Game Thread: Illinois at Northwestern

[Ramrod2010]

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.

 

[D1959]

Shannon’s three-point shooting since he got hit in the head and took stitches has been horrendous

 

[727ill]

This goes far beyond growing pains. This group is not a team. Not everyone is irredeemable, but most of the “leaders” are. We are back to pre-Ayo.

Kofi masked lots of issues apparently.

 

[IlliniSF]

can anyone tell me just what in christ's name this team is doing?

 

[msphdillini]

Is Bruce Weber still available to coach?

 

[LJ22]

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

 

[Mojoman]

I think Brad went shopping at the Goodwill for that coat

 

[New Creation]

TSJ almost air balled again..

 

[WyattEarp]

I can’t believe we’re getting beat by this guy.

 

[727ill]

Shannon’s three-point shooting since he got hit in the head and took stitches has been horrendous

He’s not a three point shooter! The UCLA game was an outlier.

His money should be made getting in the paint.

 

[Naborman88]

Honest question - is Underwood still beyond blame on this? Cause wow.

He recruited these players. So he could finally run his kind of offense where everyone can do anything. Or now nothing.

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

Kofi masked lots of issues apparently.

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

 

[Illini8420]

Yeah…I’m not really feeling the Tim Anderson guys anymore

 

[SaintLIllini]

that was a foul that made melendez fell

 

[Illini4life79]

I'm seeing a complete lack of intelligence from our team. The basketball IQ is extremely low compared to past teams. This has been our undoing. I'd be surprised if we won 3 more games this season.

This is it. Our basketball iq is god awful

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

This goes far beyond growing pains. This group is not a team. Not everyone is irredeemable, but most of the “leaders” are. We are back to pre-Ayo.

Totally get your point, but Trent, Damonte, and Giorgi were pre-Ayo. I don’t want to name names, but this looks like the teams a few years earlier when transfers were supposed to come save us every year.

 

[Marshall_Lucky]

Man every possession is just a new disaster

 

[IlliniForceOne]

Yeah…I’m not really feeling the Tim Anderson guys anymore

This has been on my mind recently.

Tim brings in a lot of talent. But there is certainly a theme or pattern to his recruits.

 

[Jimbo]

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??

 

[illini80]

NW plays defense but they are bad offensively and we can’t even stay with them.

 

[Neidermeyer]

We are a decent 4A highschool team.

 

[Emerson Bigguns]

Anyone got any of those silver linings?

I’m all out.

 

[Battle89]

I've seen monkey sh*t fights at the zoo that were better drawn up and executed than our offense. We have hit rock bottom, and are still shoveling furiously.

Sincere thanks for giving me the only laugh of the night.

 

[Eternal Optimist]

I think someone approached our players in New York with a check and said “tank your season starting now, and this money is yours”. Our NIL seems to have just been outbid because it literally makes no sense what has happened to this team. There is no fire to a team that was a top 10 team early on this year.

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Somebody has to go nuclear.

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