Illinois (-18.5) vs Penn State: Sat Jan 3rd 6:00pm BTN
Posted by biclops
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How are we still above Nebrasketball in the NET?
Posted by JFG
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We played a much better schedule and they had a few single digit wins over bad teams in non-conferen
Posted by OB25
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They are a very good team, with a high floor
Posted by Blazer
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John Groce, mid major menace
Posted by jdl
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He’s 54. Wonder if a P5 team would give him another shot
Posted by biclops
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He never recovered from the Snider/Cliff debacle. However, I'll never forget the feeling
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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At Gonzaga that year was pretty awesome too*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Pomeroy tracking new data
Posted by jdl
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Mississippi Valley State is dead last in average 2 point attempt distance
Posted by GMAW
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I'm going to assume Mississippi Valley State would be a Quad 4 opponent *
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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Did they hire Mike Woodson? *
Posted by jdl
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Wagler is again FOTW*
Posted by jjlocke923
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#16 in the AP *
Posted by jdl
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Top Ten Nebrasketball *
Posted by assassin
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15-0*
Posted by PapaDels
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I’m tired of their bullshit*
Posted by Ron McDon
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First time in 30 years!*
Posted by ATL
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Red-azz Fran, probably still complaining about the refs prior to the PSU game.
Posted by osklister
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when does the @ iowa time get announced?*
Posted by Ari Gold
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Should be 11 am
Posted by jdl
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I’m old enough to remember the horrible loss to PSU at Rec Hall 2 years ago.
Posted by Herman Blume
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Not to mention the fiasco that was PSU at Illinois during Bruce's last years. I'll take yesterday's
Posted by DocWalk20
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38-33 #Neverforget
Posted by Gene Parmesan
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2 things I forgot about that horrific boxscore...
Posted by illinilosch
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Obligatory reminder that it wasn't even our only sub-40 game of the year
Posted by Blazer
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Oof.
Posted by illinilosch
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<Tiny House Lady>Those were NOT the days*</TINA>*
Posted by ATL
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<Tiny House Lady>Those were NOT the days*</T
Posted by ATL
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And that all time debacle vs PSU was at home too.
Posted by illinilosch
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Close win turned that game from Q3 to Q2
Posted by jdl
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It looks like it’s being treated as an away game instead of a neutral.*
Posted by biclops
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With Andrej pretty well-established now as a non-shooter, Boswell getting back up to 33% is big.
Posted by OB25
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Stolen from Twitter: Tomi in conference play so far
Posted by Blazer
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A bit of cherry picking at this point in the season
Posted by jdl
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It’s not just the numbers, which to your point are comparable. It’s the eye test
Posted by snipes824
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That's fair, obviously a small sample size
Posted by Blazer
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The Morez Johnson family is certainly getting full on donuts so far.
Posted by OB25
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Lost about a half a kenpom point but stayed 8th
Posted by jdl
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That was painful
Posted by CWR10
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Z has one more year if he wants it, right?*
Posted by Toonces
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Yes he’s a junior
Posted by biclops
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PSU never threatened, but it was a poorly played game all around*
Posted by Mrap24
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I dunno, it was annoying but not painful. It was never below 8.
Posted by assassin
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The metricsification of rankings and seedings has unfortunately slightly ruined the end of some
Posted by snipes824
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Agreed. Just ugly and annoying more than anything. I’ll take it. Move on. *
Posted by DocWalk20
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They are also a horrible team. Illinois did very little well*
Posted by CWR10
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Any conference road win is a great win, no matter how ugly*
Posted by bjl63
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100%*
Posted by Blazer
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Just awful game all around, glad to get out with a win
Posted by Blazer
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That was a game that happened. A wins a win*
Posted by OB25
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Whatever. Big ten road win in which i was never really worried *
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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I need a shower *
Posted by biclops
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Survive and advance. Suck butthole, psu.*
Posted by Toonces
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Road win. Flush the film. Move on*
Posted by OWWDig
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Yep. Take the W. *
Posted by harb
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Road win. *
Posted by assassin
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Got fouled about four or five times on that weird play. *
Posted by harb
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Yep. Several hacks / muggings uncalled. *
Posted by DocWalk20
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7X - 6X *
Posted by shua
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this is fucking gross *
Posted by biclops
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Our shooting is rough*
Posted by Mrap24
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Ayo hit a half court shot
Posted by biclops
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wtf on that call against Kylan
Posted by Blazer
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Brad was pissed at the foul. Kylan was like “ I didn’t foul him”*
Posted by DocWalk20
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He Didn’t appear to *
Posted by ATL
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Agreed. Especially relative to other plays that weren’t called fouls. *
Posted by DocWalk20
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Just survive a game officiated by these bozos*
Posted by Ron McDon
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PBP guy is the fight of his life tonight with our guys’ names*
Posted by OB25
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Former Pat Hughes understudy Cory Provis*
Posted by Herman Blume
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If they call a GT here I’m gonna break a tv.
