Game Thread: Illinois vs Hawaii

[pruman91]

nice assist by..........................GRIFFIN

 

[PNWIllini]

Harper cant defend Kofi so that matchups there any time we want it

 

[LoveLovie]

Alan Griffin has been impressive so far this year. He does a lot of little things

 

[Deleted member 652352]

Kofi is going to learn that he can do that whenever he wants. When he does, he’s going to be dangerous

 

[PNWIllini]

And just like that an 8-0 run.

 

[Whitmans Sampler]

Silky smooth Kip :rock:

 

[Steelyunk]

Not sure what game some of you are watching, but without Kipper tonight, we are down 4-5 right now.

I agree. He’s feeding KOFI BETTER THAN ANYONE ON THE TEAM AND GOING AGGRESSIVELY TO THE BASKET. AND MY CAPS LOCK WAS ON IM NOT SCREAMING!!!!!!

 

[Hopingfor500]

The paradox of a traditional big. He also swallows up every board in the vicinity.

That's a great point. They do control the backboards when he's in the game.

 

[geneseo]

Not sure what game some of you are watching, but without Kipper tonight, we are down 4-5 right now.

No turnovers for Kipper

 

[LoveLovie]

Okay kipper, gettin it going!! Just don’t give up 6 pts in one possession like last game

 

[Ol Dirty Gamer]

I think they Kofi needs to have his role reduced quite a bit. They're stagnant when he's in the game. The ball moves much more fluidly when he's not parked in the center of the lane.

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[Deleted member 533939]

Many fans thought other fans overreacted to the Nichols game. Those fans are wrong, this team is bad.

Maybe by January or February they might gel, but for now, woof.

 

[Ramrod2010]

I think this is the first chance I've had to watch the team, Kofi is huge. Also is the announcer mispronouncing his last name or did I assume incorrectly?

 

[Kingsnake22]

Crazy what one scrappy play can do to turn the game around. Game has looked completely different since Griffins offensive rebound that lead to the Frazier three.

 

[TheAngryBavarian]

I think this is the first chance I've had to watch the team, Kofi is huge. Also is the announcer mispronouncing his last name or did I assume incorrectly?

Coh-burn is correct.

 

[pruman91]

I bet there was an attitude adjustment in the locker room at the half...playing with more fire and PLEASE KEEP AG IN THE GAME...AND YES I AM SCREAMING ....LOL

 

[LoveLovie]

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Agreed Kofi’s role doesn’t need to be reduced lol

 

[PNWIllini]

Stomp on the gas ... we need to learn how to take over games we are capable of taking over

 

[illinitiger]

If we could just get all of our pieces playing well all at the same time, then we might have something. Who is being paid millions to figure out how to do that?

I like the kofi,KN,AG,trent, andre lineup. Seems to be less turnovers. KN has been solid and AG is a dynamo

 

[skyIdub]

We are running our offense through a freshman C...and some expect us to be in mid season form. We're going to be fine.

 

[KrushCow31]

Gross ESPN promoting Disney+ live during the game. Didn't even catch it at first.

 

[bombayIllini]

Pulling away.

Sorta.

Illini style.

 

[pruman91]

great start to the 2nd half....now start feeding Kofi in the half court O and fast break every chance we get

 

[PNWIllini]

Anyone remember Luc Longley? Kofi’s play reminds me a bit of. Soft hands, great body size .. but a work in progress to get him to play big. He was Australian, and like Kofi also didn’t play the game until HS.

 

[uh_lion_eye]

My thoughts about that are that the team was hyped by the "experts" after Ayo came back and didn't enter the draft. Then, all summer BU talked about how we are lightyears ahead of last year's team and that the expectations are welcomed. We've come out in all of our games this year, minus 1st half of AZ, and looked like absolute garbage. It's time for IL Basketball to be relevant again and people are sick of the state of the program and watching crap for going on 12 years now. Just my opinion.

Truth. And reminds me of a certain NFL team wearing orange and blue.