#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!
So far, this game is not a good advertisement for B1G basketball.
Good TO.
Some ugly basketball.
What the hell happened to Hunter’s yoga pants?
Good timeout here by Juwan. Settle, get a set play to run and score, reconfigure the defensive matchups to contain Curbelo.
Hunter and Cockburn, stone cold
Neither is used to playing a guy as enormous as they are.
Ugly one so far - both teams look off.
On the plus side, we're playing about as poorly on offense as we can, and it's tied.
‘Michigan is playing bad .... we’re in their head.’
signed,
RCMB
Don't think I've ever seen a goaltending and-one before...
Hunter got a haircut
Got a foul on Kofi....noice
Gah... That ball grew arms and pulled itself out of the rim.
That ball just won't go through the hoop.
Damn, we just can't put the ball in the hole tonight - c'mon boys
Great call out of the TO.
Good lord we look bad
jeez. Not even hitting FTs
Juwan wrist showing off that IWC Big Pilot he has been wearing a lot recently.
Build a house with those two
Great play
jeez. Not even hitting FTs
First time this year Michigan seems a little nervous by the bright lights. Hopefully they can settle down and get in a groove.
HD looks terrible so far
Too much adrenaline
nice haircut Hunter. Sharp.
Illinois playing with a smaller, faster lineup. Johns being on the court is problematic right now.
Dickenson's been aggressive, but seems like Cockburn's size has gotten in his head.
Holy shit our offense looks terrible, somewhat glad now that Ayo isn't playing.
I hate to say it, but Johns is unplayable.
I can't wait till Johns starts finding his groove.
It’s been 3 years. He won’t find it. He is what he is.
There you go.
Lol.
This game is so bad ... it makes watching the amateur dog Olympic fun to watch.
We can’t stay this cold the whole game can we?
Michigan can't stop Curbello and Michigan can't score. Not looking good.
Johns is a liability.
Fucking 10 points in 12 minutes
Box out .... meet Michigan.
Michigan ... meet box out.
Embarrassing.
Ridiculously awful start considering they don't have their best player.
Illinois is starting to warm up, and Michigan is still throwing ice chunks. Can't let this one get out of hand early, UI won't be so easy to come back on like UW was...
Adjust to this shit.
and why are so many guys slipping?
So sloppy.
The whole team is in a funk....
So out of sync offensively. 5 points have come by sheer luck/stupidity
After Ayo was ruled out...you could feel that "oh well, this will be easy" falling over Ann Arbor (ala the MSU football game this year).
This is the fucking shit that happens when you're not fucking focused!!!
Illinois playing tough D. Got to move the ball around more.