Illinois 73, Penn State 65 Postgame

[BBlock24]

Game was never in doubt. The team also got some experience playing without Wagler. Good road win.

 

[Mistakenj]

Michigan and Purdue are going to cremate us. We need to make a lot of progress in a short amount of time if we want to compete for the Big Ten Championship and make a run in March

 

[CoachHooleyHoo]

Nothing is going to change … More 3s …

What’s wrong with Tomi? He’s awful.

 

[gary?]

how does this team win at iowa? also don’t see how this is a second weekend team but it’s still relatively early

 

[blife]

Any W at PSU with High Knees working the game is going to be ugly. And it was.

 

[BatteredWifeSchwartz]

Will never complain about a wire to wire victory, but holy moly what a poor performance. Any top half Big 10 team beats us with that performance.

Most notable call-out to me is Tomi. 2 rebounds (1 in garbage time), 0 points, 4 fouls, and didn’t even play half the game. He should be embarrassed by that.

Everyone else it just comes down to effort. Get right against Rutgers and get ready for Iowa.

 

[GrayGhost77]

If the refs don't take our star player out of this game essentially then we win by 20. Stupid refs.

 

[GTL Adam]

I sure hope Ty can come back and give us something. Z seems to be the only one who can provide an extra spark

 

[Miles Leonard]

Absolute slog of a game. We got through it with a W. That's all that matters.

 

[HereSoIDontGetFined]

DeCourcy ripping the call to keep Wagler in with two fouls and then starting him in the second half.

 

[Orangetool]

Big Ten.
Road win.

All good.

 

[RDS]

Welp. W.
Up and down D was down again.
On the plus side, Wagler continues to show he’s the big time real deal.

 

[derrick6]

If you don’t care about the spread, great win!

 

[illini510]

Aside from Wagler and Boswell being good, I continue to be impressed with Big Z. He is so active defensively with his 5 blocks and his 10 boards. He is just an enforcer inside and that was not really who he was at Kentucky/Arkansas. He was really just a finesse player but is totally different now

On the other end of the things, how disappointing has Tomi been lately? At what point do we stop blaming his injuries/illnesses and start wondering what's going on with him mentally? 2 rebounds in 16 mins? That's absurd for a 7 footer. I am starting to wonder if Big Z would be better suited to start? I can't even believe that idea is crossing my mind but he has basically been the better twin and I would've never thought that before the season

 

[joeybcrazy13]

Good win

 

[Rap47]

Several chances to bury them… Need to clean things up but a win is a win… And wth is going on with Tomi…? Looks soft/disengaged

Tomi and KJ had a very good two man game last year. The offense this year doesn't have KJ to get in the lane and pass. Tyler's offensive scheme has nothing for in the lane.

 

[foby]

Relax, it's a B1G road win.

 

[BoiseBaller]

Z needs to start going forward. Tomi was lousy tonight and outside of a few timely threes in various games, he has been for quite a while.

 

[ChiTown]

Ugly, ugly game. High knees is so bad.

I believe BTN said Wagler was a +21 in 16 minutes at one point.

Edit: finished +17 in 20 minutes.

We’re the fighting Waglers.

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

What’s wrong with Tomi? He’s awful.

He’s cleared to play … No excuses …

He’s soft & lazy …

 

[logjam]

 

[Ga65]

BIG going to have problems in tournament if games are officiated like this.

 

[InDaAZ]

PSU: Who was that masked man?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2007631144083202175

 

[gary?]

save yourself the agony: if it’s not figured out by mid february, it’s not going to magically happen in march. this helps with underwood-coached teams.

 

[TheodoreRex]

Lol, Big Ten postgame- guy with glasses subtly criticizing Underwood twice (and I don't disagree with him)