I have never seen a basketball game like the one we saw last night.
I’ve seen some dominant performances. I’ve seen good teams get blown out. I’ve seen games that were over by the first TV timeout.
But I have never seen a team look so dominant in the second half after trailing by double-digits at halftime. Heck, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a second-half performance as dominant as Illinois’ last night period.
Just look at how the second half went:
- 8-0 Illini run
- Two Northwestern free throws
- 5-0 Illini run
- Northwestern three
- 17-0 Illini run
- Northwestern jumper
- 8-0 Illini run
- Two Northwestern free throws
- Kofi Cockburn hook shot
- Two Northwestern free throws
- 7-0 Illini run
- Two Northwestern free throws
- 6-0 Illini run
Illinois had six separate runs of five or more points in the second half.