Head coach Kalen Deboer didn’t hold back after the game — and his tone carried more weight than any press conference cliché. To him, this wasn’t just an unfortunate collision. It was intentional. “You know, in all my years of coaching, I’ve never seen anything this blatant. When a player goes for the ball, everyone can see it. But when he goes for the man — that’s intentional. That hit? It was deliberate. No question about it. And don’t sit there and tell me otherwise. Because we all saw what happened afterward — the words, the smirks, the arrogance. It all says everything about the kind of ‘game’ they were playing.” He paused, his eyes steady and voice trembling with restrained fury. “I’m not naming names — but everyone in this room knows exactly who I’m talking about.” Kalen Deboer then delivered a powerful message to the NCAA — one that hung heavy in the air. It wasn’t just an accusation. It was a challenge. A challenge to the NCAA, to the Illinois program, and to the moral line between playing hard… and playing dirty.