Agreed Silver.
There’s no one on this team I’d take over Mike when facing intense ball pressure. He had the one travel at the end, but he did a fantastic job all job handling it throughout the game and still getting into the offense. Even though he played one of his worst games of the season, don’t think Juwan doubted his importance to the team one bit.
At what point in the second half did you feel like “We’re gonna do this?”
For me it was when we went up 69-64 with the 2 FTs. Chaundee was huge in that middle portion of the half.
A tough matchup for different reasons other than guard size.
Our offense could really struggle. Entries to Hunter, cross-court passes, that stuff… not easy here.
I can’t be the only one that in the back of your head thought “reverse Kansas game” after the Smith TO to easy layup up 10? Right around same time in game and deficit. (Smith will bounce back! This team is all a bunch of warriors!)
Same here. Just felt right. Bhole was still clenched the whole time though.
Plus he had that big drive for a dunk in the beginning when we needed a spark
But you were totally wrong about Franz 
Steve Fischer in 1989
So Illinois, who is the Big Ten Basketball Champion?
AND, Illinois who is the only B1G team in the Sweet Sixteen? 
SWEET!
His defense is so impressive that I should have specified “his offense”
How has it taken this long for this picture to surface.
Sportswriters. 
Ok, Izzo, THAT’s a question you can giggle at.
Some of their guys look a little doughy, though, no?
I know BQ won’t call out by name a fellow media member but I like him tweeting it to imply the stupidity of the “question”
Out of likes, troll banned, the rest of you negative, yet wonderful people back in the game. BEAUTIFUL game thread.
They beat the cr#p out of each other during the B1G season!!!
