The twins have been underwhelming this year. I don't think our frontcourt is as good as was advertised.
Game Thread: Illinois vs UT Rio Grande Valley
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skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
I'd like to see a Petro-Mirk two man game a few times.
Asking for Ben to sub in for defensive reasons is not something I had on my 2025-26 Season Bingo Card.
I can see a combo of a little of John Stockton and Steve Nash in Petro.
Sometimes a little soft so far. Rebounds just getting swiped away from both.
Another miss off of a nice Petro pass.
Neither Ivisic can keep their man in front of them. Z didn't move.
And repeat.
We miss too many open threes.
Basically, the difference in this game is free throws. Not a good harbinger of things to come in the next two on the schedule. Hopefully we find something between now and then or it's gonna be a sad holiday season for us.
Petro can’t buy an assist lol
An embarrassingly bad shooting team, just like last year.
At a minimum, Petro needs to be 6th man.
The offense looks completely different when he's out there. He's able to (easily) get around guys, finish, & create for others. Unfortunate we can't knock down wide open shots from deep or he'd have a lot more assists whenever he's been out there
The offense looks completely different when he's out there. He's able to (easily) get around guys, finish, & create for others. Unfortunate we can't knock down wide open shots from deep or he'd have a lot more assists whenever he's been out there
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Or an Ivisic...
They've both dealt with injury and need time. Tomi looked good to me the first few minutes in terms of movement but as the game has gone on he's looked worse and worse mobility wise. Big Z needs us to play zone to thrive in my opinion.
Good teams are gonna hunt Mirk
We have to get to the rim, the zone is killing us
Wish we would have shot FTs like this at the UC.
Our dribble drive defense is straight dog poop
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