Game Thread: Illinois at Penn State

[grantlab]

Ya… this game is over barring some miraculous fix on defense. Easy to let them shoot 60% from the field when it becomes a lay-up line. No communication on switches

 

[Flyin' Illini]

So much for the Jordan vs. LeBron debate. We have a new greatest player that ever lived.

 

[Manual3for4peat]

I’d say try and press them. They’d probably torch it, but we gotta try something different.

 

[hoopsfan47]

An Illini win is still possible...but will take a galactic effort.

 

[skyIdub]

This the exact blueprint for the 12/5 NCAA first round nightmare.

 

[nyc_illini]

Epps is so lost on defense right now

 

[HailtotheChief]

Straight line lay up! This is not on the refs!

 

[alaskaillini]

Sometimes you are the windshield, sometimes you are the bug. So far, we are the bug. But surprisingly we are still within striking distance.

 

[blife]

Honestly Pickett is unguardable right now. Just having an NBA All-Star performance right now. Playing better than Jaden Ivey did against us in the game he went off.

You right we have NO ONE guarding him. Our D stinks. He is either getting clean looks off a screen or a shot at the rim on a drive.

 

[CV Illini]

Can we survive a shoot out?

 

[Goillinikobd]

Ever seen anyone carve us up in so many ways like Pickett?

Dave Downey holds Illini single game record with 53 points. Don’t know who holds the record for most points against us, but Pickett is on a pretty strong glide path.

 

[IlliniForceOne]

Epps is so lost on defense right now

The Illini are so lost on defense right now.

 

[jumpingjack]

Epps is having a pretty bad defensive game this half. Love the kid but probably need Sencire in there to goose the energy on that end a little right now. We're not out of this but need some kills.

 

[New Creation]

Going under screens is negligence. How that hasn’t been addressed is very concerning.

Been an all year issue. It’s about effort. The lazy play is to go under the screen. The effort play is to fight over the screen.

 

[RDS]

Wow. Losing Pickett on a switch for a layup right now is flat out unconscionable. It can’t happen period. Whatever happens tonight, there has to be absolute curtain D on him the rest of the way.

 

[hoopsfan47]

The only D I've ever received was in Statistics.....so somebody tell me this can't actually continue.

It can....but the important variable is how long? By the way, I got an A in stat A and B...but only learned that humans can really screw it all up.

 

[WeWillWhen]

Remember that one time we held an opponent to zero points for over ten minutes? Yeah, that was great.

 

[IlliniSon]

Where’s the full court press? Where’s the pressure on the ball? Where’s the flippen defense???

 

[aaeismacgychel]

So much for the Jordan vs. LeBron debate. We have a new greatest player that ever lived.

He's playing better than Tourney time Wally Szczerbiak

 

[jumpingjack]

Pickett getting the Johnny Davis treatment this year.
Then MM gets hit and nothing.
Whatever.

 

[skyIdub]

Pickett is going to get every little foul call now....so FFS make it hurt.

 

[Icy veins]

I'm exhausted

 

[grantlab]

Underwood is gonna say something like “We were fine letting Pickett get 49 tonight. What bothers me is the fact that Kanye Clary got 7.”

 

[New Creation]

MM just chucking it up now.

And that wasn’t good D by CH. his hand was not in his face at all. MM just fouled that shooter. Ref game him a break

 

[Jimbo]

This counts as one loss.