Game Thread: Illinois vs Northwestern

[CDRUSN]

Curb Appeal is off today.

 

[madillini4]

 

[Mr. Roberts]

STOP DRIBBLING THROUGH DOUBLE TEAMS.

Thank you.

 

[FloridaMan]

We have to learn to bury teams, my God.

 

[DICKnaggie]

This is not a great lineup for us.

 

[skyIdub]

"If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball"

 

[DeonThomas]

I would love to see a 1-3-1 Zone, with RJ at the top.

Or Hawkins. (And I do like the 1-3-1 idea for at least 4 minutes a game......used strategically to kill the opponent's momentum.)

 

[thehass]

Please observe the no smoking sign, put your trays in the upright position and remain this way until the drought and sloppy ball mode is over.

 

[GallopingGhost]

Back to the old ways of too many turnovers. We are letting them hang around

 

[DeonThomas]

Classic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Illini8420]

Please put RJ back in.

 

[PlayDeeBrownNote]

Anyone else catch when Young had Belo on him in the post and he did nothing until Grandison came to double-team? KYP, as Stacey King would say.

 

[Bleedorangeandblue44]

Not a good stretch for Belo

 

[pruman91]

Get AC outta there ..get R J inna there......cmon BU ....surely you see what i'm seeing ....up 18 , take out RJ.....in AC , now down to 12 ....

I love AC but today is NOT his day ..........

 

[the national]

Too sloppy. Tighten up guys! Better yet, put Frazier, RJ and Kofi back in

 

[jimmy1illini]

when the network shows their closing screen before commercial shows cohawk getting his arm broke , that says it all about B1G refs...and the third foul on Kofi .........???........no wonder he was pissed on the bench

Kofi gets mugged ever time he touches the ball. It's ridiculous the double standard he receives from the officials.

 

[altgeld88]

Please observe the no smoking sign, put your trays in the upright position and remain this way until the drought and sloppy ball mode is over.

That warning came too late for me. I bounced off the overhead compartment and caromed into a large matron in an adjoining row.

 

[the national]

I really want to bury these guys

 

[blife]

AC has been more bad Belo today than good. Turnover, no close out to the corner. That is not rust it is just Belo. Good with bad, hope the good outweighs the bad. Do not like the line up we have on the floor. Jake having a sub par day too.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Two free throw attempts in 29 minutes. Submitted without comment.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

I can only assume Iowa or OSU is the “Paint the Hall Orange” game? Was looking at old Assembly Hall photos from the mid-2000s, and it’s clear how much less orange our crowds have gotten, lol.

 

[Hopingfor500]

We have to learn to bury teams, my God.

I don't think that it's "learning" to do anything. This is a team that lives to shoot the three. When it goes in, the lead can balloon. When it doesn't, it can shrink and look ugly quickly. The way we operate is why we rarely get to the line and often go on extended scoring droughts. When you go 9-16, it looks great. When you go 1-9, not so much, but when added together, it's 10-25(40%), which is an expected result.

 

[illini80]

This is some ugly basketball

 

[altgeld88]

Just once (since Minneapolis) I'd like to see these guys go for the jugular on a weaker opponent and end it swiftly. IU was satisfying but they were actually a strong team. NU, not so much.

 

[FloridaMan]

I don't think that it's "learning" to do anything. This is a team that lives to shoot the three. When it goes in, the lead can balloon. When it doesn't, it can shrink and look ugly quickly. The way we operate is why we rarely get to the line and often go on extended scoring droughts. When you go 9-16, it looks great. When you go 1-9, not so much, but when added together, it's 10-25(40%), which is an expected result.

Disagree. When they are not going in, like maybe after a 1-5, time to throw it in to the 7 footer (I know he was on the bench but put him in he's not gonna foul out) or get RJ out there and push the damn ball.