot that yeah he's got to shoot it oh come on as simple as that yes Shannon's the one guy that's just not thinking about it 18 points already for TJ goody on the inbound lobed to Harmon somebody else has got to get going here Shannon guarded by Alec fires it right Wing Harmon damask in the corner goody 710 for the half Damas drives right Baseline pushes off and an offensive foul tried to get some room against Tomy Naga and Damas gets the foul his first five on Illinois five on Nebraska Husker shooting 57% Illinois missed six their last seven shots Nebraska hasn't scored in 2 minutes Mass rank Mass had a quick 13 he's on the bench with two fouls holding it high Lawrence gets it to Alec now to Lawrence had it deflected by Harmon shot clock at 14 right wing three Tomy Naga short rebound on the floor Shannon trying to come up with it Harmon beats him to it and now looks for Hawkins out top colan with a drive left elbow now in the corner to theask and back to Shannon out top they'll reset it six and a half to go first half 3124 neither team has scored for a couple of minutes Shannon drives to the rim and a foul as he flings the ball up toward the rim Alec hits the floor set six on Nebraska now I think so all right one more and we're in Bones so Shannon I think it's going to be an inbound play foul on Alec that's two on him he'll go to the bench Nebraska doesn't play a lot of guys they tend to stick with the top six seven and here is the inbound lob to Shannon Maru GOP checked in here's a long three by Hawkins missed it rebound Luke goody another offensive rebound damask open rightwing three got it thank you he needs to finally he just needs to take it quit thinking about it the Mas with five 3127 the Aline in 2 and 1/2 minute drought 6 minutes to go first half 31 127 Nebraska pull up jumper for three good Jamarcus Lawrence counted in one he's got seven quick points just opened up and fired it and made it 34-27 Nebraska just after Damas had hit a three-pointer and Shannon with 18 Damas now with five Mast with 13 Lawrence now with seven and a four-point play here for for the Huskers up and good and it's 3527 Nebraska as we crawl inside of 6 minutes to go first half 3527 Huskers theask running the point across the timeline rightwing Hawkins now to Shannon going to shoot it not thinking about it missed it air ball out of bounds he aimed that one badly though yeah I did and he's hearing it from the Husker fans that are here 3527 to Nebraska their biggest lead is eight the line I have not trailed as coach mentioned not trailed in by double figures much this year they did last night with 11 minutes to go but came back to win Lawrence hyberg out top Lawrence gets it back rolls down the lane whips the pass to hyberg in front of us 15 to shoot hyberg against the mask in trouble left wing long jumper Williams three got it Bry Williams is a very good three-point shooting team and Husker fans are on their feet and we we're just not Nebraska plays a very free flowing defense and we're allowing them to free flow we got to get a little bit more physical a little bit more nasty on the defensive end the lead grows to 11 3827 Nebraska timeout called by Brad Underwood how wouldd you like to be able to listen to us synced up to your TV the comfort of your own home go to sby game.com to find out how and whether you're out of town want to keep up with live college sports someone asked me about that the varsity Network app it's free through learfield listen to college sports live with the varsity Network at and today's game brought to you by our friends at Coke Zero sugar it might be the best Coke ever 3827 Nebraska after they didn't score for about 3 minutes they're on a 70 run they've already hit six threes they hit 14 of them last night to beat Indiana and again they come in as the top team in the Big 10 and three-pointers made per game with nine they're already two-thirds of the way there time out Brad Underwood let's see what they do Damas goody Hawkins Gibbs law horn is checked in here's Hawkins back door cut goody throws it back out to damass shoots a three and buried another one goody caught it under the basket he could have gone up but he threw it out to damask who hits his second three he has eight and they line I back within 8 383 5 minutes to go first half here we go down the lane in traffic out top Gary three ball missed it they can't make them all right gives law horn with the rebound Outlet Illinois Here Comes Shannon Shannon down the lane kicks right corner goody for three missed it that's okay though rebound Nebraska they want to run hyberg coming down the lane kicks it down the lane to Gary shot up missed it but a foul on Illinois Elana claiming their hands were straight up yeah tsj was straight up but I think he had a little bit turn in his body but what coach is arguing is that's the same thing that happened on the other end of the court I mean you got to call it both ways teren Shannon called for the [Music] foul and we get free throws here for Gary first one good 66% he has four points balance scoring for Nebraska four for Gary five for Williams two for hyberg eight for Lawrence five for Tomy Naga 13 for Mass he and Alec both on the bench with two fouls second one is Up and Good Ju Gary and it's 40- 30 10 Point Nebraska lead largest lead has been 11 L been trying to hack away at it but not able to get the lead or get close yet here is goody out top to mass lines up another three short rebound Nebraska it's online but a little short coming down the court Bryce Williams 4030 Nebraska Williams left wing hyberg guarded by Gibbs Lawhorn under the baskets shot up and in hyberg just attacked the rim round gives Lawhorn 12-point Nebraska lead 4230 here is Hawkins to Gibbs Lorn gray The Freshman out top to Damas near midcourt three 55 for the half down the lane toask off balance Runner wouldn't go in Rogers with a tap wouldn't go goody another offensive rebound tried to throw it to Gibbs law horn knocked out of bounds by Lawrence of Nebraska and with that we get the under four timeout back to Minneapolis in a moment Nebraska with its biggest lead of 12 they're shooting 57% the Ali at 32% the winner gets Wisconsin tomorrow afternoon 4230 Nebraska on the Bucy Bank l i Sports network from learfield Health Alliance is a proud sponsor of fighting Ali basketball looking for winning coverage for you and your family Health Alliance is here with the assist in addition to comprehensive benefits in a strong provider Network Health Alliance also has a dream team of experts ready to assist you like our 24/7 nurse heline our care coordination team and a customer service team that 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nebras is a free flowing moving like I said NBA Style offense and we are a team that's sort of that way but we also are a team that has the size the athletic ability the physicality I was just sitting here looking at the rebounds Quin and this is where I think you can read how physical someone's playing Quincy guer our best rebounder has no rebounds Coleman Hawkins one of the