Game Thread: Illinois vs Indiana

[The Galloping Ghost]

We are wildly lucky to be down 10 at the half. Considering what we just saw, I'll take it. Credit to the fans for staying engaged, despite the hellacious effort. Double TJD. Stop letting them get easy looks at the basket. Run the freaking offense and finish at the basket. And for the love of everything, make any and all free throws from here on out. Despite it all, it's still winnable.

 

[WWWWRocU]

I was unimpressed by him in past games against us. I get the hype now.

He is schooling our Dainja.

 

[NorthShoreIllini]

Crazy thought…. Maybe we try something else on TJD?

 

[KingWolf11]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1616260571854434306

 

[808Illini]

I was unimpressed by him in past games against us. I get the hype now.

He’s doing what a senior should be doing to underclassmen. When Kofi was here it was a different story. That’s why I wanted him to make the jump to the NBA.

 

[GallopingGhost]

Can’t win when they just get 1 ft shots at the rim at will. They’ll score 80% FG pct. Gotta be better there to start the second half

 

[BRucks]

Whatever we’re trying on defense isn’t working.

Pretty sure we aren't trying on defense.

 

[EyeoftheIllini]

Melendez offers basically nothing. Ready for Goode to get back and take his minutes.

Not sure this take aged too well.

 

[azillini1]

Whatever we’re trying on defense isn’t working.

They are shooting 67% and 39% for us. We have to make defensive adjustments.

 

[wingnut8492]

Crazy thought…. Maybe we try something else on TJD?

Like who?

 

[illini80]

Mayer 0 points and 2 RB. He’s likely to go off in the second half don’t ya think?

 

[bergd91]

Indiana has ran the same plays the entire 1st half. Our men seemed lost on defense

 

[Mr. Roberts]

We are shooting 8/21 on two pointers. Seems like all the misses were layups. Plus 5 missed free throws.

We are lucky to be in this - but the opportunity is there to fix it.

 

[GallopingGhost]

He’s doing what a senior should be doing to underclassmen. When Kofi was here it was a different story. That’s why I wanted him to make the jump to the NBA.

We forget Dain is a freshman sometimes. He’s getting baptized. But so is Coleman so idk

 

[sacraig]

Well, all things considered it could be worse.

 

[Miles Leonard]

This is a must win game for IU. They're playing like a desperate team trying to save their season. We came out thinking they were just gonna lie down for us.

Now we got cooking a bit to end the half to cut it to 10. We have to find a way to slow down Davis.

 

[FloridaMan]

Have to figure out how to not let TJD establish himself 2 feet from the basket on defense. We really have to figure out these putrid, stagnant stretches in the next month. Can't continue for us to do anything at all in March.

 

[New Creation]

Down by ten after that sh$t show is like winning. My word layups and FT's. The two easiest part of this game.

Make our free throws and 50% more of those missed layups. We are up right now.

 

[CasualObserver05]

Paging BU for some defensive adjustments to keep the ball out of the paint.

 

[GallopingGhost]

Mayer 0 points and 2 RB. He’s likely to go off in the second half don’t ya think?

Ok, Who fed Mayer before this game?? Come on now…

 

[Manual3for4peat]

I don’t think a zone would be a bad call against this team. I know, Brad hates them.

 

[D1959]

First 4 minutes will tell the story

 

[logjam]

Down by ten after that sh$t show is like winning. My word layups and FT's. The two easiest part of this game.

We have always sucked at layups....

 

[aaeismacgychel]

I was unimpressed by him in past games against us. I get the hype now.

He struggles mightily against guys bigger than him who keep him from getting inside position. Tends to dominate undersized bigs. That's how he builds his impressive stats each season. Personally I think he's a very overrated player for this reason, but no Kofi this year means it's much harder to bottle him up.

 

[DB11Headband]

Geronimo season high point total: 12
Geronimo in the first half tonight: 13