Game Thread: Illinois at Michigan State

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Black is incredible. We need him next year.

 

[LBZ]

Black for 3!

 

[Rad]

Did Jackson "establish" right then?

Great question

 

[Gunner23]

Didn't take long for this to get out of hand. We're just overmatched. MSU with vastly superior athletes.

May get out of hand later, but 2 points seems fairly close at this point of the game...

 

[Rad]

Shut up Izzo

 

[Gunner23]

Wow, Vesel is in already.

We only have 11 scholly players and one isn't even in the building.

Edit: Finke is in the building.

 

[Spoon House]

Love Frazier hushing the Izzone after that 3, lol

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

This game is impressively close considering one team is excellent at finishing and the other struggles mightily.

 

[foby]

I'm digging this

 

[LBZ]

IL hanging in there.

 

[breadman]

At 3 minutes left in the half, need to make sure we don't wilt again. Need to hang tough until the final half horn.

 

[Rad]

Early and long way from over but great coaching by Underwood. MSU playing great but we are running our stuff and competing defensively and on the boards....just over matched talent wise. We will get there.

 

[BillyBob1]

About 5-6 missed layups, but hanging tough?

 

[aluma]

I've enjoyed watching Underwood's offense more lately. Guys are making much better/harder cuts and the perimeter players are starting to look for them. Ebo really has to excite everyone with how quick he rolls to the basket. Eventually he will use his athleticism & gain strength and be able to throw that ball down. On a side note, how on earth did Alstork average double digits last year?

 

[Coachbubbles]

Love the fight!! Can’t make nothing around the rim but we are competing!

 

[Deleted member 3875]

FTs abismal.

 

[winorlosewestillbooze]

How can Frazier make stuff like that but be so garbage from the free throw line

 

[Gunner23]

We don't have much of a chance to win this game, but if these officials let MSU travel every time we pressure them, it will get ugly later... Need some travel calls...

 

[aluma]

Illini: just don't be intimidated by these guys. And don't be manhandled under the basket. A tall order but so far, so good.

Yeah, the announcers aren't very good. Did I hear one of them say Frazier was "going to be a great player"? I may have mis-heard that.

Also, one said Coach U recruited Trent while at SFA. True?

That was in fact true!

 

[Sizzler22]

And that's how you end a half

 

[Gunner23]

Nice first half. We committed 0 turnovers in the last 13 minutes of the half. Quite a difference from the beginning of the season.

 

[Rad]

We keep putting new wrinkles in the offense.

 

[aluma]

THAT was a fantastic final play right there!!!

 

[Deleted member 3875]

Playing tough.

 

[sully]

we're playing em tough. lets hope we continue to do so in the 2nd half .