most talented players in the country one rebound Terence Shannon although he's playing great offensively but he's chasing around one of the most Electric clearers in college basketball but you got to start and pick it up from a physicality standpoint goody in the corner pass to Gibbs Lawhorn missed for three from the deep left corner and the rebound to Nebraska the line Eye five of 19 Beyond The Arc Shannon's on the bench by the way he's got two fouls now and here is Bryce Williams with the ball for Nebraska looking for the big man inside joke now hands it on off to hyberg here's J at the top of the key 4230 Nebraska down to 312 for the half and now we get a foul on Gibbs laor that is number eight on Illinois one and one coming up and that's one of those fouls right there Brian I don't I don't even feel bad about that one he he's fighting through a screen he's getting up and one of the best offensive players in the Big 10 and making him earn whatever spot and making it difficult for him to receive the ball we haven't seen anyone else only team do that besides teren Shannon Jr and that's why everyone needs to meet them where they are on the physicality standpoint Demarcus Lawrence at the line with a one and one and today he is hit one part of a four-point play he rattles that one in so he's already got nine points Mass did a quick bunch at the early part of the game he had three threes and then he got into foul trouble only played half of the half 312 for the half second one is up and missed that one rebound to goody 4330 Nebraska we going to trim this down a little bit before half down 13 306 to go in the first half here is Rogers dribbling top of the key dribble drive around his man layup got it Rogers attacks the rimond scores his first two of the game and it's 4332 Nebraska here is Williams floer in the lane banked it up and in Bryce Williams with seven so we trade baskets and can't do that 4532 Nebraska goody swinging left side to mass left corner gives law horn hyberg Cuts him off dangerous pass to goody near midcourt runs it down now to Ty Rogers Baseline right now out top between the circles deas deas dribbling passing goody top of the key three is good good for goody his first three of the day he had one last night 4535 and the Ali I slow to get back and a slam dck for Bryce Williams beat everybody down and just like that it's back to a 12-point lead 208 for the half 4735 Nebraska damass nearly fouled in front of the Nebraska bench now to goody danger catches it and J on him now to Damas left wing goody bomb from 30 feet almost and he buried it from way downtown way out there from St Paul basically goody with his second three 4738 now we got to get a stop here Nebraska shooting 60% 137 for the half job hands it off down the lane here is Lawrence back out top to hyberg coach's son now to job who fumbles with it guarded by danger go up the young man from sagol down to five to shoot over danger got it Baseline jumper good oh boy if he hits that they're having a day 49 38 Nebraska 110 for the half here's goody head fake left wing three banked it too hard Rogers Taps it but can't quite grab it Nebraska who had 50 points at the half against Indiana is right there again with a minute to go in the half down the lane Williams short jumer is no good fouled from behind in the paint the line are giving up way too many easy baskets Brian is 20 to 10 points in the paint and this is three-point shooting team and they're beating us in the paint come on boys we've already shot 23 three-point shots it should be the opposite goody danger Rogers out there with Gibbs law horn against Shannon on the Ben with two fouls The Mask free throw is good they could score so many ways Bryce Williams and now has 10 double figures Lawrence has nine Shannon's going to come back in with Hawkins Rogers and Gibbs law horn will sit down 55 seconds for the half 12 Point Nebraska lead 5038 the line ey LED briefly at 10 to8 that was their last lead here's the free throw good and he made them both damask Hawkins they run up the court together 5138 Nebraska Damas out top between the circles now to Hawkins right wing Shannon looking inside skips into the corner to goody now to damass down the lane lays it up missed it but he was fouled there you go attack the attack the rim tag the paint we should be in the paint every single possession J gets the foul and to the line will go Marcus Damas but I will say this as well as Nebraska's playing I don't feel like we're out of the game we just not doing what we supposed to do 5138 two shots for Marcus deas an 87% foul shooter first one is good didn't score for a while but now he's up to nine points against Shannon with 18 Shannon checks out protect him from any fouls Harmon back in 39 seconds for the half 5139 Nebraska second one for damask who's made 111 free throws this year second one is good shooting that many and shooting 88% that's pretty good 5140 Nebraska by 11 can we get this down to single digits can we get a stop here for Nebraska way out near midcourt Jamarcus Lawrence and they built this lead up without Mast who got into foul trouble yeah Lawrence to Williams out of hyberg 10 to shoot 19 for the half dumped down inside Bryce Williams fadeaway jumper missed it rebound Hawkins after being tapped by danger shot clock off with 10 here is theas guarded by Tomy naga in the corner goody with six shoots a three too hard rebound hyberg down to two one Tomy Naga with a head fake three miss it well he ended the half against Indiana with a three almost got that one he sure did and the Alana go to 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attacking the paint and then spray the ball out I mean no knock on on some of the guys but they have taken 25 30 foot three-point shots all you can't stand way out there and that can't be your first shot when you come across the court and half court so once we find a better Rhythm offensively I think we can make some changes on that and but here on the defensive end we got to communicate better I don't think we're doing a very good job of that we have to play more physical with getting over screens and understanding who we need to get over the screens on I mean Gary shoots 31% why are we chasing Gary over screens you want to Chase hyberg you want to chase Williams you want you know or or tominaga I get it I understand it but guys that aren't very good three-point shoting I think I just got that mixed up is it Garry's a one of them isn't a very good three-point shooter you don't want to be chasing them over screen so I think we need to get back to what the scouting reports are 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Williams the mask on him Williams now trying to shake free throws it left wi Gary with a three missed it thank goodness and the rebound to Damas L I want to push it here is Shannon down the lane Shannon with the left hand wouldn't go rebound Rogers will go on the follow Rogers with four and another rebound for Tai and the Eli cut it to 5542 they got to stop him on this in Nebraska hitting about 