Initial thoughts from the Illinois/Louisville game

• Louisville blew their chance in the first half.
• Garcia, yuck!
• Powell, oh my gosh!
• Weber outcoached Pitino and made the right 2nd half adjustments
• The Illinois defense was great in the second half
• Louisville helped Illinois with terrible shots around the 5-6 minute mark which just let Illinois further bleed the clock
• Would Powell have had this great of game if he missed the 3 at the buzzer that put Illinois up by 1 early in the 2nd half?
• Louisville owned the boards the first 35 minutes, Illinois cleaned the boards when it counted during the last 5 minutes.
• Packer was well behaved during the first game. Still annoying, but well behaved.