Illinois 75, Washington 66 Postgame

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Glad that game is finally over. Onto the next one.

 

[stlrunner]

Kinda like making out with someone who’s pretty hot but smells like your grandma’s house. Or has a tooth missing (one of them important ones).

Sounds like you’ve got some pretty good dating life stories!

 

[mattcoldagelli]

Good work by the fellas to overcome yet another totally dead building providing zero advantage.

 

[IllinoisGrad0609]

Andre...geez dude...what has happened to your offense???

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Other than Tomi, 40% from three. Tomi 1 for 8, though. Saving them for Sunday?

 

[Orangetool]

10 up, 10 down.

Now let's get Nebby.
Payback.

 

[ugottabjoshinme]

Ben shots better when he’s not wide !!! open and he has to let it rip.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Keaton:

38min, 22pts, 5reb, 8ast, 1TO, 2STL.

Mirk with 19.

Ben 4/6 from 3.

 

[GrayGhost77]

Gonna have to play WAAAAAY better to have a chance at Nebby's house, but glad we got the W. Shout out to Ben. He showed out today.

 

[jamie13197]

Without Ben and Mirk, we lose tonight. Sit Andre, boys is lost like Rj Melendez. Defense is horrible. We play 1st half at Nebraska like past 2 games. We lose by 20.

 

[Mistakenj]

Brothers Ivisic and Stoj were basically no shows, but happy for Ben. What more can you say about Mirk and Wagler?

 

[FloridaMan]

Ben's best game this season. We needed it!
KW only 22?? Come on, man. Seriously, he is so good it's crazy.
Mirk starting to get back his mojo that he started the year with!
We need Tomi and Andrej to really step it up Sunday or we don't get number 11 in a row. Not even close if they play like they did tonight.

 

[WeLoveNoOther]

 

[Orangetool]

Big Ben. Big game.

 

[Rap47]

I sure hope they get rest for two days. That was a tough game and they got thru it.

 

[madillini4]

 

[ejam21]

10 game win streak with the closest games being 6 (at iowa and at purdue)

Great stretch

 

[Rainier Wolfcastle]

Ben picked a great night to have his best game of the year. Hit big 3’s and played some solid defense. Keaton and Mirk also had very nice games.

That UW team was tough. Very athletic group with some skilled players who can make shots and are aggressive on the offensive glass.

Glad we didn’t have a post-Purdue letdown. That was a solid win.

 

[NASchamp]

A win is a win. Good test for the team. We showed some real effort to grind that out.

Let’s get some quick rest and prep. for Nebraska. They’ve had a few days off to stew after a close loss to Michigan. Going to be a real tough one at their place.

 

[jumpingjack]

Last year, this would've been an L.
We do not let multiple bad offensive sets happen in a row nearly as often.
If we miss good shots, we miss good shots.
But we tend to a) make shots, b) get missed shots back, and c) get wide open looks.
And we're still tied for first place in the B1G with a chance to kick Nebraska in the teeth this weekend.

 

[Navy_illini]

We were not as dominant on the boards as we had been in previous games. Felt close but at the same time never in doubt

 

[illinifan1987]

To those of you that were at the game, was it as quiet as is sounded (most of the game) on TV?

 

[Miles Leonard]

I had a feeling this would be a grind. Washington doesn't get blown out. Thankfully their hot shooting dried up at the very end.

Perfect in January!

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

But also….

 

[BackThatPassUp]

What is with our live fans?! We've lost home court advantage with respect to our spirits. That place is hardly intimidating.