Game Thread: Illinois vs Penn State

[NashvILLe05]

And points!

Haha true! 64-34 as I post this.

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

Humrichous with zero points this half… more like BUM-richous, amirite?

 

[derrick6]

Point guard Ty

 

[CDRUSN]

This may not be full payback for all those recent years of losing to Penn State, but it's damn close. When they go to sleep tonight, they better double check under the beds to see if any Illini are lurking. We are the stuff of nightmares.

 

[green_bay_energy]

Penn State < Chicago State

 

[NarrowJ]

It should be like 80-34 right now with how many wide open 3s we've missed

 

[DICKnaggie]

It should be like 80-34 right now with how many wide open 3s we've missed

And Bunnies in the last few minutes.

 

[Heisenbobble]

I’m feeling like Booth won’t be with us next year. Just a guess.

 

[Epsilon]

This is really fun! Let’s gooooooo! I-L-L

Great shots!

 

[SummerofGeorge]

Guys... This is a 12-3 PSU team that is tough and is no joke at all.. We are missing our BEST player by far and making this team look like Chicago State that we played recently.

They are also missing 2 key players but your point stands

 

[and 69 others]

So Booth is not deserving of any tick in a game like this?

 

[derrick6]

Morez should already have his double double.

He got defensive rebound, missed the Outback, got the offensive rebound. 10 rebounds total

 

[NashvILLe05]

I want to beat them by 50. Not just for KenPom/Net rankings but also to demoralize them so they remember if we draw PSU in the B1G Tourney.

 

[kyillinifan]

My ? Did anyone expect this tonight? How many bunnies have missed. Go Illini. I like the tops they are wearing tonight.

 

[TheodoreRex]

So Booth is not deserving of any tick in a game like this?

I'd guess it's practice related...

 

[blife]

Go get your Double Double Rez

 

[Epsilon]

Penn State with a real brickfest.

I love our offense but our defense has been spectacular.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

We are shooting 43% and winning by 30.

 

[abchew2]

There has got to be other issues in practice for Booth to not be on the floor in blowouts like this. He did have the worst body language on the team after the Oregon win

 

[Battle89]

The best Illini team. The close call is the 2005 team.

Come on. I love this team, but it already has more losses than 2005 did all season.

 

[FloridaMan]

Blow the lid off this thing!!!!!

They indeed did blow the lid off! Thank you fellas. Great effort all the way around tonight!

 

[illini0440]

You are, by far, one of the most insightful, plugged in people on the board. I love reading your stuff. That said, when this style didn't work versus TN because shots weren't falling.....donors were apparently out for blood because we lost.

This is going to be a highly, highly, highly volatile offense all year. The pendulum is going to swing in both directions. Shooting all of the perimeter jumpers almost got us beat at Washington and did get us best versus NW and TN because we couldn't properly close the game out. HOWEVER, there's no team in the college basketball planet that could have beaten us versus Oregon.

Living by the three and dying by the three is a real thing. I'd like to see us be able to run sets because, in the long run, it's what wins...most notably late in games, but when the shots are going down....it's damn fun to watch.

1. We lost on a last second layup to Tennessee. Wasn’t like we got blown out.

2. Rich people are impatient and think they are really important(they are important) but they don’t really know much about the actual sports they are donating too for the most part.

3. We run a lot of stuff. If we truly loved by the 3 and died by the 3 we would have a lot worse record this year.

 

[battle]

For all the negativity, Will plays within his role, has 4 rebs, 5 assists, several loose balls, has played good defense

 

[FloridaMan]

So Booth is not deserving of any tick in a game like this?

Definitely trust the staff at this point. His body language has been poor all season in games. May have been a bigger jump up in competition than he originally expected? Just guessing.

 

[illiniE]

I was going to mention that earlier. The crowd didn't bring much energy from the jump.

Students are still on break.