RU vs Illinois Game Thread

[Sweet Pea's Corner]

On a side bar maybe Jordan was right comparing Nigel Johnson to Magic Johnson. Wish he was here

 

[78CollegeAve]

For all your Corey bashers he is still hustling, getting steals and rebounds.

1-for-6. Yeah, bringin’ it tonight. Big time players in big time games ... or is it when the going gets tough? Yeah, the NBA scouts are salivating after that last drive and brick.

 

[Bob Chaewsky_rivals]

Getting tired of guys driving the basket out of control.

 

[rufeelinit]

Thiam needs to take that shot!

 

[kcg88]

Mensah is not a D1 player.

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Souf with the air from none.

 

[Sweet Pea's Corner]

Getting doubled up on offensive rebounds lol

 

[rufeelinit]

I think I am done.

 

[RutgersRaRa]

Mensah is not a D1 player.

He's hustling like a D-1 player. The rest of the guys have mailed it in. Thiam scared shitless to take a shot, Freeman out of control, Corey out of control, no fvcking clue.

 

[Sweet Pea's Corner]

Blown out by Illinois. Sinking to new lows

 

[soundcrib]

We need more than Montez Mathis folks. Much more.

 

[RU Mike73]

Plan my days around watching games. Nevermore quote the raven.

 

[kcg88]

So to recap, we're down 19 points to one of the three worst teams in the conference. And Omoruyi is probably out for the year.

 

[soundcrib]

Thiam needs to take that shot!

Why is he so scared?!

 

[DHajekRC84]

Sign at tOSU game...."comedy knight".

Pissed me off the but fairly appropriate of late.

 

[JFK20]

 

[BillyC80]

Thiam better practice a catch and shoot/quick release.

And his biggest fear is getting his shot blocked, which is why he gives up on a shot whenever someone runs at him. He's gotta get over that fear.

 

[Sweet Pea's Corner]

Rutgers making Illinois coach look like Wooden

 

[RUJMM78]

As bad as we are, our fans are worse

Stop with the nonsense blaming fans for another abysmal performance .The coaching staff and the players need to be held accountable for the way the team performs .

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Pikiell is starting to lose this team.

 

[78CollegeAve]

Pikiell is accountable for the play of his recruits - Thiam, Mensah, Doucoure. Is it pathetically embarrassing or embarrassingly pathetic?

 

[APKnight]

Worst half of basketball in quite a while. We made Illinois look like a pro team.

 

[Sweet Pea's Corner]

I think he lost it already

 

[soundcrib]

Thiam better practice a catch and shoot/quick release.

And his biggest fear is getting his shot blocked, which is why he gives up on a shot whenever someone runs at him. He's gotta get over that fear.

He shoots from his belly button. He knows he’s getting blocked.

 

[King of S]

Pikiell is starting to lose this team.

Not so sure about this extension for Pike. Maybe jumped the gun a little too early??

 

[koleszar]

Mike Williams absence is becoming even more evident. I think it had more to do with his leadership and work ethic. The team fed off of that kind of workman like effort and senior leadership. This team is completely rudderless right now. Freeman and Sanders are not accepting those leadership roles and it shows.

 

[PatrickRU92]

I'm so happy I'm at work right now

 

[80RU]

Stop with the nonsense blaming fans for another abysmal performance .The coaching staff and the players need to be held accountable for the way the team performs .

“Blaming”???

 

[Rutgers25]

Unfortunately, this season is lost. Sanders has dissapeared and losing Williams was too much to handle. No depth

Thiam is not a B1G player on offense. He would thrive on a low major. We saw that in the OOC where he actually scored down low. Love his D though.

Baker has hit the wall, too much pressure on him. In reality, he should have been a 15-20 minute player and 3rd or 4th option to score.

 

[RU MAN]

Mike Williams goes down and this team implodes. To be blown out by a $hitty, and I mean a $hitty IIlinois team is disgraceful. After seeing Corey play like **** the last two games, he can go after this season. I won't miss him. He hasn't learn squat about improving his jump shot. Everything is short. Freeman? WTF? He plays like he doesn't give a ****. Mensa? Bye bye. Bullock? Bye bye.

 

[APKnight]

Sign at tOSU game...."comedy knight".

Pissed me off the but fairly appropriate of late.

That made me laugh. Thank you.

 

[RUTrack94]

Wow ... 7 fg and 12 TO ... to a 1-8 team ... I didn’t expect to win this road game, but also expected to stay within single digits ... especially to Illinois.

 

[RU MAN]

Thiam better practice a catch and shoot/quick release.

And his biggest fear is getting his shot blocked, which is why he gives up on a shot whenever someone runs at him. He's gotta get over that fear.

Thiam needs to put on 25 pounds. He plays like a ***** out there.

 

[Mikemarc]

Mike Williams goes down and this team implodes. To be blown out by a $hitty, and I mean a $hitty IIlinois team is disgraceful. After seeing Corey play like **** the last two games, he can go after this season. I won't miss him. He hasn't learn squat about improving his jump shot. Everything is short. Freeman? WTF? He plays like he doesn't give a ****. Mensa? Bye bye. Bullock? Bye bye.

Williams was the true leader of this team. Evident that they imploded when he went down.

Now with Eugene out, who will lead?

 

[SirScarlet]

Stop with the nonsense blaming fans for another abysmal performance .The coaching staff and the players need to be held accountable for the way the team performs .

How am i blaming the fans. Try reading more slowly.

Just saying many of them suck. Worse than the team.

 

[Phil da Thrill]

Just bad players, wake up and realize that we are suboptimal in many ways.

 

[RU MAN]

Williams was the true leader of this team. Evident that they imploded when he went down.

Now with Eugene out, who will lead?

No one. Sadly no one.

 

[Rutgers25]

Mike Williams goes down and this team implodes. To be blown out by a $hitty, and I mean a $hitty IIlinois team is disgraceful. After seeing Corey play like **** the last two games, he can go after this season. I won't miss him. He hasn't learn squat about improving his jump shot. Everything is short. Freeman? WTF? He plays like he doesn't give a ****. Mensa? Bye bye. Bullock? Bye bye.

Sanders shooting is shockingly bad. His shooting form is straight up broke. It’s actully gotten worse since his frosh year...

 

[Mr. Magoo1]

Mike Williams absence is becoming even more evident. I think it had more to do with his leadership and work ethic. The team fed off of that kind of workman like effort and senior leadership. This team is completely rudderless right now. Freeman and Sanders are not accepting those leadership roles and it shows.

I get that Williams was very valuable and him not being there forces Mensah to play. That’s huge. But let’s face it, Williams was not having a great year and he wasn’t even starting and seemed to play limited minutes in some games.

This shitshow is not mostly due to the absence of Williams. It looks like players are doing whatever the hell they want out there. ..some defintiely more than others. No leadership is apparent from players or coaches right now.

 

[kcg88]

I just don't understand how we can't even get to the level of a "bad" team in football OR basketball. No, we have to be completely embarrassing and painful to watch.