Game Thread: Illinois vs Penn State

[Coop70]

Worrisome how easily the guys get distracted/lost in the flow changes.

 

[Hopingfor500]

What are we doing?

Not making shots.

 

[Champaign88]

Props to anyone watching this game at home on the couch. I would be asleep if I wasn’t at the game, Penn State’s style of play is just brutal.

 

[WyattEarp]

Outside of Omar Payne’s spin move this has been completely uninspiring

True, but that WAS one helluva spin move.

 

[Orangetool]

Out of sync, soft around the rim, mental errors,

Coach needs to get pissed and inject some intensity and urgency.
We need Melendez, never takes a moment off

 

[JSpence]

Illinois gets to six fouls.... shoots tons of jump shots.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

We're making some very poor decisions on offense. We look frustrated out there.

 

[DeonThomas]

A series of really bad shot selections: Hawkins, Goode, Curbelo, Goode. (But as I look at the roster on court at the time, it was a pretty poor shooting squad. No Kofi, No Trent, No Grandison.)

 

[Illini-Rule]

We need to start moving the ball and stop taking contested 2 pointers.

 

[Illini-Rule]

A series of really bad shot selections: Hawkins, Goode, Curbelo, Goode. (But as I look at the roster on court at the time, it was a pretty poor shooting squad. No Kofi, No Trent, No Grandison.)

Not liking that line up

 

[HailChief89]

Lost to Purdue by 7, OSU by 5, Wisconsin by 2, Michigan by 1 beat Rutgers, MSU, Iowa and IU. They aren't good but they haven't been blown out a lot either.

Very well-coached! Micah will not be at Penn State Long.

 

[BWBW]

This is disappointing.

 

[PassingBy]

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Shooting 23% from inside the arc. Could be our problem.

 

[Orangetool]

Guessing coach is going to light things up in the lockeroom.

We are playing slow, no intensity

 

[InDaAZ]

BU at halftime: “I want to see a Kofi touch on every possession.”
This pace is made for it…

 

[redwingillini11]

Sorry Curbelo. You aren't Ayo. Find the open guy.

 

[NoRival]

Penn State still sucks!

 

[Bigtex]

When is curbelo going to get others involved

 

[Orangetool]

Thankfully DMW hit a couple to keep us in this.

Need to come out hard to start 2nd half

 

[PassingBy]

Very well-coached! Micah will not be at Penn State Long.

Seems like so are we

50% 3 Pt attempts. No idea what a drive-to-the-basket is all about

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

This is disappointing.

Very. If these guys aren’t capable of coming out with some real intensity to start the second half (FTR, I am optimistic we will!), I’m not getting my hopes up for March. Your intensity CANNOT fluctuate in March, period.

 

[DICKnaggie]

We're making some very poor decisions on offense. We look frustrated out there.

They are are pressuring on the pass but this is not crazy difficult defense. Our energy is just are so blah...again.

 

[Orangetool]

Tonight Curbelo just needs to set up his teammates, still too loose when he goes in.

 

[FloridaMan]

Maybe we should try to play an inside out game with our 7 footer? Throw the ball to Kofi, if he's doubled or tripled then kick it out and shoot a 3? Granted, Kofi needs to work to establish position, which he has done little of tonight. Seems like it might work against a smaller team like Penn St.