Game Thread: Illinois at Michigan

[Icy veins]

How can Payne let Diabate switch on him like that. He's literally the only person in this lineup that can guard him

 

[hiberto]

Plummer with 20+ again before half. hopefully we can keep getting him looks in second half

 

[CV Illini]

Defense??

Mich shooting just shy of 50%. Not good.

 

[Pikeillinifan]

Need a stop here.

 

[FromTheLogo]

There's my timeout under 1 minute. Guaranteed no score . I hope I'm wrong.

 

[sully]

Kofi needs to get it together . Good lord

 

[Bebes_J]

Ok. Does Payne give us any post defense at all?

 

[IlliniForceOne]

Trent, look to score at the rim, not get fouled.

 

[Manual3for4peat]

Let's blame the handshake line, not the fact that an adult can't control his emotions.

Look Bro. HES A MICHIGAN MAN.

A

MICHIGAN

MAN

 

[Ignatius Shang]

Curbelo ran to help Frazier up and he fell too
Funny but lovable scene.

 

[NorthShoreIllini]

Paging our defense

 

[1Illinifan]

Great defense by Belo at the end of the half there. Why does Trent not get calls when he is going downhill. Oh, wait, I remember, because he plays for Illinois, and we never get calls...

 

[JSpence]

Mich shooting just shy of 50%. Not good.

Both teams are making contested shots. Yeah, it'd be nice if they weren't shooting well. But, they are. Muck's decision-making is inconsistent, but they are shooting well.

 

[Icy veins]

Ok. Does Payne give us any post defense at all?

Not when he's out on the 3pt line

 

[Manual3for4peat]

Mich shooting just shy of 50%. Not good.

I watched them miss wide open three after three against Wisconsin. So of course they’re making contested shots against us.

 

[skyIdub]

Zero first half complaints.

Except maybe Raftery's hilariously laughable garbage take on Coward.

 

[grantlab]

Great defense by Belo at the end of the half there. Why does Trent not get calls when he is going downhill. Oh, wait, I remember, because he plays for Illinois, and we never get calls...

Trent just has to finish that… I’m overall pretty fine with the way that half was officiated. You could claim Michigan got more foul calls, but we took a ton of jumpshots too

 

[Steelyunk]

Hard to win on the road. Thought the energy was pretty good. Shooting was good too. Keep doing what you’re doing, get some rebounds and you win.

 

[Ken]

Wow where would this team be without Plummer ....

 

[JSpence]

Wow where would this team be without Plummer ....

Looking up at 6 teams in the standings with us giving crap to Grandson and Trent for not being better shooters.

 

[Manual3for4peat]

Only three boards for Cockburn. A lot of that is Dickerson pulling him away from the hoop though.

 

[skyIdub]

Clark Kellogg on Plummer: "his heat check needs a heat check!"

 

[pruman91]

Payne comes in , Diabate gets 2 quick buckets..........Omar leaves a lot to be desired............................

We HAVE to come out in the second half ready to play.....................This is a MUST win if we want any chance of a share of the B1G title......

 

[the juiceman cometh]

Let's blame the handshake line, not the fact that an adult can't control his emotions.

"Look man, it's not my fault I got drunk at the office christmas party and shoved my supervisor off the karaokee stage. It's not a good situation to put employees into, so office outings should just be banned altogether."

 

[Bleedorangeandblue44]

I watched them miss wide open three after three against Wisconsin. So of course they’re making contested shots against us.

I thought the same thing Thursday watching Ohio State after seeing how much they couldn't make a shot vs. Iowa. I was trying to figure out if our defense is that bad or we are just that unlucky