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Illinois Coach Brad Underwood Reacts to One ‘Bonehead’ Play vs. Washington
The shots were clanking, the lead was dwindling and very little seemed to be going Illinois’ way as the minutes ticked off the clock in its matchup with Washington on Sunday in Seattle. Then, somehow, circumstances took a turn for the worse.
Clinging to a 75-73 lead with just over a minute left in the game, the Illini hit the floor out of a 30-second timeout with a plan to control the damage of a squandered 17-point lead. Trouble was, they couldn’t get past the plan’s first step: safely inbound the ball.
When Illinois swingman Tre White – positioned in the high sideline corner with the ball – zigged, guard Kasparas Jakucionis – his intended target – zagged. The result was a bad pass into the backcourt and a footrace to the ball that Jakucionis was never going to win against Washington’s Luis Kortright, who snatched the loose ball, converted the layup and tied the game.
“It’s really ridiculous,” Underwood said of the mistake in his postgame press conference. “The inbounds plays, they’re in a zone, just go into the backcourt and get the basketball. And we set the stack and – jeez, oh Pete, I mean, we’ve gotta talk about every scenario.”
The upshot: The Illini hit their free throws – two each from Jakucionis and guard Kylan Boswell – and made the stops they needed down the stretch, preventing Huskies guard DJ Davis (31 points and seven threes off the bench) from playing the hero one more time.
“That’s resilience after that,” Underwood said, referring back to the turnover. “We got a stop, we got a loose ball and then made some toughness plays that we we have to make if you’re going to win close games like this. But we can’t make that out-of-bounds play … that’s just, that’s just a bonehead play.”
In their defense, the Illini (11-3, 2-1 Big Ten) have been guilty of very few of them in critical moments this season. Still, Underwood isn’t letting it slide.
“We did exactly what we had to do down the stretch today, other than the side out-of-bounds play, which is, well …” Underwood said. “I promise we’ll get that rectified.”
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Combined state and federal taxes would take more than 50% of the top-end income for 22,000 Illinois small businesses.
Proposals in the Illinois General Assembly could slam massive tax hikes onto small businesses, the state’s primary job creator historically and in the recovery from the COVID-19 downturn.
One measure would punish 22,020 Illinois small businesses with a huge increase in their marginal state income tax rate and create a top tax rate of nearly 50.3% for them, once all state and federal income taxes are factored in.
S-corporations and partnerships, which “pass-through” their business income to their owners, who pay taxes as individuals, would see their top marginal state income tax rate jump from 4.95% to 7.95%, a 61% hike.
That would happen because the legislation, House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 21, adds a 3% income tax on income above $1 million. It is scheduled for a hearing April 23 at which it could pass out of committee and go to a potential full House vote.
Research has shown that an increase in the top marginal tax rate is associated with a decrease in entrepreneurs’ hiring activity and lower wages for their employees.
Illinois has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation and among the slowest wage growth. These are exacerbated by some of the highest state and local tax burdens in the nation, including the second-highest property taxes and eighth-highest sales taxes.
In 2017 Illinois residents endured the largest permanent income tax hike in state history, when lawmakers increased the rate by 32%, from 3.75% to 4.95%.
Illinois already pushes out more businesses than virtually any other state. The “millionaire’s tax” could make the situation even worse. Illinoisans should reject this call for higher taxes on the state’s vital small business community.
Contact your state representative to stop the small business tax hike here.
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