Game Thread: Illinois vs Northwestern

[Ulysses Everett McGill]

Love to see us take this lead out to 15 or 20

 

[oldman]

I really like this lineup

 

[Oskeefan]

Time to pull away boys. Keep your foot on the gas.


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+1 STOMP ON IT

 

[skyIdub]

The best defensive effort I've seen all year. All the negativity, all the noise, all the distractions....and they brought it tonight.

 

[oldman]

Morgan's free throws appear really flat until the last one

 

[SuperMetroid]

Let's close this out and knock these poseurs onto the bubble

 

[alaskaillini]

Outrebounding them by 11. Nice work guys.

 

[OrangeAndBlues]

Let's close this out and knock these poseurs onto the bubble

+1,000, crush their hopes and dreams. There is only one team in Illinois and it is us.

 

[Calvin]

NW not looking good, but give us credit. Also like the end of clock play...not used to us executing at the end of the shot clock.

Btw, what's the deal with JCL?

 

[illiniknight]

NW not looking good, but give us credit. Also like the end of clock play...not used to us executing at the end of the shot clock.

Btw, what's the deal with JCL?

JCL hurt his ankle in first half.

 

[LurkLongandProsper]

NW not looking good, but give us credit. Also like the end of clock play...not used to us executing at the end of the shot clock.

Btw, what's the deal with JCL?

rolled ankle

 

[illiniknight]

Great defensive effort. Finish them off!

 

[Oskeefan]

NW not looking good, but give us credit. Also like the end of clock play...not used to us executing at the end of the shot clock.

Btw, what's the deal with JCL?

Sprained his ankle in 1st half, limping.

 

[BananaShampoo]

Funny how one bad loss can affect a season. Don't blow the Winthrop game and win this one and we are 17-11 with no bad losses and feeling decent about our chances to make the tourney. That loss will haunt Groce forever.

 

[Ulysses Everett McGill]

The best defensive effort I've seen all year. All the negativity, all the noise, all the distractions....and they brought it tonight.

Agreed. Defense has been coming on lately. Way too late, but ...

 

[SuperMetroid]

Outrebounding them by 11. Nice work guys.

They are missing a ton of shots but we're giving them ZERO second chances. :thumb:

 

[whovous]

NW is playing like, well, NW.

 

[Illini1221]

This is fun basketball

 

[LurkLongandProsper]

NW is playing like, well, NW.

NW of old, sure. They're not playing the way they were pre-Lindsey mono

 

[Calvin]

Any chance we still make the NIT? I know this is a home game, but we play MSU at home, and could conceivably make it to .500

 

[LurkLongandProsper]

Any chance we still make the NIT? I know this is a home game, but we play MSU at home, and could conceivably make it to .500

Yeah, NIT is definitely in play IMO

 

[ballislife17]

Are defense has been excellent in the second half, crazy to think how far it has come since the beginning of the year when mid majors were scoring with ease in the paint on us.

Still think our offense could use some work. Leron and Hill need to trust their teammates a little bit out there. Love seeing the offense run through Morgan and Lucas

 

[dweebs19]

Any chance we still make the NIT? I know this is a home game, but we play MSU at home, and could conceivably make it to .500

Maybe the players want to play in the NIT, but I don't want to play in the NIT. I want to make the NCAAT. Let's just win out. We can do it. It's NCAA or bust for me.

 

[Calvin]

That's a wrap

 

[Deleted member 11241]

Funny how one bad loss can affect a season. Don't blow the Winthrop game and win this one and we are 17-11 with no bad losses and feeling decent about our chances to make the tourney. That loss will haunt Groce forever.

Don't blow the Winthrop game, show up in the 1st half @PSU, and win this one and we would be 18-10 & 7-8 in conference and on the good side of the bubble controlling our own destiny