Game Thread: Illinois at Rutgers

[illiniguy224]

Love the way DJ is playing today

 

[Chase3]

I like that move by DJW even though he missed. Terrible final defensive stand though.

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

ouch. can't give up on the play like that.

 

[Adnarel]

Hey, try and keep it from being toxic in here. That's not how this forum works.

 

[grandrapidsillini]

Nothing better than going into halftime losing to Rutgers, am I right??

 

[GallopingGhost]

That last play. Smh

 

[bleedsorangenblue]

Defense just giving up way too many easy looks and second chance opportunities .... against Rutgers :tsk:

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

Hill and Mav need to stay out of foul trouble or this could go sideways quickly.

 

[sdfidaho]

Defense just giving up way too many easy looks and second chance opportunities .... against Rutgers :tsk:

It got better in the last 5 minutes (until the last second)

 

[Chillini7]

DJW brings a fire that the rest of our team is lacking. Its good to see some emotion from the players - TA was really good at this, and its contagious when it's good.

I hope to see some more emotion in the second half :clappy:

 

[Adnarel]

Dee on the radio!!!!!

EDIT: he's diplomatically calling out the upperclassmen

 

[HerbertFish]

I'm actually impressed were the bad to be losing to Rutgers

 

[Ulysses Everett McGill]

I like that move by DJW even though he missed. Terrible final defensive stand though.

Million dollar move, ten cent finish. Seriously, a real nice move but he faded away from the hoop rather than going straight at it.

 

[ChiCityHoops34]

No our loss to Austin Peay is probably worse....

The fact that a loss to Rutgers could be argued as not being the worst loss of the season sums everything up.

 

[sdfidaho]

Dee on the radio!!!!!

EDIT: he's diplomatically calling out the upperclassmen

Wish I could hear it.
I thought MM had a decent 1st half.
We do need that vocal leader

 

[grandrapidsillini]

I wish tanking worked the same way in the NCAA as it does in pro sports. Illinois would be dominant!

 

[BDoug]

DJW brings a fire that the rest of our team is lacking. Its good to see some emotion from the players - TA was really good at this, and its contagious when it's good.

I hope to see some more emotion in the second half :clappy:

+1

Nice work by DJW. His ceiling is high and he'll be a nice player for us before all is said and done. He'll grow along with JCL and MF. They all need to learn to play better defense, but I expect them all to be MUCH better defensively as Soph's.

 

[Adnarel]

Dee is still so classy.

 

[sdfidaho]

+1

Nice work by DJW. His ceiling is high and he'll be a nice player for us before all is said and done. He'll grow along with JCL and MF. They all need to learn to play better defense, but I expect them all to be MUCH better defensively as Soph's.

I'm no Basketball Guru like many on this Board cool, but JCL and MF look like they could be seriously good in a couple years!!

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

That's 3 on Mav. It's going to get ugly.

 

[Stevegarbs]

This is a terrible game. #B1Gwhat?

 

[HerbertFish]

I'm so happy Mr. Socko is there that I'm almost forgetting what's going on on the court.

 

[sdfidaho]

WTH was that call??

 

[geneseo]

Stats say Morgan with zero rebounds? Is that correct?

 

[Chase3]

I know it is not happening but say we win out the rest of the season without winning the tournament championship (make the final but lose) is there any shot we make the dance? Just trying run every possible situation through my head.