Game Thread: Illinois vs UT Rio Grande Valley

[illiniguy24]

Pedro is announcing his presence on this team. When we get health and gel, this is going to be a very dangerous team.

 

[DB11Headband]

Petro is too small for the big ten

So was Braden Smith

 

[aveseaboy]

Tomi still seems very off

 

[Mr. Roberts]

If we could shoot, Petro would have about 5 assists.

 

[BrownTown]

Keaton is looking more like a freshmen every game. That's okay. He'll come back around

 

[FloridaMan]

How can we give up so many open threes? Luckily they only hit 30% but teams are getting really good looks against this defense. Has to get fixed.

Edit: And we always mange to force about a third of ours with dudes right on us.

 

[BrimfieldBomber]

Halftime in the locker room ought to be ... fun

 

[skyIdub]

Petro is a perfect 6th man change of pace, spark plug PG. He should not be starting for Wagler. Bam + Petro is too small and creates matchup problems on both ends.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Petrovic looks very good. Great court vision, passes in perfect location for the shooter. Like what I'm seeing

 

[DB11Headband]

Petro is a perfect 6th man change of pace, spark plug PG. He should not be starting for Wagler. Bam + Petro is too small and creates matchup problems on both ends.

Ball knower take, couldn’t have said it better

 

[InDaAZ]

Halftime in the locker room ought to be ... fun

 

[thehass]

Missing open 3s still a bugaboo.

 

[Oracle21]

Worst half of the season

 

[illinipimp]

Sorry been out of the loop. What’s going on with Ty ??

 

[skyIdub]

Sorry been out of the loop. What’s going on with Ty ??

 

[blife]

everyone has to be stronger with the balls, very handsy group from UTRGV, gonna get raked, slapped and grabbed for 20 more minutes

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Sorry been out of the loop. What’s going on with Ty ??

Hurt knee in the summer. Possibly done for the year, maybe back in January.

 

[FloridaMan]

Eight turnovers against this team just cannot happen. They have 5 steals to our 1. Unreal.

 

[Oracle21]

Sorry been out of the loop. What’s going on with Ty ??

Severe knee injury during the summer and likely out till at least January if he doesn’t redshirt

 

[logjam]

Petrovic looks very good. Great court vision, passes in perfect location for the shooter. Like what I'm seeing

Agreed gives us a different look and pace...

 

[21ChampaignSt]

Too many times after one or zero passes I found myself saying, "We can get that shot whenever we want."

 

[FloridaMan]

everyone has to be stronger with the balls, very handsy group from UTRGV, gonna get raked, slapped and grabbed for 20 more minutes

 

[SuperMetroid]

These guys are better than the cupcakes we’ve faced so far. Not a bad thing they’re pushing us a bit

 

[grantlab]

The chemistry is just off. 8 turnovers and a ton of blown switches / missed boxouts on the defensive end. It’s going to take time, which is why I’m going to temper expectations until the turn of the calendar year. Wouldn’t expect this team to be running like a well-oiled machine yet anyway. The hope is we can outrebound and outshoot in enough of these early games to stack some wins.

 

[OB positive]

Keaton is looking more like a freshmen every game. That's okay. He'll come back around

He will probably be in adjustment period for a while as competition gets tougher. Much like Riley experienced.