Game Thread: Illinois at UCLA

[Homecoming 2019]

Refs getting excited by the comeback

 

[Keene-4-3]

Tomi looks completely disengaged.

 

[RIP_Chief_2003]

Tomi needs to meet the bench the rest of the game with this effort…

 

[JJE]

Momentum has totally shifted. Terrible D and the whistles going the other way are putting UCLA in striking distance.

 

[DICKnaggie]

Seven made threes with Tomi defending. Needs to figure it out bc they are hunting it. Not a great night for him.

 

[BoiseBaller]

Wagler just gets the crap kicked out of him and rarely gets a call. But more impressive, he NEVER complains.

 

[CentralILLini]

27% 3-point shooter going off, of course.

Tomi cant get out to guard him.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

This team's biggest weakness is making Tomi guard on the perimeter. We're so slow in the frontcourt.

 

[HereSoIDontGetFined]

This was always the concern with UCLA. Hard to beat at home and they have guys who can hit a lot of threes. Just because we blitzed them early doesn't mean they were going to give up.

 

[Champaign88]

We should have called time out in the first half when momentum was changing and we just let them keep going. Lazy coaching.

 

[NASchamp]

Now is when the B1G refs start suddenly calling the came differently. So frustrating.

 

[Retro62]

Can we please close out on the 3-point shots—by the same player?

 

[azillini1]

Mirk and Wagler need to get cookin and would like to see Z in

Wasn’t the line us by 14.5? Too big playing UCLA on their home court.

Just pull this out! This is now embarrassing … our defense has disappeared! They are shooting 58% making 16 of last 18

 

[hoopsfan47]

In regard to the Bruins feeling pretty comfortable playing HORSE on their home floor you are correct.

 

[skyIdub]

27% 3-point shooter going off, of course.

Ffs I could shoot 35% unguarded. We have our heads up our buttholes on defense.

 

[Illinisnake]

Good lord Brad put Ben and Z back in.

 

[BoiseBaller]

Easy to do when you are that wide open.

 

[HailtotheChief]

I like Tomi but for tonight id prefer Z in there on D and lobs. He contest shots so much better than Tomi. It appears we really have been better with Z in there tonight.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Keaton got fouled on that 3.

 

[RaisedMyBoysIllini]

They put two hands on wagler constantly

 

[illiram]

Mick Cronin is an angry little man. We will pull this one out, but have made things way harder than they need to be.

 

[aveseaboy]

Why does our best defensive player average less than half the game in minutes? It doesn’t make any sense

 

[AugustWest]

Every game we’ve lost this year is because the other team goes nuclear. Here we are again

 

[zentrails]

This was always the concern with UCLA. Hard to beat at home and they have guys who can hit a lot of threes. Just because we blitzed them early doesn't mean they were going to give up.

yep, very hard to beat at home

 

[Deep]

Refs will control this game
We need to fight through this