Posted by tvillini
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Such bullshit.
Posted by tvillini
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did they call it on the play?
Posted by jdl
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Nope. Called for the replay.
Posted by tvillini
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tvIllini is headed to the tv store*
Posted by OB25
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RIP tv*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Lulz. *
Posted by harb
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Break away. That’s awful*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Unbelievable call*
Posted by Blazer
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Yep. Terrible. *
Posted by harb
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Mirk was really really good today too*
Posted by Blazer
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Big 2nd half*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Who would’ve guessed that Wagler would be our best and most important guy this year*
Posted by Herman Blume
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shudder to think what we’d be without him
Posted by biclops
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Let’s have a nice 7x-5x ending to this game. *
Posted by DocWalk20
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Can I interest you in 8x-….er never mind *
Posted by ATL
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8x-6x would also be acceptable *
Posted by DocWalk20
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Oh right, the PSU brunette *
Posted by biclops
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It’s shocking how ineffective Tomi is on both ends. Can no longer blame rust*
Posted by OB25
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Coming into season, I’d assume it would be impossible to win a conf game with 0/1 from him*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Kylan put him in a bad spot, but that turnover was horrendous.
Posted by Blazer
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He’s gimpy*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Yea. I choose to believe he is still injured to a degree*
Posted by OWWDig
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I think so too
Posted by jdl
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I have no doubt that he is, he probably won’t be truly healthy all season.
Posted by OB25
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Mirk’s emergence hasn’t helped
Posted by Blazer
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Yeah, Tomi definitely fit better with the KJ offense*
Posted by OB25
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Me too. *
Posted by harb
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Jesus Tomi suck didley ucks
Posted by Blazer
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It seems he’s either been great or terrible*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Nice little 7-0 run here*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Two big plays. Need another stop. *
Posted by harb
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Kylan is LOCKED IN*
Posted by Blazer
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Yep. *
Posted by harb
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Szlec has been so bad tonight*
Posted by Ron McDon
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I’m over the Palestra *
Posted by biclops
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Didn’t we lose to them in their old barn too?
Posted by tvillini
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Blew a huge lead as is tradition *
Posted by assassin
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Have seen this game against PSU so many fucking times the last 20 years*
Posted by Blazer
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You don’t want to imagine Chuck Daly pouring maple syrup all over himself?*
Posted by assassin
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Speak for yourself!*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Doesn't that happen at the Aunt Jemimah Bowl? *
Posted by jdl
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Davis needs to hit open threes if he's getting this much tick*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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Jake Davis just can’t go 1-5 on open spot up 3’s*
Posted by OB25
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Annoying annoying game*
Posted by Blazer
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Bring Wagler in now *
Posted by assassin
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Big Z for the dunk. *
Posted by harb
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Nice to get into the bonus. *
Posted by harb
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I think I’m glad I can’t watch this one live*
Posted by John Coctostan
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It’s mostly fine, just frustrating that we can’t quite pull away*
Posted by OB25
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Exactly. Following on espn app seems way less stressful. Even tho I can picture the frustration *
Posted by John Coctostan
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Really liked the pivot to playing through Mirk the last 5, but then we got stagnant
Posted by Blazer
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I think we’re getting absolutely hosed by the stripes. Just an awful crew*
Posted by Blazer
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Another awful call on that OOB. No way Mirk loses that without the PSU guy smacking it*
Posted by DocWalk20
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And I’m not convinced contact by Mingo didn’t mess up Z on the oop attempt*
Posted by Blazer
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that was an obvious foul *
Posted by jdl
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Apparently not so obvious to those that matter*
Posted by DocWalk20
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High Knees is one of the worst refs I've ever seen*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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These last couple of trips have been terrible
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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What a pass by Mirk to find Davis*
Posted by Blazer
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And then a nice finish by Mirk on the dish from Petro*
Posted by DocWalk20
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We really need him to figure it out.
