Game Thread: Illinois vs Illinois Wesleyan (Exhibition)

[Dan]

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[Spoon House]

 

[IdahoIllini]

Super excited for a new season to start! I-L-L...

 

[KCBassin]

Excited to see the new faces play tonight! Go Illini!

 

[IlliniForTheWin]

I'd like to see a blow out tonight. Something to get my hopes up

 

[Berg88]

Anyone else excited for student announcers?

 

[breadman]

Anyone else excited for student announcers?

Why are you listening to those guys when you can go to uiuc.edu and listen to Brian , Deon and the real deal.

 

[Spoon House]

Scoring drought of 4 minutes...

 

[bombayIllini]

We are oiled, for sure.

Need to be well oiled. Too many missed bunnies even for an opener. Good news, some 30 games to go.

 

[illini80]

Working so any updates would be appreciated!

 

[breadman]

Everybody is being a chance to play. TUnderwood and AGriffen re in now. Feliz and GiorgiB in also.

 

[Spoon House]

Lots of different lineups. Underwood obviously trying to share minutes.

 

[breadman]

Griffen from 24' for the 3!

 

[Sizzler22]

Much better shooting team.

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Why are we prone to scoring droughts? Happened a lot last year and seems to have carried over to this year. Is the learning curve so steep that scoring droughts are just part of the territory?

 

[blackdog]

Shooting and transition offense definitely are an upgrade from last year. So far still look clunky running half court O

 

[Epsilon]

I know we're not running away with this one like we should, but I like the fact that a lot of guys are getting minutes.

Definitely need to improve on D though.

Edit: just to clarify I see we're putting a lot of pressure on IW, but they are also getting away with more open looks and drives than I would hope to see from a D3 team. Only reason IW doesn't have a higher score is that they keep missing LOL. We will pay a heavier price come league play if we don't shore that up.

 

[alamocityillini]

26-18 Illini with 8:00 left in the first half.

 

[Sizzler22]

Underwood said they still haven’t added in much to the offense.

 

[imjustsooffended]

Giorgi looks solid. Tyler Underwood got some tick for some reason. Feliz knows what the heck he's doing

 

[blackdog]

Aaron Jordan is looking like he is going to be a great contributor on both sides of the ball. Making lots of smart plays.

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Frazier still looking good!

 

[imjustsooffended]

Trent with 13 of our 33 so far

 

[blackdog]

I think Trent is ready for the season to start. Already has 13 points

 

[t7nich]

Illini taking charges. Helps to have the quicker athletes

Feliz is strong and smart

Griffin can shoot

Ayo is big for a guard. Poised

We aren’t good at put backs

Damone is our best rebounder?

Trent gonna Trent! 11 pts 2 asst right now