Game Thread: Illinois vs Penn

[Witherspoon_illini]

This game should be the same score as the Houston game

 

[jumpingjack]

I would fight the entire bar with David Mirkovic.

Take all my likes in perpetuity

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

This Levine guy is !!!.

Please stay out of foul trouble guy so you can stay on the court

 

[BrimfieldBomber]

Mirk gets the assist, but should get more credit for drawing the isolation and kicking out to an open Keaton for 3.

B-E-A-Utiful!!!

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Ben is a +20 right now. Jake is a -6. Stay with it.

 

[SuperMetroid]

No way can we lose against a team with a guy named Scantleberry

Or Augustus Gerhart

 

[Thaillini22]

Mills will get 40.

Wanna bet?

 

[TheFlyingIllini1317]

Let’s run these annoying little !!!!! out of the gym now, please

Show a killer instinct here. Important for the rest of the tourney.

 

[skyIdub]

Zanoni's career game is 30. Because you all wondered.

 

[SampsonRelpenk]

This is one of the most hideous perspectives I’ve read here in quite a while.

So basically all rebounding is is luck and where the ball bounces?

That’s how Mike Davis did it!

/s

 

[PopChampaign]

We knew someone would go off and be well above their average, that’s what we do. Just have to limit everyone else and we’ll be good. This is Mirks game & I’m fine with that. I expect Wagler to catch fire next game

 

[Sim]

Now. Do we have the discipline to keep going inside? Or do we revert to lazy threes? Coach should have a lot to say about that.

Agree. Underwood needs to tell them that. I’m really beginning to wonder what he does.

 

[nyc_illini]

Jake getting torched by Zanoni

 

[NASchamp]

Anyone else loving all of the rich kid names of the Penn players?!

Did I catch a Scantleberry in there?

 

[CDRUSN]

Man Mountain Mirk, Mirk the Merciless, the Montenegrin Monster, the Mirkant of Death. Penn has to wipe that Mirk off their face.

 

[jumpingjack]

20–20 for Mirk tonight?

 

[AnnaMay]

Right but this metric is poor and includes a "luck" factor. If the ball bounces the other way off the rim, we do not get those possessions and second chance points. The eye test of this game says "Illinois is not good"...

 

[Altgeld's Bells]

I would like to see some Z alley-oops. We are missing those tonight

 

[RowdyFromRow22]

I would fight the entire bar with David Mirkovic.

This may be the best comment anyone could make about him. And I completely agree.

 

[Dawgss4life]

PUT AS BACK IN!
What is the underwood’s problem? Jake can’t hit a wall from ten ft. Bo’s has been in three times as long and has the same rebs 2 as AS and 7 pt to 4 pts. 2 were garbage

 

[RIP_Chief_2003]

If we are struggling like this against Penn's defensive press/pressure, VCU will be a problem...

 

[Jon]

Tomi's driving from the 3pt line and drawing fouls, lol

 

[foby]

Mirk's handles even looking tighter

 

[PopChampaign]

On fouls like that, I’d like to see Tomi at least TRY to finish, that foul was weak af

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

True, the way we’re playing defense, they better keeping getting them back

In all fairness, we might not against ELITE defensive rebounding teams (though we did get 15 against Michigan State).

However:

Houston is 197th.

Penn is 184th.

VCU is 147th.