In the aftermath of a disheartening defeat to the top-ranked Ducks, the Illini coach took the heat
A certain level of delusion is required to play or coach any sport at its highest levels – not just to speak about the minutia of a game decided by a chasm, but also to believe that those finer details really mattered in the outcome.
He refused to throw his players under the bus: "Very disappointed in the results of the first half. I take ownership of that as a head coach. Obviously didn't have enough preparation and execution."He identified valid areas of improvement, even if they wouldn't have made up a 31-point deficit, particularly lamenting the "two or three opportunities where we walked away with zero points inside the .
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