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Good start. Nice movement and great energy.

Brandon Paul!

Looking like the real deal right out of the gate! Woo hoo!!!

3 for 3 threes!! Nice start!

Nice penetration so far too but the 2 youngin's.

Haha nice flop, Billy.

25-9 through 9 minutes of play. Freshmen look great. Everybody getting PT, including Semrau and Billy Cole. Brandon Paul with 11 and looking like a complete stud.

freshman look awesome!!! this is great!

Good to see Weber using the bench, that'll only benefit us later in the year of he keeps it up.

I hope SIUE is not terrible, because we look awesome.

Good ball movement and when they move they are getting good looks. Amazing how that works.

Brandon Paul is certainly not afraid to go to the basket.

Tyler Griffey already making an appearance. Up 19 nearing 5 minutes or so left in 1st half. Weber moving a lot of people in and out.

This could be a very exciting season!

Nice to see all the subbing and only 1 TO so far. I think it was D Mac's travel.

I hope they continue to look to push the ball all year. With so many guard options I just gotta think the break is gonna be there a lot.

Lost some rhythm but still up 25. 4 minutes or so left in 1st half. DMac with athletic move to the basket but rejected by the rim (going over another guy). Paul cooling off but still looks great. Mike Davis, quietly having a decent game.

Announcer just said that they were 10-20 last year and 2-14 on the road. Don't think they are world beaters but then nobody in the Big 10 is playing UNC right out the gate.

It's nice to see people getting tick, but I wouldn't mind less personnel changes. Defensively we look good. Offensively, not as good the 2nd ten minutes but we have 47! This team will be fun to watch. It's nice to see a fast break, and this team will be able to kill you different ways, with multiple players. Should be a really fun season!

Good to see an up and down game.
Coach will ask for lockdown D in 2H.
Predicting Semrau will get lots of tick during B10 play.

Go Illini

47-25 at half. McCamey looking comfortable, happy playing field general. Defense solid, not a lot of forced shots on offense.

The Illini look good... REALLY good. Everyone is playing well. The team looks fast, athletic, confident and it looks like they all really like each other. You can tell that they are having fun out there.

I know that it is SIUE, but there are too many games when we would play down to our competition. I love everything that I'm seeing. This is a really entertaining team and it should be a fun year!

Too add, ESPN360 is surprisingly good. Good feed, decent production values.

On a down note...Assembly Hall looks half empty.

...and Dicky Simpkins isn't bad as an analyst!

Brandon Paul with 19, only a few minutes into 2nd half!

I hope Alex becomes a microwaves ... otherwise his D is going to cost him lots of minutes as the competition gets better

Mine was choppy in the first half, but it's okay now. It might have been my computer.

The difference from last year to this year is huge. Every time Illinois would throw a shot up last year I would cringe. Just by watching one half I am confident with every shot they take.

Would like to see them bust the clock the first game out even if it is SIU-E

Paul with the no-look pass to Keller on the break... and one!

LOVE to see us run.. looking forward to hearing how many transition baskets we had

Alex has made a couple of baskets, but so far as I can tell, still looks like the same Alex Legion.

Not to diss on Chet, but how nice is it to see a couple new guys plus D Mac lighter and quicker all going to the hoop? Nice mid range pops too. Those types of things are big difference makers.

Is there a boxscore somewhere? ESPN doesn't have it posted.

77-41, 10 mins and change left. This would have been the final a year ago :dance

Lot easier to win a NCAA tournament game if you can get to the line.

Up by 27 but we're getting sloppy.

Offense has really stalled the past few minutes.

Brandon Paul sets a freshmen opening game record with 22 points (Deon held the record with 21). Just took a seat, probably done for the game with 4 minutes left. 100 points still within reach, but not the certainty it looked like with 10 minutes left.

Dude, Brandon Paul is going to be...

Brandon Paul is gooooooood

i don't understand how this kid wasn't a mcdonald's all american last year...

96-69 final. SIU-E not very good, but saw some real positives tonight. Great win to start the season.