Game Thread: Illinois vs Duke

[Illinijoe]

I’ve legit never seen big ten players so bad at shooting. If you can’t even make a shot, why are you here? Maybe time to head back to community college

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Who wins a game between this team and the 22-23 team?

T.S.J.

2023 team 9 times out of 10.

 

[illini80]

Well they are doing what Underwood wanted I guess.

 

[Old Farm Illini]

So we’re 12-15 from 2. Somebody make that clear to Brad.

 

[IllinialuminAZ]

Welp, safe to say Underwood simply doesn’t get it.

“We’re getting great shots!!!”

Bro, you don’t have players who can make them. Design an offense that doesn’t rely on a prayer to finally make them!!!!!

In fairness, how does a college basketball team miss this many decent looks?

 

[aaeismacgychel]

KJ needs to stop taking that shot. We've gotten much better looks than needing to settle for that

 

[Pikeillinifan]

We won’t, it’s better if we miss the tourney, it’s all broken beyond repair. Major changes need to be made on the staff, this is 100% on them.

 

[azillini1]

Illinois has always been known for defense... until this year

My God, we are 0 for 15 from 3! As BU always says, keep shooting the 3 and eventually they will go in. Really!

 

[OneTime3]

Hahahaha

 

[RickBB]

Duke is gonna score 120.

I’m not sure how much prep this is giving Duke for March.

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

What's NCAA record for most missed 3s in a row?

 

[GTL Adam]

We may never hit a 3 again

 

[CDRUSN]

Sums up our first half "effort":

 

[FoundersClub]

This is a step back as a program tonight.

 

[RimPressure]

gah flashback to "I don't care if he blocks a hundred"

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

In fairness, how does a college basketball team miss this many decent looks?

I don’t know, but how has Underwood not realized they would long before today?!

 

[TheodoreRex]

How the hell is Hamer still planning the defense for our team? Legit he should've already been fired or demoted... This is insanity

 

[jamie13197]

Def, Defense, Defense. whoops we haven't been taught that. Omg!

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

Cooper is doing NOTHING and they’re gonna put up 100 … Pathetic …

 

[Illinifan55]

The gameplan is so bad. We're not good at shooting 3's, but we consistently shoot more 3's than our opponents. How does that make sense? Brad needs to fire his stupid son or Brad's gonna end up in the can.

 

[BoiseBaller]

I take it back. It won't be 20 at half. Might be 30.

 

[Jimbo]

If we shot 30% from 3 KJ would have 5 assists. Sheesh.

 

[Seark]

0 for 15

 

[aaeismacgychel]

And Jake Davis missing the wide open 3 in rhythm. We might go 0 for 30 from deep tonight

 

[LurkerintheOpen]

It’s almost like Brad has relied on a solo bucket getter most of his tenure to bail out his BS. Almost.