Game Thread: Illinois vs Houston

[dbeverly26]

Not gonna get a whistle for the rest of this game, I guess.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Underwood has got to call an effing timeout there on the trap. That's the second one today and again, that's completely on him. Cannot allow a turnover and fast points there.

 

[Th3Univ3rs3]

Apparently you can just set a screen against us and beat us. Screen and pop.

 

[chadbrochill420]

Curbelo time. We need sometime to create chaos. We are bleeding out

 

[Illini John]

We need points desperately so we pull Melendez for Damonte. Come on Brad!

 

[Epsilon]

And there is your make up call....

Moving screen tho…

 

[illini80]

Plummer is killing us.

 

[GallopingGhost]

Wild. If we can’t come out with a scoring run of our own, then our goose is cooked

 

[blife]

How many times are we going to inbounds into a deadman corner trap of sideline trap. WTF

 

[Champaign88]

Maybe try a time out when the player is trapped right in front of your bench after another terrible inbounds play Brad!!!!!!!

 

[Illini8420]

Welp that’s it. Unless we start going Arizona mode and draining threes. On to next year

 

[illinifreak30]

We need points desperately so we pull Melendez for Damonte. Come on Brad!

Huh?

 

[ILLFAN67]

Not making winning plays. Can’t pass out of a double team. Letting a role player light us up.

 

[IlliniForceOne]

Man, I don’t think DMW could play worse, and at a worse time. He has given up 9 (9!) Houston points on inbounds turnovers today.

That is one hell of a statistic.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

We are not going to win this game by matching them possession for possession, that should be obvious. Don’t care if it’s sound basketball, we’re getting desperate … HAVE to make threes to win, period!

 

[FromTheLogo]

Why do you inbounds it to the short corner when you know the team traps? I'm sorry but DMW's decision making has been suspect at best. I'd actually like to see Curbelo provide a spark at the end pushing the ball and feeding Kofi.

 

[mydosburns]

Would like to see Coleman come in for Plummer and play RJ at the 2 Goode at the 3. Need more length

 

[BlueLeader]

I mean it's nice that Williams inbounds the ball now before the 5sec call... But into the corner double team to create a live ball turnover?

 

[eas23]

Our efficiency numbers in this game have to be horrendous. Just so many pointless possessions (literally and figuratively).

 

[HailChief89]

Can anyone explain to me why we did not call a timeout when goode was trapped in the corner? before he tried to throw it off somebody's leg? Then they come down open jumpshot why didn't we try to save that possession? I don't understand stuff like that

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

We need someone to create offense and fast. There's only one guy that can do it. Belo better be in. If we lose, we need to lose at least attempting to do something on offense.

 

[IlliniInCAN]

This team was not prepared for tourney play. Bad offensive sets, standing around throwing the ball around the perimeter, not crashing the glass, not valuing the basketball, no ability to inbounds the ball, 5th year seniors shooting miserably and playing tentative. Really sad to see a great season fall so flat.

 

[IceCuban]

They're killing us with jumpers in and around the lane. Usually you'd be fine with a team living and dying on 15-20ft jumpers, but they're lights out right now.

 

[Epsilon]

Embarrassing coaching on the inbounds plays. Literally the main reason we might lose. Rebounding has been much better this half.

Pretty sure Brad isn’t telling the players to do that.

We know how to move the ball we’re just not doing it.

 

[sacraig]

We are a team that gives up and goes on a lot of runs. We need one like now or this is over.