Illinois 76, Rutgers 58 Postgame
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Noice.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Can’t ask for a better start to conference play than that. B1G title is there for the taking.
Huge win!!! Let's keep rolling next week!!!!
Great win on the road. Way to go.
Was kind of worried about this game. Mostly because I respect the coach and their arena. Huge win.
Absolutely dominant second half of basketball by our guys. Completely shut Rutgers down.
First Big Ten road opening win since 2010? Heck yeah. Been way too long. Big things coming for this team.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
I love the fact that we came out with our focus exactly where it should be and didn't need to claw our way back into this. That's what good teams should do and what we lacked last year against pretty much everyone we played. Hopefully, they keep this energy
Shannon “potential” 1st team All American lol yea ok
Ball movement. Patience finding shots. Protecting the rim. Cohesiveness on both sides of the ball.
I think Underwood can use the tape of this game as a flowing visual example of what he means when he said “he wanted to get old as a roster”. This was a demonstration of well coached, superior decision-making basketball.
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When we pushed the score on em to 64-44, I slapped my chest and declared “WHO WANTS SOME UH ILLINOIS?!?!?”. The thing is, I happen to be at the beach in Mexico at the moment, and I got some wild looks from the locals.
If y’all don’t see me post for about a month, please call the Embassy.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Elite defense and the best player on the court. It's going to win us A LOT of games.
madillini4
Ozamataz Buckshank
- Millywaukee
Impressive. Let’s see more of that at MSG on Tuesday!
Team really looks locked in. Great start to B1G!
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
A pleasure to watch.
There's a lot of things to point out. I'll just go with this for now:
TY was a monster on the boards.
There's a lot of things to point out. I'll just go with this for now:
TY was a monster on the boards.
I don’t think RU is that good this year, but the WAY we won this game makes me think we are capable of winning at least 8 of our 9 road games. Not saying we will, but nice to think we can.