Game Thread: Illinois vs Northwestern

[blife]

Will someone please wake these guys up and let them know they have a basketball game tonight. Brutal

 

[Illini8420]

I think TSJ came back too early

 

[Champaign88]

Northwestern has more ticky tacky fouls on every possession than I’ve seen from any team this year, but is never called for them. Holds, grabs, pushes on defense, and moving screens on offense.

 

[Goillinikobd]

These refs started off by calling absolutely nothing. Now they’re calling the ticky tack fouls. Just be consistent! That’s all we ask.

Oh, and for gods sake what does it take to get an illegal screen called in the Big Ten?!

These refs started off by calling absolutely nothing. Now they’re calling the ticky tack fouls. Just be consistent! That’s all we ask.

Oh, and for gods sake what does it take to get an illegal screen called in the Big Ten?!

The refs aren’t losing this game, we are. Turnovers, 0 for infinity from 3.,what the

 

[eas23]

1/4 from the FT line.
0/8 from 3.
8 TO’s.

Cmon, guys.

Damn refs

 

[grantlab]

Offensive flow is just non-existent. We’re not running anything and look so uncomfortable. Other team’s best guard torching us again? Go figure. I get this isn’t the best shooting team we’ve ever had, but if you don’t play your @SS off on defense, you’re not going to win games. No one wearing numbers other than 1 or 20 have showed up on that end.

 

[GallopingGhost]

Yeah, but we have a high ceiling.

We have a high ceiling but a deep basement

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

This team's off-nights are brutal

As long as our off nights are turnover city and ice cold shooting (we are SO BAD from three!!!!), I can’t get excited about March.

Even with NU’s CRAZY hot shooting, this would be a one possession game if we had even a C+ performance with turnovers and a B performance with shooting.

 

[Naborman88]

Hello second day of Big 10 tourney, and a number 12 seed in the NCAA

 

[azillini1]

How can we be 0 for 9 from 3?

Update 0 for 10

 

[grantlab]

Mayer is a boom or bust guy. When he's good, he's really good. When he's bad, he's a liability. Hoping he turns in around because we're on the verge of getting blown out.

Mayer is basically what Plummer was last year, but more athletic and not as good of a shooter. Neither try on defense.

 

[illinipimp]

Never a sense of urgency with this group. Spurts of total lack of focus.

 

[KingWolf11]

Yeah, but we have a high ceiling.

I don't agree with people that say this is the most frustrating team we've ever had.

But it is the unanimous #1 most confusing team we've ever had.

 

[Retro62]

This is going about as badly as it could possibly go…I have to think it gets better? Buie just the latest guy to have a career night on us?

 

[PNWIllini]

Can anyone shoot on this team

 

[SaintLIllini]

we’re just not making shots and they’re packing up the paint

 

[TCTORNADO]

We have a high ceiling but a deep basement

SI had us preseason #1 in BIG

 

[PassingBy]

Are we 2nd half team?

 

[LJ22]

What's that saying about having nothing nice to say? Seems apt for this game.

 

[BlindLoyalty]

Northwestern putting on a defensive clinic.

 

[FleetFeetIllini]

Are we 2nd half team?

We're a neither half team

 

[PNWIllini]

Mayer is a boom or bust guy. When he's good, he's really good. When he's bad, he's a liability. Hoping he turns in around because we're on the verge of getting blown out.

And the team follows this tendency

 

[Godard]

Is it too early for the “We Suck” meme?

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Mayer.....why? Why that shot?

 

[IlliniForceOne]

I love our athletes but we may want to try recruiting a shooter or two.