Game Thread: Illinois vs VCU

[IlliniReb]

Money with the Hill fadeaway!

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

Hill needs to always play like there are 4 seconds left on the shot clock. He's money against the buzzer.

 

[User Name]

I thought Tracy and Leron can't shoot...

 

[zoggle101]

Yessir MH

 

[MadSeason]

As a lot of us expected with his return. Defense gets you on the floor and right now Black is better offensively as well. Imagine him as a senior.

Black is becoming a real force on both ends of court

 

[SuperMetroid]

MH at the buzzer! Illini up 10, 31-21.

 

[Jon]

Malcolm gets buckets. 31-21 with 2 tenths left

 

[Bob Christiansen]

Best 1/2 I've seen yet...

 

[illinimike]

That was a pretty shot by Hill. I'd like to see him continue creating a shot off of driving the lane. He is our best guy at getting free throws.

 

[schnaurt]

31-21 good guys. Halftime

 

[illinifan4249]

Here in Rockford on Charter there is ice skating on CBSSN instead of the game...

 

[Trakis]

Did not think we would finish up 10 at the half. Great turnaround. Gotta keep it up.

 

[zoggle101]

Te Jon should play over Tate regardless, he didn't look that bad. Tate's so bad always....

We need all 3 pg's to play. Tate isn't as horrible as peolple want you to believe. Is he a 30 mpg guy for a tournament team? No, 10-20 is a good range for the most productive Tate IMHO.

 

[schnaurt]

If the boys continue to play like this they will blow them out.

 

[kuhl84]

Tate is doing his job. I'm ok with that.

Is job to turn the ball over and dribble beyond the arc?

If so he's doing great.

TJL was bad as well, but there is some up side.

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

Pretty great half, despite what reading this thread would have you believe. I think if we had started 3 for 10 or 4 for 10, this would feel like a truly dominant performance. The freezing cold start put a negative light on this game that so far doesn't really exist.

The starting lineup was clearly the best. I hope we see a lot of it in the second half.

 

[Orange]

Everyone to vcuramnation.com !!

 

[TCTORNADO]

Only 4 TO's

 

[SummerofGeorge]

Fire Groce now! Oh wait... we are up 10 LOL. In all seriousness, this was a fun half of basketball to watch. Leron becoming the player we thought he could become.

 

[illini8507]

Hill needs to always play like there are 4 seconds left on the shot clock. He's money against the buzzer.

If that were the case we'd have beaten Winthrop in regulation... lol.

Liked the last 10 mins of the half, play like that the whole 2nd and we win going away. Our size inside really helped out, it slowed their penetration down just enough for our guards to get in and double and get some strips before our poor interior defense could get exposed.

Is anybody else puzzled at how poor mav has been at shooting free throws? For a guy who shoots midrange so well...

 

[westcoastillini]

Black has just got me tickled. He is becoming that player I was imagining him to be.

 

[schnaurt]

Is job to turn the ball over and dribble beyond the arc?

If so he's doing great.

TJL was bad as well, but there is some up side.

+ everything

 

[zoggle101]

Best 1/2 I've seen yet...

The second halve of the first half was fun.

 

[whovous]

I was thinking our objective should be to score a point for each spectator in the stands, but then it occurred to me we could do both that and go scoreless in the second half!

 

[zoggle101]

That was a pretty shot by Hill. I'd like to see him continue creating a shot off of driving the lane. He is our best guy at getting free throws.

He's made it a priority to get his mid range going the last two games including this game.