58% pass guarded by Hawkins Tomy Naga Hawkins swats at the ball Tomy Naga can't fire now to Alec back to Tomy Naga had it deflected gets it back eight to shoot and now he stepped on the sideline turnover Tomy Naga and he definitely set that about but that was because of a little bit of pressure I mean he's a little guy so if you put a little bit of pressure which both times turnover hit down here ter shanon turnover down there just can't let him Flow Free Hawkins drives on mass bounce fast to mass left wing in front of us back to Coleman Coleman with a dribble Drive in the lane bounce pass underneath Gary is fouled going up for the shot so Q will shoot a pair 5542 Nebraska 1728 to go El line shooting 33% for the day seven of 26 Beyond The Arc there seven of eight from the free throw line Gary a 57% free throw shooter this will be his 99th and 100th attempts of the Year first one no good take your time big fella take your time only uh had four rebounds last night played about half the game 20 minutes the line ey down by 13 55 42 second one for the Q it is up and it is good it's about what he's been about one out of two 5543 Nebraska 1725 to go in the game Alec out top with a hair flying up behind him Tomy Naga now to Bryce Williams Hawkins out on him 16 to shoot pass to the free throw line to Alex stutter stpp kicks it left wing driving in Gary got the layup Jaan Gary with seven 5743 Nebraska the lead back to 14 Rogers driving short jumper missed it followed by garer and with authority he slams it in that's what we need to see Q do when he's playing with that type of aggressiveness getting to the offensive board normally spark something else for him 1645 left in the game here's Williams out top for Nebraska they're lead by 12 Tomy Naga Stutter Step nearly traveled leans in over Shannon wild shot wouldn't go rebound Allen gets it back from Shannon Tomy Naga can't fire over Shannon they get an offensive rebound a loose ball anyway Alec under the basket throws it in the left corner head fake nine to shoot the runner is blocked by Hawkins out of bounds as Williams hits the floor Hawkins with the block Nebraska has seven to shoot 5745 Huskers they have led for over 21 minutes I know Gary made that first shot over q and he mosca but that's three really good defensive plays by qu G here's the inbound Tomy Naga Baseline left side jumper is no good rebound underneath grab by damasc out L Shannon here he comes on the Run shot missed it but a foul and that's three on RI Mast went right at him as he stre as he does down the lane and masked with his third Shannon will shoot a pair of free throws and could cut the Nebraska lead to 10 and Shannon already to is five out of six he has 18 points the Lefty fires and the first one good always feel good when he's at the line you and me both Brian and he's got 213 attempts coming in only a line eye over 200 now Ed shot like 400 or 300 and something but they're two of the more frequent visitors to the line 5746 Nebraska second one for Shannon is good I mean that's 200 plus and you missed it game yeah oh my God that's a lot of free throw Brian I Liv using a pump fake man and didn't get that many free throws sheez woo setting down his Mast with three fouls and Alec is out there with hyberg who checks in here is Lawrence hands it off to Gary now to Bryce Williams 16 minutes for the game Alec the former Lobo hands it off to hyberg top of the key Gary A's on him bodies up on him 14 to shoot 5747 Nebraska here is Williams out top eight to shoot Hawkins a hand in his face step back can't fire now a hoyberg with three for three missed it rebound tapped by Rogers out to Shannon on the break he comes lay up missed it goal tending not called Rogers with a rebound Eline diving on the floor trying to get it back Alex in trouble he flings it ahead to Bryce Williams right wing three is no good rebound hyberg Taps it out of bounds the Eli dodge a bullet Williams was wide open in the right wing the Eli did not get a goal tending call and it was clear as day yeah El are down 10 they're kind of hanging in the neighborhood they've turned up the energy a little bit Timeout on the floor the under 16 timeout Nebraska 57 Illinois 47 on the buy Bank a line I Sports network from learfield size speed unwavering work ethic and a drive to succeed Aline ey coaches look for it with recruits you look for it too when it comes to land care equipment with ahws buildin prize tool you can create the exact John Deere lawn tractor compact tractor or Gator and add the attachments you need to take on any task 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Twisted Twisted T bre company Cincinnati Ohio please drink responsibly a shs the game's on TV but I can't listen to the call of my favorite team broadcasters never fear sink my game is here uh sink my game yes syn my game if you have a DVR and streaming device head to syncmygame.con voices of your favorite radio crew sink with a TV wow uh thank you Mr just remember symy [Music] game.com the Aline trailed at the half by 11 it got to 15 at 5540 then a tie out by Brad Underwood and the AL have rallied back to within 10 they'll have the ball here when we resume action Nebraska's picked six their last seven shots including their last five they're still 52% the Alina only 33% they've hit seven three-pointers in this game but they've taken 26 of them and a little better 3 or four minutes there it it was I mean if you look at how they came out that last three minutes now uh field goal percentage Nebraska 3 for9 33% 0 for two from three have not put them on the free throw line all of that you attribute to the defense that is not offensive stuff nothing over there got to pick it up on that other end they've done a lot better playing a lot more physical and then getting to the boards they were under on the rebounds now they're Plus on the rebounds being physical here is damass Eli ey trying to cut this thing down to single digits here is Shannon drives on Lawrence off balance shot kissed it off the glass wouldn't go but he's going to shoot two more free throws Shannon already with 20 points he's seven of eight from the line and the foul on Nebraska that is their third and it's on Jawan Gary that's his second again masted on the bench with three fouls Shannon at the line for two he shot about every free throw but a couple here today 5747 Nebraska 1514 left still some time and the free throw is good for teren Shannon who's scored a lot of points at the line he had 10 last night MH and he's up to seven of eight today 5748 Nebraska and Shannon eyes the rim here's the second one coming up the Lefty from Chicago and he hit it all right L fans trying to get into it here and they're down eight 5749 Nebraska line fans on their feet Alec top of the key hands it off to Bryce Williams guarded by Gary now to Lawrence looking inside for Alec can't get it to him now to hyberg on the left wing underhanded flip to Alec now left wing driving in is Gary off balance missed it rebound Hawkins good defensive stop stop there F break Rogers left wing left corner garer