Game Thread: Illinois vs Northwestern

[illini80]

The good news: This would be an epic comeback.
The bad news: Everything we did in the first half. 0 for freakin 11?!

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

We just don’t have good guard play.

Yep And what wins in March? Just officially lost faith in this team, it’s not just things that are KIND of out of your control like shots falling … we look dumb, bored and slow. It’s nauseating.

 

[Dr Copejam]

well, maybe this won’t be a late night for me after all

 

[En Fuego]

Can a journalist in the post game please ask Brad why he never goes zone when his defense is struggling like it is.

 

[KingWolf11]

I would say under- achievers based upon all the hype. How many times have you heard the announcers say on paper we have the most talent. You could see this coming: poor 3 point shooting and too many TO's

At some point it comes to coaching. How many guys on NW would we have even offered and they just beat us by 20 in a half at home.

Same story as the Loyola game

 

[Illini in Indiana]

Double team by them - let's turn it over.

 

[HailtotheChief]

BU is a good evaluator of Rae T. But I don’t agree with who he at an he gets out coached too often

 

[IlliniSon]

Ridiculously poor performance. We’re not prepared and are being badly outplayed on our home court!

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

This is how we come out and compete in our biggest game of the year?

There’s seriously no rhyme or reason to this team, which makes it WAY harder to take than some of our McCamey Era teams that played down to the competition. This is infinitely more dysfunctional.

 

[illinipimp]

Double digit turnovers. Double digit missed 3’s. Another game another opposing player having a career game. Same crap different day.

 

[Miles Leonard]

Another game getting taken to the woodshed AT HOME. And by freaking Northwestern.

I don't care how good they are that should never happen.

 

[New Creation]

With the schedule that we have left. We will limp into but We will make the tournament as a 12 seed. Probably upset someone, then get blown out in the round of 32. Giving us a 3rd straight year of a 2nd round exit and a very disappointing finish to the year again.

 

[Illini8420]

Bead needs to hire an offensive coordinator and a defensive coordinator

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Two guys are trying...

Harris and Rogers

The rest are just going through the motions

Harris is trying hard, but he's getting torched on the defensive end.

 

[PassingBy]

Boo Buie >>>>>> UoI BB team

 

[D1959]

With the schedule that we have left. We will limp into but We will make the tournament as a 12 seed. Probably upset someone, then get blown out in the round of 32. Giving us a 3rd straight year of a 2nd round exit and a very disappointing finish to the year again.

NIT tournament?

 

[DB11Headband]

To come out so incredibly flat in this game is utterly inexcusable. The body language is even worse. Mental fortitude of this team is very questionable.

 

[Deep]

With the schedule that we have left. We will limp into but We will make the tournament as a 12 seed. Probably upset someone, then get blown out in the round of 32. Giving us a 3rd straight year of a 2nd round exit and a very disappointing finish to the year again.

The tournament is least of our worries. With effort like this we may not win another game

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

My god. What an absolute dumpster fire of a first half.

Our fans at home deserve better.

Exactly! How are you a D1 athlete playing in front of a home court atmosphere like ours and not only embarrassed right now but PISSED OFF enough to change things?!

 

[Champaign88]

Wow get over it, the refs are not killing us, we are perfectly capable of losing without their help.

Northwestern is torching us but it’s hard to get in a rhythm on offense when the other team is allowed to push you off your spot when screening, hold on every cut, and hack on shots around the rim. I’m sitting 30 feet from the court watching it. They are going to get wrecked by non big ten refs playing like this in the tourney.

 

[SaintLIllini]

our ceiling is overrated IMO

 

[BRucks]

2 assist. 11 Tos. 0-11 on 3s. 1-4 on FTs.

 

[Godard]

I'm at game and this team is lifeless and just got booed off the floor at half.

The effort is not there

Please keep us posted. I mean that without irony. Good teams react to things like this in a positive way.

 

[spillini]

Outcoached by a mile

 

[USAFILLINI]

Guys are putting up record numbers on us, once is a guy getting hot, this many is on the whole team, but the coaches job to prepare and adjust