Game Thread: Illinois at Rutgers

[Oldskoolkoach]

Tre must not be sick, he's on the bench. A refusal to play?

 

[BBlock24]

From final four contender to ______

First round exit.

 

[D1959]

I think the only way we get back in this is if we shoot more 3s

 

[HereSoIDontGetFined]

What happened to our new take it to the hoop offense???

Rutgers has no reason to guard us on the line. Half our threes have been wide open but we can't hit.

They can just sit in the paint and wait for us.

 

[Da88]

Something is off with KJ. Is he hitting Freshman wall?

 

[Steelyunk]

Is there some hidden deep off court issue with this team which could possibly explain why we look totally lost in games lately? This is nuts. How are we this bad right now.

Off the court? On the court they can’t shoot and turn the ball over constantly. Look no further.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

From final four contender to ______

On Sunday, we looked like a team that would make the Second Round and have a shot at a Sweet Sixteen if we got lucky and were hot shooting.

Today, we look like a team that should have our current record inversed and not sniff postseason play. I do not understand how we’re so randomly B-A-D.

 

[djkirkpatrick22]

So, what did Tre do to where he hasn’t seen the court yet…?

 

[aaeismacgychel]

So Ben is now also just an objectively bad three point shooter statistically? Zero tick if he’s not hitting, period.

The vast majority of his threes this season have been wide open. He's in the deepest shooting funk I've ever seen

 

[CDRUSN]

With a lot of NBA scouts in attendance, KJ is playing his way down the draft boards. Shots, especially from 3, are not even close to going in. The good news is he is tied for our leading scorer so far this game with Morez, at 4 points each.

 

[BBlock24]

We are so f'n lucky to have 2 ft's coming up for chance to be down only 12.

Hey, chance to cut it to a 4 possession game.

 

[AnnaMay]

Ben is a textbook headcase. No other explanation for why someone who's shown his shooting quality looks like he completely forgot the skill.

You could make the case that the entire team is a textbook headcase right now.

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

Staff changes ... Immediately ...

This crap is INEXCUSABLE ...

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Watching Harper makes me miss "healthy" KJ even more. *sigh*

KJ is unhealthy between the ears right now. Things are moving too fast for him right now. He's just making awful, slow decisions.

No more excuses. He needs to be better.....a lot better.

 

[TheodoreRex]

back to thinking we are a good shooting team again... Jacking 3's and playing no defense. It's like we are watching rec basketball

 

[IlliniCC16]

From final four contender to ______

The tourney team every analyst picks as their “Upset Watch”

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

What happened to our new take it to the hoop offense???

We are an elite shooting team at the Ubben center

 

[HailtotheChief]

Lol....... Wide open 3 in rhythm, Ben..... just wow...

Ben needs to hit some but he us 0 of 2 on decent looks, not 1 of 7 like KJ. KJ needs to get going and care for the ball.

 

[IllinistrandedinHouston]

Well, at least they no longer have doubled our score.

Well, it’s a positive!

 

[OrangeKrush1981]

Portal ...There are no leaders....

That was entirely predictable, and was bitterly predicted, years ago. Years.

 

[InDaAZ]

Dylan Harper pregame:

 

[IlliniWC]

Rutgers has no reason to guard us on the line. Half our threes have been wide open but we can't hit.

They can just sit in the paint and wait for us.

That has been a lot of the problem with our struggles - we’re not able to make teams pay with the 3, so they’re packing it in the paint and daring us to take the open looks.

 

[SuperMetroid]

Just get it to 8 or less at the half somehow

 

[CleverHandle1]

And 1/2 is unacceptable!!!!!

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

Tre must not be sick, he's on the bench. A refusal to play?

It's an "illness" ... That's the word I got ...