out top to Hawkins the line down a trying to get closer here is Shannon right in front of the Illinois bench drives right Baseline and fouled on the way in put it up and down count it does and Shannon is keeping us afloat right now 5751 the an one for TJ a great run both defensively but offensive on this end they started to attack the basket bran and that's what we needed them to do and if they continue to do that and play like do other and we'll be right back in it all right foul on Nebraska on Lawrence one shot for TJ it is no good and the lead stays at six for Nebraska they line out on an 80 run Nebraska hasn't scored in 2 and 1/2 minutes thanks to some better Illinois defense here is Alec drives into the paint cut off flips it out to Lawrence Lawrence guarded by Shannon right Baseline pass out to Williams T to shoot drives on Hawkins wild shot wouldn't go rebound Alec and he's fouled by garer that's okay I'll take that one battling for a rebound I will take that de fight you see the ability of the switches is really causing issue for uh Nebraska the communication is better guys are just fighting Brian you got to fight every second you're on the court Al is out and Mast is back in with three fouls 5751 Nebraska the lead was 15 it's now six for the Huskers 1412 left in the game Mass Springs open shoots a three missed it rebound garer they left him open he missed it here comes the mask in front of us to the left wing Marcus out top Hawkins right wing garer drives to the rim and tries to slam it and he's fouled go as he tacks the rim and he's fouled on the way in that one on hyberg and Gary a will shoot a pair 5751 the Ali ey 12 of 15 from the line today they've held Nebraska scoreless for the last 3 minutes Nebraska's missed nine of their last 10 garer at the line where he's one of two 1357 left first one is no good SL it down come on Q slow it down hyberg out Tomy Naga back in always scary when he's in the game second one for Quincy garer the former Oregon Duck 18 times in double figures this season eyes the rim it is good garer cuts the lead to five it was 15 now it's five 5752 Nebraska leading the fighting Aline 1350 to go line ey fans on their feet they want some more defense Williams out top toy Naga Shannon on him now to mass holds it high dumped down bad pass Shannon picks it off coming the other way Terrence down the lane collision and a foul should be a foul no no foul had Lawrence had his hands on top of the ball okay so they call a tie up yeah called a tie but the ball went out of bounds off of uhas okay they're going to clean up some uh sweat there on the floor under the basket 133 six left in this game Illinois was down 11 and a half the lead grew to 15 Brad Underwood called a timeout 2 minutes into the second half and the Lana have chipped away at it better defensively better offense Rogers looking for a cutter lob out top to Hawkins and a foul on Gary foul on Nebraska that's their six here should be his third I think yep Gary's third six in the half yep six in the half so we're going to be able to shoot some free throws as the half goes on the Elana will inbound it on the sixth foul 5752 Nebraska 1336 left Hawkins out top between the circles thought about a three now gets it to Shannon guarded by hyberg who's back in takes him right Baseline head fake up short foul good found the recipe here good use of the pom fate yep got him in the air foul on Nebraska and that's hyberg second and that's seven on Nebraska but two shots coming up for Shannon who today nine of 11 need two here to cut it to three free throw missed it and they're leaving some at the free throw line we sure are 5752 Nebraska the last Illinois lead you got to go back to 108 16 minutes in the first half second one for TJ is up and he got that one all right all right he is 25 the AL back within four now the Husker fans try to help out Huskers haven't scored in nearly four minutes the Ali ey on a 13-2 run here is mass round a pick Tomy Naga can't fire Shannon's right there to meet him Tomy Naga now Hawkins switches on him Tomy Naga with a drive layup got it for the left hand tough shot toaga with nine ends a long drown of nearly four minutes now the battle is joined 5953 Nebraska by six here is the mask out top garer garer looking for Shannon Shannon on the far right wing already with 25 shoots a three got it Shannon for three on the right wing all hail Teran Shannon 59 56 Nebraska's lead is three the Allina have storm back timeout I think nope Shannon hits the floor is it a foul on Shannon I think it is that would be his third Collision there in front of the Nebraska bench I don't normally see the guy that gets knocked down call for the F right Illinois is on a 13-2 run over the last 4 and 1/2 minutes total rebounds they're up two on the Huskers Williams to trigger the inbound 5956 Nebraska by three inbound Tomy Naga floater blocked blocked by Rogers but a foul on the shot that is God awful foul on Ty Rogers the crowd agrees with you the ones wearing orange so Tai looked like he blocked Tomy naga's shot Tomy Naga will shoot two Huskers nine free throw attempts they're seven of nine 5956 Nebraska 1228 left the winner gets Wisconsin tomorrow free throw is good he's had a tough time getting open today between Shannon who's on him and Hawkins when they've switched Terence Terence has done an amazing job of of making him take difficult shots or either running him off of the three totally 6056 back to a four-point lead second one is good for Tom Naga [Applause] and now it's a five-point huster lead masked out Alec back in Gary A Rogers Hawkins Shannon damask five starters on the floor Elana were 15 down early in the second half 1224 left they're down five Rogers back out to Hawkins dumped down to garer up and in quiny garer pretty feed by Hawkins from out top and Gary a with a bucket and the Nebraska lead is three 6158 Nebraska drive by Williams he pushed off Gary a hits the floor and an offensive foul on Williams good call Williams extending that arm and that's what uh DJ car Carin called cuz it was a really good play moved his feet and there's the extension of the elbow the Aline I were down 15 55 to 40 they're down 6158 12 minutes to go Rogers with a drive kick in the left corner to mass for the highe he missed it rebound into the basket save by Nebraska hyberg out of there with it coming down the break right wing Tomy Naga drives to the rim bumped cut off in the corner Hawkins slaps at the ball Tomy Naga trying to Spring somebody open hyberg in the right wing 6158 Nebraska here's hyberg Rogers trying to steal it and he does ball is loose now it's back to Nebraska tomin Naga open right corner drives in pass to Alec layup got it ah great hle we scrambled him out we just couldn't grab the ball and the lead back to five for Nebraska once you love the postseason 1119 to go in the game here is Hawkins for Illinois dribble drive into the paint on Alec back out top Shannon Shannon with a drive to the Lane layup got it Shannon with two more he's got 30 points Illinois down 6360 Tom managa can't quite fire