Game Thread: Illinois vs Xavier

[ginabackes00]

I keep looking at the clock and it feels like it never moves. 74 points with 7 min left is crazy.

 

[madillini4]

Get this to the under 4 then salt it away

 

[HailtotheChief]

Hey...who doesn't believe Kylan is an elite guard? You-know-who I'm taking to! ILL!

 

[sacraig]

Ben's been AWFUL

He's been decent on...

 

[spillini]

Perfect from the line 16-16

Poster of this for the Ubben wall

 

[Captain 14]

Good grief announcers can't even read the graphics on the screen

 

[Keisersose]

Now is the part of the game we don’t need to be shooting jump shots in the first 7 seconds of the shot clock.

 

[Battle89]

He doesn't spend much time on college basketball... whoever he picks to win take the other team

Didn’t know Charles and I had so much in common

 

[PapaDelsMadeMeFat]

Kentucky looms in 43 hours… can’t shrink the rotation now. But he could stop shooting

Give Jake some tick then.

 

[DeeIL89]

IT'S ABOUT DANG TIME !!!!!!!!!!!! I DON'T WANT TO SEE HIM TOUCH THE FLOOR AGAIN TONIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!!

AND I'D BE FINE IF I DIDN'T SEE HIM TOUCH THE COURT THE REST OF THE DANG SEASON !!!!!!!!!

Why Ben was seeing that many minutes on the floor and Tre sitting on the bench that long is baffling.

 

[HailtotheChief]

Yo Chuck? Wassup?

 

[cjw1901]

Miller went with the pray-Ivisic-misses defense, and Tomi burned him with 57% from 3!

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Don’t think Ben has been good by any means but we have outscored them by 8 since he came in.

Not saying he should be in. Just an observation

So this is why +/- is a fallacy and called a junk stat. Because it doesn't matter if you're driving that differential, being a passenger, or even weighing it down like in this case. It's also why using it and defensive efficiency to make coaching decisions is so incredibly aggravating

 

[New Creation]

Another record set this year.

 

[PlayDeeBrownNote]

We’d be a 2 or 3 seed if Ben could hit some shots. How many times are we on runs and his balls just don’t drop.

If only we had Dix, maybe the balls would drop

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

Why Ben was seeing that many minutes on the floor and Tre sitting on the bench that long is baffling.

That's on Brad ... It has been all season ... Tre getting DNP - Coaches Decision and Ben playing 30+ minutes chucking bricks ...

I do NOT want Ben back next year ... He does nothing well ... He brings nothing to the table ...

 

[zentrails]

Hey...who doesn't believe Kylan is an elite guard? You-know-who I'm taking to! ILL!

He's pretty, pretty, pretty good

 

[WyattEarp]

Yo Chuck? Wassup?

ZzzzzzzZzzzzzzz…..zzzzz…snort….zzzz

 

[illinifan1987]

I don't know if it's just the alcohol or what, but this is the least stress inducing game that I've watched all year. There has never been a point where I thought, "we're going to lose". Apologies to Miller/Indy

 

[HailtotheChief]

If only we had Dix, maybe the balls would drop

Im.62...if dix plays for the Illini I got pills n he can carry it with a wet towel!

 

[ginabackes00]

Boz picked a good time to start hitting threes

 

[BDMAN]

OK guys we are in the bonus time to start driving and get fouls we have a double digit lead we do not to jack 3's, play smart!

 

[TampaToo]

Better ball control and this game would not be anywhere near close as it is. Great game overall.

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

Ill say it, just so nobody else has to. We're up 17, but could be 26 if Ben had made the WIDE OPEN 3s that he bricked...

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Yo Chuck? Wassup?

The wife thinks he was stoned.