Game Thread: Illinois vs Ohio State

[JSpence]

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This was on point near the end of the first half. Right now? Yeah, I also feel bad about this loss.

At least Kofi only has two fouls. OSU is spotless, though.

 

[Manual3for4peat]

This is awful. Where is our heart?

 

[illiniCA]

This is on DMW..

Honestly this might the worst I have seen kofi play in about a year

 

[the juiceman cometh]

Kofi got absolutely raked on that Liddell block.
The whole damn arm.

Went back and watched the replay again. All ball. Good block. Our players are losing this. Not the refs.

 

[Bigtex]

Reminds me of cincy game.

 

[blife]

How do we so often have these shooting slumps. We look completely rattled. F'ing punch back. OSU completely controlling the tempo

 

[DB11Headband]

2 points in the last 7 minutes of game time and BU trots out two freshmen who haven’t played in weeks. Got it.

 

[Illini8420]

Kofis gotta pass out if we’re gonna have any chance of going far in March.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

We lose this we are a .500 team since our 6-0 start. Teams have figured us out and we have not been able to adjust.

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

I didn't think curbelo played terrible in 1st half, yet Podz gets 1st tick in sometime when we are critical point in blowout happening....

 

[Hopingfor500]

They are doing a really good job collapsing on Kofi. Someone other than Plummer is going to have to make shots.

Bingo. People talking about energy, refs, seniors, so on and so forth. You hit the nail on the head.

This is a live by the three team, thus the scoring droughts and lack of free throws.

When the ball goes in the basket, everyone looks energized, excited, we're clicking, but when it doesn't.....people call everything into question.

This team is reliant on the three(especially when Kofi struggles to finish)...they need Plummer, Grandison and Frazier to supply it.

 

[CubsIlliniFan]

This is on DMW..

Actually, it was the stupid three that Trent took without getting into the offense. That is when their run started. Monte just helped it along.

 

[Illiniam1984]

This team isn’t going to win a championship this year with the way they are playing right now.

 

[grantlab]

Feeling quite like last year’s game at home against OSU.

 

[BostonIllini]

It’s embarassing how soft we look, and at home no less

 

[IlliniForceOne]

Live look at our lead in the B10.

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

To start a half this bad when we have at least a share of the B1G title right there is just brutal.

 

[hiberto]

turnover out of the timeout???

 

[Ramrod2010]

More interesting than the game.

I mean, you're not wrong.

And an offensive foul out of the timeout

 

[Naborman88]

Four turnovers vs 2 points

 

[grantlab]

Ah yes, the Payne-Belo-Hawkins lineup for INSTANT OFFENSE!

 

[Hopingfor500]

We lose this we are a .500 team since our 6-0 start. Teams have figured us out and we have not been able to adjust.

We played the soft part of our schedule the first half. That is a big part of it, plus we haven't shot the ball consistently well for a long, long time.

 

[madcrazeeballa]

Weak effort and soft play again

 

[PassingBy]

Out of a timeout, set play = walk and a TO

 

[CubsIlliniFan]

Bingo. People talking about energy, refs, seniors, so on and so forth. You hit the nail on the head.

This is a live by the three team, thus the scoring droughts and lack of free throws.

When the ball goes in the basket, everyone looks energized, excited, we're clicking, but when it doesn't.....people call everything into question.

This team is reliant on the three(especially when Kofi struggles to finish)...they need Plummer, Grandison and Frazier to supply it.

Yep, this is why we have these lapses.