on the left wing Hawkins got out there on him now to Bryce Williams drives down the lane off balance wild shot Rogers with a rebound l i down three Shannon into the front Court to the Ram off balance shot won't go rebound Alec boy Shannon off balance came flying in there here's tomin Naga somebody he's got to pick him up shoots a three and got it Tomy Naga with a three the Alani were slow to get back and it's back to a six-point Nebraska lead 6660 still along with way to go 10:30 in the game Rogers dribbling out between the circles now to Hawkins Hawkins thought about a three thought better of it now to Shannon Shannon with a dribble drive here he goes again to the Lane short up for good and one there you go King Shannon is just absolutely taking over the game and Shannon with 32 and an n one coming up count the basket and will take a break he 6662 is that the right score 6662 I believe it is2 all right Nebraska by four the Alani can cut it back two three with a free throw coming up 10:15 left here in Minneapolis on the buy Bank Alani Sports network from learfield now you have an expert to help you create the kitchen and bathroom of your dreams kimy has joined Kirchner building centers and is ready to work some magic in your home from basic remodeling to complete layout Renovations or brand new construction ction she's ready to assist with cabinets countertops paint flooring and 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four Shannon with a free throw this is his fifth game this year with 30 or more points his career high is 35 he did that at Penn State he's got 32 now we probably needing to score about 45 here I think it looks that way to win this game cuz right now he is primarily the offense damasque has 10 garer eight and Shannon with an and one to cut it to three 6662 Nebraska 1015 left in the game free throw is good Shannon hits it and the line ey back within three all right it's buckle down defensively here here's Mast who's back in the game now to hyberg to Tomy Naga they swing it to Lawrence now to Mast back to Tomy Naga back give and go to mass backing down on Shannon whips the pass bad pass intercepted by damass hyberg back to defend layup damask and it's good great read on the backside defense by the doctor and the offense is cranking up turnover Nebraska lay up to mass 6665 Nebraska by one tomin Naga with a short jumper good with the left hand and I got crossed up a little bit in there tomin Naga with two more he had five and a half he's now up to 16 Shannon with 33 6865 Nebraska damask in the corner Shannon now to Marcus theas out top to Hawkins back to theas top of the key throws it in the corner goody for three and he ties the game goody ties the game game at 68 his third three of the game and we've got a dead even game with 907 to go in the ball game here's Mast with it top of the key the all have storm back from 15 down mass for two missed it rebound they fight for it Mass gets it back good he slaps at it loose ball out of bounds to Nebraska the I fought for it again yes and and that's what is about Brian bringing the flavor you you got to bring it make make make uh Nebraska to play your game don't play theirs you know my high school coach used to always talk about we never watched film when I was in high school it was like Co why you want to watch film he was like because we need to we make make teams play our style of basketball not our us play them that's what Illinois has to be this is who they are 854 to go in the game the Ali have tied it at 68 inbound catch top of the key to Bryce Williams tomin Naga round a pick shoots a three missed it Mass the rebound put it up and missed it and a foul rink Mast who was hot early then got into foul trouble fouled by Luke goody he'll shoot two the El with just their fourth foul of the half with 847 to go the first game went overtime the El have surged back a 13-2 run got him close they out scored Nebraska 22-1 now the three ball by goody his third three of the game Mast free throw rattles in masted with his first point of the second half he has 14 Nebraska goes back up 6968 second one is good used every part of the rim he has 15 Harmon's out there with a Shannon I think Shannon getting a breather getting a breather I think he is goody Harmon here is Ty Rogers dribbles into the paint looking to post now to damask damask in front of us 7068 Nebraska 830 for the game here's the mask in front of us on clock to 10 The Mask drives can't fire now to Hawkins looking for goody goody top of the key shoots a three bed it in I will take he banked it in and the Eli have their first lead since it was 10 to8 and the Eli fans were roaring now 7170 Illinois a bank shot by goody jumper for three mask missed it rebound to mask here come the Eli with her first lead at the 8-minute mark of the second half 7170 here is Damas crosscourt goody another three cour missed it short rebound Alec loose ball though he lost it lob inside deas to Hawkins he lays it in Nebraska needs a time out accident bre how do you like that woo the Aline eye have stormed from 15 down and this time it's l goody who hadn't hit more than one three in a game all the way back to the Penn State game and he's Unleashed here with four of them and the Ali have roared in front 7370 as we take a break the under eight timeouts 749 to go in the game the winner gets Wisconsin tomorrow Illinois 73 Nebraska 70 on the buy Bank a line ey 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who hadn't played a lot of minutes in some recent games has hit huge three-point baskets left wing with it Nebraska Bryce Williams inside to Josiah Alec bodies up shot is short missed taken out of midair by Hawkins let's put the hammer down here comes toass into the front Court Hawkins shoots a three missed it rebound goody outside to Damas Damas cuts to the rim leads in layup got it he got it Damas with two he's got 14 and the Ali I were down 15 now they're up five and how about the rebounding of Luke goody six rebounds 12 points on four threes 7 minutes to go in the game here in Minneapolis here is Williams to the right corner jumper from the Baseline Top Shot he got it from 17 Bryce Williams with 15 we'll give him those 7572 Illinois lead is three as we crawl inside of 7 Minutes Rogers attacks the rim against Mass put it up and in Rogers went right at him attack the paint attack the paint over and over 7772 wild shot thrown up by Bryce Williams and do the crowd they want goal tending yes are you foul on Goody Two Shots no goal tending goody with his third foul five on Illinois in this half and the Huskers now down to 49% the Alana shooting was about 30% now it's at 43 Elina have outscored the Huskers by 16 in this half yes 7772 Illinois with 636 to go they have fought their way literally back into the game goody Hawkins damass Rogers and Shannon Williams is going to go to the line he's an 84% foul shooter Williams whose dad was a great player at Charlotte transferred in from Charlotte and he misses the free throw who was who was this that his dad uhhuh play that Charlotte I don't