Illinois/Iowa in-game observations

1st half, 20:00-16:00

Pruitt can shoot?
Randle and McBride with good starts.
Iowa isn't very good.
Foul situation is good so far.
Slow pace helps with our injury situation.
Feeling very good about this game.

1st half, 16:00-12:00

-good start on a new arena with all the bricks
-Marcus Arnold...why?!?
-Randle looks more dangerous today
-great job rebounding
-McBride wants to shoot a 3 every time he touches the ball...if he avoids forcing "heat checks" that will be a good thing tonight

1st half, 12:00-8:00

-I feel like I'm watching the game in slow-mo
-Brock with his signature hustle play
-Iowa can't guard Pruitt, we need to feed him more
-not expecting any contribution from Jamar tonight
-foul situation is strongly in our favor except for Pruitt's 2nd just now
-McBride needs to realize that there are reasons why some of his shots go in and others don't


1st half, 8:00-4:00

-Iowa got the momentum after 2 fouls on Carter/Pruitt
-Need to attack the zone more aggressively to score
-FT shooting isn't helping us
-Randle keeping us afloat during poor 3-pt shooting from Brock/Meacham
-I miss Richard Semrau right now

1st half, 4:00-0:00

-missed dunk by Randle made me want to cry
-made dunk made me cheer
-Weber needs to play guys with 2 fouls before halftime
-I miss Frazier right now
-Carlwell > Arnold
-bad foul by McBride, who needs to do something new on offense
-bad flashbacks involving McBride and video review at AH
-need to put Randle on Haluska
-Randle is our first-half MVP
-sucks to be losing

2nd half, 20:00-16:00

-keep feeding Pruitt...will foul Iowa out
-Pruitt has moves
-Randle dunk (*applause*)
-STOP FOULING HALUSKA ON 3's!

2nd half, 16:00-12:00

-Meacham won't play next year
-I miss Frazier
-our defense has gotten progressively worse as the game has gone on
-this team has some heart, if little else

2nd half, 12:00-8:00

-Jamar's 3-point shot is broken tonight (or we'd be up 15+)
-yay, 50 points!
-momentum back with Illinois
-we can score inside at will...need to make this happen
-we must win this
-Warren can shoot, thankfully
-Randle can play when he tries

2nd half, 8:00-4:00

-this strange feeling...happiness?
-some of these plays Randle has made passing the rock (*applause*)
-alley-oop? transition? (*applause*)
-technical on Jamar is weak
-are we having fun yet?
-Meacham on the bench...nice decision by Weber
-defensive intensity has really cranked up
-this is Illini basketball, finally

2nd half, 4:00-0:00

-not looking forward to playing @Iowa with their FT shooting
-some ugly possessions down the stretch
-really bad stretch after the final TV timeout
-McBride shot = dagger!
-Warren Carter fouled out...not sure what's up with that
-37.1 seconds left...heartattack begins
-34.1 seconds left...heartattack intensifies
-32.0 seconds left...heartattack reaches critical mass
-32.0 seconds left...inhale
-18.3 seconds left...exhale
-*whew*