Game Thread: Illinois at Northwestern

[redwingillini11]

Totally get your point, but Trent, Damonte, and Giorgi were pre-Ayo. I don’t want to name names, but this looks like the teams a few years earlier when transfers were supposed to come save us every year.

Giorgi wasn’t, but sure Trent and Damonte were there, but they were freshman. They weren’t what they were as upper classmen. Some of these freshmen may be something one day too. But that 1st season BU went 4-14 in the big ten, and I think we are back to that point. Square one.

 

[Miles Leonard]

You can track this back to the Penn State game post game presser.

Our on-court performance before that was no prize either.

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

How many times has an Illinois player dove on the floor for a ball in the last 5 games?

 

[steveinspringfield]

Brad has no answers yet. What do you want to see?

I guess my point is I don't know what he'll say, but I don't think it will be the same old thing.

 

[LJ22]

Free throws ???!!!! You talking free throws??? What free throws? We’ve shot 5 (FIVE).

We have missed the front ends three times. Do you not want those six points right now?

 

[Eternal Optimist]

The free throw discrepancy is ridiculous. Some of what's been called on us has been so ticky tack. Harris can't let himself get carried away trash talking though. That'll burn us every time

Our free throw ability wouldn’t save us if we had the chance. Underwood teams are NOT good free throw shooting teams unfortunately.

 

[BBIQ]

I don’t know. Why do players like Hawkins have such a long leash after so many bonehead plays/games?

He probably feels like for them to reach their potential CoHawk has to play better and he is hoping he figures it out cause he won't on the bench but at some point you have to save the season.

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

We could find ourselves in a B10 basement bum fight with Minny, considering this horrendous play is becoming our norm.

FIFY

 

[hiberto]

Mayer does things sometimes that a senior should not be doing

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Huh... You let the shot clock go down to 14 then you purposely foul?

 

[LJ22]

Seriously. We are 3-5, they are 21-28. The issue isn't missing free throws, it's an offense that puts us in a position where we aren't even able to shoot them.

Doesn't matter how many you shoot if you miss them all.

 

[IlliniForceOne]

TSJ left Vegas looking like a first round pick.

Unrecognizable since.

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

At least Duke got beat by 24 tonight

 

[Jimbo]

Duke got beat by 24 tonight by an unranked team, and Duke recruits nothing but 5 star guys.

 

[Highlander]

If we lose out, do we get the 1st draft pick?

 

[LoveLovie]

TSJ left Vegas looking like a first round pick.

Unrecognizable since.

A few of these players have lost themselves a lot of money

 

[Illini8420]

From now on in the transfer portal, we should only get guys who shoot like Alfonso Plummer

 

[jumpingjack]

Do we get free chicken nuggets?

 

[IlliniKat91]

Our free throw ability wouldn’t save us if we had the chance. Underwood teams are NOT good free throw shooting teams unfortunately.

Not even worried about that part. It's bizarre that we're called on that many but NU hasn't been

 

[Illini in Indiana]

5 cheap a$$ calls in the last couple minutes against NW. Why stripes!!!

 

[BBIQ]

Duke got beat by 24 tonight by an unranked team, and Duke recruits nothing but 5 star guys.

Let me know when it happens 3 times in a row

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Hahahahahahaha, our free throw shooting is comical at this point

 

[PNWIllini]

Maybe at some point “backs to the wall” will mean they’ll play like they’re capable of playing. This team is capable physically of beating almost anyone. Mentally they’re a mess right now. It might be who they are. Hopefully not.

 

[jumpingjack]

I thought we'd hit bottom. The way we're losing this is deeper.

 

[BBIQ]

Not even worried about that part. It's bizarre that we're called on that many but NU hasn't been

Cause all we do is short from behind the arc.