know his dad's name oh okay I I was thinking Charlotte Hornet yeah University of second one for Williams 7772 Illinois trying to get to the title game tomorrow against Bucky Badger Williams free throw got it one out of two he's got 15 actually 16 now we got to finish it 634 left Rogers brings it up tie dribbles to the right wing back outs off to Coleman Hawkins guarded by mass now to damass damass gets a pick back to Hawkins in front of us can't fire the three jump pass in the corner deflected out of bounds he tried to hit garer knocked out of bounds by Bryce Williams and Gary 10 on the shot clock 616 for the game Shannon leads the way with 33 that's the overall single game record for any player for the Ali ey ker Nichols had 31 I get it overall 35 Nicholls at 31 most for the Ali ey eight to shoot now six out top Hawkins for three got it he got it Hawkins with a three and the ali9 lead is seven if you can believe it 8073 Illinois here is Williams out top to mass now to hyberg left wing can't fire now to Mass Free Throw L jumper short rebound Hawkins another rebound his sixth and the Ali ey lead is seven 548 to go the Alani fans are standing the Husker fans are sitting it was the Reversed for most of the first half here is Shannon on the right wing Shannon dribble drive to the pain a collision ball loose Gary cleans it up and puts the garbage in the can and another timeout nice job by garer they're going to clean up under the floor that ball popped loose Shannon a little ginger as he gets up and the Align lead it 8273 will keep it here wait it be in the right place at the right time two he was that was a lot of contact janon plowed in there and he got hammered the ball came out Gary just found it under the basket put it in kber Nichols scored 31 against Iowa Big 10 tournament back in 2018 Illinois lost that game that's the new Ali single game record the overall single game record for any player 35 35 excuse me Michael Thompson for Northwestern in 2011 Shannon with 33 damask with 14 Gary a with 10 Rogers has six points and 10 rebounds and in the last two games the last handful of games three games he's had 27 points and 22 rebounds he's doing it all timeout was called Nebraska has one left the Aline eye with a Chance of Il ringing down here in Minneapolis after there wasn't much to cheer about for that whole first half Nebraska led by 11 and a half the lead got to 15 and then Brant Underwood called a timeout and they've been on fire ever since here's Williams drives on Hawkins layup missed it fouled by Coleman roets got him one-on-one Williams forces the action and with that let's pause 10 seconds for station identification 10 seconds for station ID on Illinois basketball from [Music] learfield William Shooting two first one he missed he looks gassed by the way he does body language is second and RKA played the late game last night they had a shorter night yeah 8273 Illinois and then they play such a short rotation yeah Williams second one is good he hits one out of two the linee lead is eight 8274 after being down by 15 about 12 minutes ago here is Rogers Rogers with a drive to the right wing drives on Alec into the paint tie up and in fell out rebound Rogers trying to get it back jump ball possession arrow Nebraska boy Rogers had that baby go in there and then crawl back out then tried to get the rebound and got tied up by Alec got two physical players that are a lot alike Rogers and Alec and they got great hair too by the way both up 8274 Illinois with 5 minutes to go here in Minneapolis the winner gets Wisconsin tomorrow hyberg out top right wing Tomy Naga and he traveled he was going to fire a three and then as he shuffled his feet to move in as Shannon went flying by and the turnover for Nebraska that's up to eight for them Illinois with six the Ali shooting 44% they've hit four their last five shots 8274 Illinois he can score 100 here we keep this going here's Rogers dribble drive on Alec fell down in trouble threw it away tried to hit toass hyberg the steel oh he plays hard hyberg to the right Baseline spinning down the lane back to his right Tomy Naga missed it for three rebound to Mas he has that quick trigger wouldn't go in 4 and 1/2 minutes to go the Aline eye up eight after being down by 15 the Braska another cold stretch six their last seven they've missed now deas guarded out top by hyberg 412 to go in the game making it a halfcourt game here is Damas down to eight to shoot The Mask looking inside G A cuts open had it deflected out of bounds to Illinois is getting a hand on it where the Huskers three to shoot 401 for the game Illinois leads it 8274 what a turnaround here in the second half it was and they went back to what they do which is score in the paint scoring in the paint and defending yeah I mean they've really cut off the spet on this uh uh Raska team Rogers looking for Shannon going to shoot it with two one left-handed shot missed it rebound Williams Huskers inside of four minutes down 8274 Williams right wing three short tired shot rebound Hawkins Shannon has it Shannon with 33 today dribbles across the timeline 340 left come on clock here is Shannon out near midcourt Shannon with a Drive kicks right corner down to Hawkins back to Shannon T to shoot Terrence shoots a three got it he got it from the deep right corner and Shannon buries the three what a huge basket as the Clock Was winding down 8574 Illinois they're up 11 underneath the basket tominaga wild shot won't go rebound Shannon the Ali can smell it 308 to go they've shut off the spigot on the Corn Huskers and Shannon with 36 a new Big 10 tournament record he's going to go for more layup missed it rebound Rogers couldn't tap it in rebound hyberg Illinois up 11 8574 hyberg to the rim fouled on the arm by Hawkins wasn't going to give him a layup hey I ain't mad at that and we'll get a timeout pursue your passions find a path you love in the Uvis College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 70 plus majors and endless opportunities go. illinois.edu lasas and today's game brought to you by the new Illinois signature cashback card visit Aline ard.org 247 left Illinois 85 Nebraska 74 after being down by 15 in the second half on the buy Bank a line Sports network from [Music] learfield accumulation preservation generation at Bucy Bank these are the principles we use to build meaningful 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in the paint yes and with rebounding done it in the paint I mean this second half we're plus 10 in the paint 22 points to 12 and we're also plus six on the rebound it comes back to those little things as coach said earlier in the year there's two things that travel defense and rebounding and that's what they have done in this second half free throws for hyberg first one is no good he's a 69% foul shooter has four points Shannon with 36 the mask with 14 Gary a with 10 goody with 12 huge three-point shots for goody 17 for Williams 16 for toy Naga hyberg second free throw is good he has five points now hyberg out and back in is Lawrence for Nebraska 8575 