Game Thread: Illinois vs USC

[New Creation]

3

at home to...

 

[Fighting I 95]

Not really. A quad 3 loss at home and we will be 2 games behind in the BiG with indiana and mich st coming up

 

[ChiTown]

Looks like I got lucky having to attend my 5th graders basketball game instead of watching this. Still time for a comeback…but woof. Looks like a rough one so far.

You sure didn’t miss much.

 

[PasadenaIllini]

They woke up. It will almost certainly not be enough to win, but might make it close.

We left it way too late unfortunately.

 

[OrangeBlue98]

Whoever had the scout for today also has some serious explaining to do. This is just brutal.

Possibly the worst-prepared game I can think of in the Brad Underwood era.

 

[Battle89]

Ok so again:

What is our W-L record in the stretch of games you mentioned?

I would think “near loss” would be self-explanatory but apparently not. Please say again how negative we all are.

 

[PopChampaign]

Ivisic hasn't looked engaged all game.

 

[OneTime3]

Take back what I said about DGL getting more minutes, I think he gets de-motivated the longer he is in games watching all these turn around 3s while he stands on an island.

 

[JSpence]

Not really. A quad 3 loss at home and we will be 2 games behind in the BiG with indiana and mich st coming up

Exactly the situation we've seen recently, hoping for other teams to win and creep into better quads.

Losses to Northwestern and USC really, really undercut our legitimacy.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Claude finally misses, then everyone stands and watched.

 

[PasadenaIllini]

BLOCK OUT!!!!

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Whoever had the scout for today also has some serious explaining to do. This is just brutal.

Possibly the worst-prepared game I can think of in the Brad Underwood era.

Can't scout effort or thinking. Boswell was beyond awful and he was picking up the slack for KJ. His shot selection was ridiculous.

 

[FoundersClub]

Outworked. That play is symbolic of the game.

 

[BlueLeader]

No effort on the boards. Don't desire to win.

 

[azillini1]

Ivisic seems to have transitioned into a perimeter player. It appears he would benefit with more time in the weight room to be able to play down low in the Big Ten. He seems to have disappeared lately.

 

[Wazababybrucedouglaskid]

Just standing around!!!!!!

 

[Old Farm Illini]

Quad 3 loss if it this stands. Still have plenty of opportunities to earn a 2-3 seed but we can’t keep coming out so soft against the worst teams in the conference.

 

[Ty’s jump shot]

Yikes

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Tre and Ben just slept on that rebound

 

[BBlock24]

Everyone settle down. First, it’s a game. Second, it’s not over. Third, USC is better than their record. Plus, it’s not over yet.

It’s over lol but not the end of the world. It just sucks to lose this game at home and fall behind in the title race.

 

[FloridaMan]

Really cannot overstate how terrible this loss is for us. Really thought we had turned a corner.

 

[Get yourself a new map]

Seems like a good time to add - an injury to your non-shooting forearm that is painful enough to keep you from playing basketball is not something that just heels in a matter of days. I cannot imagine a full-strength KJ for at least 3-4 weeks.

 

[New Creation]

Thats game.. This was a wake up call today... You don't play hard and don't play as a team....you get embarrassed even at home!

 

[SuperMetroid]

No one boxed out on that shot

 

[tpaillini]

we can’t hold onto the ball at all