Game Thread: Illinois vs Houston

[OskeeLoyalty]

I think Houston has sped up our freshman. Bench and seniors step up and help um out!

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Houston is 166th in DREB rate.

 

[Chad Fleck]

How are we feeling about Houston's home town advantage? I'm not noticing anything.

 

[UCantHideYer]

Houston not shooting well at all. We should be up bigger. Jake & Ben, don’t be shy.

 

[Scoregasm]

20 seconds of basketball 10 minutes of commercials.

 

[Rusty]

Houston hasn't allowed 30 in a half yet in the tourney. Score is Houston's favor in terms of us only having 21 but this Illini team with this effort on D is unreal.

 

[FoundersClub]

Is it just me or are the ads on this site especially suffocating tonight?

 

[AnnaMay]

He has absolutely got hammered every drive

On the drive yeah, but he should have made 3 of his 4. They were easy. He just needs to stay focused.

 

[TheodoreRex]

How we finish this 4 minutes and start the first 4 minutes of the 2nd half... That will tell us everything... What's the verdict?

 

[sacraig]

Keaton has done nothing, dude needs to wake up

He's been doubled a lot, to be fair. As long as others can capitalize, we'll be fine.

 

[Dragons89]

We should be destroying them. Our freshmen are playing too much like freshmen.

 

[chief]

only 2 fouls down the stretch here, let's take advantage

 

[Zorak]

I just want a lead at half.

 

[DICKnaggie]

Mirko take a deep breath, ok to slow it down for a minute.

That's was a scouting report error that LaTulip called out. They look for teams to throw those passes

 

[jumpingjack]

We need big minutes from Z

 

[fantasydaily708]

Mirk with at least 3 turnovers gotta be smarter

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

Will never get away with cross court passes against Houston

 

[so illini]

These long commercial breaks are killing me.

 

[HouTexIllini]

Houston has to start making some buckets eventually, but let's get so far ahead that it doesn't matter

Yeah Houston lost their top two scorers from last year and their freshmen haven’t been enough for their O to compliment their D

 

[IlliniWC]

He's been doubled a lot, to be fair. As long as others can capitalize, we'll be fine.

He has drawn some fouls as well, doesn't show in the stats but he's playing a part.

 

[RIP_Chief_2003]

there you go Wagler!

 

[hoopsfan47]

Mirk will be a great pro...but needs some coaching on development and confidence against elite talent. He has what he needs to do that.

 

[FloridaMan]

That's it, Keaton! Way to find him BAM!!!!

 

[Leelnd]

We need to continue to attack rim. More motion in the offense. They have the isolation ball screen matchup covered well.

 

[Illin1]

Uh oh. If Wagler is finding his shot we can start to peel away.