#4 Illinois at #2 Michigan Game Thread
I know this a bit early, but we have Baylor at West Virginia on right now, Baylor has been leading the whole way but the Mountaineers have clawed their way back to make it competitive so we can discuss that game while we're waiting.
I guess Ayo ain't playing after all.
Other B1G games:
Indiana at MSU on BTN at 8pm ET.
Wisconsin at Purdue on ESPN2 at 9pm ET..
Go Blue, shut Underwood the hell up!
Damn. Need to hit a jump shot.
Clearly the game plan was to go at Kofi early. It is not working at all lol
Another sluggish start
ESPN App won't let me watch on ESPN News, but lets me watch in Spanish. LEE-VERS!
Was that a shot or a pass?
Holy fuck. Somebody make a lay up.
Id rather they actually go into Kofi than shoot insanely hard shots over him.
Sloppy start to the game.
So they're waiting till Baylor-WVU is over to really start playing?
Not loving Michigan's shot selection or plays so far. Need better ball movement
Worst shot selection all year.
No clean shots right now. Wear them down lets go
He looks better than Bob Huggins
So does my dogs ass.
It must be hard to look that pissed off when you make several million per year. Takes effort
Cockburn can't shoot over Hunter
hes 0-3
Baylors Jared Butler just fouled out giving two FTs. 88-all with 1:15 left and WV on the line...
I love brooks but man oh man when he drives it rarely ends up well.
I don’t understand why we don’t give these drive opportunities to Franz in the first half.
Defensively we look great - and Illinois really misses Ayu. They look unsettled and clumsy.
I think M looks unsettled and clumsy.
If this team has a kryptonite, it’s the inability of the guards and wings other than Franz to finish at the rim.
Give Franz a look!!!
They've taken some bad shots to start this game. Eli, Smith, and Livers have all tried to drive then throw up a prayer over Cockburn. None of them were even close. Then Dickinson tries to post up from 8 feet away. I hope that's not the game plan, because it's a terrible idea. The most out of sorts our offense has looked in a while.
Watching this on the app in spanish. Man do we look like crap. Horrible shot selection. Need much better execution on offense.
Unreal they got a fucking 3 off of that
It's early - they'll get it going
We picked a bad game to go cold Turkey.
Phantom foul call on Davis by The Big Bald Fuck
Baylor going to win... Up 92-89 when WV was called for a cheap charge. 18 seconds left.
There we go - Livers, Wagner block, then Livers!
That play right there is why Ayo isn't playing. No reason for Illinois to risk something like that happening before he is fully healed.
Steady-hand Livers!
Is there a lid on the basket?
Relaxxxxxxx.
Smaaaaart play off that free throw transition
That was a backhanded 3 pt play!
Underwood always looks like he just smelled someone else's fart
Liiiitle rusty boys
Not a bad use of a timeout here. Collect yourselves guys! Lets get a nice 3ball action look here
Our shooting sucks
HD .... right idea. Need more authority on that presence in the paint.
Dickinson having trouble backing down cockburn.
In the past few games, even when they didn't score on a possession, it felt like they were taking good shots. In this game, the empty possessions have all been deserved - results of bad shots. Not sure if it's the Illinois defense or self-inflicted.
Franz take away! Nice
Eesh.
Wow, the shooting is horrendous...
I take back what I said about WVU-Baylor. This game is way more hideous.