Zero fucking whistles on our end*
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Big game.
For those that did not see, Tennessee lost in a close game at Syracuse this week for the SEC/ACC challenge.
Tennessee is 7-2 on the season (ranked 21 in the NET) with a 1-2 record in their Quad 1 matchups. Their big win was a close win against Houston, and their two losses were relatively close games against Kansas and Syracuse.
Illinois is 6-2 on the season (ranked 26 in the NET) with an 0-2 record in their Quad 1 matchups. We shall not relive those.
We've had a full week of practice. We got embarrassed against UConn. Hoping we are up for this game, as we have @OSU looming next week....this TN game is the 2nd of a 3 game Quad 1 slate. And MAN it would be good to get a win in this series.
Tennessee is good, favored by 2.5, and just got embarrassed against Syracuse. The game is in Nashville, so will obviously be a semi-home game for them.
Thoughts? Expectations? Keys to the game? Vibes?
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 Illini Basketball vs. Tennessee Pre-Game and Game Thread: - JFG December 5, 2025, 10:08:10
- Great to see TTU shit pump LSU* - CWR10 Today, 15:45:25
- My pics: - JeffFrank Today, 13:02:13
- LaTulip gives Tomi his flowers - jdl Today, 12:37:25
- Looking at schedule- great opportunity to go on a run. Could see us at 16-3 by 1/22* - John Coctostan Today, 12:27:52
- Jumped 13 spots in the NET to 13* - Blazer Today, 11:14:21
- Glad JDL was right and I don't have to kill and eat Rick Barnes.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 10:56:42
- MVP Ben - DocWalk20 Today, 10:01:24
- Random observation: Players traveling with the ball on the catch is an epidemic. - Carl Spackler Today, 10:00:20
- Heard an Illini fan on the phone at the U16 TO in the 2nd telling his buddy we were much better and - ATL Today, 9:54:48
- Watched at a bar with no sound and they kept showing Jelly Roll when they cut to the announcers - RVA Today, 9:27:59
- TN falls from 19 to 34 in the NET. IL up to 13 from 26* - biclops Today, 9:02:40
- Dave Wischnowsky attended* - Poldark Today, 8:23:38
- With everything else he’s doing so well, man if we could get Boswell to find his shot again - OB25 Today, 0:20:29
- Welp, so much for that guitar - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 22:04:42
- Super fun game. Illini represented well.* - nash Yesterday, 21:53:11
- Huge win! * - Toonces Yesterday, 21:41:46
- What a great reaction to a poor first half. Really by everyone but mirkovic who didn’t really play.* - ATL Yesterday, 21:34:55
- I’m drunk in Indy tonight and saw none of this, but… - voiceofreason Yesterday, 21:21:02
- Did a good job on Ament defensively. He’s great* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 21:19:53
- Keaton Wagler's poise tonight against that D was incredibly impressive. - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 21:19:38
- Apparently there was a guitar involved - biclops Yesterday, 21:19:33
- Beat Ohio State.* - Poldark Yesterday, 21:18:21
- Is the team heading straight to Columbus?* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 21:17:40
- Up to 12 on kenpom. I’ll take it* - Blazer Yesterday, 21:13:50
- Maybe it’s the booze talking but it feels like they figured some stuff out tonight* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 21:09:39
- Hallelujah* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 21:09:31
- I think Ben does a lot of good things defensively and spaces the floor well - GMAW Yesterday, 21:09:21
- Shooting almost 40% from 3 made up for getting outrebounded by 14. #bizarroIllini* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 21:08:45
- Huge fucking win* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 21:08:00
- Good win. Nice bounce back. * - harb Yesterday, 21:07:18
- 2-2 against our marquee non-con slate is acceptable * - biclops Yesterday, 21:07:09
- Oh….Andrev. * - harb Yesterday, 21:05:04
- Good thing we didn’t tear the program to the ground at halftime as suggested here* - OB25 Yesterday, 21:04:08
- Our FT defense continues to be stellar tonight.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 21:03:36
- Jelly Roll must be stroking out** - Stu Yesterday, 21:03:15
- Great half. Contributions from almost everyone* - CWR10 Yesterday, 21:02:21
- Co* - OWWDig Yesterday, 21:03:56
