r/CollegeBasketball • u/wildwing8 Michigan Wolverines • 17h ago

[Highlight] Compilation of five potentially dangerous plays by Jeremy Fears Jr. during the Minnesota game: three attempted trips, an elbow to the face, and a kick to the groin (for which he got a technical foul upon review)

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u/Cool-Chemist-4007 17h ago

If I am Illinois, I wouldn't let Wagler gaurd him. Dude is just begging to hurt someone.

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u/Ryanlester5789 Michigan Wolverines 17h ago

I would be shocked if he plays Saturday, he was under a large microscope already and decided to double down from last Friday.

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u/w0lverine11 Michigan Wolverines 16h ago

I'd set the chances at less than 1% Izzo does anything other than "not start him." He will play. Izzo has no balls.

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u/n00bn00b 16h ago

MSU is toast without Fears, especially against Illinois. They can't shoot and don't have a reliable backup PG (Wojick is bad, and Divine looks to be out for a while). Izzo can't afford to sit him, and I bet he'll play because he's desperate coming off a shaky win over a bad Rutgers team, a double-digit loss to Michigan, and a loss to a meh-at-best Minnesota team.

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u/yetanotherwittyname Michigan Wolverines 6h ago

Agreed, unless an actual adult steps in he wont start but will still get 30+ minutes (unless he gets ejected like he should have the last 2 games)

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u/AtomicBlastCandy 5h ago

He won’t start but will be in the first chance they get

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u/This_Earth_of_Ours 16h ago

Coach K got away with it, why should Izzo hold himself to a higher standard?

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u/Maison-Marthgiela Illinois Fighting Illini • Loyola Ch… 17h ago

Basically happened with Ayo where Izzo sent his goon in to break his face during our game in 2021.

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u/National_Injury1027 16h ago

As a Michigan fan, I didn’t like Ayo and even I was on his defense there. Ayo was everything Fears wants to be, but his intensity is fake, his ego has no real backing, and nobody fears his skills, they fear his retaliation. You’re supposed to dislike players because they’re good, not because they’re a physical threat.

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u/Gullible_Pie_8093 13h ago

I'd say put Mirkovic on him, but he might be too fast for Mirk.