Game Thread: Illinois vs Alabama
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he went 3-6 from 3 against this very team last year
He probably shouldnt play so much. Leaving aside the production angle, I'd hate for there to be disgruntled teammates who think they should be getting his minutes.
This game has the vibe and energy of an NCAA tournament game.
So this will come down to what team will decide to play defense
Still below pace for the over 
Steph Curry probably ruined basketball
Exact same could be said for BAMA.
I thought we played the first half of the half extremely well- 2nd half of the half was just not good basketball-TO's, lack of execution, gave up too many offensive rebounds, didn't contest enough.. Yet we are still leading by 1 at half.
I don't feel like we took advantage of our size enough.
I don't feel like we took advantage of our size enough.
Well now I feel bad!!!!Come on Ben, we need better
Bama getting away with a lot of moving screens up top (including the final one) to free guys up
Rough half for Tomi. Looks like moving in quicksand
Rough half for Tomi. Looks like moving in quicksand
I will rather dare them to beat us in the paint.
I don't care about Bama's defense. I encourage them to be as bad as possible.
He's been pretty solid on defense overall, affecting shots at the rim and rebounding. Got beat bad on one drive couldn't get over the screen at the end.
Fun first half minus the dumb refs show. Teams are neck and neck. We making the same amount of 3s as them (could go in our favor) and both teams have pretty much the same amount of turnovers. We need to get back to winning crashing the board. We started off good but slid a bit near the end of the half.
sacraig
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Theyre also a good team, so part of that is their play, not ours. Honestly, we've closed off the lane reasonable well and made them take a lot of threes. I'm okay with that, mostly.
I'm more worried about our rebounding so far. That's usually our strength. And we are only +5 against a Bamanteam that isn't great on the boards.
Ben.
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