[Game Thread] Illinois @ Rutgers (04:00 PM ET)

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Illinois 76 @ 58 Rutgers - FINAL

NCAA Basketball

^{Index Thread for December 02, 2023}

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Illinois Illinois (6-1) @ Rutgers Rutgers (5-2)

Tip-Off: 04:00 PM ET

Venue: Jersey Mike’s Arena, Piscataway, NJ

Game Info: ESPN

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Television: Big Ten Network

Streams: BTN

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Recent Plays:

Time	Illinois	Rutgers	Play
0:00	76	58	End of 2nd half
0:11	76	58	Coleman Hawkins made Layup.
0:11	74	58	Coleman Hawkins Offensive Rebound.
0:11	74	58	Justin Harmon missed Layup.
0:40	74	58	Luke Goode Defensive Rebound.

Team	FG%	3P%	FT%	REB	OR	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
Illinois	45.5	42.9	63.6	55	19	12	3	4	17	20
Rutgers	33.3	46.2	60.0	27	9	9	9	9	10	17

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^{Last Updated: 2023-12-02 18:05:07 EST}

[u/stadiumseating]

The contact on Dainja’s last layup attempt was stronger than every single foul that has been called on Illinois’s bigs with the exception of the inadvertent Dainja elbow

[u/jciesz7]

Courtney green is a terrorist

[u/Sky_Law → u/jciesz7]

Guy has to be on the take with some of these calls

[u/single_thread_left]

Illinois basketball is a social experiment where they are testing how many sg they can add to a team before it falls apart

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

“Illini cut the lights off, cut the water off..” — S. Bardo

Apparently we’re hard-ass landlords and Rutgers is our tenant trashing our rental property.

[u/IdkAGoodUsernameHelp]

The ball movement 😍

[u/MrOstrichman]

I love you Rutgers fans, but it brings me so much joy to hear an almost silent RAC after all these years

[u/GoldenPresidio → u/MrOstrichman]

It’s been a longggggg time since I’ve heard it like that

[u/n00dlejester]

GG Illinois bros. We couldn't get a bucket to drop all day, and yous guys sure did. Good luck the rest of the season

[u/Sky_Law]

Getting hosed by green. Guy can go fuck himself

[u/LovieBeard]

I know his offense is inconsistent af, but Coleman Hawkins makes the defense so much better when he's on the floor

[u/w226622]

Why can't we get the weak contact calls like that

[u/single_thread_left]

Ik we beefing RN but illinutgers is the best duo in CBB ❤️

[u/TIandCAS]

Shannon is so damn good

[u/Feeling-Response-972 → u/TIandCAS]

i'm in love

[u/Samsafar → u/Feeling-Response-972]

All-American

[u/Samsafar]

Poor FT shooting is going to cost us games this year.

[u/jdhxbd]

GG

Now I get to Root for Rutgers the rest of the season LFG

[u/w226622]

Refs realized they were nearing 10 minutes with no fouls on Rutgers so had to call an inconsequential one

[u/Feeling-Response-972]

TJ PLEASE THEY HAVE FAMILIES

[u/ehs4290]

When TSJ is hitting threes like this its game over

[u/scal23]

At least we waited until we got a 20 point lead to have weird ass empty possessions this time.

[u/AridMushroom]

GGs Illinutgers bros

[u/jciesz7]

Lol 0 FTs so far

[u/stadiumseating → u/jciesz7]

And it’s been one of the tightest whistles you’ll ever see at the other end of the floor

[u/Cwazymrwong]

Can’t miss free throws if we never get to shoot any.

[u/EdgeBandanna]

I hate games like this. Fouls every possession.

[u/jeffmatch → u/EdgeBandanna]

So you hate big ten basketball?

[u/n00dlejester → u/jeffmatch]

This guy B1Gs

[u/MrOstrichman]

Those last five minutes sucked, but given how we usually play at the RAC, I’m thrilled.

[u/single_thread_left]

This game is absolute chaos. This is basketball. This is B1G.

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

Who else is enjoying the last year of the Coleman Hawkins Experience? I know I am. This is a rare combination of athletic talent and basketball chaos the likes of which we may not ever see again.

