Game Thread: Illinois at Texas Tech

#552      
Chase321
aaeismacgychel said:
I honestly think this game will wind up being great for us. Young players learning what level they need to get to to compete in conference play, upperclassmen getting a kick in the butt and remember winning ain’t easy, and Brad has a month’s worth of tape. We’ll be fine. Better than fine.
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Any expectation that a team relying on so many freshmen were going to play their first road game in this environment and not get rattled was just a poor expectation.
 
#554      
TheodoreRex
1-5 from the line.. and vaaks 1-6 from the field... we aren't going to win many games without Jake and Tomi if Stef plays this poorly.
 
#556      
JJE
Loyalty: It’s over

Illini:
Im Back Wake Up GIF
 
#557      
eas23
Vaaks is gonna have like 29 against Northwestern in February and that'll be cool.
 
#558      
chief
Not appreciating possessions at all, too sloppy with the ball and free throws
 
#561      
Retro62
Vaaks needs to find another way to score, we can’t have him taking 10 threes to make one.
 
#564      
hoopsfan47
Iamgroot said:
Good stuff coming out of halftime.but this all could have been made in a timeout fr
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Takes more time to replace those bad thoughts with good ones. A half time rest of the mind is a positive thing...and the coaches should be filling those lost thoughts with confident ones. Seems to be working. Not like it has not happened thousands of times before in this game. But will it be enough? I don't think so but maybe we can get it under 10.
 
#566      
Second place is 1st loser
Iamgroot said:
Good stuff coming out of halftime.but this all could have been made in a timeout fr
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No, our young guys needed a complete reboot. That first half was not just a lack of precision. Those guys were in full deer in headlights mode. The only thing that relaxes that is halftime or the post game speech followed by practice. Just write it off to an experience and character building opportunity.
 
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