Game Thread: Illinois vs Houston

[LuckyIllini]

YOU HAVE TO GET TOMI OUT OF THE GAME. HE CANT PROCESS SHXT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Phantom foul on Jake

Its because he got thrown to the ground like a rag doll...should've been tougher

 

[LarryGotFouled]

Anybody there whats the crowd like?

Pretty hostile

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Too much dribble.

Yes. Mirk can't try to handle the ball through traffic like this is Northwestern that they're playing. Too active.

 

[Wazababybrucedouglaskid]

We have to take advantage of the aggressive double out high on Keaton

 

[TheFlyingIllini1317]

Mirk great 3 then two bad to's on him and Tomi. Settle and when the shots start falling I'll feel very good. Our looks our better rn than theirs.

 

[biglug58]

Tuggler had Moe for a coach in youth league.

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His name should be Tugger

 

[Flyin' Illini]

We're lucky Houston isn't hitting anything.

And they are equally lucky that we aren't.

 

[Champaign88]

We have to figure out a way to beat the trap. We knew they were going to do it, what’s the counter? The pick and rolls just end up pushing us further away from the basket.

 

[fantasydaily708]

Too loose with the ball man

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Don't love how this game has been called so far.

 

[IlliniwekKDR]

Hate Sampscum and his dumb George w Bush looking mug

 

[alaskaillini]

I think we are the better team

Yep, if we are close at halftime we are gonna win this.

 

[Ryllini]

38-33 PSU/IL in jeopardy?

 

[Illin1]

Tuggler is going to get the Sean May treatment from these refs. I can feel it.

 

[Altgeld's Bells]

We don't need Tomi jacking up 3s early in the clock. Let's get back to the drives. I'd like to get Tuglet with 2 more fouls by the half. He's a dirty player

 

[illinidday89]

This is not the Houston team I thought we'd see. This game is so winnable if we just play smart and shoot good shots!!!! C'mon!!!

 

[sacraig]

Unbelievably frustrating Tuglar is in the game just so many clear fouls

This is at least the third spelling of "Tugler" I've seen in this thread.

 

[BBlock24]

I'm not a fan if this is going to be a low scoring game.

 

[HailtotheChief]

Mirk n Tomi gotta take care of the ball. N keaton has nissed 2 lay ups n mirk 1. Houston hasnt had a lay up
Lets finish.

 

[HouTexIllini]

That two point jump shot Kylan took deserves him a spot on the bench. That’s literally the shots we don’t take.

That’s the dumb s&@t of our offense. Jump shots are points and that’s why we lost to UCONN.

Heck dudes win NBA MVPs for mid range shots.

 

[Deep]

I have no idea what a foul is in this game

It is a wrestling match. They are letting Houston play their way. We have to fight through it

 

[Sim]

If they’ve watched Houston at all they should know when going into the paint they’re going to be grabbing so gotta be tough in there or they’ll rob them every time.

 

[Illini2010-11]

Keep forcing Houston to shoot the mid range shot. Illini win this game if this continues.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Don't love how this game has been called so far.

If we made point blank shots and didn't have bigs bringing the ball down in the paint, you'd feel better.