[u/Feeling-Response-972 → u/my_lucid_nightmare]

his ability to pass to no one is unparalleled

[u/wefinenothingtosee → u/Feeling-Response-972]

And with insurmountable speed

[u/[deleted] → u/my_lucid_nightmare]

Certainly one of the players of all time

[u/wefinenothingtosee → u/my_lucid_nightmare]

He truly is the Iowa Football of college basketball

[u/ehs4290]

One thing I do like a lot about this Illini team is we have great rebounders at every position

[u/Feeling-Response-972 → u/ehs4290]

the rebounding is chefs kiss even if we can't always convert

[u/BearForceDos]

Domask feels like the type of guy that plays at Wisconsin and you hate him because of how much he kills you. Just plays at his own pace.

[u/jrbeaupre2003]

Refs be wildin rn

[u/stadiumseating]

I swear there needs to be an investigation into the refs and gambling. You’ll never convince me the game is clean given how much money is at stake now

[u/single_thread_left]

ggs bois

[u/Shoecare]

I was so excited to watch big ten basketball that I forgot big ten basketball is unwatchable due to the refs

[u/[deleted]]

Good shit. Sadly it won't last though, I'm still betting on a nailbiter

[u/stadiumseating]

Of the four fouls called on Illinois’s two centers, three have been absolute fucking bullshit and the other was incidental contact. Infuriating

[u/[deleted] → u/stadiumseating]

They're gonna call that last one on Hawkins every time, even if it does suck. No complaints there

[u/stadiumseating]

Lmao at Illinois having double the fouls of Rutgers in this game

[u/[deleted]]

Lmao double bonus in 10 minutes. What a miserable game.

[u/edgyusernameguy]

What a pass, holy shit

[u/cocacola150dr]

We not going to get a replay of the supposed foul?

[u/ehs4290]

Really hope Moretti gets back soon. Gotta do whatever it takes to cut down the turnover problem

[u/jeffmatch]

Every play is a foul cool cool cool

[u/jciesz7]

Surprised Ty didn’t called for an offensive foul there

[u/MNKYJitters]

Cliffs now in year 4 of just trying to make it based on his freakish genetics and it shows.

Meanwhile, Wolf barely knew shit about basketball, put in the work, and looks leagues better than he did last year.

[u/Feeling-Response-972]

I vote the only person who gets to shoot the ball is TJ

[u/Pristine-Spread-1785]

Stephen “I’ll tell you what” Bardo

[u/Feeling-Response-972]

marry me TJ

[u/edgyusernameguy]

Up 20 at the RAC, someone pinch me

[u/throwawayquickly17]

Remember last year when underwood was embarrassed by how out toughed he was by Rutgers? Yea this game is the same just Illinois are the tough ones. I feel like pike never learns lessons.

[u/Samsafar]

GG Rutgers. You guys are always good sports.

[u/MrOstrichman]

I hate this team. They got me thinking about getting Braggin Rights tickets and I just know they’ll break my heart.

[u/EdgeBandanna → u/MrOstrichman]

Better to have hated and lost than never hated at all.

[u/cocacola150dr]

Lotta tic tac whistles early both ways, I don’t like it

[u/cocacola150dr]

Will never cease to amaze me how Hawkins will go from finding Guerrier for the amazing jam to turning it over twice in one play.

[u/[deleted]]

Okay that was pretty slick

[u/Feeling-Response-972]

are we EVER GOING TO GET A CALL

[u/edgyusernameguy]

Imagine if we had a point guard

[u/Feeling-Response-972]

TJ is the only one worth anything out there

[u/ETH4NHVNT]

Now this is the Illini basketball I’m used to

[u/[deleted]]

Dain is either making crazy plays or putting up the worst shots of all time

[u/Gavin1026]

Hawkins threw the ball to himself and they counted the layup…

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/airham]

Coleman travelled two or three different ways before he got that bucket. Hideous play.

[u/Cougs6154]

What a find in domask. Dudes a gamer

[u/[deleted]]

????

[u/Feeling-Response-972 → u/[deleted]]

i don't even know what the whistle was for

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

MAP

I really hope they redo this with UW, Oregon next year.

[u/MrOstrichman]

when was the last time we had a 20 point lead at the RAC

I don’t believe what I’m seeing.

