Game Thread: Illinois vs Xavier

[Epsilon]

Tre gets pushed all the way to Racine… no call.

I saw that. Wtf?

 

[cs04]

Hell yeah KB!

 

[CleverHandle1]

That was a foul on Rez. Out of bounds to X was a horrible call. X fouled KB but no call.

 

[Tables@EddieMunster]

Lolololol THAT is ‘24-‘25 Illini basketball

 

[DICKnaggie]

Robbed on the last three fouls. Terrible.

 

[PizzaHutParkingLot]

Xavier is getting so lucky, as long as we don’t poop the bed in the 2H, I feel good

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

Glad to see we had a play to run in that situation to get a great look before the half ...

 

[OneTime3]

Thank God, some momentum on the way out.

Game has been a mix of Xavier getting incredibly lucky and rigging by the refs.

 

[New Creation]

We are not playing well ever since Brad subbed in Ben. Messed up the rhythm of the team. That was a horrible last 10 minutes BUT we are still up by 5 at half.

 

[FromTheLogo]

So far, we've had 17 points impacted by the refs. Xavier walked under the basket - no call - then passed out for a three. No foul call on KJ's drive, and I don't think Will stepped out. Always have to overcome more than our share of adversity it seems.

Fixed it for you

 

[UCantHideYer]

Boswell…..no no no….Yes!

 

[TheChief4Life]

Not even sure what to think about this first half. I was way more excited ten minutes ago.

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

Sloppy as heck in the 1st half so I'm fine with the Illini being up right now.

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

Xavier is getting so lucky, as long as we don’t poop the bed in the 2H, I feel good

I don't ... Didn't like the way we ended the half ...

 

[HailtotheChief]

Go Kylan! Let's put the hate to rest! ILL..! He is a kid at 19 and a baller!

 

[One Man Fast Break]

If you said up five at half you take it

 

[HereSoIDontGetFined]

Strangely didn't use a timeout to set up a play but I won't argue with the results.

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Value the ball, quit standing, don't get outcoached and we win

 

[NarrowJ]

If I'm either coach at halftime I'm telling my team to poke, hand check, bump on D because it's not being called

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Alright, good 1st half. Ton of effort. Keep going at them these next 20minutes and their legs are going to start getting heavy. Important to come out of halftime stretching this lead

 

[Homecoming 2019]

Turnovers is the game right now

 

[BDMAN]

Onions, but have to play smarter in the 2nd half. Need adjustments as Xaiver has started to defend Tomi in the pick and pop, he needs to pos. He could use another year with Fletch to get a stronger base

 

[Rusty]

Not even sure what to think about this first half. I was way more excited ten minutes ago.

That'll happen

 

[Illini in Indiana]

playing well, hitting shots, Rebounding, ..... now value the ball!!

 

[hoopsfan47]

Hope we don't end up paying a huge price for all the sloppy turnovers. Otherwise, a plus half and with better than avg. shooting and better than avg. defense...which is not saying a whole lot.