Rutgers 82, Illinois 73 Postgame

[DB11Headband]

Yet another slow start that doomed us.

Coaching!

The most talented “win every other game” team you’ll ever find. Going to be a very short March.

 

[KingWolf11]

Lmao get your nepo baby off staff. We arent a ranked basketball team and Brad can employ Tyler as his right hand man hilarious

 

[skyIdub]

 

[TheodoreRex]

So glad Underwood chose his son over Anderson...

Offense is broken
Defense is broken
KJ is broken
White is broken
Team is broken

We aren't very good?

Did I miss anything?

 

[Heisenbobble]

At what point does this garbage affect recruiting? This team is bull!!!!.

 

[PizzaHutParkingLot]

I was neutral on "nepo babies" before, but Tyler and his crew need to go.

 

[SkyysNotFalling]

This team sucks. And they’re S O F T mentally. Wasted year and wasted “talent”

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

This is a talented team that has had bad luck with availability and is overall YOUNG. Riding those young ups and downs

I'm not sure how much talent we really have. We can't hit open shots, we don't shoot free throws purely, we don't have basketball IQ, we don't have an offense, we can't run anything out of bounds.

We have a lot of guys worried about playing time and location of play next year.

 

[Boswell4Three]

TEXAS PLEASE TAKE BRAD I BEG

 

[Krombopulos_Michael]

 

[Illini8420]

We have a serious coaching problem

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

This is so f$@&ing embarrassing.

We’re out of excuses. Terrible execution. Coaches obviously can’t figure this team out or just don’t care.

Hamer ... Tyler ... Kwa Jones ...

NONE should return as assistant coaches next year ...

UNACCEPTABLE ...

And Brad ... Your seat is officially warm ... Top 10 paid coach ... Top 10 NIL ... Winning every other game ???? 1 deep tournament run in 8 years because TJ carried you there on his back ...

 

[RollChief]

Starting to feel like 2023.

 

[westcoastillini]

I have no idea what underwoods strategy was to open the game. We are so much bigger than them but we decide to just chuck shot after shot.

 

[Illiniam1984]

Tyler, Hamer and Kwa need to go…bring in an X’s and O’s coach and an ace recruiter.

 

[21ChampaignSt]

Wait til March....of 2026

 

[racinghoss]

I have no expectaions for this team from here out. I will watch, but I have zero expectations except that we will get embarrassed. If we make the ncaa, we are a 1st weekend exit. Just can't do it.

Brad needs to get real coaches, or he needs to go.

 

[Illini_Jack]

Man, what happened to this team?

 

[foby]

2 out of the last 3 seasons have been incredibly disappointing. I really didn't see this coning.

 

[Jimbo]

I think the bottom line is we are trotting freshmen out there. If this team stayed intact we would be more consistent next year. Of course no way we stay intact,

 

[OrangeKrush1981]

College basketball in 2025: it doesn't matter.

That's the really unsettling conclusion I am coming to. I sure hope I am 100% wrong about this.

 

[ginabackes00]

I'm amazed at the regression of KJ.

 

[biglug58]

Really looking forward to that Duke game /s

 

[SkyysNotFalling]

soft !!! team. That’s it really.

 

[Navy_illini]

We are a young team and inconsistent
Playing at the RAC is tough
Rutgers healthy is not a bad loss

When we don’t get plus 15 on rebounds shooting 21% from 3 will not win games

KJ is in a slump. Need to get him some confidence

Too many unforced turnovers

Worst part is Tomi ankle status