Illinois 87, Ohio State 75 Postgame

#106      
Dainja needed a game like this in the worst way. He has not been able to find a rhythm at all and I felt like he got into a bit of a groove with the minutes he got. He also showed that he can be effective and not hurt the team. I hope this goes a long way to get him more minutes
 
#107      
CoHawk will learn from the T.

QG will get some much needed rest and recovery.

TSJ, DD, AH, and DGL will have more confidence going into the rest of the B1G season.

Ty, MD, and JH showed great consistency, each in their own way.

LG is still an elite shooter but will need to improve his toughness on D after these last two games.

Lots of good things from this game film on the offensive side. I thought there was improved effort fighting through screens on the defensive side, but still some missed communication and poor execution on rotations and digs.
 
#109      
Agent 0 unlocked
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#114      
Ty is going to be an incredible college basketball player when it is all said and done and an even better player in the NBA. His growth, his ability to focus, his motor. The fact he sat out most of the second half for the last few games before this is damning. #freeTY
I appreciate Ty’s game and also appreciate the coaching staff‘s ability to recognize match ups decide minutes.
 
#115      
I missed my first game of the year and had to follow the game thread. I would have swore that we were down 15 at the halfby the comments.
 
#118      

altgeld88

Arlington, Virginia
I like. :illinois: 🏀

Besides TSJ’s complete offensive abuse of Buckeye defenders in 2H my favorites:

1. Dain’s supple, buttery, one-handed follow. That was Baryshikov-esque.

2. Seeing Quincy drive from the top of the key to the hole in like three steps. Only I then realized it wasn’t Quincy. lol. It was Amani.

3. Ty. All evening.

4. CoHawk’s tech. Love the guy but it’s about da$n time. Glad he finally paid for his histrionics. I wonder if Brad paid the officials for that. You know, Kevin Costner stylz in Bull Durham taking Tim Robbins down a peg or two. Hope CoHawk learns his lesson so that incontinence doesn’t bite us in March.

5. Harmon = dawg

Not pleased we let them shoot 50%, but fairly solid 2H from us. Gotta tighten the D. Glad we have only one game the next 11 days.
 
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