Game Thread: Illinois vs Duke

[ChiTown]

This is a Rez kinda of game…definitely no rebounding.

 

[IllinifaninFL]

Men vs boys

 

[D1959]

One of the teams does have elite shooters just not the right one

 

[Ryllini]

Without Rez, there is not a soul on this team that would fight.

 

[TheChief4Life]

Lucky if we are not down 20 at the half.

Well, the good news is that we’re usually fired up in the second half of games and come out and play our best basketball. /s

 

[illini80]

You know it’s bad if BU is willing to spend one of those precious time outs. /s

 

[SweetLuh]

Tre is such a losing player. Just doesn’t make winning plays!

 

[PepeSilvia]

Boswell is the worst guard I've seen play for the Illini since post concussion Curbelo.

 

[madillini4]

Duke -9.5 was a gift

 

[Mr. Roberts]

We are playing NBA all-star game defense.

 

[Pikeillinifan]

There is a major gap with our coaching staffs. For what we pay, it’s not acceptable.

 

[BashCtIllini]

We are not athletic enough to hang with Duke. We've got to shoot well to stay in this game, and that sure as hell isn't happening.

I'm thinking this one is going to get out of hand.

 

[aveseaboy]

We have to make it to March

 

[illiram]

Duck Fuke

 

[LurkerintheOpen]

What march?

 

[Oracle21]

Duke is simply way better. More athletic at every position, and they run an offense. All I see out of Illinois on offense is lot of ISO dribbling

 

[FoundersClub]

I almost wish we still had a few guys under the weather so we could attempt to explain this one away.

 

[IllinifaninFL]

No defense....find something inside

 

[Illiniguy2442]

Rez and Ty. Tired of watching dudes not play hard

 

[CleverHandle1]

Regarding this God-awful defense, huge changes need to occur.

Does this staff no how bad this defense is? They can't stop anyone.

 

[Old Farm Illini]

We’re getting in the paint quite often and instead of shooting a shot that will either go in or draw a foul, we kick it out.. this is madness. I actually think we’re playing kind of well too.

 

[ugottabjoshinme]

Defense is brutal so far.

 

[RIP_Chief_2003]

I’m over our Europeans…our 7 footer chucking step-back 3s and our PG is afraid to go up for layups.

 

[LouHenson]

Is it time to rip it down? He may say it it, but we are a long way from playing for NC

 

[DICKnaggie]

Duke is a good three-point shooting team, and they also play inside out. We are not, and we refuse to play inside out. We will be lucky if this doesn't get extremely ugly.