Game Thread: Illinois at Penn State

[Second place is 1st loser]

Brutal. Graphic was showing we hadn’t used a timeout but I thought we did a possession earlier.
I hate that our free throw percentage looks okay after missing two front ends.

Honestly, Boswell should have ended that half better without the need for a time out. He's a senior and is a pretty aware guy. Not running the clock all the way down in a really, really poor play. He shouldn't need a reminder.

Z is the main violator at the foul stripe.

This second half, I'd like to see a lot more out of Tomi and I'd like to see Keaton play smart minutes. He can't make winning plays sitting on the bench saddled with 3 fouls, two of them being flat out freshman mistakes.

 

[CoachHooleyHoo]

What is wrong with Tomi? He just does not look right.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

First half was a foul fest. Hoping second half is better but then again Big Ten refs.

It's a Jeffrey Anderson game, and he historically has had an extremely active whistle

 

[Miles Leonard]

4th on Wagler. Wow.

 

[LouHenson]

Straight garbage call jumping up wtf?

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

#4 on Wagler . Yikes

30 seconds into the 2nd half

 

[skyIdub]

Lmao....B1G officials.

 

[illinifreak30]

Bring Petrovich in!!!

 

[PlayDeeBrownNote]

Playing basketball = foul

 

[Mr. Roberts]

That was brutal.

 

[GTL Adam]

High Knees sure knows how to make his impact on a game

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Oh no no no no no. That is atrocious calling that but then not calling that same exact "foul" on PSU the bounce before

 

[UCantHideYer]

Weak whistle. Had to be looking to slap a 4th on him.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Jeffrey freakin Anderson. Straight trash ref.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

4 on Wagler god this sucks

 

[FloridaMan]

Our D is the limiting factor of this team. Yet Brad keeps Z out of at the start of the half and let's PSU right back in the game. I do not get it at all.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

I think we shoot a worse percentage on wide open threes in rhythm than any other 3pt attempt we take.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Well, the bench has to cover about 15 minutes here. Who's it going to be to step up?

 

[GTL Adam]

Tomi played with half an ankle for a few games last year and looked better than this

 

[logjam]

We don't have pot stirrer without Wagler it seems...

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

The Ben-Mirk-Tomi lineup is horrible.

On both ends.

3 of the 5 can't dribble/create.

They might get away with it against a horrible Penn State team. They won't get anyone of quality.

They got to find a 3rd guard.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Our D is the limiting factor of this team. Yet Brad keeps Z out of at the start of the half and let's PSU right back in the game. I do not get it at all.

Who do you suggest he bench? Tomi? That's seems to be what you're suggesting, which is fine. Can't play 6.

 

[DICKnaggie]

Our D is the limiting factor of this team. Yet Brad keeps Z out of at the start of the half and let's PSU right back in the game. I do not get it at all.

Tomi isn't bringing much of anything again. Z needs more of his minutes until he figures it out.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Our D is the limiting factor of this team. Yet Brad keeps Z out of at the start of the half and let's PSU right back in the game. I do not get it at all.

Been a very different team with Big Z on the court vs off it. He's been incredible tonight.

 

[HailtotheChief]

Man we are getting very little from Tomi compared to last year. Could use him and or Mihailo to provide anything at all with Wagler in foul trouble.