Awesome shot by Watson.

Twas Lofton

Twas Lofton

 

That bastard broke my heart for years in Cleveland, now he is ruining my big upset of the bracket. Ugh.

Twas Lofton

 

My bad.

Go Illinois!

 

I figure I should say it since there is no one in the arena to say it.

Please Illini, take command in the paint.

Someone tell Illinois they have a ridiculous advantage in the paint that they are ignoring. GOD DAMN

If any Illini fan criticizes Gonzaga, they better criticize the Illini first.

Jamar Smith!

If any Illini fan criticizes Gonzaga, they better criticize the Illini first.

That makes sense how...

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Smith and Carter have been oustanding tonight.

Illinois pulling away now. Unbelievable that 25 of Air Force's 31 total fg attempts have been 3's.

Hahaha what a joke of a ref. Calls 6 men on the floor when Brian Randle steps one foot on the court to get around Dee Brown on the bench...

 

Illini with a decent 9 pt win, was really 16 till some stupid s*** hit the fan.

 

Great games from Randle and JAMAR SMITH.

 

Bring on Washington/Utah State. headbang

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Besides some shoddy 3 point defense (a ton of those were wide, wide open looks) and some stand around offense in the 1st half, that was a pretty good game.

 

How about Jamar Smith. That game got close so many times and Jamar just pushed Air Force away.

 

If you are gonna continue moving in this tournament, that's the kind of game you are gonna need from your bench. Warren with a good game as well, i can't forget to mention that. If Dee can start making some damn shots, and we get an effort like that all-around, i'll be excited to see how far we can go. But it's gotta be all pieces clicking.

 

Good game, see someone on Saturday.

Air Force was by far and away the worst at-large team in the tournament and they had eight points in the paint, and no points from the bench and still competed until the end.

 

I wasn't impressed with Illinois' performance at all, but then again, I wasn't impressed with Boston College at all.

Air Force was by far and away the worst at-large team in the tournament and they had eight points in the paint, and no points from the bench and still competed until the end.

 

I wasn't impressed with Illinois' performance at all, but then again, I wasn't impressed with Boston College at all.

Because they were hot from 3 all game.

 

It's the tournament, just survive and advance.

Nice to see the future isn't as bleak as everybody thinks. However I advise our "great senior leaders" to actually hit some shots if they plan on playing much longer. Dee had a very good all around game, but make a damned shot. And Augustine came out of the womb with 3 fouls I think, ugh. Great work by Jamar, Warren, and Brian though .

I'll say one thing about Air Force, they go 110% every minute of every possession. They were still scratching and clawing with like 20 seconds left down double digits.

Brian Randle better be ready come Saturday. He's gonna have to "bring it" against Brandon Roy.

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Brian Randle better be ready come Saturday.  He's gonna have to "bring it" against Brandon Roy.

 

I think he's going to show up big going against an opponent that good, he has all year against high calibur players not named Daniel Horton. If Washington wins this game (still an if) I'm more worried about Augustine. Combine one of the dumbest players I've ever seen with trying to defend a smaller, quick lineup....and foul trouble is unavoidable.

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Brandon Roy is on fire, 25 points. Washington is in a world of trouble if he isn't playing this well. Utah State still fighting though, down 8 with 4:06 left.

I think he's going to show up big going against an opponent that good, he has all year against high calibur players not named Daniel Horton.  If Washington wins this game (still an if) I'm more worried about Augustine.  Combine one of the dumbest players I've ever seen with trying to defend a smaller, quick lineup....and foul trouble is unavoidable.

 

I'm more concerned with the bench. If they can step up like they did tonight, we've got a great shot.

I'm more concerned with the bench.  If they can step up like they did tonight,  we've got a great shot.

 

Against the Washington matador defense (assuming they hold on), I expect them to make an impact (although not as big as they did tonight).

Brandon Roy is on fire, 25 points.  Washington is in a world of trouble if he isn't playing this well.  Utah State still fighting though, down 8 with 4:06 left.

If Randle can even contain him, I like our chances.

Roy is just out of his mind tonight. But Washington is playing extremely poor defense this half, they should be feeling fortuate about how hot Roy is. Hopefully he's using up his great game tonight and cools off a bit on Saturday.

Washington is playing crap D...Utah State shooting around 53%

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