Game Thread: Illinois vs Missouri

[Mr. Roberts]

When does spring football start?

January 2.

 

[Illini in Indiana]

Idk, ... this one may be on the coach. We have no offense or defense, completely out played and out coached

 

[RDS]

Maybe go Bobby Knight and just sit the top 5 for the rest of the night. This team is terribly lost and not even competitive anymore. Effort is all that matters the rest of tonight.

 

[PassingBy]

Why the heck does Hawkins shot fake when the guy is 6 feet away and then try to shoot when he's a foot away?

1st rounders can do as they please.

 

[BBlock24]

I’m starting to think the Texas and UCLA wins were fluky. This team is broken.

 

[fatlard]

So spoiled by Trent, Ayo and Kofi. These new guys have no heart.

 

[sacraig]

This is the first time I'm glad I don't live in the area anymore and therefore didn't pay to go to this game.

 

[FromTheLogo]

Coleman didn't have anyone within 15 ft of him to shoot that three and yet he still pump faked and then got double teamed.

 

[New Creation]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1606118536593670147

At what point are we going to opt for a new strategy?

Can’t yell at this team. They have already tuned him out. Agendas are being held in exposed. I am clearly over the transfer market after this experiment.

 

[sacraig]

I’m starting to think the Texas and UCLA wins were fluky. This team is broken.

Or more likely whatever is broken broke between then and now.

 

[eas23]

The player isn't the point, but we just had a guy drive 1 on 4 and straight up just leave the ball in the middle of the floor with no other player nearby.

Lack of effort or intensity or whatever you want to call it isn't what I'm seeing. We're just, like, not playing basketball.

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

Maybe go Bobby Knight and just sit the top 5 for the rest of the night. This team is terribly lost and not even competitive anymore. Effort is all that matters the rest of tonight.

I would 100% support this. Bench TSJ,Mayer, Clark until further notice. Maybe a couple weeks.

 

[PrideOfGreenSt]

It is very obvious that this team is broken

 

[Illini8420]

There’s definitely internal issues going on. Because we should not be this freaking bad.

 

[Illini4life79]

This team is broke! Even Missouri's huddle looks better than ours. They look like a team(arms around each other) we have players just standing around. I know it has been said a bunch before but we absolutely have no leadership. No one to settle things down. Our ship is taking on water and its getting dangerous

 

[Illiniam1984]

Turning this off at the half. Can’t believe I’m going to say this but I think we miss the tourney this year. Something is off with this team. Don’t know what, maybe leadership. Something drastic may have happened behind the scenes that we don’t know about.

 

[hiberto]

II found

And, we supposedly played Kansas even or even beat them in our preseason scrimmage. If that is true, how does Kansas beat MU by 28 and we are getting our rears kicked by the same team? Something is wrong either in the locker room and/or in our coaching staff's ability to coach this team, especially on offense.

16 minutes into this game and not one assist. That is on the coaching staff!

I found this hard to believe when I heard about this scrimmage as well. I think if we play Kansas right now we get pounded

 

[216superdude]

Coleman didn't have anyone within 15 ft of him to shoot that three and yet he still pump faked and then got double teamed.

embarrassing.. let them catch up to you and so they can steal it.. he looks lost.

 

[PassingBy]

So spoiled by Trent, Ayo and Kofi. These new guys have no heart.

Paper tiger (we should make that our mascot)

 

[madcrazeeballa]

TSJ. TO and then take a bad 3 with 24 seconds on the clock. Then Hawkins passes up a wide open 3. Wish we had Andre.. he is what is missing from this team

He also just didn’t make the extra pass to Skyy for the 3 either

 

[jumpingjack]

I mean, I get the team dynamics are wonky but getting flat out mollywhopped by Missouri is absolutely effort and TOO many plays entirely where we look like we just don't want the ball as much.
This is either going to be a legendary 180 comeback or one of the more embarrassing losses of the last few years.

 

[LoveLovie]

I'm so sick of Hawkins and Shannon. Both are incredibly overrated. Shannon feels like a hired gun who forgot ammunition...

 

[eas23]

I think we miss Goode

Backup QB syndrome.

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Dain is a beast. Get him the ball and let him do his thing because you all sure as heck can't shoot from the outside.

 

[727ill]

I think we miss Goode

Nah..we don’t run offense. Why would that suddenly change with Luke?