Game Thread: Illinois at Rutgers

[Manual3for4peat]

Looking for his jock after the two defensive series he saw.

Yeah I love RJ. But Harper is a bad matchup for him right now.

 

[DeonThomas]

Jess Settles is really good tonight.

- 2005 Illini = his favorite Big 10 team ever (outstanding passing the ball)
- 1989 Illini with Nick Anderson and Kenny Battle was a close 2nd
- also made a great reference to the Illini needing to feed Kofi

 

[InDaAZ]

Plummer

 

[pruman91]

Layups by trent and Fonz will open up the 3 point line for us

 

[GallopingGhost]

35% fg vs 50% that’s your difference right there

 

[Dose of Reality]

Correct. Been an issue, a big one, for more than just a few weeks. Closer to "months"

The offense has been awful the last few weeks and doesn't look like it is improving

 

[Rocky]

Good job guards ... impact the game with drives to the hoop.

 

[azillini1]

Great night to not be able to hit the broad side of a barn

We have quite a few of those nights since the Purdue game at home.

 

[FloridaMan]

Are they playing with a women's ball?

 

[Illini_Jack]

I hard to win games if you don't make any shots

 

[PlayDeeBrownNote]

McConnell is a baller.

FEED KOFI

 

[PassingBy]

Find Trent

 

[Bigtex]

I have seen enough williams shots and him following his offensive guys down the lane

 

[Manual3for4peat]

Settles hit this right on the head. Get within 7. Stop going to Kofi. Get him the damn ball

 

[Nuke Dukem]

Where have our guards gone?

 

[sacraig]

This announcer has no idea. He's talking about us settling for deep 3s instead of going to the paint, but they're wide open 3s and we have been a great 3 shooting team until the second half against NW.

 

[Deep]

What the F are we doing?
We keep chucking up 3's when every possession should go down low to Kofi!!!
This is maddening

 

[ILLFAN67]

Damonte has to get in front of him. A couple times beat down the floor now.

 

[pruman91]

DMW getting whipped like a rented mule tonight ....is he injured ???

 

[Mr. Roberts]

I hard to win games if you don't make any shots

It does put pressure on our defense.

 

[grantlab]

Only gripe is we aren’t making shots. Wow.

 

[Manual3for4peat]

DMW getting whipped like a rented mule tonight ....is he injured ???

His effort down the stretch against Northwestern was bad too. Didn’t even chase after his own turnover on one play. If he’s hurt he needs to sit.

 

[Bacon Butkus Swanson]

You can forgive bad shooting…. That can be affected by so many things. What’s unforgivable is these long stretches of low energy and lack of hustle. No excuse for that!! This team will crash and burn in the NCAA’s if that’s not fixed by then.

 

[RML]

They're no longer hitting everything. Once we start hitting some, all will be well. But I could live with some more feeds inside until then.

 

[727ill]

Our guys looks sped up which is understandable given the environment but is surprising given they have played in such environments before.

Being sped up is really the only explanation for threes not even being close.