Game Thread: Illinois vs Ohio State

[The Galloping Ghost]

It's pretty darn frustrating we're only up by 1. Plummer 6/7 from 3, but Kofi only 4/12. Nobody else with more than 2 points. Meanwhile, Kyle Young is, of course, killing us. The good news is we're rebounding well again. Gotta clamp down on d in the second half.

 

[blife]

Better get our heads on straight at half time. We have pissed away what should be a comfortable lead.

 

[Illini in Indiana]

Learch (the tall bald official) will never call a foul against Ohio St, but any contact down low is a foul against the Illini. BTW, he'll fake call a foul after another official call a foul on Ohio St. He has always been against the Illini. Give me TV Ted instead of Learch

 

[derrick6]

Not a goaltend

Either way a stupid play. Sending messages rather than play ball.

 

[WWWWRocU]

Thank god for Plummer because without him we would be down 20

Frazier and Grandi need to hit a 3 soon.

 

[jumpingjack]

I think we see significant Goode minutes early.

 

[Illiniam1984]

Ohio State looks bigger. We don’t match up well with bigger teams period.

 

[azillini1]

Need Trent back on the court

And maybe Goode getting more minutes... don't understand why he didn't get more. Even if it is 3 or 4 minutes at a time. He has a good outside shot and gave us 3 boards in about 3 minutes.

 

[RML]

We do seem like the better team. Would love to Alfonso to set the record for threes today, but really hope we don 't need it.

 

[GallopingGhost]

Gotta be honest we looked so much better than them, especially starters vs starters. I say we win this by a few points still.

Those refs were awful, just giving everything to Ohio the last 5 minutes

 

[illiniguy24]

Never felt worse about a half of basketball in which we never trailed

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Wild.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1497046009184231424

 

[Icy veins]

Honestly think the offense looks great with Belo out there. We've just missed some bunnies

 

[grantlab]

No, Trent on the bench did that

I can understand auto-benching Kofi, can’t understand it for Trent. Frazier has fouled out 3 times in his 5 year career.

 

[pruman91]

Any game with d j bald head ref is an adventure........kofi is being molested and ej gets a gift no contact foul called on cohawk with a goal tend chaser

we have to settle down and play the way we did to start the game .........Plummer has been lights out and we played without trent for a long time in the first half ...put Trent on wheeler and let him play the full half

cmon guys ........we don't lose at home on an orange out night....

 

[GallopingGhost]

Ohio State looks bigger. We don’t match up well with bigger teams period.

What game were you watching? We are matching up fine against everyone not named Kyle young

 

[WWWWRocU]

Need to keep an eye on that Branham guy. He his having his way with our under sized guards.

 

[jumpingjack]

Young is just a pain in the !!! matchup for us. But if/when Kofi hits those bunnies, it's a plus matchup for us all day. It's those that are the difference right now between us blowing them out and eking one out. I have no doubt in Kofi will address that in a few minutes.

 

[OurMottoisOskeeWowWow]

COME ON! LET'S PULL TOGETHER IN THIS SECOND HALF!

 

[Rocky]

Observations:

1) I dislike when half of our points seem to come from Plummer, unless it's because Kofi is doing well.
2) I like the feeds to Kofi from AC. Keep feeding the big guy. And Payne, quit fouling .... he needs a rest.
3) I like Goode on Kyle Young - good D on the guy that is their leading scorer
4) Trent - we need you to continue excellent D on Branham.
5) CoHawk - love your intensity. Don't want to be picky, but FT's matter.

 

[SuperMetroid]

Gotta think there’s some mean regression coming for Kofi and Kyle Young this half. Maybe Kofi will get the Liddell treatment from the refs this half?

 

[jumpingjack]

Need to keep an eye on that Branham guy. He his having his way with our under sized guards.

Trent's back. Not worried.

 

[PapaKvells]

The stats don’t show it, but I love Hawkins’ game. He flows well with the offense, high energy defense, he has great skills, size and effort. He’s a guy I can see breaking out and being a real pain in opponents’ asses.

 

[madillini4]

Ohio State looks bigger. We don’t match up well with bigger teams period.

 

[pruman91]

I thought when play was stopped for an injured player that they had to leave the court....instead osu got a free substitution......