Game Thread: Illinois at Northwestern

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

why is our offense so painful to watch?

Probably the terribleness

 

[Jimbo]

We’re not close on our threes.

 

[CDRUSN]

Clark kills our momentum when he is in, and his shooting has been terrible all year. I know he has potential and will be a good player for us over time, but that time has not come yet.

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

Why are we so bad at shooting?!

All that NIL money weighing them down.

 

[jumpingjack]

Screw that, bring Trent back.

Screw that, bring anyone back who could hit a wide open three.
I am amazed we are in this game. But I'll take it.

 

[New Creation]

Epps and Harris are going to be studs for us.

 

[jumpingjack]

Wow. Dain.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

How was that not a dual possession?

 

[madillini4]

University of Illinois Fighting Epps’

 

[Godard]

"That's another guy who's struggled from the field this year..." Words you def. don't want to hear...but better to hear them in January instead of March.

 

[DeonThomas]

I just don’t see what made him such a highly ranked recruit

Two healthy knees

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Well, at least one team can make their open threes. Just wild how bad an outside shooting team we are.

 

[InDaAZ]

Dain doin’ the work

 

[Jimbo]

I just can’t comprehend how we went from “Whitman/Underwood have this program in a historically great place” to “we should be able to keep it close against Northwestern” in one month.

Me neither, but here we are.

 

[Illini8420]

I actually like this offense tonight. We’ll hit the shots eventually and Goode is perfect in this system when he comes back

 

[jumpingjack]

I think Clark is gonna contribute this year again but right now, Clark and Epps are the one two punch we need.

 

[Godard]

Probably the terribleness

It's like the broad side of a barn is in the NU student section flipping us off...

 

[OrangeAndBlueBlooded]

Probably the terribleness

Thanks for making me laugh.

 

[Mojoman]

Epps and Harris need to take all the lead guard minutes. Clark is a mess.

 

[Bigtex]

Skyy kinda looks lost on defense right now.

Imo he has looked lost on d all year

 

[IlliniMike_Aurora]

if Hawkins and Shannon junior keep taking a combined 1 FG attempt every 10 minutes, i don't think this will end happily

 

[skyIdub]

Someone please tell me what our offense is? Idk

 

[WeWillWhen]

Five fouls already. Shooting 22%. Horrible start. Why does this keep happening?

 

[DeonThomas]

Why are we so bad at shooting?!

It's a purposeful 2023 transition FROM Kofi and perimiter 3-point shooters TO: wings/slashers. (Thinking it sounds a lot better in theory than it's turned out to be in actuality.)

 

[jumpingjack]

It's like the broad side of a barn is in the NU student section flipping us off...

There's a cheap shot joke buried in there but I'm too classy to take it. Just imply it's existence.