Paul Sullivan: Cuteness doesn’t cut it for Illinois as top seed gets knocked out of Big Ten Tournament by Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS — Illinois guard Andre Curbelo executed a beautiful behind-the-back dribble during the first half of a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal against Indiana — then blew the layup. Later in the half, the flashy guard who sometimes plays without brakes missed another easy layup attempt. “Cute, Curbelo,” a fan yelled. “Keep missing those layups.” Curbelo looked into the stands at ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Illinois guard Andre Curbelo executed a beautiful behind-the-back dribble during the first half of a Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal against Indiana — then blew the layup.
Later in the half, the flashy guard who sometimes plays without brakes missed another easy layup attempt.
“Cute, Curbelo,” a fan yelled. “Keep missing those layups.”
Curbelo looked into the stands at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and smiled.
But by the end of a wild afternoon in Indianapolis, no one on the Illinois bench was smiling.
The top-seeded Illini fell, 65-63, to the ninth-seeded Hoosiers, a bubble team that might have
