Game Thread: Illinois at Northwestern

[Second and Chalmers]

A TJL level PG 2 years ago and where would this program be right now?

We have TJL right now with a better roster than we had two years ago and we stink.

 

[bombayIllini]

Or the Falcons.

Lol

 

[89illinigrad]

Love the floor slap by the NU player and the ensuing layup by Morgan. Collins must have taught him that.

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[Second and Chalmers]

LMAO at the floor slap.....the guy who did it literally missed a layup 10 seconds ago.

If you thought Chris Collins had cured Northwestern of its Northwesterniness, you were mistaken.

 

[CoalCity]

Did we just come out of a timeout with the same hot lineup????

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

This team. This team I like to watch. I hope they stick around for a couple of hours.

 

[LurkLongandProsper]

Unreal pass by Lucas, he may be our best all around player.

He's a heck of a passer and a better defender than I expected, but it's hard to say best all around until he provides some consistent scoring. Besides, Malcolm hasn't graduated yet

 

[bombayIllini]

Lucas = Tom Brady!!!!!

Boy, the commentators are taking this seriously.

 

[CasualObserver05]

We have TJL right now with a better roster than we had two years ago and we stink.

Point taken

 

[Bleed O and B]

remember when DJW was the future....looks like it is clearly Kipper now!

 

[Adnarel]

Our offense looks much better playing tempo ball or in transition than we do in sets.

Not sure what message there is to infer from that.

 

[illini67]

Different team tonight

 

[oldman]

Who are these guys and what have they done with our basketball team? How do we get them to stay??

 

[bleedsorangenblue]

Lucas can score too!

 

[bombayIllini]

6/14

 

[geneseo]

15-0 run

 

[Illinifan533]

This is the first game I've actually been able to watch all year. Perhaps I need to rearrange my schedule to watch the rest.

 

[Second and Chalmers]

Who are these guys and what have they done with our basketball team? How do we get them to stay??

I haven't seen us defend like this in the half court in a long time.

 

[bombayIllini]

Looks like these kids are playing for their Coach.

 

[LurkLongandProsper]

NU is taking some pretty bad shots

 

[Bleed O and B]

note: I think TJL has not been subbed for yet...might this be the difference?

 

[Ransom Stoddard]

I haven't seen us defend like this in the half court in a long time.

Groce playing a rope-a-dope on the conference?

 

[Illinifan533]

Looks like these kids are playing for their Coach.

It might be too little, too late. The Big Ten is just not strong enough this year where a late run will have the same effect it did in '12-13.

 

[Adnarel]

I haven't seen us defend like this in the half court in a long time.

Couple of years at least, definitely. To be fair to Groce, he has put elite defenses together, but Egwu was always the anchor of them.

 

[CasualObserver05]

First possession TJL comes out for a rest and it ends up with MH with the ball in his hands at the top of the key, offense completely stagnant, end up with a prayer toss up.

TJL can't play 40 minutes, Trent Frazier, please come to Champaign next year! 2 PG's on the same team, wow would that be fun!