Game Thread: Illinois vs Iowa State

[fatboyslim]

Yeah, everyone looks tired. It's weird

Not tired

 

[IlliniKat91]

Yeah, everyone looks tired. It's weird

They tipped off at 9:15 by their body clocks. Even with prep, they're likely to struggle with that

 

[NorthShoreIllini]

Never was going to be easy. The ball has to move on offense.

 

[D1959]

Was afraid of this

 

[FromTheLogo]

Gilbert looking like MJ out there. Sheesh. He'll come back down to earth.

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

Yeah, everyone looks tired. It's weird

It's probably due to the time change, not due to lack of conditioning.

 

[fantasydaily708]

Need to abandon the booty ball gameplan quick. That will not work in this game and if we lucky enough it surely wont work in the next game.

 

[DICKnaggie]

This is brutal. Playing their exact game now.

And no time out and no adjustments. Why keep letting it go until the lead has evaporated?

 

[LvilleILL]

Need to execute on offense. Calm down and wake up-we got this

 

[Flyin' Illini]

Refs refuse to call them smacking down been a foul all year.

Not in the tournament. Teams are rewarded for bumping/slapping at the ball, and generally not rewarded for drawing contact while driving to the basket.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Adjustment - it is now a chess match. Stop the drive, make them take tough shots. Switch to a driving modol and not Domask back down. Go back to it later

When we drive, they hack.

 

[Illiniam1984]

They are attacking Domask successfully every time. We need to adjust defensively so that there isn't that mismatch.

That’s the way to take him out of his game. Probably time to put DGL or Nico in the game possibly.

 

[Jimbo]

Ok, you had to know they’d make a run at us. Just gotta hang tough.

 

[One Man Fast Break]

What happened to our defense? Why doesn't Brad use time outs to stop momentum? What is the philosophy there?

First Illini game this year? Guards blowing by our defense is a common occurrence and when they get some confidence going, it can get a bit out of sorts.

Not using timeouts because the tv timeouts are coming and you ideally save them for end game.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Need a mass substitution to kick these guys into gear.

WAY past those antics. That's 10 games left in the season stuff. They have to reestablish themselves a bit here.

 

[hoopsfan47]

We played at an elite level in the first half due to energy, speed, and effort on defense. All that has vanished this half and it is all about basketball skills and understanding of what to do.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Wow refs, wow

 

[BashCtIllini]

these refs need to put their damn whistles away. We came to watch the players, not you.

 

[SuperMetroid]

Horseshit call

 

[New Creation]

How is that on TSJ!!!???

 

[cs04]

HOW?!

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

3 on TSJ and two of those were dumb fouls.

 

[FloridaMan]

Is anyone surprised by that call. Total BS

 

[IlliniWC]

Hawkins came to play

 

[madillini4]

Come on Hawkins