Game Thread: Illinois vs Maryland

[Troop44]

What is Boswell doing tonight?!!! Has absolutely no court sense tonight. Completely unaware...

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Just way way way too sloppy today.

 

[hoopsfan47]

Whatever the reason, and I realize there are a few, really low iq plays after a good move..

So true...especially when you are the inferior team at the rim.

 

[CleverHandle1]

Big guy who used up his dribble is stuck at the 3-point line, and someone gives up a back-door, easy layup. What is that?

And then another horrible inbound pass.

And KB getting the ball stripped from behind.

Whether Illinois wins or not, I am starting to think we are overrating this team to some degree. They're supposed to limit these types of plays as the season progresses.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Please put in DGL for Boswell right now

And take your best defensive guard out? If Gillespie gets going, we're going to get run out of the gym.

 

[ChiTown]

Can we just sub DGL for KB ?.

 

[alaskaillini]

Not sure how many TOs we have but that is the difference in this game.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

14 points off turnovers
10 points from missed layups

We don’t even need to talk about defensive errors or missing open threes. We’d be winning with basic effort and competence.

Oh yeah … PRACTICE INBOUNDS PLAYS. How can you have this happen over and over and be too arrogant to not want to fix it? It’s not dramatic whatsoever to say it’s literally lost us multiple games.

 

[jmm]

Booth? Has he participated in one meaningful minute this year?

No, not really, but i can’t leave him out and I trust those who Brad has recruited. Plus we all could have probably said the same thing about Jake Davis before he came out and hit 12 very important points. Anything we can get from Booth is going to help in a pinch like this.

 

[blife]

We need to wake up right now. Way too many lazy dumb TOs, have to make shots or this is going to be another home L

 

[OrangeKrush1981]

... we are being insanely casual with the ball ...

That is a trademark of this squad. I don't get it.

 

[PasadenaIllini]

This game is already so difficult and yet we are being insanely casual with the ball and shooting fadeaways from two feet inside the three-point line. Please, just lock in.

Maddening that we've come into the game right after a frustrating loss like the one in East Lansing with the casual attitude we've come with today. Not good enough.

 

[Retro62]

So, did we not donate to the referee’s retirement fund?

 

[ginabackes00]

I say Davis needs to go down on the major bump with Queen

 

[Ramrod2010]

This is why i’m ok with Underwood not calling a timeout to set up our last possession of the game.

Sad and true

 

[BashCtIllini]

why in the hell is Davis guarding Queen? that's a 0% chance of success.

 

[azillini1]

I am a big Morez fan, but the dude doesn't have one board! He needs to be more aggressive. Booth played briefly and even has a board! Maryland's bigs are schooling him

I know he is basically all we have in the middle, but please get a few boards

 

[IllinoisGrad0609]

How have the Illini scored 41 points????

 

[BlabDunkAnd1]

In all honesty if the Twerps were any good, they’d be up large

 

[DeeIL89]

Maryland has only attempted three 3s and made none and they are leading. Ugh.

 

[biglug58]

The refs have entered the game…

 

[CDRUSN]

If we're going to make a run, KJ will have to lead it, maybe by hitting back to back 3s. Also, would like to get DGL back in there. He is decent finishing at the rim, plays tenacious D, and fights for loose balls like a starving man finding an uneaten steak in the restaurant dumpster.

 

[Retro62]

That’s twice he’s travelled and gotten a foul call

 

[spillini]

buddy took 8 steps there

 

[punchabove33]

I am not feeling this game… don’t think we will win