Game Thread: Illinois vs Texas Tech

[aaeismacgychel]

Mirk flings the ball way up in the air after being fouled lol nobody can claim this guy doesn’t have personality

Surprised they didn't T him up to be honest. He'll be told not to do that in the future

 

[sacraig]

No reason for Ben to be jacking up those types of threes this year. We have way too many scorers to settle for that.

 

[Username]

Mirk flings the ball way up in the air after being fouled lol nobody can claim this guy doesn’t have personality

Mirk is like a toned down Giorgi.

 

[zentrails]

No reason for Ben to be jacking up those types of threes this year. We have way too many scorers to settle for that.

If he makes 45% of them it's OK with me

 

[logjam]

Big Z has much more game than I thought...we have so many options...

 

[DeeIL89]

Now's not the time to take bad shots. We can extend this lead to end the half.

 

[HailtotheChief]

Our ball, get a good shot. 2 tech starters with 3 fouls. Let's go!

 

[NarrowJ]

The defense actually looks okay so far sans the breakdowns. I think it’s promising because stuff like that can be fixed unlike pure talent/skill disadvantage.

We have 17 rebounds to their 11 which is why we hold a 7 point lead.

 

[Todd99]

Can Mirk dunk? Please show us

I don’t think Mirk can jump over a deck of playing cards, God love him!

 

[kyillinifan]

Very good game

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

That is a walk from Toppin.

 

[McGuppin]

Mirk slinging passes like Jokic. So fun to watch.

 

[Epsilon]

Toppin walked

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

Forcing bad 3s on offense.

Make them stop Andrej and Mirk at the hoop

 

[hoopsfan47]

Stoya knows how to score with contact at the rim. Still a keeper.

 

[PopChampaign]

Stojakovic not bothered by the physicality. Precision.

 

[abchew2]

Looks like Andrej got all the tuneup he needed, he has been excellent tonight!

 

[BBlock24]

Is Toppin getting away with some stuff or is it just me?

 

[FoundersClub]

Andrej is a bucket. We need to play through him.

 

[FromTheLogo]

Attack the 6'0 and 6'2 guards. They can't guard our size in the post.

 

[aveseaboy]

Toppin walked

That was ridiculous

 

[Illini4Christ]

Toppin has three over the back fouls and a travel they didn’t call.

 

[InDaAZ]

Don’t know about y’all, but I’m A-OK with Stoj starting from here on out…

 

[LFOD]

Am I the only 73 year old having name connectivity problems? Numbers are much easier.

Just end all names with “vich” and you’ll be darn close

 

[PasadenaIllini]

Andrej looks like everything we hoped for and more. Getting pumped about what this team will do once it's at full strength.