Game Thread: Illinois vs Maryland

[jmm]

We aren't the same without Ivisic.....

Love our team, but sorry, Ivisic being out not an excuse for this. We are way too good. This is (lack of) toughness.

 

[NashvILLe05]

KJ getting embarrassed today by MD guards. Pocket picked several times, turnovers, making him look silly trying to guard them.

2nd straight year Maryland best our a$$ at home and talked sh*t the entire time.

Pathetic.

 

[Illini2010-11]

Crap crowd, crap energy, crap effort, heck even Brad looked like he was sleepwalking through the game

Don't blame the crowd at all. The team came out flat from the start. Hard to get the fans into the game.

 

[CleverHandle1]

I'd like to say this beatdown will do them some good, but it may actually have a negative effect on them. I hope they're mentally tough.

That NU game and the USC game for me will be the games that sidetracked Illinois' "high ceiling" damn argument.

 

[Ramrod2010]

Not a good stat.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1882621207276851611

This is insane considering that Oregon game. Scary, really.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Brad had his hands tied. He's leaning on freshmen and no big man tonight.

 

[the juiceman cometh]

And we shoot the most.

 

[LurkerintheOpen]

I feel it’s hard to judge in a game where we’re far from 100% with sickness - this game has not been fun to watch, this will probably cost us for the B1G season championship chase, but we’re still dangerous when healthy.

Rest of the season/the tournament is still ahead of us, they still have their chance.

All of that may very well be true, but I can easily see a hungry low seed coming out and smacking them in first round. Honestly they may be better off having a lower seed and going in with an upset mentality.

 

[illiniguy24]

Can always count on you to shoot it straight

 

[DICKnaggie]

This sure feels like a very bad defining point in the season. Hard to believe a team that could look like this at home at this critical point in the season, could be one that is tough enough to somehow bounce back and make a good tourney run. Hope I’m wrong.

Really concerning tbh. Our identity is not there when we had hoped it would be even though it is a young, new team. No consistency at all.

 

[SuperMetroid]

Their randos even talking trash now

 

[CV Illini]

We’re a football school anyway

 

[Battle89]

I thought I was the only one that noticed this, my initial thought was they practice them
more or differently

Do they start lower, or bring them down more? That’s what I think I see.

 

[hiberto]

Games like this make you wonder how the hell we destroyed Oregon, IU and PSU