Illinois 87, Ohio State 79 Postgame

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Roundball Sage
NICE comeback. Saving a game that was often very much in peril.

Riley and Morez Johnson Jr. TAKING OVER when the Illini needed leaders. The other guys today (except for Boswell)? Not as much.

Riley and Morez Johnson Jr. There’s your heart and soul of this team right there.

The Illini – while generally not playing with great flow and often jagged and uneven – did rescue this game several times when The Other Guys threatened to put a stranglehold on it. Our Beloved played furious D when they needed to grab a hold of the floor.

Many of the Illini don’t seem to be in sync with their own personal floor game right now. As a result, the team as a collective can often appear pressured... forced... rushed... anything but at ease. And you have GOT to play this game with ease and flow if you expect to do anything.

But this game is something to build on. Two young guys finding their way and some nice swagger in the heat of battle in the brutal and tough Big Ten.
 
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OrangeNBrood_Redux
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Rebirth.

Of the orange monster.

I got lots of optimism.

Will Riley’s confidence + feel for the game is breaking out harder than his acne.

Dra snappin like on em like bra. One-hand tomahawk jammin’ on heads and then puttin the bug-eyed emoji stare on em like:

😳 - “you best to fear the Illini”

Boswell hittin a couple nice layups down the stretch, too, to splash a little calm on the message board masochists.

And all this means - especially the emergence of Riley - that we are overall *better* than we were before. Just need a little time for all the superheroes to learn to fight together, again.

The past couple weeks have definitely tested our hearts with strong doses of pain - but such is the cost of being blessed with something you love. There were people on here talkin bout “I’m done with this team”?

C’mon, y’all.

The best is yet to come.

I see blowouts on the horizon.
 
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SweetLou2020
KB is by a margin, the most creative penetrator we have, uses his body tremendously, good to see him finish a handful! WR can penetrate with his size and skills, obviously needs to get stronger at the rim, and does make teenager decisions. DGL can straight line drive, and BH can do a little booty ball. TW can shake and bake, but not a great finisher, KJ can penetrate and make good decisions.

We have the tools to succeed from the mid and close range, use the three when available, but this game may shake things up more than any
 
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OneTime3
Massive gut check game:

-We need to retool, less three point shots and more minutes for DGL, WR, and MJ. Will be hard this late in the season but has to happen. And if KJ's wrist is still jacked up and there's any chance rest can fix it, he should sit out.
 
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