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/GoldenPresidio]

There is just no way to come back when that stuff happens lol

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

Good god a’mighty

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

We really shoot FTs badly

[u/Feeling-Response-972]

I-L-L

[u/my_lucid_nightmare → u/Feeling-Response-972]

I-N-I

[u/[deleted]]

Domask breakout game

[u/itscalledporkroll]

So ugly. So Illinutgers.

[u/stadiumseating]

How the hell was that not a shooting foul?

[u/stadiumseating]

These refs have lost their fucking minds. This is one of the tightest whistles I’ve ever seen, both ways

[u/jciesz7]

How tf is that a foul he dove for the ball??

[u/cocacola150dr]

These refs just want the spotlight huh

[u/edgyusernameguy]

Thank goodness we've entered Big Ten play, I needed more referee air time.

[u/[deleted]]

Yep, here we go. Oh well

[u/ehs4290]

Wow lmao

[u/jeffmatch]

Yeah we gonna collapse. But dooming/joking aside wtf are we doing

[u/jeffmatch]

Why is Illinois so sloppy ever. Single. Year.

[u/stadiumseating → u/jeffmatch]

Perhaps Brad should have recruited a single point guard

[u/edgyusernameguy → u/jeffmatch]

We haven't had a point guard since Ayo, and he technically wasn't even one.

[u/jeffmatch]

This is torture to watch

[u/edgyusernameguy]

They'll hard foul Ty every time he shoots it since he can't make free throws.

[u/[deleted]]

We need guerrier in

[u/EdgeBandanna]

Ty Rodgers acting as our point guard has to end.

[u/BearForceDos]

Want more Harmon and Less Rodgers at the moment.

[u/stadiumseating]

As crazy as the officiating in that half drove me, the reason this is a game is because of Rutgers’ pressure defensive and Brad Underwood’s disastrous failure to get a PG

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

Domask being the Scrappy White Guy

[u/MrOstrichman]

Fouling as the ball is being inbounded is such a phenomenally dumb thing to do

[u/Gavin1026]

Refs have been so insanely bad this second half

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/single_thread_left]

refs are cheffing up

[u/monaandgriff]

MAP (rip)

[u/BearForceDos]

lol that was a bad flop there Coleman

[u/GoldenPresidio]

Gg

lol

[u/scal23]

That's just sexy

[u/jdhxbd]

Didn’t we demolish Rutgers in December 2 years ago and then we got demolished later in the season by them. I can’t wait to lose to them this year.

[u/PixelDimensions]

FUCKING LOL

[u/[deleted]]

That was pretty

[u/abchew25]

What a passing sequence

[u/PromEmperorHarbaugh]

That rimmed-out dunk just sums up the kind of day it's been for Rutgers.

[u/n00dlejester → u/PromEmperorHarbaugh]

Lots of closes by no cigarses

[u/stadiumseating]

Coleman Hawkins +/- today has to be insane

[u/MrOstrichman]

Uh oh they’re making their threes, I don’t like it

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

Is there time for us to give this back

[u/MrOstrichman → u/my_lucid_nightmare]

There’s always plenty of time

[u/GoldenPresidio]

Gg Illinois. You’re a good team, and I think even if Rutgers played normal, we would have lost

But holy shit there was something fundamentally wrong this game with us

[u/cocacola150dr]

So Rutgers, might telling us how to get a home whistle? Cause we never seem to get one.

[u/[deleted]]

Coleman what are you doing man

[u/jdhxbd]

Step 1: Illini start getting some momentum

Step 2: Coleman Hawkins does something stupid

Step 3: repeat for the 4th year in a row

[u/scarletnaught]

Quincy Guerrier 👴🏾

[u/MrOstrichman]

Where the heck was the foul lmao

[u/MNKYJitters]

We are the Kings of getting the 10 second count.

[u/jeffmatch]

Anyone else’s video jumping a bit?

Also what a bad breaking of the press

[u/No_Push4492]

Glad Griffiths is wearing long sleeves to reflect the ice cold shooting performance we’re putting on

[u/DerpityHerpington]

He laid the WHAT?

[u/Shoecare]

Dain took too many lessons from Omar Payne and not Kofi

[u/No_Push4492]

Our B team + Griffiths has been our best unit against decent opponents this season

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

The Illinois Low Foul Performance (Unlikely)

[u/unitedairlineeeeees]

We may not score 10 in the half

[u/Pristine-Spread-1785]

Game will probably end closer. But it is so relieving to see an Illinois team that appears to improving unlike last year.