the lead 10 for the Ali they're in the double bonus by the way the rest of the game theask Rogers Hawkins they've all logged heavy minutes Shannon in the background oh bad pass and what foul on Nebraska o the mask was in trouble and the foul on the Huskers good thing he went back oh that was almost a layup at the other end in the back court there instead goes shoot free throws leading by 10 8575 with 245 to go Wisconsin took out Purdue earlier today in overtime deas Two Shots linee tonight 15 out of 20 deas for the game two out of two first one got it deas with 15 the elani up 11 this would give them their biggest lead of the game at 12 8675 second one got it the Mas got a both 16 for Marcus 8775 the Eli lead is 12 after being down by 15 early in this half Williams around a pick toy Naga can't fire inside the mass shot blocked by Hawkins out of bounds to who Hawkins another block yes came from the backing block too bad we're not under two yeah cuz the guys in white seem to think it wasn't off of them yeah Tomy Naga is going to inbound it Nebraska ball 231 for the game lob top of the key to Lawrence left wing mass for three missed it rebound Rogers his 12th rebound 220 left Illinois leads Nebraska by 12 8775 Shannon with a huge day a career day and now he needs to call a timeout as they double team him line will have one left oh boy looking for bigger Boulder better yields fs and division Seed corn and I always soy beans here to change the game our seed products deliver winning results every single time I was just going to say we got to make you feeling better I feel a lot better Brian feel a lot better right about now woo that was a sickening feeling there for a while and it's just real simp you said the game is simple oh yes we just thror go into our strength we're playing their game exactly this is not a difficult game you make the other team adjust to you I mean we were playing the way they play letting them go where they want to go so we're the the more athletic team we're the longer team we're actually the bigger team you have to play like that I mean God gives you talents man you better use them 87 points for the Ali ey to 75 for Nebraska the Huskers are shooting 29% in this half eight of 28 Illinois Shooting 55% 16 of 29 and they've hit 5 threes don't overlook the goodie shots too oh yeah those were huge in that 13-2 run Illinois in front by 12 with 214 to go they play catch with it in the back court Rogers now to damass going play keep away from the Huskers here Rogers to Shannon shot clock at 10 two minutes left pass Gary a right corner three three got it I thought he buries it from the deep right corner Gary a with a three and the alino have scored 90 points and they're up 15 it's completely flipped down 15 to up 15 975 Illinois back three Williams got it rattled it in Huskers won't go away 9078 the lead 12 Damas in the back court a minute 36 left Rogers needs to get it across the line they double team lobs it ahead dangerous pass Shannon barely lands inbounds wide receiver too huh Shannon with a good catch yeah they'd like that one on the football team 9078 Illinois here is De mask 12 to shoot a minute 20 left de mask out Beyond The Arc deas is the Ali ey CR on their feet shot clock at five Marcus deas in the paint lost the handle fumbled it away turnover Williams the other way Shannon blocks the shot tried to lay up counted and one 9080 with a minute eight to go but why they reach in you don't need to yeah give him the basket you're playing against the clock now yeah that's his fourth by the way got to be smarter than that and the Alana are going to give well they got two points and now going to give him one more Bryce Williams is up to 22 points Williams the former transfer from Charlotte seven against Illinois back in February this to cut it to nine and it's good all right and let's see here the Lina are going to face some full-court pressure 9081 they're up nine with a minute eight to go trying to get to the title game they did it in 21 the mass trying to get it in bounds to garer lob ahead Hawkins pass ahead to Rogers who's all by himself but a foul I think Lawrence got Hawkins at midcourt with a minute five to go I'll take that put the 80% free throw shooter guy on the line yep Gary a was almost fouled and then he got it ahead Rogers would have had a slam dunk if they hadn't fouled at midcourt on Hawkins who will go to the line Coleman is zero of zero hit some big ones last night seven point 7 rebounds he's had some Big Blocks today line ey is a team with three blocks Two Shots first one good for Coleman Hawkins and Hawkins now with eight points I believe yeah eight points for Coleman eight points seven rebounds yep 9181 Illinois by 10 what a turnaround minute five to go second free throw good and and the big man for the Ali ey puts Illinois up 9281 here come the Huskers a minute to go in the game in the second semifinal underneath Quick Pass tominaga got away feed from Lawrence laid it in timeout Nebraska and and that's not a bad thing I mean the three-point shot is what will beat you right now and not making free throws so you know Nebraska's going to foul you got to be aware of that can't turn it over and can't give up the three-point shot the Aline ey with 92 points today 92 283 they're shooting 45% Nebraska's had droughts of like 4 minutes 3 minutes 2 minutes goody hit some big shots Shannon went wild kind of kept us afloat long enough to get back into it the Ali ey team tournament record in the Big 10 tournament is 94 the last time they did that was 2003 scoring 94 points in the Big 10 tournament well they we we know that's one of the things this can do is to score boy yeah with just when we want to do we want to play defense this night or or not WD 1490 listening with us today Orange Beach Alabama cheering Riverdale Illinois beat those Huskers Scottdale Arizona bring us an a ey winner for the spring training fans in our living room dinner party celebrating our 28th wedding anniversary married in South America I don't think she knew what she was in for they say get us a victory for our anniversary president pacing in Ford Wayne Chattanooga Tennessee say hi to all on Green Street Strongsville Ohio with us today Morehead City North Carolina South Carolina with us Oakbrook Effingham Illinois Miami Illinois I'm sorry Miami Florida no there is in Miami Illinois Miami Ohio too right yep listening from a Jim and champagne Pittsfield Simpsonville South Carolina here we go the master to inbound gets it back from Hawkins 54 seconds left the Eli I lead is nine pass ahead to Harmon who's a good foul shooter lost the ball at midcourt loose on the floor Harmon Dives for it Nebraska has it 40 seconds left drive by Williams missed the layup Alec with the tap puts it up and in 9285 and a foul on Illinois they lost the ball at midcourt 9286 actually is that right right no it'd be [Music] 9285 yeah 92 85 they got 86 on the big board 85 on the stat sheet one shot for Alec who Eline I lost it at midcourt they scramble down and Alec hit a layup and was fouled and he misses