Illinois (14-6) vs. Nebraska (12-8) Game Thread

[Bugeaters1]

I got to see Styx in Hastings in 1976.

 

 

[Cazzie22]

Maryland downed Wisconsin tonight.  Maybe we can find something and earn a win over the Illini.

[Handy Johnson]

Uncle Tupelo from Belleville Illinois 

[BjoeHusker]

I hope we go back to our original starting lineup. 

[Shawn Eichorst's Toupee]

Illinois is down Ivisic, so that allows the possibility of 2 or even 3 role players going off and having a career night against the Huskers.

[hhcmatt]

1 hour ago, Shawn Eichorst's Toupee said:

Illinois is down Ivisic, so that allows the possibility of 2 or even 3 role players going off and having a career night against the Huskers.

 

Hope he can tough it out as we are at our best when a program rolls out their starting center recovering from mono

[hskr4life]

Love. The. Rim!

[Jacob Bigelow]

Don’t know what in the world came over me to put out both an hour and 10 minute long solo pod and an 1100 word column today.

But hey, here we are. First up, some reading material.

[Jacob Bigelow]

Second up, some audio. Pregame listening and pregame reading material for anybody who may be interested.

[hhcmatt]

I keep looking at this Illinois team that shoots a ton of 3s at under 30% in conference and a defense where you double the post and run out on shooters makes a lot of sense, especially when the one true post player they have doesn't shoot 3s, doesn't pass the ball, and you need like 2 guys just to keep him off the boards. When they inevitably roll out 5 guys with a stretch 4 at center and everyone jacks up 3s?  No idea.

[thrasher31]

1 hour ago, hhcmatt said:

I keep looking at this Illinois team that shoots a ton of 3s at under 30% in conference and a defense where you double the post and run out on shooters makes a lot of sense, especially when the one true post player they have doesn't shoot 3s, doesn't pass the ball, and you need like 2 guys just to keep him off the boards. When they inevitably roll out 5 guys with a stretch 4 at center and everyone jacks up 3s?  No idea.

This, and they're a turnover prone team. 

 

This needs to be a game where Gary or Brice feast. Ben Humrichous is about as bad a defender on the wing as they'll see. If Boswell and Tre White check them out the gate, then that'll be a Berke game. There's definitely a massive pressure point to attack for Illinois when we're on offense, and we just have to be smart with passing lanes, because kasparas WILL turn it over. Just a matter of how much

[Navin R. Johnson]

Phase 1 Play good defense

 

Phase 2 Get to the free throw line

 

Phase 3 Make free throws

[hhcmatt]

13 minutes ago, thrasher31 said:

This, and they're a turnover prone team. 

 

I am not seeing that they are a turnover prone team outside of  Jakucionis

[Jacob Bigelow]

15 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

Phase 1 Play good defense

 

Phase 2 Get to the free throw line

 

Phase 3 Make free throws

The boards will determine a ton tonight. Illinois doesn't send guys back in transition, all five guys crash the glass.

[thrasher31]

2 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

 

I am not seeing that they are a turnover prone team outside of  Jakucionis

Him and Boswell are coughing out up just over 3 times a game in conference play, which puts them top 10 in conference in turnovers, and team wise they're in the upper half of the conference in conference play. With Tom ivisic out more than likely too with mono, morez Johnson as a freshman, is a guy you can force to be a decision maker out of the post. 

[hhcmatt]

2 minutes ago, thrasher31 said:

Him and Boswell are coughing out up just over 3 times a game in conference play, which puts them top 10 in conference in turnovers, and team wise they're in the upper half of the conference in conference play. With Tom ivisic out more than likely too with mono, morez Johnson as a freshman, is a guy you can force to be a decision maker out of the post. 

 

That would explain it, I'm looking at tempo free stats. They're one of the highest tempo teams in the country. Relatively speaking they're turning the ball over less than us.

[Navin R. Johnson]

6 minutes ago, Jacob Bigelow said:

The boards will determine a ton tonight. Illinois doesn't send guys back in transition, all five guys crash the glass.

 

Make that phase #4

[thrasher31]

1 minute ago, hhcmatt said:

 

That would explain it, I'm looking at tempo free stats. They're one of the highest tempo teams in the country. Relatively speaking they're turning the ball over less than us.

That's not a high bar to clear though tbf lol. 

 

But yeah they push and try to get 3s up. Which makes sense based on roster build and kasparas being a wizard. 

[cozrulz]

Hopefully the crowd is into it.  Seems like the past two home games they've been pretty quiet (even when we were doing good things).

[thrasher31]

4 minutes ago, cozrulz said:

Hopefully the crowd is into it.  Seems like the past two home games they've been pretty quiet (even when we were doing good things).

This is actually something I was going to mention. 

 

I wasn't at USC, but Rutgers I was at and crowd energy wasn't there from what I saw. 

 

If you're at the game tonight, please give the guys energy. Let's get back to making the Vault a place big ten teams hate coming to. 

[HuskerFever]

Can we find an old bottle of Meyers Leonard tears and use some of those to turn things around tonight?

[Handy Johnson]

1 hour ago, HuskerFever said:

Can we find an old bottle of Meyers Leonard tears and use some of those to turn things around tonight?

Big 8 Teams NEVER Cried when we Beat Them…! 

[nuhusker7]

I have a good feeling about tonight. 
 

Play excellent defense. Let that defense get us out in transition. Score points where we don’t have to beat them in our half court offense.

[Bugeaters1]

Look like we get high knees again.

 

Officials:

Jeffrey Anderson, Jason Phillips, Terry Oglesby

[brfrad]

Ohio State Penn State has turned into a foul fest.  Not looking to be done before we start.