Game Thread: Illinois at Rutgers

[azillini1]

We need some offense now!

 

[LouHenson]

Wow really disappointed in what we have seen so far. They may very well get it together by year end, but right now we are at best middle of the pack big 10 team

 

[Butters]

Wow, that was a bad play even for a freshman.

 

[CubsIlliniFan]

Game over. We arent as good as advertised

 

[Illini_Jack]

Frazier!

 

[azillini1]

Getting out-rebounded on the boards by smaller guys

 

[skyIdub]

Standing and watching the ball bounce around the rim. Absolutely pathetic effort Kofi and Giorgi.

 

[Lexis20]

Curbelo gone. We are toast

Curbelo getting beat on D regularly...

 

[Stevegarbs]

Jockitch was right about that bad rebounding. Lazy.

 

[BRucks]

Double double for ayo

 

[SuperMetroid]

Best thing that happened for Rutgers was their other big getting hurt. Kofi abused him the entire first half

 

[BBlock24]

Playing like a mediocre big ten team.

 

[illiniguy24]

Harper jr is a problem

 

[Illini_Jack]

We need to get some stops

 

[SuperMetroid]

Took 16 minutes for them to get to 6 fouls. Sure.

 

[CurbeloYourEnthusiasm]

We need to be able to find a defense that will work with both Giorgi/Kofi on the court, and zone doesn't work, and man doesn't work. Open shots and drives galore

 

[DICKnaggie]

So much ball watching on both ends. Really disappointed in the let down in focus and intensity from first half.

 

[AnnaMay]

Took 16 minutes for them to get to 6 fouls. Sure.

No need to foul when our offense just stands around, but yeah they have more fouls than that lol

 

[JJE]

We are in the 15-20 range, but we have some huge flaws. Ridiculous unforced turnovers and poor free throw shooting are going to hurt this team. They need to value their possessions more.

 

[grantlab]

3 games now (Baylor, Mizzou, Rutgers) where we have a 4-5 minute second half stretch where we lay down and die — out-hustled and outplayed completely. Don’t know what it takes to get these guys to play 40 minutes of basketball, but that will be the difference in winning or losing against Top 25 teams.

 

[LouHenson]

We are a good team and so is Rutgers, but we are not an elite team as we all hoped. Iowa is WAY better thank Illinois from the games I have seen. Maybe they put it together at some point, but Rutgers is a middle of the road team and they are beating us pretty good.

 

[New Creation]

we also need miller not to completely disappear when some one "punches" him in the mouth

 

[skyIdub]

We are a good B1G team...not a special team.

Ayo is special.

 

[Illini_Jack]

This is becoming a beat down

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

At this point I’m just watching in hopes that Mulcahey gets punched.