Game Thread: Illinois vs West Virginia

[IlliniMed]

put tjl in

 

[SuperMetroid]

Weak and soft as marshmallows this team is

 

[illiniguy24]

What do you think Whitman says to himself when he watches these games?


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[JudsonFTS]

Geez. Not Tate. Bring in TJL.

 

[DoctorOrange]

Boy this is embarassing

 

[CoalCity]

Bout time they called a body foul on the press

 

[IlliniMed]

Would you look at that... you attack the press and they foul you? Wonder how that works....

 

[aluma]

It's hard not to argue that Groce is not getting it down. So hard to watch us have this talent and play so poorly. We are so unprepared

 

[TownieMatt]

Dribble around the double team! You will get fouled!!! Stop jumping to make passes! Coach your team John Groce!!!

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Sorry, I'm gonna hate: I don't get Tate. Should barely ever play.

 

[aluma]

We are getting absolutely abused on the boards.

 

[illiniknight]

Tate's biggest problem against the pressure is over dribbling. Need to attack by passing the ball. Dribbling leads to turnovers.

 

[aluma]

Oh and make your free throws

 

[IlliniMed]

So... will WVU's aggressive style hold during conference play?

 

[GortTheRobot]

It's hard not to argue that Groce is not getting it down. So hard to watch us have this talent and play so poorly. We are so unprepared

That's what frustrates me too, we do have good talent, they just don't seem to have any identity or game plan for success.

 

[Smultronstallet]

I'm enjoying the commentary much more than the game. Silver linings.

 

[Hoppy2105]

Oh wow, if you pass quickly and get the ball across half court you get good looks and they foul. What a novel idea.

 

[sunman]

Abrams just lets the defense setup. Then throws the ball away.

 

[IlliniRon]

Wow, fundamentally, that is just a bad team out there. Can't break a press, can't rebound, can't shoot free throws. Won't win any games playing like this unless you have cupcakes on the schedule.

 

[TownieMatt]

We are getting absolutely abused on the boards.

Groce! We can't rebound in this zone. It's killing us. Wake up!!!!!!

 

[illiniknight]

We are getting absolutely abused on the boards.

Our bigs, other than Black, are poor rebounders. Biggest problem in this game is they are slow.

 

[Illiniguy13]

The lack of rebounding is troubling.

 

[skyIdub]

It's hard not to argue that Groce is not getting it down. So hard to watch us have this talent and play so poorly. We are so unprepared

Uhhhh passing talent? Rebounding talent? Blocking out talent? Defensive talent?
I'm not seeing a lot of talent here.

 

[aluma]

We have no idea how to get position or box out on rebounds. And this has been an epidemic doe Illinois since Groce has been here.

 

[coltjames03]

I been one of Groces biggest supporters and I apologize to everyone time for him to go