Pregame: Illinois at Ohio State, Tuesday, December 9th, 6:30pm CT, Peacock/YTTV

Status
Not open for further replies.
#151      
Deep
Man, some of you are very confident in an ILLINI win tonight. I am not as confident........1st true Road game, OSU a pretty good team, we are still kind of an anomaly as a team...........should be interesting
 
#152      
skyIdub
If they continue the toughness they displayed in the second half of the UT game, they will smoke OSU. Making shots of course.

If they relax like UConn and Bama, the B1G road will smack them in their man business.
 
#154      
Retro62
I'm anticipating a tough game. I watched the OSU vs. NW game and OSU won on a night when Martinelli had a career high and NW was playing well. Obviously, we're a better team, but it was a road game and OSU took care of business. I expect they will provide a challenge, even though I think we win by 8 to 10 points.
 
#155      
fuggles
OrangeBlue98 said:
Not to turn this into a Peacock-yay or nay discussion, but I still think there is value there with the Big 10, some other college sports, Premier League, and some good original content. For me, Paramount+ is the one to dump. The only problem is they have Champions League soccer. But the new format is too drawn out, so I’m not sure how interested I am anymore:
Click to expand...
Paramount has some good original content also. As well as owning the Star Trek franchise for the trekies out there.
 
#156      
EmeraldCityIllini
An Ivisic game - both.

Tilly likes to shoot 3s (3 per game), but only shooting 16% on the year. I like the minutes Z is on the floor to let him just roam the middle, and make Tilly prove it.

As for T? Tilly has a foot problem, and the NW center went for 13, 3, and 9. T looked tremendous last game, I still think this team looks at their best when the offense is going through him.
 
#157      
Illiniguy13
Deep said:
Man, some of you are very confident in an ILLINI win tonight. I am not as confident........1st true Road game, OSU a pretty good team, we are still kind of an anomaly as a team...........should be interesting
Click to expand...
Devils advocate...they haven't played a top 50 opponent this season and lost to a bad Pitt team. We're the biggest & best team by far they've played all year
 
#160      
Uihoop2
Illinisnake said:
really think Jake Davis can be a better player for this team, dude has the best shot on the team other than Wagler. I feel good about Jake shooting 3's, not so much Ben.
Click to expand...
Hell no..Jake hit a huge three i will give him that but on defense he gets ABUSED. I screamed no when he took that shot the other night..lol
 
#161      
IlliDan
NarrowJ said:
LOL
Click to expand...
Maybe I should have been more specific about kb's defense.His pick n roll coverage in particular has lacked the bite previously displayed.Passing off man instead of fighting over screen,not being forcefull at point of attack.Werner and Latulip have voiced similar concerns.I still think KB is a outstanding defender overall.
 
#162      
Red77sng
illini0440 said:
Our offense is all about spacing.....You put Morez in the corner instead of Ben and that defender can now just sit on the block.

I guess what I'm getting at isn't that Ben is better or more talented than Rez he's just more beneficial and effective in helping us space the floor.
Click to expand...
Defensively Rez is a hundred times better rebounder and defender and it’s not even close
 
#163      
skyIdub
WolfpackIllini said:
I am hosting a Holiday Party tonight and will miss the live event :(
Click to expand...

“Please excuse me everyone, I’ll be right back.”
giphy.gif


do-not-go-in-there.gif
 
#164      
NarrowJ
IlliDan said:
Maybe I should have been more specific about kb's defense.His pick n roll coverage in particular has lacked the bite previously displayed.Passing off man instead of fighting over screen,not being forcefull at point of attack.Werner and Latulip have voiced similar concerns.I still think KB is a outstanding defender overall.
Click to expand...

Which game? I think he/they were more provisory about having him fight through vs Tenn after the shoulder, but idk I could be wrong on that
 
#166      
NarrowJ
Red77sng said:
Defensively Rez is a hundred times better rebounder and defender and it’s not even close
Click to expand...

If only Michigan used him for the things he's good at (not that one could argue with their results as a team, but):

Ben Humrichous 4.8 rebounds in 22.8 minutes
Morez Johnson 6.3 rebounds in 23.4 minutes
 
Last edited:
#167      
Rap47
Morez plays at Michigan by his choice.
Forget about him
 
#168      
foby
Is it almost time for the Loyalty Hyperbole Awards?
 
#169      
RML
Huh? Not tied for first; as it stood, we were half a game AHEAD of Michigan in the rankings.
 
#171      
Second place is 1st loser
Illinisnake said:
really think Jake Davis can be a better player for this team, dude has the best shot on the team other than Wagler. I feel good about Jake shooting 3's, not so much Ben.
Click to expand...
Davis is an absolutely brutal defender and can't rebound a lick. Ben provides extremely valuable minutes in both areas + is a 35% three point shooter. If Jake left the team tomorrow, the dropoff would be minimal, if any. If Ben left, he leaves a huge void off the bench. Honestly, now that we're seeing how we play against significantly better competition, one could argue Ben should be starting in front of Mirk, who has really struggled with the better athletes.
 
#172      
NarrowJ
Second place is 1st loser said:
Davis is an absolutely brutal defender and can't rebound a lick. Ben provides extremely valuable minutes in both areas + is a 35% three point shooter. If Jake left the team tomorrow, the dropoff would be minimal, if any. If Ben left, he leaves a huge void off the bench. Honestly, now that we're seeing how we play against significantly better competition, one could argue Ben should be starting in front of Mirk, who has really struggled with the better athletes.
Click to expand...

Be ready for:

1765310867728.png
 
#174      
illiram
I guess the game will be on NBC Sports Network also. For me, it's channel 1211 on Xfinity. For those that don't want to be "stuck" on the Peacock app.....
 
#175      
ejam21
pweo said:
I don't have an issue with Ben or his play this year. I'd like to see him put up more threes but haven't been watching closely enough to see why his rate has gone down. Ben (26 mins) and Mihailo (6 mins) were the only guys that got in for us vs Tennessee that didn't shoot a three.

Playing the stats game - if you take out his 5-9 effort in our 58 point win over Jackson State he's 9-31 (29%) in the other games and he's 2-8 (25%) in our last 4 games while playing 90 minutes. Keaton is 8-23 (34.7%) over the last 4.
Click to expand...
And if you take away Keatons 2/2 against J st, he's at 31%...which is like the difference of one three made (Ben hits one more and he's at 32)

against high majors ben is 33% from 3 (5/15) and Keaton is 30% (6/20)
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back