Game Thread: Illinois vs Iowa State

[spillini]

I want to go to the Brad Underwood Favorite Word 8.

"in the country" close 2nd

 

[IllinistrandedinHouston]

How serious is ISU's foul trouble??

Serious

 

[Illiniam1984]

Let’s take care of this game first before we worry about elite 8 tip times

Agreed.

 

[AEX]

Not loving the free throw shooting obviously. What I am loving is the ball security (only 5 turnovers) and the defensive intensity.

Venture that if we have more missed free throws than turnovers in the second half, we win.

 

[AyoDos11]

50 messages at start of half. Very sad, they really, really are!

Cyclone Fanatic has over 1400 posts on their gameday thread.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

How serious is ISU's foul trouble??

I don't know their roster well, but it can't be a great thing for them. They racked up a lot of fouls.

 

[FromTheLogo]

Get to 70 and this is done. No chance they get 44 in a half with that offense.

70 pages on this thread? Yes, I agree.

 

[Bigtex]

I think they said we only had one TO in the last 13 minutes against the #1 D in the country.
Could have heard wrong but that's actually amazing.

And isu scores off of turnovers. Made it tougher to score when we didn’t turn it over.

 

[WeWillWhen]

First five minutes of this half will be SO crucial. LFG.

 

[Jimbo]

Let’s push this lead to 20 this half. Somehow.

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Got home before halftime is over. Whew!

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

You guys are all nauseous too, right?

 

[aaeismacgychel]

How serious is ISU's foul trouble??

Serious for most teams, however ISU plays a long bench and their falloff from starters to bench isn't all that wide. So they're probably fine with it expecting refs to lighten up on the whistles in the 2nd half or try evening up the disparity.

 

[phats22]

20m min, men. Play your game and we got this!!!

 

[Flyin' Illini]

You guys are all nauseous too, right?

A little shaky. That is what the beer is for.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

First five minutes of this half will be SO crucial. LFG.

Always is.

 

[hoopsfan47]

I think they said we only had one TO in the last 13 minutes against the #1 D in the country.
Could have heard wrong but that's actually amazing.

With one TO in the first 12 seconds, we were on a pace to get over 100. But I am quite happy with only 4 more. One was a pass to the scorekeeper.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

First five minutes of this half will be SO crucial. LFG.

Yep. We need to expand the lead, even if by one point. After the under 16:00 timeout, then we can focus on just playing our game and getting the win. However, I agree it’s crucial to not let the first four minutes here “redefine” this as a close game…

 

[skyIdub]

You guys are all nauseous too, right?

Nope. I haven't been this confident about an Illini team is forevers.

Execute just like the first half. D up like the first half. Bring us home.

 

[WyattEarp]

You guys are all nauseous too, right?

Yeah, but it’s only about 6.5 on a 10 scale. I was expecting much worse.

Edit: okay, spoke too soon..it’s at an 8.2 now.

 

[SescIllini]

You guys are all nauseous too, right?

I'm a little to Amp right now...need to do push-ups

 

[jimbo72]

We have this fellow brothers and sisters! The Illini men know what they want and are going to finish. Have faith and enjoy the 2nd half ride. Our boys rock and have heart!

 

[abchew2]

Step on their throats out of the gate, let’s go!

 

[Dadofagrad]

I love this year! Totally Illini history! Tv gurus say the only team that can beat Huskies is Illini but we have to win this game! Wouldn’t expect anything harder!!!

Yep. My two favorite sports years were 85 Bears and 05 Illini basketball.

 

[FromTheLogo]

What is Hawkins doing? Challenge the shot!