- I love these guys, don’t trust my shit. LFG!* - Toonces Yesterday, 21:01:59
- Fuck yeah* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 21:01:01
- A lot of luck evening out here with the long bounces* - Blazer Yesterday, 21:00:55
- I like this second half team much better * - jdl Yesterday, 21:00:21
- LOL.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 21:01:02
- Mirk for 3. * - harb Yesterday, 20:59:56
- Huge.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 21:02:10
- Ben is so great* - Stu Yesterday, 20:59:24
- If I didn’t care about the outcome this would be really fun to watch* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 20:53:45
- Man if we could just string together a couple stops we could blow this thing wide open* - biclops Yesterday, 20:53:37
- Get to the paint, find shooters. Simple stuff* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:53:25
- humongous shots by Z* - snipes824 Yesterday, 20:53:23
- Big Z!* - ATL Yesterday, 20:53:18
- Don’t fucking leave Gillespie* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 20:52:51
- Big Z.. * - harb Yesterday, 20:52:49
- ZFOR3 * - jdl Yesterday, 20:52:37
- I can’t get over the Wagler thing* - illini21 Yesterday, 20:49:16
- Drake’s looks disgusting* - CWR10 Yesterday, 20:48:14
- Nice stretch there. Let’s keep it rolling.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 20:47:44
- Everything else aside, Ky has been amazing this year* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:47:31
- hell yeah. great run* - snipes824 Yesterday, 20:47:17
- Boswell should be at the FT line. Come on.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 20:47:09
- Wagler with a big 3. * - harb Yesterday, 20:45:32
- TN is 5-12 from the line and these announcers haven’t even noticed* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 20:41:52
- Can we swap out Jimmy Dykes for Jelly Roll?* - biclops Yesterday, 20:37:52
- Mirk having a little bounceback half* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 20:37:15
- Isn't slapping the backboard goaltending? *I - jdl Yesterday, 20:37:02
- That was the best JAKEDAVIS!! ever* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:36:25
- Big shot for Jake. * - harb Yesterday, 20:35:35
- Someone file a missing person report on Andrej * - jdl Yesterday, 20:33:06
- these boos give me life * - biclops Yesterday, 20:31:02
- Didn’t realize Scirotto was one of the refs. That explains a lot* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:30:37
- tn is shooting 38 / 29 / 42 and is only down 1.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 20:30:24
- Bailed out there* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:29:21
- Good thing that FT went in. Saved us a point* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 20:29:01
- Oh, Ben* - illini21 Yesterday, 20:28:26
- Leave Ben in Nashville* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 20:28:12
- Good Ben. Bad Ben.* - ATL Yesterday, 20:28:11
- that sequence feels significant* - biclops Yesterday, 20:28:08
- Ben* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 20:28:08
- What is that insanity?!* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 20:28:04
- Oh Ben. * - harb Yesterday, 20:28:02
- Sit Ben forever, please* - GrandmotherPearlsJam Yesterday, 20:28:00
- Gonna be a crucial stretch here with Petro, Z, Jake Davis and Ben in - Blazer Yesterday, 20:27:34
- How about that. They can call a revounding foul on TN.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 20:27:31
- Wagler’s too pretty to play basketball* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 20:26:46
- Get a freaking loose ball. My god.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 20:26:03
- We're playing Davis and Humbrickhouse at the same time? - GrandmotherPearlsJam Yesterday, 20:25:20
- And we come out now with a Jake + Ben lineup.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 20:24:33
- Michigan State is going to get infinity rebounds - GMAW Yesterday, 20:23:23
- This is insane* - illini21 Yesterday, 20:21:38
- I don’t recall rebounding this poorly in the BU era* - ab75 Yesterday, 20:21:27
- Grab the fuckin ball. * - illini Yesterday, 20:20:57
- Fuckin rebounds* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:20:39
- Zero effort on the glass. Just laying down and taking it* - CWR10 Yesterday, 20:20:36
- God damn offensive rebounds
 - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 20:20:35
- "poor man's Cam Boozer" AYFKM * - jdl Yesterday, 20:20:13
- REBOUND! DAMMIT!* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 20:20:12
- the rebounding is going to make me scream* - snipes824 Yesterday, 20:20:06
- i can't believe brad is standing for this level of effort on the boards.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 20:20:01
- Andrej didn’t even pretend to box out there* - CWR10 Yesterday, 20:18:13
- We just don't make enough shots. You can't be an unathletic team who also can't shoot* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 20:16:03
- Tomi may be back at least* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 20:16:02
- I mean, that should have been an and 1 * - jdl Yesterday, 20:15:31
- Tomi, Ben, Kylan with 0 rebounds.* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 20:11:30
- Ben with 13 minutes. 0 points 0 rebounds. - Ron McDon Yesterday, 20:08:22
- Second half Andrej heater, plz* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:04:28
- Need it* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 20:04:56
- 17 first half minutes for Mirk is waaaaaaay too many. - Mrap24 Yesterday, 20:00:50
- the bigs are not good enough, and I'm just about done with the unathletic roster builds* - snipes824 Yesterday, 19:59:16
- I am really not enjoying this team* - CWR10 Yesterday, 19:58:46
- Need Andrej in this second half. Be smart without fouling * - illini Yesterday, 19:58:35
- Yep* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 20:02:12
- The Europe shit needs to end. Fine with one guy. Not 972* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 19:58:35
- At least we haven’t missed any FTs tonight!* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:57:02
- Rebound and make bunnies and this isn’t close. JFC* - OWWDig Yesterday, 19:56:42
- Just felt like everything went their way* - ab75 Yesterday, 19:56:38
- So many missed bunnies and lost rebounds. All things considered somewhat lucky to only be down 2* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 19:56:32
- Gotta hit that Mirk* - Blazer Yesterday, 19:56:03
- soft* - biclops Yesterday, 19:55:59
- losing most of the 50/50 balls.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:54:46
- And somehow they now only have one fewer team foul than us * - ATL Yesterday, 19:54:37
- Oh fuck you, Jimmy dykes. The officiating has not been terrific - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 19:53:43
- Oh yeah, Tomi’s really good* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 19:53:30
- Bunch of makeup calls at the end of the half* - Blazer Yesterday, 19:53:08
- Mirkovic can’t be trusted with the ball right now* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:50:47
- Mirk is a complete mess tonight. Walking turnover and getting destroyed on the boards* - Blazer Yesterday, 19:50:40
- We are getting absolutely destroyed on the glass.* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 19:50:32
- 4 fouls on tn at the under 4 timeout is beyond laughable* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:48:24
- So many ORebs* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 19:46:24
- Infinite contact allowed by Tennessee apparently * - assassin Yesterday, 19:46:18
- lol bad rebounding.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:46:17
- JFC they end up with every tip* - biclops Yesterday, 19:46:12
- Wtf is Drake’s gift cards?* - Stu Yesterday, 19:46:08
- We’re so soft. Get rebounds guys* - Blazer Yesterday, 19:46:08
- Every frickin’ pinballed ball ends up in their lap. Come on.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 19:46:08
- Zero fucking whistles on our end* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 19:46:05
- Tennessee dude in the lane for 20 minutes * - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:44:24
- Yep* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 19:44:43
- thank goodness they’re not making fts.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:43:15
- How was that not a foul or a goaltend on Petro’s last drive?* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 19:42:33
- Giving up a lot of OREB* - biclops Yesterday, 19:42:17
- Abysmal rebounding* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:42:12
- Rebounds dammit* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 19:41:54
