1/25 Games

altgeld88 · Jan 25, 2022

lol, apparently the Illini enabled Maryland to find its mojo. Big win at the RAC.

IlliniwekKDR · Jan 25, 2022

AdamFletchersBicep said:
Surprised Missouri didn’t foul there

I was surprised by the dumb decision also. Then I remembered who their coach was.

Navy_illini · Jan 25, 2022

Maryland has a tough schedule ahead of them. I think they may surprise a few more teams. I don’t want to see them in the Big Ten Tournament

WhiteHorseWings · Jan 25, 2022

Navy_illini said:
Maryland has a tough schedule ahead of them. I think they may surprise a few more teams. I don’t want to see them in the Big Ten Tournament

Couldn’t agree more

jumpingjack · Jan 25, 2022

Oscar Tshiebwe vs Kofi would be such an epic matchup. Tshiebwe is just a relentless rebounder, kind of reminds me of Rodman in terms of getting to the ball by clearing horizontal space.

azillini1 · Jan 25, 2022

UCLA up 32 to 22 on Arizona playing in LA. Pretty physical game

jumpingjack · Jan 25, 2022

Arizona looks uninspired. This is not the defensive effort they put up against us at all.

jumpingjack · Jan 25, 2022

And offensively, Mathurin is shooting like me with a hangover.

WhiteHorseWings · Jan 25, 2022

jumpingjack said:
Arizona looks uninspired. This is not the defensive effort they put up against us at all.

I like the defensive effort, but need more on the offensive end. Enough to go over 150, specifically….

azillini1 · Jan 25, 2022

Tubelis is a bit banged up (injured) and only has 2 points and Mathurin has only 6. Combined, they had 48 against us in a full game. UCLA could easily be a final 4 team this year (like last year).

azillini1 · Jan 25, 2022

Mathurin has had his shot blocked 4 times in the 2nd half. UCLA up by 10 with 8 minutes left. AZ with a 43 to 28 rebound edge, but only shooting 30% versus 52% for UCLA.

the national · Jan 26, 2022

Arizona outscored in both halves. 75-59 and it wasn’t close.

illinitiger · Jan 26, 2022

the national said:
Arizona outscored in both halves. 75-59 and it wasn’t close.

Can we have this version of AZ the regressing wildcats... in a rematch?

Or maybe UCLA is an elite lockdown team that makes top 5 teams look weak?

ptgd1 · Jan 26, 2022

illinitiger said:
Can we have this version of AZ the regressing wildcats... in a rematch?

Or maybe UCLA is an elite lockdown team that makes top 5 teams look weak?

I watched only the first half, but the tempo seemed three or four steps faster than our games.

MSU seemed to push it maybe close to AZ and UCLA but we have taken a few steps back, maybe because our regular go-to guy is seven foot tall and we need to get him into position before we run the plays.

I like the up-tempo game. Maybe when Belo returns fully...

Tophe · Jan 26, 2022

To be fair, AZ could have just been tired. They played at Stanford 1/20 and at California 1/23 before playing at UCLA last night.

alaskaillini · Jan 26, 2022

I watched most of the second half and AZ took terrible care of the ball - seemed like every time down the floor was either a TO or almost one.

mydosburns · Jan 26, 2022

UCLA didn't play that well. Arizona played that bad. Kriisa was 0-12. Mathurin was 5-22 after starting 2 of 3. Arizona shot 30% from the field 25% from three and 55% from the free throw line. If we played that Arizona team in Champaign we definitely win. UCLA played them pretty physical and the refs allowed it. Seemed to really take them out of their game.