Tyler

Still feeling great about closing down Evanston’s Little Shop of Horrors last night, and feeling even better about four straight conference road wins. So let’s dive right in to the story of another road kill edition of High Five…

Prior to tonight’s game I tweeted in reference to Illinois’ recent struggles against Northwestern in this building - likening Welsh-Ryan Arena to a “Little Shop of Horrors”. It’s been all of that and then some over the past several seasons. I hate this place.

Let me start by telling you what I WANTED the headline to be for this post-game article. I desperately wanted Tomislav and Zvonimir Ivisic to combine for 25 points/20 rebounds/5 blocks so that this article from the famed Palestra in Philadelphia would be titled “Brotherly Love”. Big Z