- I for one would like to hear the face tats guy talk more about jail/being fat* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 19:39:33
- Couple of bad transition matchups. Petro cannot go under that screen* - Blazer Yesterday, 19:38:51
- They'll review that and find he didn't get the shot off in time - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 19:37:50
- Shoving on the boards only called a foul on one end * - jdl Yesterday, 19:37:13
- Tv on mute* - OWWDig Yesterday, 19:36:42
- Enough of this trashy clown* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:34:53
- nm* - Blazer Yesterday, 19:31:59
- My kids are beside themselves at this Jelly Roll interview - Blazer Yesterday, 19:31:24
- It's bad enough that they are talking very little about the game during all this - GrandmotherPearlsJam Yesterday, 19:31:06
- this could be a big sequence here.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:30:28
- flop* - snipes824 Yesterday, 19:30:01
- Okay, enough of this Jelly Roll bullshit* - GrandmotherPearlsJam Yesterday, 19:29:28
- I’m sorry, but I didn’t tune in to listen to a Jelly Roll bio* - Stu Yesterday, 19:29:27
- I'm so glad we get to listen to jelly roll talk about the Bible - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 19:29:16
- A little Jelly Roll goes a long way * - biclops Yesterday, 19:28:57
- 3 Ivisic post ups for buckets so far.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 19:26:47
- thank goodness for a post game.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:26:45
- Tomislav with post moves!* - biclops Yesterday, 19:26:13
- 2 on Andrej?* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:24:35
- I forgot how comically bad ESPN broadcasts are now* - Blazer Yesterday, 19:22:57
- Great now we'll hear Jelly Roll and miss a bunch of game action * - jdl Yesterday, 19:21:42
- seriously* - Orangeillini Yesterday, 19:21:19
- Pick and Roll action with Jake Davis is one of the more hilarious things I've seen us run* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 19:20:47
- *boooorrring* * - Blazer Yesterday, 19:19:34
- oooo - Blazer Yesterday, 19:22:19
- this just in: our inbounding is still terrible.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:19:19
- Both teams have a number 77* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 19:18:16
- Ben gets beat for an offensive rebound* - Blazer Yesterday, 19:18:08
- Nothing overly impressive about this Tennessee team. this is a must win* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 19:16:29
- lol at that miss.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:15:43
- Kylan didn’t go to the locker room, so that’s good* - Blazer Yesterday, 19:09:25
- oh no* - biclops Yesterday, 19:07:14
- Nobody misses wide open in rhythm threes like the Illini* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 19:04:42
- ooo - biclops Yesterday, 18:52:23
- We’re in a corner - ATL Yesterday, 18:44:55
- Bielema and Whitman will be at the Barstool pregame - jfinsocal Yesterday, 11:43:29
- At Midway. 5:25 boarding for flight* - JeffFrank Yesterday, 4:24:07
- Will be in Sec 115.* - nash December 5, 2025, 19:55:00
- 317* - JeffFrank Yesterday, 4:26:55
- 102* - ATL December 5, 2025, 20:13:18
- I hope we shoot it better than Kentucky * - jdl December 5, 2025, 18:22:32
- Other than 5-6 elite programs, college basketball is just gonna be a crapshoot every year - OB25 December 5, 2025, 21:35:14
- Locals are getting restless* - Mrap24 December 5, 2025, 19:51:14
- LFG Braden Huff.* - Warrin'_Illini December 5, 2025, 19:35:45
- A more competitive game, UConn-East Texas A&M on the 'cock. * - larue33 December 5, 2025, 18:54:35
- Is 16% from the floor bad?* - biclops December 5, 2025, 18:51:00
- I’m officially not confident for any big game* - snipes824 December 5, 2025, 16:16:18
- Underwood is open and willing to play in Dubai. * - illini December 5, 2025, 16:13:27
- Ja'Kobi Gillespie, who torched us twice last year while at Maryland is now the point guard for...... - MtHoodIllini December 5, 2025, 15:47:29
- Points from Brad's PC today - JFG December 5, 2025, 13:06:56
- TEN -2.5 * - OB25 December 5, 2025, 12:02:24
- We kinda need to win this one - Mrap24 December 5, 2025, 11:29:01
- Vibes are off, I'm not confident.* - Warrin'_Illini December 5, 2025, 10:11:57
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