OurMottoisOskeeWowWow
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Need to start out the 2nd half NOT (if anything the opposite) the way we started this 1st half. We need to start with making some shots and making smart plays!
Game Thread: Illinois vs Chattanooga
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We have exactly zero points from four of our normal starting five. And we are down four.
I guess that's glass half full.
Correction - Plummer had the driving 2.
I guess that's glass half full.
Correction - Plummer had the driving 2.
If we get another ten minutes of play like the way we opened this game I’m afraid we will all get pink eye from watching
Glass half full, as sloppy as our first half was we are in the game. We are luck y to be down only by four. Kofi is carrying the scoring load. 3 point shooting & free throw shooting is dismal, too many turnovers. Three Mocs are in serious foul trouble, we got to exploit that. Hope we snap out of this fog. Encouraging signs the last five minutes of the half.
I'm worried that Brad is going to ride the seniors until the end. Unless they come out blazing, I'd rather give our freshman tick. Two points between 3, 5 year players, is totally inexcusable in a tourney. This is when you step up, not fade back. Show your leadership seniors!
Channeling Ron Zook..
For Kofi's struggles at the line and making some easy layups this game, he has 13pts, 7 boards and has drawn 7fouls in 20 minutes of play. Goal is to pick up de Souza's 4th foul in the first 4 minutes of the 2nd half. Need to keep going at them every single possession.
Who will go into the locker room and say 'it's time to man the...up!"
Punesguy
- Ft. Collins, CO
Are Plummer and Damonte suffering from the same affliction??? Brutal!
Really? I mean, I know he had pink eye, but pink eye TYPICALLY clears up in a day or so. Can't imagine it is still an issue.
For me it was Isaiah Thomas. He killed us.
Wish any commentator would do the right thing and not criticize Kofi on missing bunnies, and instead talk about how difficult those shots are when a human hanging from your arm.
An assist does not always qualify as a "good pass". I was very specific about my choice of words. I expect my ball handlers to get assists. If that's our gauge for why some of you continue to put Curbelo on a pedestal...I’ll go to the scorers table and tell them to remove 2 of Belo’s 4 assists…
Then I’ll go to the video editor and tell him to scrub the tape of some of his other passes…
Thanks for the heads-up.
Hope so, I would love to a 6'6" 170 lb. guy guarding Kofi for the last 10 minutes.
IceCuban
- San Tan Valley, AZ
My dad (who went to St. Patrick's) would agree with you
DaChief4ever
- Urbana
Whew......Sports channel already cuing up.......who's the biggest stinker.....Kentucky or Illinois
Groce used to say that ‘seniors die hard’
Damonte, Trent, Plummer…prove that to be true this second half.
Damonte, Trent, Plummer…prove that to be true this second half.
Competent basketball at the very end of the season should not be a mystery to a B1G championship team. Getting beat on the off. boards? Turnovers? Throwing it to the 13th row? The way to win is by bringing energy and competence for 40 min....and that requires the bench to stand up. The frosh have proven they can bring both but have not played while Trent and Plummer have added nothing and AC has been a wash but at least has his head in the game. Why DFW cannot sit and watch RJ play 6-7 min. is beyond me. Kofi knows he will be doubled quickly and must get the ball out to a shooter instantly....but not even looking to do that it seems. It all has to be done competently....and that was not how to do it.
Now, so much depends on what their bigs can do in the second half against Kofi. If he is an All-America talent, he must play competently. We have seen that...but not tonight. In his defense, he is getting beaten to a pulp every time he gets the ball and only half the fouls are getting called.
But officiating is not the problem. Smart play and knowing what to do and when is the key. Can the Fighting Illini get this win? Absolutely! Will they....no one knows.
Now, so much depends on what their bigs can do in the second half against Kofi. If he is an All-America talent, he must play competently. We have seen that...but not tonight. In his defense, he is getting beaten to a pulp every time he gets the ball and only half the fouls are getting called.
But officiating is not the problem. Smart play and knowing what to do and when is the key. Can the Fighting Illini get this win? Absolutely! Will they....no one knows.
The Mocs have done a good job defending try he three and pressuring our PG. Just take care of the ball and rebound. Also stop Smith.
Let's win these first 5 minutes of the half and get Rollin.
Let's win these first 5 minutes of the half and get Rollin.
Viral pink eye can last about 2 weeks
Not much positive Bro. So much for more practice time together making us better. No RJ? No Goode? No Podz?
C’mon BU!!
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