They play for their coach. It’s obvious they love him and are fighting for him. Regardless of how it shakes out at Minn, Ben must be some dude.
Game Thread: Illinois at Rutgers
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Who is calling the offense for us?
Yeah this one will do ... Love Giorgi as well ... I remember this moment ... As I am sure many of you do as well ...
If somehow we find a way to go 0-2 this week, this is totally off the rails (if it isn't already). We can literally lose to anybody, anyway, anyday.
Known Ben a really, really long time ... Good dude ... Cares about his players ...
If the playing field was equal ... He'd have more success ...
His PG committed to coming back and a week later was at Texas Tech with a fat bag of cash ... Tough to overcome that ... But he has done about as good of a job as he can IMO ...
He's playing too fast. He seemed more in control earlier in the season.
I'm frustrated with the pass straight into a crowd of red, but the Boswell carry was just as frustrating.
PizzaHutParkingLot
- Vodice, Croatia
Jimbo, you, my man, have an absolutely uncanny and simply inexplicably intuitive grasp of the Obvious. It's like you got STP or something like that. It must be a gift.
Complete opposite thought process this year…
Every team like Nebraska and Rutgers and other at the bottom of the conference will always come out with fire in their belly whenever they play us because we are a Quad 1 win opportunity for them. Our guys need to get it together. This team is looking one and done in the tournament.
Coming into tonight, Rutgers had played 22 games and only lead at halftime in 7 of those games. They are probably feeling pretty good.
In the 4 Big 10 homes games they’ve lost, they trailed at the half in all of them:
Michigan by 7.
Michigan State by 3
Purdue by 9
Wisconsin by 9
UCLA they trailed by 3. Won
Penn State they lead by 15. Won.
In the 4 Big 10 homes games they’ve lost, they trailed at the half in all of them:
Michigan by 7.
Michigan State by 3
Purdue by 9
Wisconsin by 9
UCLA they trailed by 3. Won
Penn State they lead by 15. Won.
That's what I'm saying... Brad's got to make the adjustment and realize this team is not good at shooting 3's. It's a very elementary concept in all of sports. If you have a bad QB, you don't rely on him to throw the ball 40 times a game. If you have 3 great hitters but they're currently batting below .200, you don't stack them at the top of your lineup. I love Brad, but my only gripe on him in the past 5 years is his failure to make adjustments.
It's time for Will to step up and WILL this team to a victory again!
Illini in Indiana
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Lucky to be in a B10 road game when we can't shoot. So damn ugly shooting the ball, let Riley create.
Rutgers has 12 points outside of Harper and Bailey.
TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Being within 8 points after that start, just need to finish the job
We are totally in position to pull this out but it is a no bull @#_effort and mental focus on exactly what they just did.
Beat Rutgers up.
Beat Rutgers up.
Big Ten tournament I agree. I wish I was as confident as everyone else about the tournament, because I see 5 or 6 more losses in the Big Ten EASILY! Lose this one and you already have 6. I don't think a 17-15 team is good enough to even make it. Hopefully it doesn't come to that, but it's not out of the realm of possibility with what I am seeing from this team in the last month.
First dang play of the half we give up an uncontested dunk and then a 3 
.. Add another dunk
.. Add another dunk
Rutgers isn't exactly giving a stellar performance. Let's not pretend like we're losing because of some added motivation for the opponent. We're losing because we are playing horribly and can't make shots.
It's not hard. It's a failed trip if you don't get a post touch. The ball has to touch the paint every possession against Rutgers.
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