Game Thread: Illinois vs Arizona

[frozenrope9190]

Was the Michigan game at Arizona, or was it at a neutral site?

 

[DeonThomas]

What’s the deal with Williams… not taking the outside shot when it’s there. I thought he was past that.

Not necessarily a bad thing......as he's typically our 5th option on offense.

 

[EyeoftheIllini]

Was the Michigan game at Arizona, or was it at a neutral site?

Neutral

 

[Bigw]

What was the holding foil on grandi.

 

[FloridaMan]

Was the Michigan game at Arizona, or was it at a neutral site?

Vegas I think?

 

[azillini1]

Hope Kofi comes back in after this TO and can find a way to get a few buckets. We need that and Plummer to get hot again. Trent playing very well both halves

 

[DeonThomas]

Was the Michigan game at Arizona, or was it at a neutral site?

speculating a tournament game early on.......

 

[illinitiger]

Wow…Kofi met his match. 2 blocks

I think a couple of grabs not called before at least one of blocks.

I think if he would go straight up and flail his arms as he gets mugged he would get to foul line

 

[WeWillWhen]

Let’s hope Kofi has regrouped and comes out better after this TO

 

[pruman91]

Take us home Trent Frazier.

TFF

 

[The Sprouting Divot]

Not only has the picture quality been intermittently awful, but the length of time between the ball going through the hoop and the score updating has ranged from almost simultaneously to a good 4-5 seconds. Pick a pace and stick with it.

 

[BDMAN]

Payne has no game at all,,, I mean none

 

[FloridaMan]

Our bigs hold the ball at their knees way too much. Too many jump balls.

 

[FloridaMan]

Move the ball!!!! Too sticky against a zone.

Edit: press, not zone

 

[BDMAN]

Payne obviously needs time with Fletch and an off season with us of practice he seems to have no strength and looks a little lost.

 

[skyIdub]

What's funny is how quick they call a reach in on CoHawk, but all the reach ins are not called when they call a jump ball. It's stupid.

 

[GallopingGhost]

Sweating bullets. This is a good game

 

[DeonThomas]

AZ is:

* #1 in NET
* #9 in KenPom
* Top 10 in Offensive possessions per game

Hence, a pretty darned good effort by the Illini so far! And Kofi has been held in check for the most part.

 

[BRucks]

Move the ball!!!! Too sticky against a zone.

Edit: press, not zone

Attack the press!

 

[azillini1]

A good stat so far: both teams have 10 TO's. Normally we have at least 10 more than our competition.

 

[chiefini]

Illini need to get tougher and more intense. AZ is physically out playing us.

 

[frozenrope9190]

This is a fun game. And doesn't the desperate "Have to beat a Big 10 team" feel. Both teams have some major skills, we're up against players who are better than anything we've seen so far, and we're showing them our talents as well.

Lots of fun.

 

[sacraig]

Neutral

Technically yes. Vegas is pretty close to Tucson, though. 6ish hour drive.

This is Arizona's first road game against a school that can actually play basketball (i.e. Oregon State doesn't count).

 

[BDMAN]

Win for sure but if lose and keep this close and I feel we should be a top 25 team

 

[FloridaMan]

Attack the press!

Right. We hold the ball and wait for the trap too much.