Game Thread: Illinois vs Arkansas

[WeWillWhen]

Where’s Riley?

 

[Oracle21]

Arkansas has great quickness. But very little skill and no shooters.

Illinois has shooting, and with KJ and Boswell two PGs that know what they are doing. Illinois looks like a smart team and Arkansas looks like a pickup game team

 

[WyattEarp]

I came on here after the Bama game and complained about how soft this team was…

Completely different team today. Kylan is a killer. Love the effort. They’re playing really tough. Let’s keep it rolling!!

I agree wholeheartedly. If we play focused and more aggressive like this all the time …look out BigTen. (If we get the transition D figured out consistently, too. )

 

[foby]

Will we waiting

Don't miss 43 seconds of game time. He might score 10.

 

[logjam]

The competitive fire is LIT, I tell ya. This might. MIGHT be one of THOSE teams.

I like that it seems we have about 3 different variations of our team that is getting comfortable with each other...also little to no drop off when changing groups...very encouraging...can we shoot fts better please...

 

[NashvILLe05]

Starting to get into foul trouble. Really need Boswell back in the game or someone to step up in his place.

 

[illiniharrison]

I will say, the thing about Jake playing is that it really shows you how lost Booth is right now. He's looked bad in the games so far, but man, he must look just as bad in practice, too. I hope he can figure it out eventually. He has the body and the athleticism to be useful down the road.

I didn’t understand that transfer for him

 

[EyeoftheIllini]

KJ needs to take the shot on his drive rather than taking it in deeper hoping for a passing lane to open up. Too often it doesn’t, leaving him to force a bad pass or take a circus shot.

He’s so good and scary how much better he can be. Just not there quite yet as far as consistency.

 

[Iamgroot]

Loving the intensity

 

[kyillinifan]

There will be 100 fouls

 

[SprintingShellyClark]

Is Jake Davis the new Arch?

 

[abchew2]

Tomi is on a heater!

 

[Chad Fleck]

Dang. Everyone who is in orange is doing good things.

 

[WyattEarp]

Thanks Cal…that weak ace press seems to have sparked us.

Nice Pass-Will Riley!

 

[illinitiger]

I love this lineup

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Our Ivisic > Their Ivisic

Yeah, it appears to be not even close, too. We can probably thank a year of Tomi playing professionally, as opposed to mostly sitting at Kentucky, as part of the reason why.

 

[blife]

Tomi playing his way onto a draft board

 

[JSpence]

UGH these fouls. Gonna get tricky at the end of the game even if keeps going well.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

COMPLETELY VERTICAL! WHAT???

 

[Chad Fleck]

COMPLETELY VERTICAL! WHAT???

Morez? He jumped into him.

 

[New Creation]

They were screaming

 

[EyeoftheIllini]

Davis with 3 fouls in 3 minutes — and, of course, a 3.

 

[PopChampaign]

Arkansas is going to come out 2nd half & try to shift momentum, gotta keep up our intensity

 

[Iamgroot]

Yeah, it appears to be not even close, too. We can probably thank a year of Tomi playing professionally, as opposed to mostly sitting at Kentucky, as part of the reason why.

And don't forget the coaching he was getting in Europe over that of cal

 

[Iamgroot]

Man i thought that shot was going to fall for riley