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General Category => Fighting Illini Basketball Forum => Topic started by: frankiew on February 10, 2023, 02:09:49 PM
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Huge game for standings
I will be there!!
Let's go
Illini 72 Rutgers 63
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1pm
Huge game for standings
I will be there!!
Let's go
Illini 72 Rutgers 63
Which bathroom will you be in? Everyone should be forewarned, don't you think?
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Rutgers IMO is a must win game. We just came off a loss to Iowa and you can't afford to drop this game with the next two on the road being Penn State and Indiana. Because I feel like those two are going to be difficult to win. Tagging on a 4-game losing streak with Minnesota on deck would put our backs against the wall with a 16-10 record. Then comes the toughest part of the season with the closing schedule.
IMO this is the biggest game of the season. Absolutely a must win situation.
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Illinois by 20.
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We win if we shoot better than 30% from three and 65% from FT
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Evidently, they all got the green light.
https://www.wcia.com/sports/your-illini-nation/no-one-likes-3s-more-than-me/
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Which bathroom will you be in? Everyone should be forewarned, don't you think?
Depends.
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We win if we shoot better than 30% from three and 65% from FT
You sure?
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Looks like we are opening as a 2-point favorite.
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The game could be pivotal. It's time to start showing more hoops IQ and get a must needed home win, but this team looks to be hard headed.
We might need Dainja to have a good game against Omoruyi and don't let Mulcahy go off for 18 or so. Mag is out with an ACL tho.
Pikiell has been doing a good job at, believe it or not, Rutgers.
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Illinois' half-court offense vs Rutgers' half-court defense will be hard to watch @ times.
Maybe the entire game, who knows.
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Evidently, they all got the green light.
https://www.wcia.com/sports/your-illini-nation/no-one-likes-3s-more-than-me/
This is such a dumb strategy.
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Illini are -4.5 in today's paper. 3 to 5 always better than 2. Agree that this game is season defining. We showed up at IA and I think, if we bring same energy today, we'll get it done.
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Best case scenario we end up 22-9
Worst case we end up 19-12
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We win if we shoot better than 30% from three and 65% from FT
So it’s looking pretty iffy.
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Would like to see a 2 or 3 to 1 assist turnovers ratio today. Need this game badly.
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This seems familiar.
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Rutgers has 6 offensive rebounds already.
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Would like to see a 2 or 3 to 1 assist turnovers ratio today. Need this game badly.
3-5 to 1 is the ratio you're looking for.
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We have given up 7 offensive boards in the 1st 5 minutes of the game
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This is a bad match up. Rutgers #1 in defensive efficiency. We suck ass in the half court set.
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Who'da thunk we would need Harris to hit the 1st 3.
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Harris hits our first three. Just like we all predicted.
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Physical game.
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That's what we drew up out of a timeout. Good job, Brad.
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Mayer with a horrendous first half. Shannon wasn't great either.
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Mayer and Shannon with a poor first half and only down 4.
They need to get it to Dainja more often in the second half.
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Hawkins and Dain are keeping us in this.
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The strategy of leaving them open and hoping they miss finally worked right before the half!
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The strategy of leaving them open and hoping they miss finally worked right before the half!
Yep. Brad says he's content with giving up mid range J's all game. Rutgers is also content with hitting mid range J's all game.
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1-12 from 3 but we narrowed the rebound margin to down 4.
We didn't take advantage of Omoroyi with the 2 fouls.
Dainja with 11 and 4.
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Lol Hawkins complaining mid play.
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Lol Hawkins complaining mid play.
He's learning from the high school seniors masquerading as his teammates.
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Every time we think we're starting to cook, we do something stupid to give the momentum back.
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Am really liking the defense and energy from Harris and Rodgers.
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Hard to believe they are in this game
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Hard to believe they are in this game
I hate to say it, but the last few minutes have looked pretty good.
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Need to finish that break pass right to TSJ for the dunk. Come on Coleman.
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Hard to believe they are in this game
Yeah. Haven't gotten much from Shannon and Mayer has sucked today. Nice to see Hawkins being aggressive on offense
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I hate to say it, but the last few minutes have looked pretty good.
Are you toweling off Dom?
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Clearly off Rutgers. That could be a huge swing.
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4th on Omouruyi
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Rodgers cleaning up the glass big boy style.
Now we're starting to fuck. Keep it going!
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Good job getting the and 1 instead of someone missing a 3.
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Great run with Rodgers and Harris in the game. These guys need more pt. They've clearly passed Melendez in the rotation.
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Still might win by 20.
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Great run with Rodgers and Harris in the game. These guys need more pt. They've clearly passed Melendez in the rotation.
Because he sucks.
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Rogers is rebounding everything.
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8 minute scoring drought..for Rutgers!
They've missed open looks but we're finally hounding them.
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And now they just blew a 3 on 1 fastbreak. Rutgers is all out of sorts right now.
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Still not breathing easy. Close it out. Getting sloppy.
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Good that Hawkins decided to do something dumb.
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Still not breathing easy. Close it out. Getting sloppy.
I think you can breathe easy now
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We needed this for the resume. Smothering second half defense.
Rutgers still winless in our building.
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And Mulcahy is still a giant asshole
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We might need Dainja to have a good game against Omoruyi and don't let Mulcahy go off for 18 or so.
Dainja with 15 and 7. Omoruyi with 14 and 10.
Mulcahy with 12.
5-20 from 3. We might slip into the 300s out of 352.
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And don't look now but they just reached Dom's magical 17 win prediction with 7 games remaining.
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No Truth sightings? Shocking.
Awesome defense down the stretch. Some idiotic mistakes but that’s this team.
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Dom might be retiring from the board.
A 17-16 prediction is quite humiliating.
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No Truth sightings? Shocking.
Awesome defense down the stretch. Some idiotic mistakes but that’s this team.
"Illinois only won because Rutgers couldn't hit a shot. Rutgers is trash."
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They did miss some wide open shots. At the same time so did we. Both missed dunks. But make no mistake they were rushing and we were affecting their rhythm. Much the same way we missed a ton of layups against IU that were contested.
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No RJ minutes because he's suspended for violating
three point percentages everywhere team rules
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It’s just baffling how someone can have such a nice stroke and hit at a very high clip then all go a sudden can’t hit a boat from water
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Lol Hawkins was 7-8 from 2 with 8 rebounds. That's the game that RJM needs to work on for now. And play defense.
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Dom might be retiring from the board.
A 17-16 prediction is quite humiliating.
He also said Rodgers can't play at this level and compared Dainja with Sean Pruitt.
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Bardo compared Epps to a former BC gusrd that played in the NBA. I didn't catch the name.
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Bardo compared Epps to a former BC gusrd that played in the NBA. I didn't catch the name.
I'm not sure I've seen anybody throw the ball up off the backboard on a drive and have it go in as often as it does for Epps.
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Bardo compared Epps to a former BC gusrd that played in the NBA. I didn't catch the name.
Yeah, it was hard to pick up the name. Dana Barros comes to mind.
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Yeah, it was hard to pick up the name. Dana Barros comes to mind.
Or John Bagley
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I'm not sure I've seen anybody throw the ball up off the backboard on a drive and have it go in as often as it does for Epps.
Yeah it’s almost surprising when it doesn’t go in. If he sticks around for four years he’s going to be an all timer here. His offensive stats are almost identical to Dee’s freshman year. And it’s not like we are asking him to be the star by any means.
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I heard Whitman is trying to figure out who blew up the latrine
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Bardo compared Epps to a former BC gusrd that played in the NBA. I didn't catch the name.
Howard Eisely?