Game Thread: Illinois vs Purdue

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spillini
sacraig said:
The good news: I haven't been able to watch any of this game since the 10-0 run

The bad news: It was followed by a 17-2 against us and the reason I can't watch is because my kids are being absolutely awful.

What on Earth
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Bench the kiddos
 
#402      
CasualObserver05
The one "adjustment" I would like to see in the 2nd half is run, run, run. Their half court defense has been really good and Kofi just doesn't have the advantage in this game. Make their bigs try and run with us and don't let their defense set.
 
#403      
hoopsfan47
Getting hammered on the stat sheet...only two good ones. Kofi was 4-4 from the stripe and we are winning the turnover battle 8-5. But the rest is embarassing.
 
#404      
2qtslow
Plummer seems to be hot or cold - never any in-between.
 
#405      
Keisersose
grantlab said:
Some of y’all acting like if 3 more shots didn’t fall for us we wouldn’t be saying “wow this is one of the best college basketball games between the 2 best teams in the B1G…” I think we at least take a lead in the 2nd half. TBD if we can win… 🤷🏻‍♂️
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If we ever get the lead we won IMO. This feels like a game where we cut it to 7 or 4 multiple times but never get over the hump.

Need 3 pt shooters to get hot.
 
#407      
InDaAZ
Plummer passed up one or two wide open threes again. BU is going to start wondering why he has him out there… Quick, someone put more arrows in his quill!
 
#408      
IlliniForceOne
2qtslow said:
Plummer seems to be hot or cold - never any in-between.
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This goes for our team. And it is exactly why we miss Ayo so much. He was incredible at settling us down, and getting right to the rim when we needed a big bucket or needed to extinguish a run.

We have a habit of getting flustered this year and when that happens we often settle for mid range jump shots or contested 3's.
 
#411      
618to217
No hesitation. Quick passes and step into the dang shot. Kofi seal em off and push them past the FT line.
 
#412      
Deep
Cheering as hard as I can but this one does not look good. We have been outplayed and outworked....and we can't make shots.

Not a good Trifecta
 
#413      
sacraig
Well we went on a 10-0 run already. We can certainly do it again. I'd love to see the fouls called evenly, though. We are having a hard enough time laying bricks. We don't need the stripes to help us lose this.
 
#416      
IlliniKat91
We need to crash the boards. It seems like we're too used to watching everything go in. It's time to get smart and get second chance points.
 
#419      
Hopingfor500
What I'm getting from this thread is that nobody (or most) aren't surprised by this. The chance we have is the ability for our guards to go nuclear shooting the ball.

I did underestimate Edey significantly. He's the best player on the floor and it's not close. This difference between when he's in the game vs out of the game is startling.
 
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