They have two good big men, not feeling good about our chances
Yeah. Playing the best PSU team in a while, on the road, and a bad lineup matchup. Not ideal.
It's a home game, but agree that it's not a great matchup. I think they have one of the better starting 5s in the Big Ten. They have decent size, and are skilled and athletic. Their starters will be a tough group to guard. They don't have much depth though, so it'd be nice if we could take advantage of that by wearing them down and/or getting them in foul trouble. I think we'll have a chance. I don't feel great about our ability to win, for obvious reasons, but I don't imagine this one playing out much differently than most of our conference games have.
Whoops. You're right. Read versus as "at" for some reason. Still think it will take a Herculean effort to win.It's a home game, but agree that it's not a great matchup. I think they have one of the better starting 5s in the Big Ten. They have decent size, and are skilled and athletic. Their starters will be a tough group to guard. They don't have much depth though, so it'd be nice if we could take advantage of that by wearing them down and/or getting them in foul trouble. I think we'll have a chance. I don't feel great about our ability to win, for obvious reasons, but I don't imagine this one playing out much differently than most of our conference games have.
With all due respect, I think I've heard that song before. Unfortunately.
Trent Frazier said there was a "team issue" that was addressed yesterday morning. Underwood said team was in the gym at 6 a.m. Not related to the game on Thursday night.
https://twitter.com/DPiper247
Underwood: (Penn State) is a team offensively that has a lot of pieces. They're not an extremely deep team. We'll have to sit down and guard and play better than we did (against Wisconsin). #Illini
Underwood: Penn State will run a few actions but if we don't deny and if we don't play with more inspiration, with more fire than we did (against Wisconsin), they'll be a bad matchup, too. #Illini
Underwood: The object is to score. I don't care where it comes from. #Illini
Underwood: There are nights things don't work. We're challenged at times scoring the basketball. Getting the ball to Leron sometimes isn't as easy as it sounds, but someone has to deliver the ball to Leron. #Illini
https://twitter.com/srrichey
Game Notes
BTN: Cory Provus & Shon Morris
http://fightingillini.com/news/2018/2/10/mens-basketball-game-notes-vs-penn-state.aspx?path=mbball
It's a home game, but agree that it's not a great matchup. I think they have one of the better starting 5s in the Big Ten. They have decent size, and are skilled and athletic. Their starters will be a tough group to guard. They don't have much depth though, so it'd be nice if we could take advantage of that by wearing them down and/or getting them in foul trouble. I think we'll have a chance. I don't feel great about our ability to win, for obvious reasons, but I don't imagine this one playing out much differently than most of our conference games have.
6 am meeting after a later night game, oh boy, I bet that was sweet. If they didn't like things before they sure loved that. Hope we have some good shooting vs PSU. Our lack of any perimeter shooting has given us the biggest problem. No shots from the outside allows it to be a clogged lane. Let's see who shows up. Jordan, Alstork Finke, could you please shoot? And make a few?
We’re going to lose by 20+.
Have we gotten anyone into foul trouble?
Have we gotten anyone into foul trouble?
Williams should be seeing the court before Smith IMO. Better D, passer and high BB IQ. I almost feel like BU is forcing the Smith play to backup his earlier comments.