Big 10 officials f***ing suck.  Illinois has 7 more fouls than Iowa thus far.  Luckily Iowa can't make free throws.

And I should have clearified, its not so much the disparity of the foul calls but there have just been a couple of really bad calls that went against the Illini. I've seen games where the officiating was good but one team has had a lot more fouls than the other.

Nick has been pretty awful tonight though.  That was his one and only good play tonight.

I think Nick is saving his heroics for Indianapolis and then into March Madness. He's been playing kinda clumsy lately, but I think he'll turn it around.

 

Illini up 36-28 after Luthers 3 point play!

And Rich McBride hits an NBA length three to put Illinois up 11 going into the half.

Illini up 39-28 at the half, watching a game on gamecast sucks but hey, illini are up

And Rich McBride hits an NBA length three to put Illinois up 11 going into the half.

Absolutley beautiful. Was that a buzzer beater then?

 

McBride could be the X-factor going into March if he can get hot.

Illini up 39-28 at the half, watching a game on gamecast sucks but hey, illini are up

exactly. why can't they keep the games on tuesday night so i don't have to be in class.

Hey whitesoxfan99, is the beginning of this 2nd half sloppy? fast paced? Seems like Illinois is turning it over a lot, but then 2 times in a row, they travelled (Pierce and now Horner).

Hey whitesoxfan99, is the beginning of this 2nd half sloppy? fast paced?  Seems like Illinois is turning it over a lot, but then 2 times in a row, they travelled (Pierce and now Horner).

Its been pretty sloppy. Fast paced lot of energy. A lot of our turnovers our are big men not controlling passes or in Roger Powell's case, inbounding the ball to the other team.

Oh, and the score is 48-35 on the alley oop to James Augustine from Deron Williams.

Its been pretty sloppy.  Fast paced lot of energy.  A lot of our turnovers our are big men not controlling passes or in Roger Powell's case, inbounding the ball to the other team.

Lol, im glad I missed that then... At least Powell is a beast on the boards as usual though, 8 so far... and Auggy just got a dunk.. I cant tell you how bad i want to watch this game!

Illini look to be pulling away, 64-47 w/ 9 minutes to go :

Illini look to be pulling away, 64-47 w/ 9 minutes to go :

Nice.... lets hope that Wisconson can beat MSTATE, and give the illini the Big Ten straight up.

dont get cocky so fast still eight minutes left hopefully we won't get a scare.

Nice.... lets hope that Wisconson can beat MSTATE, and give the illini the Big Ten straight up.

Lets not forget we have to play Purdue and Ohio St on the road. Purdue will be quite tough to win there, they are fighting hard for a berth in the tourney. And the Buckeyes, whether or not that will be on CBS or not, will want to end their season with an upset going into the Big-10 tourney, so Im not so sure that Mich State will only have to lose 1 game, they might have to lose 2 somehow.

Illini up 39-28 at the half, watching a game on gamecast sucks but hey, illini are up

Why aren't you watching it on WYIN? Is there a delay or something?

Why aren't you watching it on WYIN? Is there a delay or something?

too much of a pain in the ass, the only TV in my house that doesn't have cable is the one in my kitchen, a big 13 incher. Sucks, so i'm just watching gamecast.

And Illinois blows out Iowa 78-59 in a game that was never really in doubt. Hope you enjoy the NIT Iowa.

and it's final

Illini win 78-59

keep on rockin' boys

And Illinois blows out Iowa 78-59 in a game that was never really in doubt.  Hope you enjoy the NIT Iowa.

Hey, they could win the Big 10 tourney! Recker and co. did it 3 years ago when i got strep throat at the Big 10 tourney but got Marcus Griffins autograph after we lost our quarterfinal game.

 

you never know, an upset here, and upset there... everywhere an upset ...

 

Ol McAlford had a fa...... ok what the hell am i doing here...

 

 

GO ILLINI!