Game Thread: Illinois vs Baylor

[Ken]

If you wanna be a guard in the league you have to have a square up game and Im not seeing it from any of ours

 

[Miles Leonard]

That was a John Groce possession by Trent. Way too much dribbling.

 

[Stevegarbs]

Did not have Giorgi with 13 at the half on my bingo card.

 

[hoopsfan47]

Hey...let them shut down Ayo...he can drive and dish...we have shooters and scorers.

 

[TCTORNADO]

just two terrible offensive possessions in a row.

 

[kyillinifan]

Pass the ball. Missed free throws hurt.

 

[BlabDunkAnd1]

I really like what i'm seeing out of hawkins, curbelo, and giorgi tonight. This year is gonna be fun. And for all the debbie downers on recruiting, we're gonna be good for a while no matter who comes next year.

 

[Retro62]

That is a truly sucky way to end a half

 

[FeelYourPaign]

These defenses are both very good, even at FTs

 

[Jon]

We're trying too hard to win the 1v1s

 

[CubsIlliniFan]

Too much dribbling and not enough passing, gotta move Baylor around on D.

 

[Sizzler22]

Well....Ayo is a GHOST. Trent dribbles too much. The only bright spot so far....Giorgi and our freshmen. Yikes.

 

[spillini]

don't like ending the half that way but all in all feel pretty good

 

[JSpence]

These freshmen... no summer, against #2 in their first week of college ball. Wow. They are being led.

 

[Whitmans Sampler]

Not sure there could’ve been any worse of a half for both Ayo and Kofi.

 

[Deleted member 747277]

Frazier and Ayo woof. Thanks to the freshman and Giorgi for keeping us in this.

 

[Deleted member 380722]

He'll still get to the line. Might be held to 10 points. If Baylor can't assert themselves from outside, limiting Ayo is only one of the things that must happen for them to win.

Ayo has to be better if we’re going to pull this out. They played just as bad as us in the first half. Baylor is very talented and don’t look quite as out of sync as us.

 

[TheAngryBavarian]

Coach Drew speaks the truth.

 

[Ramrod2010]

Iron sharpens iron, we will so be better for this.

 

[TCTORNADO]

Drew was right during interview..."both teams are out of sink offensively"

 

[DB11Headband]

Terrible last minute of the half

 

[LoveLovie]

We are down 1 with Kofi sitting a Long time and with Ayo having like 1 point

 

[Hat-trick_Kane]

That end of the half was truthfully awful. Not just the score but they have all the momentum/go in feeling good. We’re left wondering what happened and how to fix the offense/stop the turnovers.

Mixed feelings overall thus far on our performance. This game could go either way.

 

[azillini1]

Poor free throwing and too many TO's by us, but ahead in rebounds by 7

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Kudos to Baylor on neutralizing Ayo, getting Kofi in early foul trouble, keeping us out of the lane, and limiting our 3-pt attempts...

but you didn't account for our fifth-best offensive strategy: GIVE GIORGI THE BALL. You short-sighted fools.