Game Thread: Illinois at Northwestern

[EyeoftheIllini]

Why do I feel like the Illini are playing an ABA team. Is that Dan Issel?

 

[madillini4]

Let ‘em have it coach

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

Brad asking everyone how their New Year's was.... yikes

 

[SaintLIllini]

we may win this game but either way not confident in this teams future

 

[aaeismacgychel]

CoHawk needs to sit. Even if it's for 5minutes to start the 2nd half. Inexcusable decisions. Mayer as well.

 

[Clngpl94]

This team just isn't very good together, regardless of the lineup. I haven't a clue what is going on...

 

[CleverHandle1]

Does Coleman ever sit? Maybe he needs to ride the pine. Has Coleman earned all these minutes? I don't get it.

 

[Scoregasm]

Coleman is clueless.....coach needs to yell at himself.

 

[IlliniInCAN]

Have we played a good full game this season? The ucla and Texas games had spurts but we were down big in both. We have not had a single complete game yet this season. Ugly, ugly basketball so far. Really disappointing.

 

[ORANGEANDBLUE2011]

Hawkins sits, Keep Dain in, MM sits and at this point I don’t give a !!!! if we play the walk on crew. This is god awful basketball.

 

[thehass]

An intramural team could not be worse offensively

 

[Mojoman]

Still think Brad wants Hawkins chucking threes????? Gmafb

 

[illiniswish09]

Brad gonna MF these guys so hard at half and they deserve every second of it

 

[hhoene]

Robbie Hummel is giving a very accurate description of Hawkins. Shoots when he shouldn't. Doesn't when he should. Turnovers.

 

[PNWIllini]

We are yet to shoot a free throw. What does that tell you?

Refball is alive and well in Evanston. Also we don’t have anyone that knows how to draw a foul

 

[New Creation]

3 straight horribel shots by our upper class man. The “leaders”…

Brad underwood doesn’t know what to do with this team. It’s too soft for him and the BB IQ. Time and score. Etc. struggling.

But they just responded out of the time out. That was a lot of space and movement on that position for us and ended with an easy lay up.

 

[spillini]

I like Brad a ton but am skeptical gasket blowage is going to give us the answers

 

[jumpingjack]

This team might actually kill BU. What the fudge cookies are they doing?

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Love Hummel, calls it like he sees it. Clipboards will be broken at halftime

 

[azillini1]

BU going off on CH. Just bench him to send the message

 

[Mr. Roberts]

We are completely FUBAR.

 

[Miles Leonard]

Basketball IQ is very poor, and our most experienced guys are leading the charge in that department.

That's a problem.

 

[Flyin' Illini]

Down 4, but it could easily be 10.

 

[727ill]

We are yet to shoot a free throw. What does that tell you?

Really? We have been chucking terrible threes and barely penetrating to the basket. Why do you think we deserve to go to the line?

When Northwestern has layups we choose to foil them rather than go up straight. Thus, they short free throws.

 

[DICKnaggie]

Curious how this season with change Brad's thinking on recruiting and how to use the portal.