Game Thread: Illinois at Ole Miss (Exhibition)

[Ga65]

-- Ole Miss defense has been stellar (suffocating). Sorta like Loyola-Chicago in the 2021 NCAA tournament.
-- It may take awhile for us to build overall team chemistry
-- KJ and Ivisic look to be pretty solid; seems they'll need to be on the court a lot

Ivisic much better than I expected, especially defensively.
DGL looking like second best player on court
KJ ok for first game
Boz ok after initial minutes
Will R not ready for this competition
High TO’s look like result of new team adjustments

 

[New Creation]

Damn KJ. That’s not gonna work here homie lol

 

[chudaman]

Great start!! Maybe throw in a few more adjectives...like...."terrible", "awful", or "pathetic".

Humrichous has the lateral movement of late career Butkus.

 

[skyIdub]

KJ bringing some bad Euro habits that gonna get treadmilled out of him.

 

[pruman91]

So , today is ..........................

An exhibition..................
on the road.......................
with 10 new players.............
some who have never played a college game before...........
against one of the oldest college teams this year..............
who is ranked # 24 pre season..................

sorry if I don't get all verkluffed (sp) about the non counting results....................BU is learning this team like we are and he will have numerous topics of conversation for the coming practices and games in the future................

Those of you taking today's game as meaningful should take away that the results are for BU and staff to know more about what needs to be corrected..........I have complete faith that they will.........I really really do...........

 

[OskeeLoyalty]

Love that Brad interview. You can tell he likes this team and relishes the opportunity to help them grow.

100%

 

[Poe's Law]

Quick look at BU at halftime:

I hope his halftime speech finds its way into the docuseries they’ve got going on. That and Mondays practice.

 

[derrick6]

We only had 6 assists first half. For a slower team that’s not good

 

[FloridaMan]

KJ a little too lackadaisical (and maybe a bit soft?) for the US game right now. Good learning experience for him today.

 

[New Creation]

KB is really a TO machine right now.

 

[TheodoreRex]

Ivisic will have some issues guarding, but offensively he does so many things well (always seems pretty under control).

 

[derrick6]

KB is really a TO machine right now.

He should have taken the layup. Ivisic created the lane

 

[DeonThomas]

I would like to see us win the second half by improving every aspect of our game.

Anyone casting a vote against this ?

 

[FantaIllini]

Why do we give up so many uncontested 3s?

 

[FloridaMan]

Anyone casting a vote against this ?

Players so far

 

[derrick6]

You are going to miss shots. That’s a given.

Hoping they miss wide open 3’s. That’s an issue.

 

[Illini4life79]

We do not guard the big on the perimeter. Cant do this in today's basketball. Almost everyone can shoot.

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Ooooof...the football team looked better yesterday

 

[foby]

They are still hitting 99.99999% of their 3's

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

KJ is learning some lessons the hard way. This isn't Europe. He looks rattled by the quickness and physicality of the Ole Miss guards. He's very loose with the ball and he dribbles himself into trouble.

Is anyone else surprised that he's pretty much running the point?

 

[thehass]

Why do we give up so many uncontested 3s?

It makes them easier to make.

 

[LvilleILL]

Great learning experience. Defense needs to improve. Offensively we just can't buy a shot today (especially threes and ft's).

 

[New Creation]

We look like the 2022-2023 with all these TOS lol

 

[NashvILLe05]

I was not expecting Dra to be our best player today. Good on him for developing and being a dawg. High on him now.

 

[skyIdub]

Just fix it before Directional Schools please and thank you.