Posted by tvillini
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Eh, it would be nice to have another guard
Posted by jdl
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Andrej is the guy that needs to figure it out*
Posted by assassin
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Huh? He's been pretty good
Posted by jdl
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The defense is still such a liability
Posted by Blazer
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Mirk or Petrovic?*
Posted by OB25
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Petrovic
Posted by tvillini
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Hell yeah Mirk. *
Posted by assassin
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What a pass*
Posted by OB25
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Looked like about 3 times as much contact by Deleon taking that rebound from Ben than the foul
Posted by DocWalk20
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Lebron Mirkovic returns *
Posted by assassin
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I think Wagler earned that foul with the turnover.
Posted by tvillini
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But he was much more straight up with less contact than Deleon on that rebound.
Posted by DocWalk20
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Man is this gross. Let’s not do this, please*
Posted by OB25
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LOL that’s clearly a foul. He went right through Ben *
Posted by assassin
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We have not handled double teams well today*
Posted by OWWDig
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Better wake up*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Pretty sure that was another goal tend.
Posted by tvillini
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Agree*
Posted by OWWDig
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Sure looked like one*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Andrej heater, plz*
Posted by Blazer
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Tomi, what would ya say, ya do here*
Posted by Blazer
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Replacement level B1G big*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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This game isn’t going to help Brad’s longstanding adherence to the auto bench*
Posted by Blazer
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Didn’t look like a whole lot in the 4th foul on Wagler*
Posted by ATL
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Agree*
Posted by OWWDig
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Why is this game at the Palestra?*
Posted by Sounder
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they do it once per season
Posted by jdl
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There’d be 2,000 people in State College today. *
Posted by assassin
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Penn State decision *
Posted by ATL
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It's such a cool venue
Posted by Sounder
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Fuck off High Knees. Awful*
Posted by Ron McDon
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We scored 40 and lead by 14 and I’m here thinking “that was gross”*
Posted by biclops
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Same *
Posted by ATL
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Pretty ugly half where we didn’t play that great and up 14. I’ll take it*
Posted by Blazer
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Didn’t turn it over, played solid D. Normal rebounding.
Posted by assassin
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Rebounding wasn't great
Posted by jdl
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The D looks solid. Granted, Penn St stinks, but that zone looks viable*
Posted by Blazer
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Couldn’t hit threes or free throws and up 14 at half. That will do.*
Posted by OB25
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Um, why Kylan. *
Posted by assassin
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Which ref T’d up Trent for cash and Melendez’s dunk in the Tourney?
Posted by Blazer
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Brian OConnell for RJ*
Posted by Ron McDon
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That’s it, thx*
Posted by Blazer
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It’s funny. I just put into Google “Illinois Houston NCAA Tournament officials” and ithe ai kicked
Posted by Ron McDon
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2 different refs
Posted by jdl
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Pfeiffer, that’s it. Knew you would know*
Posted by Blazer
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Wow adrej *
Posted by Ron McDon
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That looked like goaltending on Andrej’s shot*
Posted by Blazer
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replay looked like it *
Posted by jdl
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Thought so too*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Z hit a FT challenge*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Missed front ends are infuriating*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Gotten 1 of 6 points on the three 1 and 1 opportunities. Killer*
Posted by OB25
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Thus far, we don’t have our A game*
Posted by OWWDig
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Yeah missing those front ends so brutal*
Posted by Blazer
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Tomi with 0/0/0 so far in 8 minutes*
Posted by Blazer
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Should not have been a foul, but we need Davis to hit that shot. Big swing as a result of the miss*
Posted by OB25
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I don’t give a flying fuck how much player weighed when he got to school and what he weighs now
Posted by illiniranger
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That’s not a foul. *
Posted by assassin
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Not sure Davis didn't get fouled on the shot but that would take Ellis forgetting it's Illinois*
Posted by illini222
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Looked like a foul on Davis’ shot. Bad break*
Posted by OWWDig
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Too much Jake Davis*
Posted by Ron McDon
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Tomi’s lack of anything resembling athleticism is a real problem this year.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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I really love big Z*
Posted by snipes824
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Me too. And he’s been demonstrably better than Tomi*
Posted by Blazer
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Yes it’s night and day*
Posted by snipes824
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Are there really a lot of unlocked cars around the Penn campus?*
Posted by biclops
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Man that’s some NBA shit, K. *
Posted by assassin
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4 blocks for Z so far*
Posted by Blazer
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Big Z is a weapon*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Man I like watching Big Z erase things *
Posted by assassin
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Some ugly shooting and Wagler having a freshman game, but defense looks solid
Posted by Blazer
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Err, not having a freshman game now. That step back was FILTHY*
Posted by Blazer
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Just kinda yadda yadda-ing this so far.*
Posted by Ron McDon
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lol at high knees and Mirkovic running down the court in sync *
Posted by biclops
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Missing Wagler's steadiness*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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Someone please make an outside shot*
Posted by OB25
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Happy now? ;-) *
Posted by illinijohn
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Calm down Boswell *
Posted by biclops
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Z is such a weapon defending the rim*
Posted by OB25
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2 fouls by Wagler that were both avoidable*
Posted by Orangeillini
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Clinic*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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lol*
Posted by biclops
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I didn’t know Wagler could miss *
Posted by biclops
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David Meerkic.*
Posted by assassin
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There is a Mircic in the league, isn't there?
