Game Thread: Illinois vs Miami

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Well....if you were told before the game that Kofi would be in double figures and the team would hit 44% for the half....would anyone anywhere call the Illini down by 19???

Does not matter much how good and skilled your athletes are....when your opponent hits all their shots, you are not going to win.

Actually, I liked a lot of what I saw except for a handful of defensive blunders. As we have seen before, Ayo, Feliz, and Trent can cause havoc in the second half, and likely will...hopefully from the git go.
 
#179      
Miami is throwing up junk. They started to cool down. If they keep chucking, Illinois will be back in it. Just keep pushing.
 
#180      
I'm aware before even completing this sentence that this is probably an over reaction...BUT this single half of basketball (coupled with AZ game) is giving me serious doubts about the health of the program going forward.
 
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We've lost much of our offensive scheme from last year and no pressure D - the combination is really hurting this team
 
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That was the worst half of Illini Basketball I have witnessed in 35 years of watching, and that is no exaggeration.
 
#184      
While we sat there an ran up scores vs The Citadel, Hampton and Lindenwood...this was predictable. This is a team that is/was going to go as far as their guards take them. Frazier was nowhere to be found, Ayo was nowhere to be found....this was a team trying to run everything through Kofi. That works against teams that don't have size to stop it.

Illinois has success when they create havoc on the defensive side, then gets out and runs. Kofi cannot be the focal point of this offense AND Kofi and GB should not be on the floor on the same time....ever. GB is not comfortable 20 feet from the basket on either end of the floor.

Unless Ayo takes this season by the groin and the offense is driven by the guards....this season will end terribly poorly.
 
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Losing this game isn’t what is so frustrating.

But, like Saturday, it’s the lack of effort, the lack of discipline, the going-through-the-motions.

We have entirely too much talent on the roster to be playing like this.
 
#187      
We need to come out in last year's defense. Either force a TO or give up a layup. At least they wouldn't be making 3s.
 
#188      
What is happening? I just got to the bar to watch, are we giving them tons of open looks or are they just shooting the lights out? Or is it both?
 
#191      
Getting to look at Anna Kendrick a few times on my screen is the only positive thing about my viewing experience tonight.

Of course that will change if we pull off the comeback, but it's highly doubtful.
 
#192      
What is happening? I just got to the bar to watch, are we giving them tons of open looks or are they just shooting the lights out? Or is it both?
Just imagine worst case scenario and that’s what happened
 
#194      
I predict that Underwood will take his dinner napkin out of his coat jacket pocket.
 
#195      
Holy crap. This thread is particularly apocalyptic tonight. Talking losing recruits and not returning to the tourney for years. I’m glad this can be your outlet for crazy talk
Are you watching the game? It's beyond bad. I mean, they might be the worst team in the nation tonight. Flat, totally lost on both offense and defenese, missed assignments, lethargic....they don't even seem pissed off or embarrassed. I'm not usually a fatalist....not even close, but this is not an "off" night.....this is something else....and it needs to get fixed like ASAP.
 
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We should be playing Lykes like we do/did Cassius Winston - basically get the ball out of his hands and then deny getting it back - it really took MSU out of their game and forced 8 TOs.
 
#197      

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Wonder if Chester Frazier would loan us just a small percentage of his bulldog defensive acumen? We are so soft is it almost pathetic.
 
#198      
Not predicting they’re gonna comeback and win but they at least look very alive coming out for the second half warmup.
 
#199      

PostersLastStand

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Had to switch to Wheel of Fortune before I got removed from my living room by my wife. If I switch back and the Illini continue their play from the first half and I continue my behavior from the first half, I'll need a place to sleep tonight. The team and I need an attitude adjustment before the second half starts.
 
#200      
No way this is a tourney team...no way. Sorry, if Ayo wants to make it to the next level, he has to take over. He is not showing that he is that player. Something is really broken here. There is no flow, no energy...nothing. When they came out against AZ, they were ready to fight. Here they look like they are just a team that thinks they are more than they really are...this is not working...we are a bubble team at best
 
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