This game will be a test. Go Illini!!

Is any radio station carrying the game?

Stifling D so far. Tisdale 4 Vandy 0

Nice 3 by Meacham.

7-2 Illini. Mike Davis shooting tonight looks like Tyrus Thomas.

KFNS

Good Lord Davis is playing like hell.

That Ausie #4 looks good and they also brought in the other big guy #3 to play Tisdale. How does Stallings get all these foreign guys??

McCameeeeee for threeeee!

What a pass by Brock to Davis, and 1.

Mike Davis has a lot of potential. He also needs to learn to box out.

Frazier needs to never shoot unless he has a 10 foot radius of open space around him. If fact, he needs to never leave his feet with the ball unless the situation matches the criterion above.

McCamey looks good.

Does Brock ever miss that shot?

Game begins in earnest now, Vandy's playing like they've finally arrived at the building.

Trent is still a step behind his man on defense. OTOH, it's nice to see our defense actually force some turnovers.

2 fouls on Tisdale.

Davis also needs to understand the concept of a heat check.

If you're cold, work to get others shots, don't just jack it up there.

Game Channel give the Illini an extra point.

What's the actual score?

Jordan taking a page out of his dad's book and draining a shot when the team needs it.

Vanderbilt answers with a three and a quick +1. Bleh.

Illinois might want to start playing defense.

The lineup of Jordan/Chester/Trent/Brock/Semrau isn't going to work either.

26-30. Vandy shooting a FT after a blocking foul on Trent (Vandy guy made a prayer, over the head backwards bank)

This looks like a 1-5 point loss to me.

Vandy asleep on the inbounds play... again. McCamey has icewater in his veins.

Still a 4 pt game, UI ball

McCamey is rediculous.

Bench scoring 18-4 Vandy.

HELL YEAH!

Up by one at the half, can't complain. And some guys aren't shootin' so hot.

Hells yeah.

Nice way to end the half.

That was an enjoyable first half.

No surprises as far as our weaknesses with rebounding, but I like the way the team responded to Vandy's run.

Let's see what adjustments are made.

Good Lord Demetri.

Nice play at the end of the half for a 3! 36-35 Illini at half.

MCCAMEY!

Okay, good guys 36-35 at the half.

Thoughts:

-MCCAMEY!
-Frazier looks ... competant. As long as he keeps his feet on the ground when he has the ball, he's okay. He seems better at finding the open guy. (dribble drive assist on McCamey's 3 at the buzzer) When he leaves his feet, bad things happen.
-Brock made some very pretty passes. Made a tough baseline J, missed an easy one.
-Jeff Jordan needs to remember that he's allowed to dribble
-Mike Davis is the 2nd best player on this team
-Trent is a role player, which should surprise no one
-Semrau looked pretty good. I'd say a little better than Tisdale.
-No Bill Cole sightings

McCamey:
13 points
5-7 shooting
3-5 from deep
3 assists

He missed his first two shots. If Illinois is going to win big games this year, that's what he has to do.

boy i wish i could be WATCHING this game!

keep the observations coming those of you that can.

I wonder if BW is in the locker room giving the guys the fist speech or emphasizing that rome wasn't built in 40 minutes? :lol:

Trent has drilled 2 threes. On a good team that makes him a role player. On this team he is a starter, at least until Legion can play.

No way he averages 15 ppg and 5 apg this year since Dee Brown avg. less than that as a Senior.

I agree, but I think that's simply a consequence of him being far and away the best player on this team.

Bonus thought: We're going to have to play a better to win this game. That might mean getting something from the post (nada so far), it might mean McCamey channels HRF ... I'm not sure.

In all honesty we look like one of Weber's SIU teams to me. That's a compliment, because last year we looked much worse than Weber's SIU teams

Well, he's going to start just because Brock is too inconsistent and doesn't bring enough to the table. But I'll be stubborn and argue that being a starter does not prevent one from being a role player.

We actually played a very solid 1st half.

Illinois is playing pretty well on offense, but they have to play better D if they want to win.

Re: Trent. He'd be a fine player if he wasn't so slow. He's always a step behind on defense.

Vandy has won 20 straight at home.

Illini cold 0-6 to start half. 42-36 Vandy.

Vandy on a 7-0 run to start the second half....

McCamey again...

...bad post defense...

...Tisdale off the window...

41-44

Phantom foul on McCamey??? Well, I guess it is a road game

Summary of 2nd half so far: Vandy is knocking down shots.

contested? are we playing decent defense?

We have to start playing defense.

I don't want to jinx his career or anything, but Mike Davis can make his free throws.

Vandy hits another 3. 43-48

Tisdale can't seem to make a non-jump shot

MCCAMEY MY GOD

McCamey from 30 feet!!

More or less. They're getting clean looks at the basket, but it's the sort of shots you normally see teams make in March, not in November. Does that make sense? It might just be that our D isn't good, though.


McCamey from 25 feet as the shot clock expires a few minutes ago. Fast break and we're tied at 50.

Demetri missed the heat check.

4th foul on Tisdale.

McCamey is awesome.

Davis is close to another double double.

Ted Valentine is an effing moron! Just a bullsh!t offensive foul call on Tisdale. Eat dirt Valentine!

Tisdale can make a 15 foot bank from the baseline, but not a 2 footer.

(and yes, apparently he is our "designated Archibald")

Score update: 52-53