Game Thread: Illinois at Iowa

[Rusty]

Wow what a smart play by Keaton

He’s a senior, right?

May as well be, he won't be here next year...lol

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

4 on Stirtz

Field of 68 said he was the #2 PG in the country (laughable).

He's not the 2nd best PG in this game....

 

[UCantHideYer]

Keaton so slick. He‘s got it all.

 

[Wazababybrucedouglaskid]

What Universe are we living in getting that charge call in Iowa City!!!

 

[AirNeazy]

Keaton is a stone cold killer.

 

[zentrails]

Make it 3!

how about 4?

 

[The Sprouting Divot]

I think I've found my current Iowa guy to hate.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Going down the stretch, more Z, less T.

Absolutely disagree. For this team to reach it's ceiling, T has to get himself straightened out and get his confidence back. If your coach benches you, it just makes it worse. He has to play through this. He's just too critical of a piece.

 

[Illini88]

So nice to watch them attack basket, force Iowa to pack it in, and kick for open 3. Do that every game and we are going to go far. And also fun to watch Mirk’s maturation. He is making better and better choices

 

[Bigtex]

Arriving late. First 10 minutes near Perfection

Similar to last 2 games - get a lead and keep the lead

 

[altgeld88]

A reminder that Iowa hasn’t yet gotten as close to us as Penn State did: 8 pts. So far this game has never been as in doubt as last Saturday’s was.

 

[skyIdub]

I'm pretty sure Wagler was grinning on the way down from that blocking foul!!

Knew his mission.

 

[OrangeLife]

Right, maybe that could work if Tomi is standing and waiting for a double team to come to him, but he's dribbling, and it seems like Iowa defenders are collapsing, and he's not able to get rid of the ball. I think he might be dribbling too much in the post, including not picking up his dribble soon enough (or cleanly enough). It seems he can get better at that.

He needs to take a power dribble and turn to the basket and shoot. Good chance of basket or foul compared to bringing the ball down and getting a turnover. Put it up, we great rebounding team.

 

[zentrails]

A reminder that Iowa hasn’t yet gotten as close to us as Penn State did: 8 pts. So far this game has never been as in doubt as last Saturday’s was.

loooong way to go

 

[FloridaMan]

F YESSS!!!!!! Finish this game!

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

What is Davis doing

 

[FloridaMan]

loooong way to go

And Iowa is waaaaaay more capable of scoring than PSU.

 

[Flyin' Illini]

Folgueiras sounds like an evil wizard.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Huge three from Boswell there

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Odd timeout by Iowa. Down to one left.

 

[BWBW]

Now is the time to bury them.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

The effort is most definitely there. He just needs to see some of his shots go down.

I don't think it's a confidence issue as much as a strength and conditioning issue. He missed a lot of time and I just don't think he's there yet. Almost all his misses are front rim, and he has been struggling most games to get into good position. It points to his legs not having the strength he's accustomed to.

 

[HailtotheChief]

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They should make a shirt Z in the mask like that ir the alma mater again

 

[SuperMetroid]

I think I've found my current Iowa guy to hate.

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Me too. All of them

 

[BBlock24]

Up 15 with 11 to go. Just play smart basketball.