Game Thread: Illinois vs Kentucky

[Illini in Indiana]

We aren't the tougher team yet, ... some spurts effort. But, have to play knowing this could be your last game in college.

 

[Heisenbobble]

So bad Illinois decided to show up today. Great.

 

[madillini4]

Positives so far? Our band is significantly better than theirs.

 

[JFGsCoffeeMug]

We look nervous and a little too tentative so far. Need someone to step up and calm things down for us.

 

[ChiIllini75]

Turnovers and a few misses and now we're playing sped up and disjointed without Kentucky forcing us to.

 

[ChiTown]

Kj with 3 and Will with 2 TOs They are not even being overly pressured

Just regular bone head passes.

 

[GoodePodzMelendez]

This sucks. We need to run our offense and drive the ball

 

[blife]

WR just has to be stronger with the ball

 

[Scoregasm]

Bad Illini showed up today.....too bad.

 

[fantasydaily708]

Kj with 3 and Will with 2 TOs They are not even being overly pressured

They got the clamps on both guys

 

[DeeIL89]

Turnover, turnover, turnover, turnover. All F*ing season! It was going to eventually catch up and cost us in the most important time of the year. Smh. Fix it or we are in trouble in this game.

 

[ginabackes00]

DGL is not the spark off the bench we need

 

[BoiseBaller]

Way too loose with the ball. This has 20 point loss written all over it.

 

[PopChampaign]

We need to play OUR game. I’m no coach, but it looks like they’re a step faster than us and they’re driving on us at will.

We need Nuclear Riley now

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Oweh goes out

6-0 Kentucky run

wtf man

Tomi off the court. Game completely changes. We're going to need every single second of conditioning he can muster

 

[dainjazoner]

so much isolation ball on offense

 

[Doogie94]

Need to get some flow on offense. Turnovers and 0 to 2 pass possessions will kill us. Still time to recover.

OT: Carey Booth with his warmup off and sitting near the coaches like he's gonna play.

Can't wait until he hits the transfer portal.

 

[TheodoreRex]

Get DGL out …

Hamer … I’ll buy the greyhound ticket myself … Get rid of him … This defensive game plan is cheeks …

Offense ain’t much better …

I mean, at this point, the fact that he's still allowed to gameplan for us on defense is an indictment on Underwood...

 

[FromTheLogo]

Who’s got the freaking fire ???????

That's why I HATE when players say: "It's just another game." It isn't.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

What is with the hero ball?! Run some offense!

Seriously! Will was great last night, but he has to know they watched that film. The shot won’t be there for him sometimes, and there needs to be a Plan B. And WTF was that Morez decision? Lol.

Hate to say it, but this is Maryland energy (in the same hideous, bad-luck uniforms, no less!). I hope I’m wrong and these guys realize this is literally it and can rebound.

 

[WyattEarp]

We look nervous and a little too tentative so far. Need someone to step up and calm things down for us.

I hope it’s temporary…I don’t need my PTSD to start kicking in.

 

[IllinistrandedinHouston]

I sense panic on the Loyalty board. Yes we may lose, but remember over 300 teams would like to be where we are right now. For your health's sake, calm down.

 

[ginabackes00]

WR just has to be stronger with the ball

He would benefit from letting the offense run and get easy baskets instead of forcing

 

[One Man Fast Break]

Get DGL out …

Hamer … I’ll buy the greyhound ticket myself … Get rid of him … This defensive game plan is cheeks …

Offense ain’t much better …

The more big picture problem is Underwood relies on an assistant to run the defense. The defense is consistently not good in Underwood era.

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

I mean, at this point, the fact that he's still allowed to gameplan for us on defense is an indictment on Underwood...

It is … Should’ve fired him after last year …