Game Thread: Illinois vs Michigan State

[Deleted member 4960]

Tejon Lucas is a better shooter than Tate he just won't shoot.

 

[GortTheRobot]

Good god do we desperately need size. :deadhorse:

 

[BananaShampoo]

This is true...plus, Sparty is a Championship contender this year. They will at least be in the Final Four in my opinion.

Yep. Just outclassed but not outfought. Like what I've seen from Kipper tonight, though.

 

[ivwilsoniv]

I think that's double digit in dunks. I didn't think we were this bad athletically

I watched some highlights of Bridges the other night and said to myself, “Do we have anyone who can do half of these things? When was the last time we did? Brandon Paul?”

 

[GortTheRobot]

Tejon Lucas is a better shooter than Tate he just won't shoot.

While I agree, it makes him just as ineffective.

 

[Deleted member 649710]

Sparty is #6 in the country. We are not. How could anyone expect a different result than what we're seeing?

 

[madcrazeeballa]

Good god do we desperately need size. :deadhorse:

Or real athletes....or shooters....this team is flawed in more than one way

 

[madcrazeeballa]

They have 50 points in dunks

 

[illini67]

We fought hard that's all that matters. I figured it would be over at halftime.

 

[skyIdub]

My god.

If they don't get to the FF, it is a complete failure. They have stallions.
Lippizanner Stallions

 

[PerennIaLL]

We need us a Jaren Jackson. Man that guy can play.

 

[madcrazeeballa]

Sparty is #6 in the country. We are not. How could anyone expect a different result than what we're seeing?

I didn’t, I just dislike the way we are losing this game, by getting destroyed on the boards and watching them dunk and drive for uncontested layups 25 times tonight

 

[GoIllini23]

I do not tecognize the rules of basketball anymore

 

[ivwilsoniv]

Sparty is #6 in the country. We are not. How could anyone expect a different result than what we're seeing?

Because like 60-70% of the people on this forum voted that they expected this team to be a tourney team before the season. Unrealistic view of where Illinois is compared to the rest of basketball.

 

[ivwilsoniv]

We need us a Jaren Jackson. Man that guy can play.

OKORO!

 

[GoIllini23]

We need us a Jaren Jackson. Man that guy can play.

Have we ever had guy like that?

 

[skyIdub]

At least we are actually Fighting Illini tonight.
Even if we are a Jeep against a Panzer tank.

 

[crazillinifn]

Jaren Jackson is most impressive player I've seen against Illini all year.

 

[GortTheRobot]

Because like 60-70% of the people on this forum voted that they expected this team to be a tourney team before the season. Unrealistic view of where Illinois is compared to the rest of basketball.

You've been told like a million times about exaggerating.

 

[BRucks]

Mich. St. shooting percentage dropped off to 70%.

 

[crazillinifn]

BTW - Fox Sports Go stream quality has been awesome. At least for me... way better than ESPN.

 

[Deleted member 11241]

Have we ever had guy like that?

Kenny Battle

 

[hoopsfan47]

The only guys you could consider "athletes" on this team are Kipper and Ebo. Not a knock on the other guys, but none of them are "athletes" in the high major hoops sense of the word.

You are overlooking Black who is more of an athlete than either of those two...not that Frazier and Lucas are un-athletic either.

 

[PerennIaLL]

Have we ever had guy like that?

Nick Smith?

 

[Deleted member 4960]

Oh ai thought we would be better this year. And I agree the way we have rebounded this year I didn't expect this. And the dunks given up are rediculous.