Rick Leitz

@Champaign_Room @illinihead21 @thescorechicago

Former #illini Kendal Gill did NOT hold back when asked about Bruce Pearl on @thescorechicago 😆

@DavidJHarrisJr @WadeMiller Yes

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@TheIlliniFN And very little contact on Wisconsin drives getting called. Ridiculous

I don’t understand why the refs are biting their whistles on Illinois drives. Tons of contact on these drives

@TheConnorPils Tomi’s reaction was hilarious!

OH MY FUCKING GOD KYLAN WITH THE BROKEN HAND NO REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE AND ONNEEEEEE

@timjsinclair These announcers are not good so far.

The #illini up 13, with 3 fouls to USC’s 6. Commentator: “This tight style of officiating certainly favors USC.” Um, when is that part gonna start then?

@AuctionPicker @fulknA Missed 10 second backcourt violation.

@fulknA What was wrong here?

Illinois should’ve had the ball with 24 seconds left and a tie game in regulation. The #B1G continues to not give a single fuck what’s happening night in and night out. This is pathetic and inexcusable. #illini

@macdaddy0324 @wischlist Play Lee on D at the end of games. I do not understand why Jake was on the floor with 4 fouls when you knew you would likely need to foul toward the end of OT.

@wischlist Why can Brandon Lee or Petrovic be used to stop dribble penetration. Brad obssesed with offensive stats. It’s about winning game an allowing pg to get anywhere he wants is not good! Big z on perimeter guarding 5 foot 10 guy cmon

Lack of depth overall and lack of guards in particular were killers tonight. The Illini's 13 turnovers to Wisconsin's 6 hurt a lot.

@SpartyGuy96 @MikeCagley Contact between Kohler and Fears. No contact between Tomi and Fears.

@MikeCagley There was contact so that’s why they ended up calling it a foul

No contact on Ivisic’s 5th foul. What a joke. #Illini #Illinois

@joshnallen81 @TheIlliniFN Especially Tomi’s fifth. He didn’t touch Fears.

@TheIlliniFN Neutral court we beat these clowns by 15. Classic phantom fouls in OT for Sparty.

I went into this game thinking MSU is good and we may lose, I’m ok losing this game. I think this MSU team is legit. That said, the refs were horribly bad. Horribly. Have two MSU fans tell me the same thing, this has been a pathetic ref show that has favorited MSU all game.

@srrichey Both Ivisic brothers and Andre will have 2 fouls by the 10 minute mark

🚨HIGH KNEES ALERT🚨 Today's officials in West Lafayette, Ind.: Michael Reed, Randy Richardson and ... Jeffrey Anderson! #Illini #B1G #APTop25

@wischlist @jwh5411 Need to be able to guard without fouling. Mackey is notorious for home friendly whistles. I expect some touch fouls called early on whoever is guarding Smith, to get them out of the game.

@jwh5411 Definitely a challenge. It's going to have to be a team effort in many ways, I'd imagine. I suspect they may start out with Stojakovic guarding him. Perhaps Andrej's size can give Braden some trouble. We'll see.

Illinois isn't going to be able to recreate Kylan's singular defense with him out. Nobody else on the team can defend like he can. But what the Illini can do in Kylan's absence is create increased offense to compensate — e.g., more shots for Andrej and Jake. And that can work.

@ALionEye And 0 turnovers. Consistent even on a poor shooting night.

Keaton Wagler is 1-8 from three and has only 11 points but with eight minutes left he also has 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Poor shooting night? Flirt with a triple-double.

@illinipassports @JWerner247 Or KJ.

@JWerner247 Think I’m ready to say I prefer Keaton to a hypothetical year 2 Will Riley (still wish we could have both)

Keaton Wagler is having a quietly great half: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 0 turnovers He'll be on triple-double watch entering the second half. The #illini freshman star is making great decisions.

@srrichey So Wagler gets hit in the face and there is not even a foul called or a review but THAT is called a flagrant 1??

Zvonimir Ivisic with the Flagrant 1 foul after official review. His second foul, so we may or may not see him again in the first half. #Illini #B1G

@BradEaster2 @Boomer64gw @JWerner247 He fell because he landed on a Minnesota player’s foot. Would you be able to stay standing after stepping on someone’s foot?

@Boomer64gw @JWerner247 Rebound total was good. Just need him to stop falling. Fell at least once yesterday, but think he avoided travel call. Pretty obvious at this point were the team getting called for falling to the ground, unlike the others. Can’t count on BIG refs

#illini Zvonimir Ivisic said he's added 30 pounds since he's gotten here. Credits Adam Fletcher for a lot of his growth.

@glenn_kinley He’s not wrong.

Brad Underwood says Keaton Wagler’s fourth foul was “Hilarious… Almost comical that that got called.”

@Illini77ic @ILLBoardRoom And that third foul was all ball.

@ILLBoardRoom the no call push in the back to boswell followed up with big z’s 3rd foul was asinine.

It feels a bit lopsided with how much contact Tennessee is allowed to have compared to Illinois

@ArmchairIllini I don’t mind the interview but at least show the game. No need to watch him talk.

If ESPN is going to have Jelly Roll on for 20 minutes moaning about Tennessee, Bret Bielema should be on next

@Jimebs20 @JWerner247 That means that the players didn’t follow the scouting report, not that there were errors in the scouting report. B

@JWerner247 Who is responsible for those reports?

#illini Brad Underwood: The thing I'm most disappointed in was scouting report mistakes.

@ktausk13 Both were trips over their own feet.

And now Boswell picks up his 2nd. Looked like Holloway just tripped