1 of the 17 Illini fans who cares more about football than basketball. Because of that, everyone thinks I hate basketball. Publisher of https://teapaw.org/t.co/rbZFJ8G6vv
Champaign, IL
Joined May 2009
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Wait, Quentin McCoy replaced Zens so player #15 is on the floor. Five points scored. Need three more in the final 1:35.
Robert Rosenthal retweeted
“SEE IF IT WAS 61-26 INSTEAD OF 59-24… THAT’D BE 6X-2X, AND THE DIFFERENCE WOULD FEEL SO MUCH BIGGER.”
Quentin Coleman has 10 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists so I think I'm gonna need @TylerCott to put him on triple-double watch.
If you're not watching this (or if you don't have B1G+), just know that this is as much fun as you can have if you want to see all six freshmen looking like experienced veterans. Yes, it's UIC, and it's an exhibition, but our exhibitions used to be "Illinois 83, Northwood 67".
Robert Rosenthal retweeted
Through 14 minutes and 44 points I’ve seen maybe one ball screen from the #Illini offense? (Even that was a DHO.)
A different offensive look for sure this season.
It's 43-14 Illini after only 13 minutes and 30 seconds of exhibition basketball so now I'm dreaming of all kinds of x-x possibilities. 11x-5x? 12x-4x?
6:44 driveway 6:59 seat. That's 15 minutes and, honestly, it's not good. 14 is the goal, 13 is possible. We'll do better.
The tickets were all taken by students BUT, since they're students and they're walking to the game, I still have two parking passes that were sent to me with those tickets. So if you'd like a parking pass for tonight's exhibition game, email me. Robert at Illiniboard dot com.
Bambinos was gone by the time I was there but I ran up those stairs for a slice at Illini Inn many times.
I even completed The Triple Crown once. A slice at Illini Inn, a super burrito from La Bamba, and a Haystack at the Homestretch, all completed in one hour.
I have five *fantastic* tickets to give away for the exhibition game tonight. A pair two rows off the court, a single three rows off the court, and a pair six rows back.
I'd like to get them to students who missed out on season tix. So email me (Robert at Illiniboard dot com) from an Illinois dot edu email address and let me know if you want a single or one of the pairs.
Here's the best way I can describe the Big Ten in 2026:
"I hate that our November schedule is Nebraska, UCLA, Iowa, and Northwestern. I'd much prefer something like USC, Michigan, Washington, and Penn State."
