Game Thread: Illinois vs Indiana

[Manual3for4peat]

Nah...the only player that has looked even remotely ready to play is Ty.

Goode has been fine. Dain was ok in his minutes. Domask and Shannon have been horrible.

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Complete dog water! I'm about ready to start the early walkout in true Assembly Hall fashion

 

[Coop70]

This is a team facing another terrible loss and.........

 

[HailtotheChief]

I know there are games where Dain may be a liability on Defense but today I think he could get some good looks and play well vs the Hosers. He has only two shots and made one but both were great looks he usually makes. I think he could get good shots today and be fine vs their big man.

 

[skyIdub]

I'm not an insider...nor am I DGL mom....but there is something deeper going on here. It ain't defense, because they've all been terrible so far.

 

[ChiTown]

This is just plain ugly…right now conference championship is like a pipe dream.

 

[Battle89]

All that team oriented ball is gone when TSJ is playing. Not saying it is remotely his fault, but the team just stands there waiting for him to do something.

 

[hoopsfan47]

Weird saying this but when TSJ has been on the court today, our offense has looked abysmal.

TSjr. has two dependable ways to score. When he can't shoot anything but airballs from the arc, it is pretty easy to keep him from driving....hence no threat. Early in the season, he was driving and pulling up a couple or three times and scoring from 10 ft. Not even looking to do that now....but needs to.

 

[OB positive]

Once again nobody cutting when Domask gets doubled. Someone has to find an open lane there.

 

[abchew2]

I’m really trying to not panic about this team but they are making that difficult lol

 

[Bert2022]

Yep. We shouldn't be thinking about our seed. We should be just hoping we can make the tournament... not a top 25 team right now...

 

[SuperMetroid]

Had a chance to grab a little breathing room with the technical foul but now we’re in a rock fight

 

[Miles Leonard]

Quincy hasn't taken a shot. Not a single one.

2/6 on FTs. What's the deal man?

 

[blife]

We pass up way too many open looks, to take a contested shot that rims out the last 2 games. WTF kind of funk are we collectively in.

 

[GetAWin]

Domask has The longest leash...

 

[zentrails]

Quincy hasn't taken a shot. Not a single one.

Wrist must be bad again, dang it
Looked like Brad was yelling at him to shoot it just now.

 

[thehass]

Brutal, brutal half so far.

Too kind

 

[azillini1]

It is hard to believe how TSJ's game has fallen so much by being out about 3 weeks. I would have expected that it would take him a game or two to get back in shape physically. There has to be a mental side of it that is impacting his game. He was as good a player as anyone this year before the suspension.

 

[Ramrod2010]

It very well may mean nothing by the end of the year (see UConn last year), but damn does the last 60+ minutes (Northwestern and 1st half+ today) feel all too similar to our ousters in the tournament recently.

 

[TyroneHogglegg]

Shannon is a liability right now.

Is everyone afraid to say this? He is a liability and has been all game. Team dynamics has changed since he’s been back. I don’t have the answers but it has changed. Maybe they can come together soon as a team

 

[ChiTown]

This guys are logging too many minutes,you can actually see the effect of fatigue with all the missed layups and dumb mistakes.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Not a good foul there Ty. We can't really afford you on the bench right now

 

[Flyin' Illini]

Jimeney Christmas.

 

[illini12345]

Go back to the zone.

 

[punchabove33]

Lets get to the basketball and then close our eyes and shoot. There is a chance it goes in...