Kolek-ting Champaign wishes....

[tower912]

1.  Kolek is the gold standard.   He reminded us that 'oh, yeah, he's a first team all American.'   If he doesn't play tonight, MU loses by 20.
2.  MU did everything right but missed a lot of good looks.   (Robin Leach voice) I don't know why.    (I have an idea.   Later)
3.  Keeping up with the Joneses was easy early.   They got better.
4. Kept hoping for Chase to get going.  No Rolls Ross.
5.  Joplin misery (Missouri) on offense.   Illinois face guarded his 3 pt looks and celebrated when he drove.
6.  Some swag in that Illinois Goode bag.
7. 4 guard sets were a luxury MU could not afford tonight.  Illinois is too big.
Enough.   The jokes were fun.
8. MU shot from distance like it was their first road game of the season in a venue they had never seen before.
9.   Hack an Oso is coming.   
10. Gold was the best sophomore tonight.
11.  MU beat a ranked team on the road in an absolute grind.   Seashells, balloons, diamonds, pearls.

...and caviar dreams

[5DollarPitcher]

Great win in a tough environment.

Kolek delivers.

[wadesworld]

Shaka's move to go to Sean and Ben in place of Stevie and Jop changed the momentum in the second half.

Hell of a road win. We were the better team, but we missed a lot of easy looks and they hit a few prayers. That's a recipe for letting one slip a way. The fact that we didn't, on the road against a top 25 team, is a testament to how good this team can be.

[BLWarrior91]

Huge win.  Lots to work on yet they beat a ranked team on the road in a hostile environment.  Huge win.

[StillAWarrior]

Hell of a road win. We were the better team, but we missed a lot of easy looks and they hit a few prayers. That's a recipe for letting one slip a way. The fact that we didn't, on the road against a top 25 team, is a testament to how good this team can be.

That pretty much sums it up. Great win.

[PGsHeroes32]

Yeah it should be pretty scary for the rest of our schedule that we just won a top 25 road game and overall looked pretty bad.

Best part for us is the "bad" was really all self inflicted missing easy shots/plays had nothing to do with a lack of talent or being exposed.

So ready for Maui. Not ready for 10:30 pm TIP.

[Jockey]

Great road win. Illinois is a really good defensive team.

We learned a lot about this year's rotation tonight.

1st half defense was as good as I can remember.

[Herman Cain]

Kolek showed us the results of his non dominant hand work over the summer. Makes a huge difference . Excellent performance by a First Team All American.

The rest of the team has room for improvement, which I think will come now that they got this game out of their system.

[Jay Bee]

Great reminder. We're elite, but that's not far from being "pretty good"

[mugrad_89]

Great road win. Illinois is a really good defensive team.

We learned a lot about this year's rotation tonight.

1st half defense was as good as I can remember.

We made their defense look better than it is with a lot of easy misses.

[GB Warrior]

We made their defense look better than it is with a lot of easy misses.

Would argue their defense is that good, and we made our offense look more pedestrian than it is with a lot of open misses

[chicagowarrior]

Kolek said..what ankle? And dropped a game

[Tyler COLEk]

I thought Illinois was pretty impressive. Very athletic and long. Marquette still controlled this one with nobody but TKO firing on all cylinders.

[chicagowarrior]

lets go to HI and make some noise!

[Newsdreams]

1.  Kolek is the gold standard.   He reminded us that 'oh, yeah, he's a first team all American.'   If he doesn't play tonight, MU loses by 20.
2.  MU did everything right but missed a lot of good looks.   (Robin Leach voice) I don't know why.    (I have an idea.   Later)
3.  Keeping up with the Joneses was easy early.   They got better.
4. Kept hoping for Chase to get going.  No Rolls Ross.
5.  Joplin misery (Missouri) on offense.   Illinois face guarded his 3 pt looks and celebrated when he drove.
6.  Some swag in that Illinois Goode bag.
7. 4 guard sets were a luxury MU could not afford tonight.  Illinois is too big.
Enough.   The jokes were fun.
8. MU shot from distance like it was their first road game of the season in a venue they had never seen before.
9.   Hack an Oso is coming.   
10. Gold was the best sophomore tonight.
11.  MU beat a ranked team on the road in an absolute grind.   Seashells, balloons, diamonds, pearls.

...and caviar dreams

Very COLE on #1....

[mileskishnish72]

It was a trap game, but we got by.

[tower912]

Very COLE on #1....

Pffffffdft

[Herman Cain]

Great reminder. We're elite, but that's not far from being "pretty good"

MU =Whole is Greater Than Sum of Parts Type Team. Need TyKo to make it all come together. Thankfully he did, cause he is elite. .

[Jay Bee]

Would argue their defense is that good, and we made our offense look more pedestrian than it is with a lot of open misses

First two minutes we barely missed out on 11 points. We gave them chances. Eff their defense

[StillAWarrior]

This is a great win to get on our resume. There were a lot of Scoopers who penciled this in as a loss. It's going to be a fun season.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

What were rebounding numbers tonight? Felt like Marquette was pretty good on the boards tonight.

Big time minutes from Gold. Didn't score, but looked very good defensively.

[CAGASS24]

Big big win to set the tone - Kolek is a dog - gonna need more from many folks but it will come - Jop, still wish there was more athleticism there but just play your game bud

[mugrad_89]

This is a great win to get on our resume. There were a lot of Scoopers who penciled this in as a loss. It's going to be a fun season.

COLE 👀

[JakeBarnes]

We are terrible at 3 on 1 transition. That was like 12-16 pts we just failed to convert.

Good win on the road. I hope Jop and Stevie figure out their 3 pt stroke soon.

[Jay Bee]

What were rebounding numbers tonight? Felt like Marquette was pretty good on the boards tonight.

Big time minutes from Gold. Didn't score, but looked very good defensively.

Fairly even. I'll take it all night (pawz)