Game Thread: Illinois vs Washington

[jumpingjack]

Ben has played fantastic tonight

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Big game by Ben tonight

 

[biglug58]

Ben having a very nice game.

 

[PasadenaIllini]

Much better effort and focus during that sequence on D. Keep it up fellas.

 

[Thaillini22]

Not loving this "no handles" lineup.

 

[zentrails]

Ben has played fantastic tonight

Yep, give him credit when he's playing well everyone!

 

[stlrunner]

Good breather there for Wagler. I hope he comes back in breathing fire.

 

[SuperMetroid]

Some good extended rest for KW here.

 

[jumpingjack]

Nothing forced either. Just takes what they give him and makes them pay. Such a joy to watch

I think he should be in conversation for POTY beyond doubt.

 

[DeeIL89]

Trading buckets type of game.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Not loving this "no handles" lineup.

Well, when you're short a ball handler and you only had two to begin with, choices are minimal.

 

[FloridaMan]

Mandaquit played with Dybantsa out in Utah in HS. Good player.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Beautiful pass

 

[jamie13197]

2 freshman balling together. Mirk and Keaton.

 

[DICKnaggie]

Disagree tonight. I thought we switched and hedged well most of the half. Shot clock violation, a few blocks and steals, forced them into shots they didn’t want to take.

They hit some tough shots towards the end and we let them get behind us a couple times but can’t be mad at 26 points allowed

That's fair, but you wouldn't want a few switch ups to make them adjust? When we did it totally threw them. Also, what does the WU shot chart look like? They are killing us at points in the paint and are hanging with us with rebounding. Make them shoot threes, which they are struggling at.

 

[illinifreak30]

Why does the crowd sound so dead

 

[FloridaMan]

MAKE FTs!!!!

Edit: Why is that not a shooting foul?????

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Great flop by Z. Outstanding flop

 

[Bigtex]

Don’t like how they have used Davis tonight as the screener. Get on thr corner

 

[DeeIL89]

Huge 3rd foul for Diallo.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Wait what? How do you possibly not give a shooting foul?

 

[jumpingjack]

Ooooh that is the Mirk that can take this game over

 

[hoopsfan47]

UW showing us why they do not get blown out even by good teams on the road. They have athletes and they play hard for 40 minutes.

 

[FreshlySqueezed]

There's the zone some people clamor for.

 

[Miles Leonard]

We just can't put these guys away. Not surprising since they normally play hard.