Game Thread: Illinois at Michigan State

[Epsilon]

I want to win this game so effing bad rn

 

[PasadenaIllini]

Eff that. Let's step up now!!!

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

That is on our defensive drop strategy too

 

[New Creation]

and just like that.. KJ gets his actual first foul and is now gone.. Game over.. Unless Bam starts passing and stops shooting we have no shot the rest of the way..

 

[theNewGuy]

To whom?

the players

 

[Butters]

KJ absolutely killed us. This game was extremely winnable and he just gave it away.

 

[CDRUSN]

Sure hope the Illini have one more run left in them. KJ fouling out is not good. Love that we have fought hard all game.

 

[Julie Meinart]

We legitimately look better than MSU here. My confidence isn't shaken regardless of the outcome....

But man, I really want this game.

I agree with you. I think we are a much better team and I think that if we were playing in Champaign we would blow their doors off without help from the refs

 

[SummerofGeorge]

Referees unilaterally took one of the best players in college basketball out of the game today.

 

[UCantHideYer]

KJ fouls out with 2 fouls in about 6 minutes court time

 

[FoundersClub]

KJ with 9 minutes today.

 

[Illini8420]

Funny how in the little minutes KJ actually got to play we were dominating. MSU should give the refs their game ball

 

[tpaillini]

what’s the record for the shortest amount of time someone has been in a game to get 5 fouls called on them?

 

[Epsilon]

At least that was actually a foul

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

Bad foul by KJ. Man. And that's game

The only legitimate one

 

[BlabDunkAnd1]

Our interior D is trash

 

[BrimfieldBomber]

Refs or not, our defense has a ton of holes today. Not going to overcome Izzo's mind games with refs playing like this.

 

[PasadenaIllini]

KJ absolutely killed us. This game was extremely winnable and he just gave it away.

Completely unfair assessment. Multiple BS foul calls on him before this. He makes a freshman mistake on the one after that and you wanna crucify him.

 

[dwpittman]

While I don't necessarily love how the NBA calls fouls, it is nice that you don't have to worry about the Stars falling out with three of them being pretty ticky tack.

 

[jacekpardol]

5 fouls in like 15 mins on a top 5 lottery pick? I think that has to be some sort of record?

 

[DB11Headband]

Defense is AWFUL

 

[Illini in Indiana]

this really could have been a good game if they let them play

 

[stlrunner]

That 5th foul was 100% on KJ.

 

[FoundersClub]

Referees unilaterally took one of the best players in college basketball out of the game today.

The frustrating part right here.

This wasn’t some role player. This was a crew literally removing a top 5 pick from the basketball game.

 

[Manual3for4peat]

The big should be ashamed of this game