Illinois 105, Penn 70 Postgame

[skyIdub]

MIRK-O-MARCH

 

[MidwesternCowboy]

1st half was pretty shaky, but the second half was what we all wanted to see. Took care of business against a far inferior on-paper opponent. Near-perfect game in every facet.

 

[NASchamp]

That second half was more like it. Let’s carry this energy forward.

Onto Saturday.

 

[TheChief4Life]

Please don't start that. Please.

He’s not wrong though. Not that we played poorly, but we definitely didn’t play as well as we could have. If we played the first half the way we played the second, we win by 60.

 

[eas23]

So...did Underwood make halftime adjustments or nah?

 

[BrimfieldBomber]

Great halftime gameplan adjustments and wake up calls the players absolutely responded to!!

Credit to the staff, here. Glad there was no runs to worry about in the 2nd half.

 

[STLIlliniMike]

Vibes are high and so am I. Let’s do this again on Saturday

 

[NoRival]

Another Road Kill!

 

[Trueblue777]

Taking care of business

 

[FloridaMan]

Mirk kept our head above water in the first half. What a game! KW came to life. Need them both to continue playing at such a high level!

 

[AssemblyHallForever]

Play like this 5 more times.

 

[PizzaHutParkingLot]

Good things happen when we drive the f****** ball!!!

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Francon - 0.0.

One down, five to go.

 

[IlliniwekKDR]

I know Penn was already demoralized by that point, but it felt like the five we had on the floor at the end could've won this game.

 

[TheChief4Life]

I love the adjustments Brad and staff made at half! A few easy shots at the rim completely take the pressure off of the threes and they start falling as a result! Progress!

30 point beatdown after leading at half by 10! Nice tuneup. Now let's play as hard as we did in that half for a whole game and take care of a super athletic VCU team!

Maybe hyperbole here, but was that the best halftime adjustment we’ve seen in BU’s time here? It was an entirely different second half compared to the first?

 

[Flyin' Illini]

6:50 tipoff Saturday... That's perfect!

 

[Miles Leonard]

 

[abchew2]

Although it seems like a huge mismatch can’t take these kinds of wins for granted. Look at the teams that lost today or even won by the skin of their teeth. Hope this is the start of a very special run!

 

[Orangetool]

Happy for Ben, good game.

 

[TheFlyingIllini1317]

Feels good, I didn't get a lot of these growing up. 3 NCAA tourney wins from 2008 til 2020, won't take these for granted. Great second half, a lot of positives that we can hopefully continue going forward.

 

[HereSoIDontGetFined]

If this is a get right game for Tomi, it couldn't have come at a better time.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Just want to make sure that everyone is on the same page. So, Brad is a great coach if we win on Saturday, but should we should be looking in another direction if we don't? Is that the official stance?

Oh and because people blame Brad for every loss....nice 35 point win for him.

 

[SprintingShellyClark]

Mirk is going to get paid next year in Champaign!

 

[spillini]

Very pleased we have the high score for the tourney so far

 

[skyIdub]

Mirk is going to get paid next year in Champaign!

I WILL ROB A F#%KING BANK