Illinois 90, Arkansas 77 Postgame
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Nice win for Our Beloved over the University of Kentucky at Fayetteville.
Jumped on them early and maintained a good lead throughout. Good ball movement. Solid outside shooting and Threes raining down with regularity. Feisty Illini defense.
The Euro Guys really putting on a show.
These Illini are such a fun group to watch. So much talent spread over the entire group of players. Savvy veteran players and young real ballers to back them up.
Coach and Staff really know how to locate the nice player-pieces and assemble them into a nice collective.
Illini look like a solid Top 20 team for the Season (and higher if they play up to their ability).
Much to be thankful for today.
Jumped on them early and maintained a good lead throughout. Good ball movement. Solid outside shooting and Threes raining down with regularity. Feisty Illini defense.
The Euro Guys really putting on a show.
These Illini are such a fun group to watch. So much talent spread over the entire group of players. Savvy veteran players and young real ballers to back them up.
Coach and Staff really know how to locate the nice player-pieces and assemble them into a nice collective.
Illini look like a solid Top 20 team for the Season (and higher if they play up to their ability).
Much to be thankful for today.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Kept them at arms length the entire way. A statement win. The first of many.
There must have been a rift in the fabric of space-time during this game, because we experienced a little bit of time travel.
For stretches of the game, a window seemed to open to a vision of our future. An international all-star team suddenly performing at maturity. A stunningly dynamic assortment of weapons working in fluid cohesion.
Ivisic, a suddenly decisive big man with pure, instinctive shots from deep.
Boswell, a bull dog off of any kind of leash, delivering all those weightroom hours directly into the chest of every defender.
Humrichous, an unthinking 3pt generating machine.
And KJ, with his performance down the stretch, teaching all the Arkansas fans watching how they say “goodnight” in Lithuanian.
Everything working all at once.
(And this is still just the beginning).
This season bout to be crazy fun.
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!
Well... that didn't suck.
Hell of a win!
Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
I said this in the game thread, but I think it's worth repeating here.
Illinois did to Arkansas what Alabama did to Illinois.
Illinois did to Arkansas what Alabama did to Illinois.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
As the younger brother, I totally feel Tomi’s desire to go straight at his older brother all game. 21 points on 6-9 from 3, with 10 rebounds, 2 assists, and 3 blocks. You can tell that meant a lot to him.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
We jumped on them out of the blocks and kept our foot on the pedal, great win for this young team!!!!
That was better than Grandma's chicken and noodles.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
Down goes Arkantucky!
We’re gonna be real hard to beat when we shoot the 3 like this
We’re gonna be real hard to beat when we shoot the 3 like this
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
Holy phlurking schnitt, we are good offensively.
If this team can even be above average defensively, this is going to be a DANGEROUS team come March.
If this team can even be above average defensively, this is going to be a DANGEROUS team come March.
Obviously KJ and Tomi were really good. But Morez is really becoming a stud.
We scored 90 and Riley only 5. Wow
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