Illinois 82, Kansas 75 (Exhibition) Postgame
I love knowing I'm not the only one who's been thinking about this huge check TSJ wrote leading up to the game. No doubt, this man called his bank.
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pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Exhibition schmexhibition.........................That was a regular season played game and we just beat the # 1 team in CBB............Deon just said this was a measuring stick for the Illini and we measured up great !!!!!!!!!
Just saw glimpses of what BU and staff will do when the game is in the latter stages and close.......We had a lot of veteran's on the court with one thing on their mind.....TO WIN THE GAME !!!!
That pile up late in the game , I know , had BU and staff smiling big time...........
Poor lil huntie baby ......Can't win for losing , transferring away from scUM and still can't win against the Fighting Illini......
He also showed that no matter where you go , your true personality stills shows up.......Better officials would have called him for thuggery against Dain and kicked his arse out of the game.......but that's another storyline........
Great game by our Illini.............Right pru....??
Why yes , yes it was dear one........................It really really was....................
The Spice is AWESOME with this Illini team.........................It really really is...................
Waiting on BU for radio interview......................................
really special to do something to help other people...................
thank the fans for the donations................
we withstood so many things tonight....start of second half ...etc...... etc......
can't put a value on veteran leadership regarding lineup at end of game..............
everyday guy....do it everyday................
loved that court pileup at the end..............
now they start to count in the W-L columns...................
TSJ was great...........
Cohawk turned down a lot of shots , but then hit some 3's...........also was special on the defensive end...................
Harmon made some great plays.........................
Ty was terrific at the point tonight.............
rock chalk COHAWK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....I had to say it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Illini ladies upset purdont in volleyball last night...........
MBB beat # 1 ku tonight..............
Illini ladies play exhibition tomorrow night......
great time to be an Illini Fanatic,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it really really is......................
Livin the Illini High life........................................
Bye Bye huntie baby.................don't let the door hit ya where the good Ancient split ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And mccular as well. Adams and him combined for 12 foulls and 40 pts
more than half of their production came from foul troubled/wouldve been fouled out guys
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
My random thoughts 
I think we take away from this game that right now we are older and more experienced. The team didnāt look totally lost even when we had some scoring spells in the 2nd half. Last year would had been all hero ball and then ???
I think the ball movement can get even better as we grow as a team. I think we shared it well but not nearly as well as we will in March.
Without Dain in at times we seemed we couldnāt punish the post. But Iāll take that as the āHunter Dickinsonā factor of tonight.
Better outside shooting!
Kinda wish you could get more tick for Dain,Sencire, Goode who have all been so loyal. But, I guess you play who you feel most confident in.
We beat the #1 team in the country!!! Exhibition or not, you know both these teams treated it like a real game, or at least dress rehearsal. Just the fact we won will get our stock ticking up in media and fans nationwide . Iām so excited for this year .
I think we take away from this game that right now we are older and more experienced. The team didnāt look totally lost even when we had some scoring spells in the 2nd half. Last year would had been all hero ball and then ???
I think the ball movement can get even better as we grow as a team. I think we shared it well but not nearly as well as we will in March.
Without Dain in at times we seemed we couldnāt punish the post. But Iāll take that as the āHunter Dickinsonā factor of tonight.
Better outside shooting!
Kinda wish you could get more tick for Dain,Sencire, Goode who have all been so loyal. But, I guess you play who you feel most confident in.
We beat the #1 team in the country!!! Exhibition or not, you know both these teams treated it like a real game, or at least dress rehearsal. Just the fact we won will get our stock ticking up in media and fans nationwide . Iām so excited for this year .
Right, and we had a guy who, normally, would have fouled out, but continued to play, and they had two such guys.
A lot to like, nice game, yet a lot to work on, go Illini.
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Leading the #1 team in the country for 39 minutes, no matter how you slice it, is pretty pretty good.
Driving from Omaha in this crappy weather was distinctly worth the gas.
Driving from Omaha in this crappy weather was distinctly worth the gas.
I love that we won, but that game was very similar to last year. If we made threes, we won. If we didn't, we lost. We got dominated inside and made threes and free throws (not well) to make up for it. I like all the options and depth, but I would like to see us getting to the rim more to hit the high percentage shots. Leaning on 41% shooting from three isn't going to cut it. I hope we can do more 8nside.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
As for scoring I do believe you're correct.No, based off performance, Quincy G. is 3rd option.
I was referring to the third most important player on our roster, after TSJ and CH. In fact, I'd bet that Domask starts our first game and I'm not so sure QG will.
Takeaways from the exhibition:
- May have been an exhibition but both teams mostly played like it was for real. Maybe 5 minutes of scrub gametime overall, but the majority of the game was tight and meaningful.
- Illinois may hang around the top 25 all year long. Should be better than #25.
- Foul outs are stupid, and every game should be played without them. Have the best players in the game to close it out, rather than encouraging teams to go at one player in foul trouble. Only sport where playing the game normally results in an ejection from the game.
- May have been an exhibition but both teams mostly played like it was for real. Maybe 5 minutes of scrub gametime overall, but the majority of the game was tight and meaningful.
- Illinois may hang around the top 25 all year long. Should be better than #25.
- Foul outs are stupid, and every game should be played without them. Have the best players in the game to close it out, rather than encouraging teams to go at one player in foul trouble. Only sport where playing the game normally results in an ejection from the game.
Ty's layups were great. I loved it when CH passed on 3s and drove instead. That will keep defenders off him and give him the wide-open looks where he shoots the best and plenty of dunks, which are always the highest pts per shot, percentagewise.
Now HERE is a f***ing fan!!!
Other Peorians in the house tonight: Sergio and Griffen.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
I agree with this.
Seems that we still rely on the 3-pt shot a little too much. And Coleman and TSJ aren't going to hit them at a 50% clip all year long. In fact, Self pretty much said as much in his post-game presser.