Game Thread: Illinois vs Minnesota

[aaeismacgychel]

With the way Minnesota is shooting threes, I don't love the twin towers out there, but we'll see...

 

[BoiseBaller]

We have 4-6 inches at nearly every position… and we pass it around beyond the nba three range. Like wtf are we doing?

We have four guys standing around the perimeter. No movement off the ball. Just weak passing around the horn.

 

[CDRUSN]

B10 teams are going to keep throwing zone defenses at us until we show it does not completely disrupt our offensive flow. Glad to see the twins on the floor at the same time. Would like to see that more often going forward.

 

[so illini]

I sure appreciate the fact we can make free throws

 

[Zorak]

Does our crowd ever provide any sort of home court advantage? There used to be cheering to rally the team when they were struggling. Now they just sit in silence. That’s a definite factor in some of these sluggish starts too.

The scarring from the Groce era persists

 

[Ryllini]

That was not a foul on them

I'm glad it went our way, but I hate when the refs wait until they see if the ball goes in.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Did Boswell get benched?

 

[logjam]

Twin Towers...!

 

[Epsilon]

Big Z needs to finish this game.

 

[derrick6]

Z and Tomi in together with…Petro! #AltUniverse

 

[PasadenaIllini]

Petro looking like he belongs for the first time this season. Love it.

 

[FloridaMan]

The crowd is finally alive. Team better reward them for it.

 

[illinitiger]

Stoj taking a message or because his 3 pt shot is worse than Jake? The shots we are getting are not good ones. Go back to the lob behind the lines to Z

Jake is over 40% coming into game btw

 

[illinipimp]

What da ya know. Take it to the hoop. Shoot free throws. Who knew.

 

[punchabove33]

Petro with the D and the hustle recovery.

 

[hoopsfan47]

Hopefully they start attacking the zone dumping to T in the middle. Worked great last season

It works great in every season...and especially if you have 8 guys in your rotation that can bury wide open triples.

 

[Ryllini]

Petro is a positive right now

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

Good defensive possession

 

[FloridaMan]

Clang! Clang! Keep shooting 'em boys!!

23% SMH

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

FOUL????

 

[skyIdub]

There it is. Only Big Z can fall and travel.

 

[IlliniAlumnus]

I can only imagine how good we could be if we didn’t have Tyler Underwood doing the offense.

With this talent and shooters, a motion offense like what Weber ran would make this team truly elite.

 

[RIP_Chief_2003]

My man, petrooooo

 

[Epsilon]

Petro stepping up! Love it!

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Just take away their threes. They will not and can not score on those two twins.