Game Thread: Illinois at Northwestern

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

Let's look at the positives...

- We aren't ranked so we don't have to hear any "Overrated!" chants.

Thats all I got. So "positive" is the right word.

We definitely aren’t getting knocked out in the second round this year

 

[illinipimp]

It isn't the difference in the game, but the missed free throws are not acceptable.

Free throws ???!!!! You talking free throws??? What free throws? We’ve shot 5 (FIVE).

 

[IMPE ALL STAR]

This looks like underwood’s teams before Kofi and Ayo. Over aggressive defense that foils too much but also gives up open looks.

Offense is, well I don’t even know.

 

[mydosburns]

Hawkins’s finally got someone with his shot fake. Only took 13 games

 

[steveinspringfield]

I'm guessing the post-game press conference will be better entertainment than this game.

 

[Ramrod2010]

Oh man, he got the shot fake to work. He's not giving up that move anytime soon now.

 

[foby]

now they swallow the whistles.....small favors

 

[RockfordIllini]

Fake rally time?

 

[Emerson Bigguns]

Offense is, well I don’t even know.

Looks like a bunch of dudes playing pick up at the YMCA.

 

[D1959]

You can track this back to the Penn State game post game presser.

 

[jumpingjack]

When this team together plays with urgency and intention, it's beautiful. Why and when it does, who knows.

 

[Flyin' Illini]

I'm guessing the post-game press conference will be better entertainment than this game.

I'm not sure that it will. How many times can Brad say the same things?

 

[Bigtex]

Wow.

 

[Deep]

This is what a funk in basketball looks like.
This is like a team in baseball who all of a sudden starts hitting or a player who is 1-30.

The question is are we tough enough to get out of this????

 

[PNWIllini]

I think Brad went shopping at the Goodwill for that coat

To match the team’s identity

 

[Navy_illini]

We are not out of it yet but we can’t turn it over and have to make shots. Have to find the energy prior to Harris T

 

[InDaAZ]

Does BU put Mayer in the press room anytime soon?

 

[illinipimp]

If I was Brad, it would be me and to the locker room, punching out lights on the way. Think "Wild Thing" Rick Vaughn getting rocked and hitting the showers

If I were Brad I wouldnt even go in the locker room post game and would take a cab back to Champaign.

 

[727ill]

???
Last year had DMW and TF right along with Kofi. It isn't remotely the same team.

Nah, you put Kofi on this exact roster and you blow out this team. Kofi averaged 20 and 10 last year. Allows you to get away with a lot of crap.

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Free throws ???!!!! You talking free throws??? What free throws? We’ve shot 5 (FIVE).

Seriously. We are 3-5, they are 21-28. The issue isn't missing free throws, it's an offense that puts us in a position where we aren't even able to shoot them.

 

[Stevegarbs]

Looks like a bunch of dudes playing pick up at the YMCA.

Exactly.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

We had a 5 point lead and i feel like we lost our intensity. Like we let up thinking we had the game won at that point??

What happened was Harris got T'd up which counts as a 3rd foul and had to leave the court. And he's the one person on our team we can't have not on the court.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

You can track this back to the Penn State game post game presser.

Uh, yeah, because we had no problems DURING the Penn State game!!

 

[jumpingjack]

We definitely aren’t getting knocked out in the second round this year

 

[Ramrod2010]

We definitely aren’t getting knocked out in the second round this year

#SilverLining