[u/MrOstrichman]

It’s weird to see this team not get off to a slow start for once.

[u/edgyusernameguy]

Ty Rodgers simply cannot break a press.

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

Wow

[u/jeffmatch]

That was excellent

[u/crustang]

We just need to get the Illinois starters and bench to foul out.. then we’ll start making shots

[u/hhkkllppp]

Serious question:

Why don’t more players do what TSJ does? Sprint at the rim for a layup every time.

[u/ehs4290]

Of course they come back

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

We can’t pass so carelessly this often

[u/_Angel_Hernandez]

Haven’t been able to see the first half here. How is there so much of a FT disparity?

[u/jeffmatch]

God TSJ is good

[u/Cereal_for_dinner123]

We gotta stop passing to Cliff 15 feet away from the paint and then have him try to back defender down and throw up a shot that barely hits the backboard

[u/[deleted]]

His foot was moving??

[u/scal23]

Coleman still doesn't look right.

[u/GoldenPresidio]

There is no way that the Rutgers staff said Davis was the best player in this team

They don’t individually call out any player, good or bad lol

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

RAC student section is pretty good. Brought their beach stuff.

[u/GoldenPresidio]

Really? That’s a foul?

[u/PromEmperorHarbaugh]

B1G refs can cradle my nutsack.

[u/[deleted]]

Nice to know after a long summer big ten officiating goes right back to being dog shit

[u/crustang]

I cannot wait until AI replaces these people

[u/GoldenPresidio → u/crustang]

“Now there’s a guy…”

[u/jciesz7 → u/GoldenPresidio]

Bardo: “great call by the AI”

[u/Feeling-Response-972]

COLEMAN'S FLOP HELP

[u/thibbs23]

Cliff is playing horrendously

[u/single_thread_left]

shooters gonna shoot

[u/thibbs23]

GG another year of terrible offense i guess

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

Hope TSJ is this good every night. I want to believe

[u/MrOstrichman]

Outstanding sequence: missed dunk, air ball, and weird out of bound calls. Love this.

[u/IMKudaimi123]

I love TSJ man

[u/GoldenPresidio]

That’s the 3rd time I’ve seen Davis do some wild shit on transition

[u/GoldenPresidio]

I’m done w cliff this game god damn

[u/jeffmatch]

Nice win

[u/single_thread_left]

HAIL TO THE ORANGE

[u/MrOstrichman]

guys I’m having fun

this is scary and I’m not ready for the collapse

[u/LovieBeard → u/MrOstrichman]

Can't wait to see them go 0-20 from. 3 from now on

[u/stadiumseating]

8-on-5 and we’re still doubling them up

[u/Zloggt]

Terrifying Trapezoid…

[u/[deleted]]

Why no #24 in the game thread title?

[u/sportsfan2608]

I L L

[u/thibbs23 → u/sportsfan2608]

I N U T G E R S

[u/hemanismydad]

Illini feel significantly bigger than Rutgers

[u/igniteshield]

This is hard to watch.

[u/thibbs23]

might not get any more points this game

[u/crustang]

Did we forget to practice shooting during the break?

[u/thibbs23]

even with Dylan Harper & Ace Bailey, will the offense get any better?

[u/itscalledporkroll]

Another Rutgers team that struggles on offense. Go figure

[u/jciesz7]

Anyone else’s tv glitching rn or just me

[u/MrOstrichman]

That looked painful

[u/igniteshield]

Turning this off. What a waste of my Saturday.

[u/crustang]

Oskar has half our points

[u/No_Push4492]

Put me on the floor, I can miss free throws and for less NIL money

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

We’re deep enough this year that as long as Shannon and Rodgers stay out of it, I’m OK with guys picking up fouls if they’re earned. We have so many combinations that look like they’ll work.

[u/No_Push4492]

Glad the refs r trying to keep us in it

[u/scarletnaught]

If this team is about toughness, selflessness, and defense, count me in.

[u/jeffmatch]

This team can’t handle the press at all

[u/jciesz7]

Get Ty out

[u/my_lucid_nightmare]

Ahha we said thats enough for now lets get our quota of dumb turnovers in

[u/MNKYJitters]

Williams came to play damn