Game Thread: Illinois vs UConn

[FromTheLogo]

Dain gotta hold his own on D against Clingan. Don't mind him going at Clingan as the dancing bear a few times to see Clingan get his second.

 

[HailtotheChief]

We need five shooters on the floor

Or 4 with Dain on the Big

 

[NarrowJ]

I think Hurley was warned about being on the floor, last 3 possessions or so standing with his back against the scorers table with arms crossed

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

It's apparent that Clingan is the key to this entire game. They are a shell of themselves without him in there.

 

[IlliniWC]

Good play when Clingan is out, but need to do whatever we can to keep him out or handle him better.

 

[hoopsfan47]

Get their *****ing coach off our floor while we're on offense!!! WTF

If I had the whistle he would have been teed up.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Clingan is the X factor tonight. We have to keep him off the floor

He's not the X-factor, he is THE factor. We identified that going in. Gotta aggressively take it into him and hope he fouls

 

[BDMAN]

Let's give them a game, make them know our name THE FIGHTING ILLINI...none of that double digit victory stuff here.

 

[IllinistuckinGopherland]

Dain gotta hold his own on D against Clingan. Don't mind him going at Clingan as the dancing bear a few times to see Clingan get his second.

Whole plan right now should be to get his second

 

[FloridaMan]

So they can just body TJ at the rim I guess

 

[PopChampaign]

We look Alive fellas BELIEVE

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Dain's D on that was huge.

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

So we're more like the quiet guy in the bar that dudes keep f'ing with until he's mad....and they find out he's a former Navy Seal?

So basically every Steven Seagal movie, got it.

 

[FloridaMan]

Domask is getting fouled non stop

 

[hiberto]

SVG calling out two missed fouls by the stripes

 

[madillini4]

No whistles

 

[jimbo72]

They have to call fouls on Ucon. Tsjr mugged

 

[TheChief4Life]

I feel like we stop driving like 6 feet from the basket in order to avoid contact. Seems the opposite of what we should want to do.

 

[New Creation]

DD what are you doing out there

 

[FloridaMan]

 

[FoundersClub]

Clingan has an Edey like effect on the game.

 

[PopChampaign]

Why okay Hawkins on that guy makes no sense

 

[NarrowJ]

Difficult to do anything offensively with the amount of pushing and shoving that's being allowed

 

[TentakilRex]

Need to score when the giant is on the floor for them

 

[Champaign88]

Dain has to be in when Clingan is in, it is clear, come on…