Posted by larue33
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NBA scouts at the game
Posted by biclops
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High Knees warning
Posted by jdl
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Ugh. And Szelc too. *
Posted by DocWalk20
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Featuring Brian Dorsey*
Posted by illini222
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Awful trio
Posted by Blazer
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Dorsey is also the only ref who repeatedly fouled out Kofi*
Posted by Blazer
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The ND/Cal finish just happened again
Posted by jdl
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Betting line has normalized a bit, down to -14.5 now*
Posted by OB25
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Shrews gets his hand slapped by the ACC
Posted by jdl Another angle of Notre Dame HC Micah Shrewsberry chasing a ref after the loss to Cal: https://t.co/L7EwQoMHUr pic.twitter.com/SteSpRBFAZ
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Why he was pissed
Posted by jdl 🧅🧅
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He had a legitimate reason to be pissed. That may have been one of the worst calls I've ever seen.
Posted by Illiniphil
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I disagree? He missed him on the first two attempts to foul, then made contact on the third
Posted by GMAW
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Last year they changed the football rules after Oregon internationally played extra defenders
Posted by RVA
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I think he completely missed him on the 3rd attempt. He got a piece (albeit small) of him the....
Posted by Illiniphil
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I mean that’s a wild ass call*
Posted by illini21
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I need us to win this game handily *
Posted by illini
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Penn State is bad at basketball. We should win easily.
Posted by JFG
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Bad things happen at gimmick locations*
Posted by Illini Guy
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Of much rather be at the Palestra. We haven’t been fantastic on their morgue of a home court.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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There will be no home court advantage*
Posted by bjl63
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Sparty/Evraska with an incredibly gross brand of basketball so far*
Posted by OB25
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Evraska WTF
Posted by jdl
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That is an atrocious call by DJ on MSU there*
Posted by Blazer
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That last possession is emblematic of why we can’t get let Izzo get away with this again.
Posted by OB25
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Poor Carson Cooper
Posted by Blazer
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Kinda seems like Michigan is going to make sure that doesn’t happen
Posted by Ron McDon
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These two teams are such a contrast to us.
Posted by OB25
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Now Nebraska has started hitting shots*
Posted by OB25
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Carstensen appears to be in the bag for Evraska*
Posted by Blazer
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Michigan is a 22.5 point favorite over a ranked USC team tonight. Wild*
Posted by OB25
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USC took 7 min to score a point
Posted by jdl
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This Michigan thing is so gross
Posted by Blazer
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Only silver lining - IU could have had him but chose another year of Woodson instead*
Posted by OB25
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That’s a pretty damn big silver lining in my book.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Was bad enough having to see Morez in another uniform, but then he goes and becomes a legit stud too
Posted by OB25
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He would be so good on the roll paired with Keaton. Alas*
Posted by Blazer
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that line sounds zero right. ESPN showing Illinois -18.5*
Posted by OrangeSox
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you are correct. *
Posted by biclops
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That ESPN line can’t be right, the line would never be that big.*
Posted by OB25
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Well I’ll be damned, it’s showing up elsewhere too. I know PSU sucks but are they missing guys too?
Posted by OB25
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