Game Thread: Illinois at Northwestern

[blackdog]

Haven't tried to catch up on the thread but have to say the refs have made some pretty bad calls going both ways....Illinois overall has played a solid game especially defensively. Alstork has really brought the energy so far.

 

[yeahyeahyeah]

nice finish to a hard fought half.... everyday players, every play players

 

[Deleted member 649710]

Four point lead at the half on the road, I'll take that any day.

 

[Spoon House]

What a balanced scoring attack we are fielding.

 

[IlliniMed]

When the mentioned Malcolm, all I could think was...imagine having him with this coach.

Thats a scary thought to be honest. That was the one thing Malcom missed at times.

 

[yeahyeahyeah]

we can not play zone

yes, we can gotta keep workin on it...oops you said play zone..yes, not against NW they space it out good

 

[Illwinsagain]

OK, we have 4 guys with 2 fouls, NW has 4 with 2 and another (Law) with 3. Since we play more than them traditionally, this should be a good advantage for the second half.

 

[lexwaldez]

Illinois basketball is so much more fun to watch again! I love watching these kids scrap and we move it so quickly down the floor. Love it.

 

[yeahyeahyeah]

that was the Alstork that we were waiting for... now if he can knock some treys down

 

[Illwinsagain]

that was the Alstork that we were waiting for... now if he can knock some treys down

I'll take more drives to the hoop! Easier to make, and they should be a little worried about foul trouble. Less aggressive.

 

[SescIllini]

How can Crispin say let them play, and then say Finke fouled obviously

Because he belongs on the BTN PLUS STUDENT network.

 

[Welchelracing21c]

Need to keep up the press and play man. Stay away from Zone.

 

[oolongmonkey]

what a difference a fairly officiated game makes...

50/50 calls going both way. We had some stickers called against us, they had some stinkers called against them....

 

[Deleted member 29907]

yes, we can gotta keep workin on it...oops you said play zone..yes, not against NW they space it out good

We seem to pack our zone in and leave 3pt shooters wide open - happened at WF as well. Other teams are playing way out at the 3 on their zones - AJ and MF are almost matched up immediately. We need someone at the short baseline to pull in that defender - LB - hello?

We also need TF out there when they zone D to knock down some from the top of the key.

 

[ivwilsoniv]

Leaving for the game in a few minutes. Section 204. I'll be sitting next to a guy wearing orange pants.

Nice to meet you and your friend with orange pants!

 

[SescIllini]

that was the Alstork that we were waiting for... now if he can knock some treys down

Like his passes this game.

 

[Illini B-Ball Fan]

Law should be singled out in the second half, watch.

 

[Orangetool]

Crispin is so bad.

He's just saying words.

 

[Deleted member 4333]

Nice to meet you and your friend with orange pants!

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[GortTheRobot]

Crispin is so bad.

He's just saying words.

Syntactically, they do form sentences...mostly...but not good ones.

 

[Orangetool]

I hope coach is telling the team to keep driving to make the foul situation our asset.

 

[MoCoMdIllini]

Syntactically, they do form sentences...mostly...but not good ones.

Word salad.

 

[FeelTheLovie]

Half the time I’ve thought Dan Dakich was calling this game

 

[Portillos]

And...I think we know how this ends

 

[breadman]

It will be interesting to see how we handle the end of game chaos that happens similar to the end of the Purdue/Maryland game earlier.