#22 Texas vs #16 Illinois

[aTmfan06]

Texas up 52 45 winner gets# 4 Pitt

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

UT down 2 with 4mins left

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

overtime!

[Mr. Buddy Garrity]

UT WINS!!

[aTmfan06]

I think texas will be alot better than ppl thought

[CThoops]

Young Texas team. Thompson is a beast. Great early season win against a veteran Illinois squad, and I agree, Texas will be a lot better than people think.

[ForeverADog]

Texas needs a PG who can score to make them great. Until they have that they will need to win on the defensive end like they did tonight. They were best with the great point guards (TJ, Boobie, and DJ).

[bullets13]

glad to see this young group beating a very good team... looks like we might be shooting up the rankings again this year, and hopefully this time to stay.

[NaturalBeauty80]

man!  that was a great game last night.  very excited to see what barnes will do this season and how thompson will continue to dominate the paint. 

[shorttexas1]

I was very impressed with what I saw last night.  My only issue with this team is guard scoring.  It seems like Gary, Thomas, & Hamilton will need to shoulder the scoring load.  I have a BIG problem with that.  Navy have a couple of bigs with gerth and strength and they pinned Thomas under the goal on multiple occassions, and he struggled.  Illinois though tall, none of the bigs were strong or thick!  I think he will struggle with Pitt too.  Gary is short in the post eventhough he plays big.  Hamilton can revert back to jacker at any moment!  We need Brown or Corey to step up and give this team at least 10 to 15 PPG.  I am so excited from what I saw but I also have BIG concerns!

I need Lucas to slow down... Looks out of control alot..
I need Brown to make the RIGHT play and not always the fancy play!
I need Corey to shoot!
I need Hill and Wangmene to use all of their fouls!

[BLUEDOVE3]

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I was very impressed with what I saw last night.  My only issue with this team is guard scoring.  It seems like Gary, Thomas, & Hamilton will need to shoulder the scoring load.  I have a BIG problem with that.  Navy have a couple of bigs with gerth and strength and they pinned Thomas under the goal on multiple occassions, and he struggled.  Illinois though tall, none of the bigs were strong or thick!  I think he will struggle with Pitt too.  Gary is short in the post eventhough he plays big.  Hamilton can revert back to jacker at any moment!  We need Brown or Corey to step up and give this team at least 10 to 15 PPG.  I am so excited from what I saw but I also have BIG concerns!

I need Lucas to slow down... Looks out of control alot..
I need Brown to make the RIGHT play and not always the fancy play!
I need Corey to shoot!
I need Hill and Wangmene to use all of their fouls!
[/quote]What kind of playing time is Lucas' getting this year? I never saw him in the Pitt game, but I did wait late to watch the game.