9-34 from the three point line.... yuck. Many were wide open but every time I saw Shannon unload I kind of groaned. Same with Domask, he has no business shooting 3's unless he absolutely has to. I thought they were awesome rebounding the ball and making the extra pass down in the paint for easy buckets. Rodgers is a pretty incredible athlete and Dainja was a spark plug in there making good choices and being aggressive with the ball. A missed dunk was his biggest faux pas that I remember. I knew this was a trap type game but just really disappointed in how they let a 10 point lead evaporate with 3 minutes left. Never should have gone to OT

9-34 from the three point line.... yuck. Many were wide open but every time I saw Shannon unload I kind of groaned. Same with Domask, he has no business shooting 3's unless he absolutely has to. I thought they were awesome rebounding the ball and making the extra pass down in the paint for easy buckets. Rodgers is a pretty incredible athlete and Dainja was a spark plug in there making good choices and being aggressive with the ball. A missed dunk was his biggest faux pas that I remember. I knew this was a trap type game but just really disappointed in how they let a 10 point lead evaporate with 3 minutes left. Never should have gone to OT

I don't understand why Dainja's minutes are so limited. He came in to the game and they absolutely dominated while he was in there.

MOFO has been calling for more Dainja for weeks. I haven't heard or read why he has been buried on the bench other than they have a number of new faces that seem to be gobbling up his minutes. Even when the Illini put out a "small" lineup they are bigger than almost every team they face. Dainja is averaging almost the same mines as Hansberry this season at just under 10 a game. When I look at the stats he is on the outside looking in. The next guy in minutes is Harmon with 20 a game. They consider Domask and Guerrier forwards so that is where most of his time is going along with Rodgers. I don't believe he is better than those guys but I also believe he should be getting around 15 minutes a game.

MOFO has been calling for more Dainja for weeks. I haven't heard or read why he has been buried on the bench other than they have a number of new faces that seem to be gobbling up his minutes. Even when the Illini put out a "small" lineup they are bigger than almost every team they face. Dainja is averaging almost the same mines as Hansberry this season at just under 10 a game. When I look at the stats he is on the outside looking in. The next guy in minutes is Harmon with 20 a game. They consider Domask and Guerrier forwards so that is where most of his time is going along with Rodgers. I don't believe he is better than those guys but I also believe he should be getting around 15 minutes a game.

Dainja is gonna be history after this year, he seriously could be starting at many other schools. The guy has serious scoring skills down low and finding the open man. I'll be he hits the portal. I hope he doesn't and he is ready to take over next year with Rodgers.

I also think he is way more skilled than Kofi ever was. Kofi drove me crazy.

How can he play next year when Johnson will get all the minutes at center?

Somebody seriously needs to ask brad underwood what the fuck Luke Goode is doing on the floor in crunch time of these games. Where the hell is Rodgers? They were getting wrecked defensively and on the boards and Rodgers just sits and watched Goode get torched possession after possession. This was a terrible uneccesary loss.

Maryland always scares me. Good road win.

When did ticket prices for Illinois basketball go through the roof? Cheapest ticket for the Iowa game next Saturday is $130.

[Edit] A quick look at the secondary market for other top-20 teams is the same…is it because the students are taking up all the tickets?