Game Thread: Illinois vs Arkansas

[hiberto]

way too many layups missed. can't give away easy points in games like this

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

RJ's still sucking wind on the bench.

 

[CV Illini]

We are tough to watch on tv. But even move brutAl in person

 

[PassingBy]

This




IS



IT.

 

[Fr8trn16]

The halftime lead is still holding... smh

 

[IlliniForceOne]

We need TSJ to turn into Superman

 

[OneTime3]

Ugh that would have been huge.

 

[Illini8420]

At least Princeton beat Arizona to take all the attention away from our game

 

[bergd91]

That's perfect. Shannon left. Dainja 2 free throws

 

[aaeismacgychel]

HARRIS FINISH YOUR LAYUPS!@!!

Sophomore Sencire with an offseason in the weight room will finish those. He's just young and lacking the extra 10lbs of P5 muscle right now. He's playing really hard out there and that matters.

 

[OneTime3]

If only we had been doing this... earlier.

 

[Flyin' Illini]

I'm ok with Arkansas playing this stall offense. It has completely killed anything they had going. Keep making shots/free throws and chip away

 

[Jimbo]

Sencire needs to make one of these. Preferably the first.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Smart play Sencire, take it right into them and fore the refs to call the foul. We've got one more push left in us. Let's have these final 4 minutes be ours

 

[Chad Fleck]

I like this push in transition/get fouled thing. That's good.

 

[Illini60613]

Hit two free throws, Harris with a steal and assist, 5 point game and Arkansas tightens....book it now

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

We're playing so much better now. Hope we left ourselves enough time.

 

[grantlab]

I love when we figure out driving the basketball is the way to go once we’re already down double digits and have less than 6 minutes to make a comeback.

 

[GallopingGhost]

I’ll be ok if we lose by <10

 

[illini510]

We are tough to watch on tv. But even move brutAl in person

Props to our fans who did go to the game. This is a tough team to trust driving 5 hours to see

 

[D1959]

I seriously don’t want us to get much closer and end up losing. That would just make it worse realizing what could have been

 

[IlliniForceOne]

Our sliver of hope here is that this Arkansas team has a knack for blowing second half leads.

Get it close and they will tighten up.

 

[NorthShoreIllini]

Hey the good news is I’m a huge Furman and Princeton fan so all is not lost!

 

[Coop70]

Gee. Why didn't we drive the basket all game? Because they don't want to work that hard.

 

[azillini1]

Our FG % has risen to 36% vs 39% for the Hogs. If only we didn't have 15 TO's and are being out rebounded by 5.