Illinois St Game Thread

[TUBballJunkie]

We were good at free throws two games ago!

 

[drboobay]

Birt was not even close on most his shots. Looked ugly in the arena. We cannot continue to win with a guy taking double digit shots and making 10%.

 

[Tulsafanzz]

Birt was not even close on most his shots. Looked ugly in the arena. We cannot continue to win with a guy taking double digit shots and making 10%.

I was there tonight & I agree on Birt's shots. Birt didn't look comfortable & short armed some shots. But honestly, he always short arms the shots, so he rarely looks silky smooth (like Steve Harris!). I think he'll get it going soon. Saturday would be a great time for his shot to return!

 

[I.I.]

I'm not too worried about the foul shooting. There is good form. The last two years even the form was terrible.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

I think Ojick poked a pin in a TU player voodoo doll and laid him on a court replica free throw line.

Revenge of the 'got my papers in on time' nerd.

 

[astonmartin708_rivals]

Shaq, Swanny, and Kodi Maduka.... the worst forms I've ever seen for various reasons.

 

[t-townpod]

I love MAgney. I think I jinxed Birt. Never thought he would struggle this much. My criticism of him is his inconsistency which has not changed from day 1 last year. His 'unique' shooting form leads to an imperfect ball rotation so he gets no 'luck' with his shot.
Any rim action is a missed shot.

 

[TU_BLA]

I'm not too worried about the foul shooting. There is good form. The last two years even the form was terrible.

Agreed/ Igbanu has an ugly FT shot, but you could tell Etou was frustrated because his shots were all on line and either just a touch short or long.

 

[Air_Raid918]

I know it's early, but Illinois State's RPI when we played was #43. They've since dropped to #100 and TU moved up 48pts to #165. Illinois State is predicted to finish #2 in MVC, and I think they'll stay in RPI top 100. RPI doesn't really pan out until a couple more weeks, but it's a good win nonetheless. Especially considering the lack of production from Wheeler and Birt last night.

Taplin has stepped up. Birt needs to do the same, I think he was 1-11 or something terrible last night. Keep that up and he'll lose minutes to Korita.

 

[mcane]

And on Sagarin ISU is 75 and TU is 157. Sad that the opening game was an L to a 200+ team. I also think this will be TU's first top 100 win come March.

 

[mcane]

Sagarin predicts OSU by 9 which frankly may be too low.

 

[drboobay]

Right now I love the unpredictability of our team.

If we have a great shooting day and our ball rotations are good we might have a chance Saturday.

Of course we could also get whacked. But at least it is interesting.

 

[astonmartin708_rivals]

Right now I love the unpredictability of our team.

If we have a great shooting day and our ball rotations are good we might have a chance Saturday.

Of course we could also get whacked. But at least it is interesting.

I'd love us being predictably dominant.

 

[drboobay]

Yep but at present unpredictability will have to do.