Game Thread: Illinois vs Ohio State

[80'sIllini]

Those 2 missed front ends of a 1 on 1 by KJ are game killers.

 

[HailtotheChief]

Missing 2 front ends at a key moment. Damn we need those

 

[TheodoreRex]

KJ has cost us 4 points... Kylan can't guard... White is unplayable... Ben is unplayable...

Am I missing anything?

 

[Illini8420]

Play DGL 40 minutes a game I don’t care

 

[BlabDunkAnd1]

We need this game so badly for our confidence right now. Hope they can find a way

 

[NarrowJ]

3 pt shots

OSU 10-17
ILL 4-20

 

[Class_of_2020]

The KJ hype train needs to end. Worst player on the floor

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Not game related, but dissapointed in illini admin sometimes. Have recognized veterans on veterans day the last 3 years and no veterans of the game recognition last 2. We are in the heart of America.

 

[madcrazeeballa]

why are we letting thornton do that same off screen wide open shot every time?

We don’t make defensive adjustments

 

[illinipimp]

Another game we just can’t seem to get over the hump and grab the lead. Help defense not good.

 

[DeeIL89]

Those two missed free throws from KJ are inexcusable. We are getting in the habit of missing opportunities.

 

[Champaign88]

I love how it takes this announcer 2/3rd of a game to realize we should maybe try some sort of pick and roll coverage that is not going over the screen every damn time and our coaching staff is either too stubborn or too dumb to figure out the same thing after teams abuse us on it all year.

 

[Ryllini]

Thornton is growing a Boswell on his hip. Good player.

 

[DevILLDawg]

Going over the screen has made things easy for OSU. I'd love to see us switch it up some

 

[PasadenaIllini]

KJ doesn't understand that those lazy passes just don't work at this level. We are lucky he didn't have another turnover on that play before the timeout.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

why are we letting thornton do that same off screen wide open shot every time?

If we're calling that a "wide open shot", I don't know what a guarded shot is. That is a terrible quality shot, it just happened to go in.

 

[FoundersClub]

3 pt shots

OSU 10-17
ILL 4-20

The difference and then some. Missing front ends also doesn’t help.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

We don’t make defensive adjustments

He's making tough shots. Just have to tip the hat at some of them.

 

[WyattEarp]

If either /both of DGL and Morez go the way of Sencire and Hansberry I’m gonna be so damn pissed.

 

[stlrunner]

Now would be a good time for KJ to start shooting to his averages. Those missed front ends are gonna haunt us.

 

[DICKnaggie]

We are not adjusting defensively. They continue to get what they want and it looks easy, but where is the counter?

 

[SuperMetroid]

Guard the stupid pick and roll that every team runs against us 8 million times literally every game

 

[BigE]

What happened to Boswell's lock down defense from earlier in the year?

 

[Ryllini]

3 pt shots

OSU 10-17
ILL 4-20

Free throws are making me throw up more than the 3's today.

 

[walzon]

3 pt shots

OSU 10-17
ILL 4-20

die by our 3s
die by their 3s