Game Thread: Illinois at Purdue

[Oldskoolkoach]

Kofi in foul trouble, Trent with a donut, and we're winning. This is there for the taking.

Kofi with 6 early and shut out last 14+

 

[blife]

We are looking like that very deep team that can make some serious noise. Like the minutes we got from everyone in the first half sans the unforced TOs

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

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Basil Hayden for the "W." How's everybody else staying calm?

Why is there so much bourbon in those bottles? Mine are always empty.

 

[sdfidaho]

Lot of love to go around, but BBV is my player of the first half.

With Plummer, obviously

BBV was a man!

 

[RML]

Kofi needs to come out in the 2nd half with his hair on fire! He only has 6 points and 3 rebounds. We need 15 and 10 and we win this one.

And he had 4 points in what, the first 90 seconds?

 

[Retro62]

How about another IUesque second half

 

[Icy veins]

Purdue is probably going to shoot better than 36% in the second half. Gotta figure out a way to limit 2nd chance opportunities and stop runs

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

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Wish I could do more than just "like" this. Bahahaha

 

[foby]

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Can't stop laughing. Is that wrong?

 

[Illinifan74]

Now let's just replicate what we did the last 12 minutes of the Indiana game - but do it for all 20.

 

[BRucks]

If you’re PU you gotta stop the ball on that last possession. Huge by Curbelo but they can’t let him go coast to coast there. Looking (hoping) for that momentum to carry into second half.

Especially when they know it's coming

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Why is there so much bourbon in those bottles? Mine are always empty.

Most of them are newish

 

[madillini4]

Continue to make players other than Ivey beat you. Recipe for success.

 

[orange100]

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Basil Hayden for the "W." How's everybody else staying calm?

That's a fine collection sir

 

[DeonThomas]

We're back folks. We're finally back.

This is the way ILLINOIS basketball is supposed to be. Always in contention. Always in the conversation. A perennial 1-4 seed in March.

 

[WyattEarp]

We Just Keep Hangin’ Around…

A little sloppy here and there…but a overall a lotta GEL…team chemistry-wise…

* How about Curbelo driving’ that thing 94 feet into the heart of darkness…as the clock winds down?

 

[Redbull]

How are we not down double digits? Thank you, Alphonso and AC! Gotta avoid a drought in the second half!

And BBV. Great contribution in first half!

 

[jumpingjack]

I'm going to need a .gif of DMFW ball whipping that dude.

That's gonna leave a mark

 

[altgeld88]

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Basil Hayden for the "W." How's everybody else staying calm?

Auchentoshan, neat, in a microwaved-warmed glass. Just ran out of Basil Hayden last month. Am jelly.

 

[madillini4]

We Just Keep Hangin’ Around…

A little sloppy here and there…but a overall a lotta GEL…team chemistry-wise…

* How about Curbelo driving’ that thing 94 feet into the heart of darkness…as the clock winds down?

Is that?… Is that hair gel?

 

[KCBassin]

Kofi can't pick up foul 3 before the 10 min mark same with Grandy. Plummer Belo picked them up to end the half. 20 more min let's go boys!

 

[DeonThomas]

Continue to make players other than Ivey beat you. Recipe for success.

Looks to me like Ivey's best moves area always going to his left. We're taking that away. He's the one guy we're trying to stop tonight --- and we've done so successfully.

 

[Orangetool]

I'll take this, now

defend, defend

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Three regulation halves of basketball and we are separated by 2 points.

 

[HailChief89]

So glad we didn't give Curbelo much tick to avoid any "chemistry" issues.

/s

Awesome