Game Thread: Illinois at Texas Tech

[FloridaMan]

These calls against us are comically bad

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

Darrion Williams All American level player.

Put. Down. The. Pipe

 

[TheodoreRex]

Love the effort this half but man, 5-12 from the line is BRUTAL

 

[TentakilRex]

C'mon hit free throws, but this performance otherwise is much better

 

[FoundersClub]

Meanwhile Texas tech can’t miss a FT
That’s the difference right now

 

[Illini_Jack]

Both teams shooting free throws from here on out. That might cost us the game.

 

[New Creation]

Somehow TT free throws the rest of the way. They are 12/13 and we are 5/16

 

[Jon]

Gotta get Z off and Tomi back on asap

 

[skyIdub]

Vaaks is having his Tin Cup US Open driving range session.

 

[hoopsfan47]

Free throw shooting is the Achilles for this team...and such a strength last year.

 

[AnnaMay]

To much standing around on offense. Probably need to start doing some ball screens because we are making their defense look amazing when its not.

Glad Brad and crew listened to me at the half. Ball screen working

 

[Miles Leonard]

Big Z three is not it. It's essentially a turnover.

 

[JKR]

-9 onFTs

 

[Altgeld's Bells]

Z should not have that green light. His feet weren't even set.

 

[RIP_Chief_2003]

Whyyyyyyyy Z?????!!!!……

 

[champaignpak]

if we dont make free throws we dont win

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Does Z make 3s in practce?

 

[ChiefGritty]

You'd say it was a tip from the reaction, but it didn't look even close?

 

[Pikeillinifan]

Need a couple threes to fall here.

 

[Iamgroot]

No, our young guys needed a complete reboot. That first half was not just a lack of precision. Those guys were in full deer in headlights mode. The only thing that relaxes that is halftime or the post game speech followed by practice. Just write it off to an experience and character building opportunity.

I agree our young guys needed the reboot fr.but anybody realize were actually reboounding like brad said a year or 2 back about our defense the way we played on the boards in the 1st half a middle grade that boxed out would of took our lunch fr.

 

[sacraig]

Love the effort this half but man, 5-12 from the line is BRUTAL

After the first half I didn't think free throws would be what sink us, but here we are.

 

[New Creation]

Our shooting is horrible this game. If we were shooting 30% we would be a head

 

[PapaDelsMadeMeFat]

!!!!ing FREE THROWS

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Did not know Vaaks was such a bad FT shooter.

 

[TonyClifton]

Gotta get Z off and Tomi back on asap

0-for-3 from 3 and 1 rebound.