the free throw rebound Illinois Rogers lobs ahead to Shannon run out and a slam ah good heads up play good heads up play 9485 Illinois 33 seconds to go hyberg with a drive layup got it the coaches son now has seven points the lead is 9487 seven-point lead Illinois 30 seconds left and theask inbound to Hawkins Hawkins trapped to Harmon ahead to Rogers another slam that's how you break the Press 9687 Illinois 20 seconds left Williams for three missed it badly rebound Shannon he's fouled on the rebound and we're headed to Sunday at the Big 10 tournament I I like the two slams but I'd much rather just run around run around and race the clock Brian but got to Shannon I said he might get to 40 he's got 38 there he'll have a shot at 40 here the line ey getting ready to play Wisconsin tomorrow at 2:30 for the Big 10 Championship can I say regardless of what happened tomorrow big 10 MVP champ is I mean M MVP is at the turn at the free throw line 96 points line ey 97 with 17 seconds left the lead back to 10 just an unbelievable turnaround following with Dr Thomas prescribed 9787 Illinois by 10 17 seconds left free throw good 30 points 40 points 40 40 for teren Shannon he checks out of the game and listen to the Eli ey in Minneapolis 98 8740 for Shannon damass checks out Moret is in goodies checked back in shot clock off 9887 Illinois Bryce Williams are going to let him go off balance shot missed it rebound to the corner Harmon's got it the Eli ey can dribble it out what a comeback 15 down early in the second half they rally to beat the Huskers 9887 we'll see you Sunday for the Big 10 tournament Championship oh my God Brian what a comeback they they just want to give me a heart attack Brian they they want to raise my blood pressure I don't understand why great win great fight as coach said earlier he does not question their heart he doesn't question if they can come back from gamees cuz they always sh two nights in a row yes they double figures last night both times brand Underwood had to call a second half time out and listen to the Roar for the Eli as they celebrate headed back to the Big 10 tournament Championship awaiting them will not be Purdue coach Underwood will join us here in a couple of minutes and we'll have all the postgame activity from the media room as the Ali Rally from 15 down 55 40 and they took it to Nebraska yeah they did wow 9887 is the final score on to Sunday tomorrow the championship game it'll be Wisconsin not Purdue Wisconsin took out the voer makers goody with a huge day 4 threes he's clapping and walking as the Ali head up the tunnel and the alii are going to play tomorrow after winning the championship in 2021 with iow and Company yes and they're about toh play forward again against a very good Wisconsin team that they are who they did beat in Madison and and they did I mean this is a good match up between these two teams I mean again this is the game tomorrow work we are going to have to control the flow of the game because you know Wisconsin is going to play slow and deliberate which might be one good thing for cuz this was a long game in and this was a hard fought comeback so we're definitely going to be a little tired so expecting the guys to get in there get some rest get rehydrated use those nice little fancy boot thingies they Ed to get their legs back in shape things you didn't have things I did not have um but no that's a heck of a comeback from Illinois wow 9887 they send the Huskers home and the Alana will spend the night here in Minneapolis and they will be here tomorrow to play for the championship and of course the selection show is tomorrow as well as the elani will play for the Big 10 title after being down 15 the biggest lead was with 1901 to go and Brad Underwood wasted no time as they waved the big orange and blue flag the Aline ey across the way got the block eye flying baby and Brad Underwood will join us here for a couple of minutes and then we will uh hear from him a little later too with the players Brad Underwood joins us and Coach I don't know what you say at those early time in the second half but Dion was talking about playing the way we play attack the paint do the things we do instead of playing like they were we played scared I I mean we played so wimpy and soft and pathetic um my halftime speech uh we obviously didn't change much coming out of the locker room you didn't want to check my blood pressure at halftime but but it it's not an X and0 thing yes it's an effort thing and it's an intensity thing and it's a pop thing and and um you know you just can't be uh you you can't play great teams and um be H be halfway you got to be fully committed and you got to be in go mode and and obviously we uh we woke up we guarded and and uh TJ was special today that's right and he was but I guess coach you're going to have to be I'm sure you really proud about how the guys came out and played the second half yeah I mean that's us yeah that has to be us we we've got to learn we can't have halfs like the first half or we could go home yeah and and it's the abruptness of the end as I talk about and and I can't be the one to provide all that leadership for him I can't it's not me I can't go out and play for him but when we play the right way yeah I like you know like not to be overlooked in that stretch was goody hitting those threes Shannon kind of kept us afloat and then goody and others through Luke was huge he did a he's done a great job he spot some nagging injuries some tendonitis in his knee and and uh and ankle sprain and and uh uh he was huge I thought Quincy made a uh was a big difference he he was out with a couple early fouls I held him out but his intensity his emotion was great and he and he attacked the rim uh and that was the game the second half we got the ball in the paint and attack the rim congratulations on the win we got to let you go and go back to the media but tomorrow against Wisconsin look forward to it we uh we'll we'll be in the championship we'll show it we'll see what we got against uh a very good and hot Wisconsin team okay thanks coach very good congratulations Illinois and Brad Underwood go up the tunnel with a big 10 semifinal win if you remember three years ago the AL beat Ohio State in overtime to win the title tomorrow they'll play for it against Wisconsin the run three years ago was against ruter and Iowa and then Ohio State and the Ali ey with the come from behind down 15 to uh win it here 9887 when it looked at halftime like well may be headed home they they turned the flip to around the News Gazette hot off the prast Never Say Die elani sparked by Shannon's record braing 40o performance elani storm back again set up a title bout with Wisconsin the Alani flipped the script again and yes they did down double digits against Ohio State last night came back to win and this one they won going away 9887 big lead for Nebraska today 15 biggest lead for Illinois 15 oh yeah late in the game 9887 Illinois with a win over the Huskers on the Bucy Bank a line I Sports network from learfield what's the big deal