Illinois and Michigan Fans Respond To Illinois/Michigan Basketball Game

February 24, 2013; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Michigan Wolverines guard Spike Albrecht (2) drives to the basket as Illinois Fighting Illini guard Brandon Paul (3) defends in the first half at the Crisler Center. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

The #7 Michigan Wolverines were able to get past a slow start in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Illinois Fighting Illini and won 71-58.

Trey Burke put on a show scoring 26 points to join Phil Hubbard, Mike McGee, Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Louis Bullock and Manny Harris as the sophomores to have scored 1,000 points at Michigan.

Here are some tweets from both Illinois/Michigan fans regarding the game on Sunday…

Illinois basketball. Smh.

— Jake Theimer (@jake_theimer) February 24, 2013

Watching Illinois play basketball is rather upsetting to say the least

— Brandon James (@BrandonJames92) February 24, 2013

Illinois basketball. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?

—Skylar Cheyenne (@Thatwhitegiiirl) February 24, 2013

Goodbye Illinois basketball, its been fun, signed Michigan

— Peter Clarke (@Pacman453323) February 24, 2013

Illinois basketball this season: we play until the game is on the line then they piss there pants and completely give up

— Alexander Sikorski (@ajsikor) February 24, 2013

God I love John Groce. Great hire for Illinois Basketball.

— ☁Mr. Big Dreams☁ (@MikePaperChaseS) February 24, 2013

Illinois basketball just grinds my gears

— Tony Perkis (@chris_rieger4) February 24, 2013

Illinois is a quality basketball team .

— DEW HEN (@lilhenthorn_215) February 24, 2013

I get mad every I watch Illinois play basketball!

— Chelsea Cord (@Misss_Chelsii) February 24, 2013

Michigan’s basketball shoes are giving me a headache. I love bold colors but that yellow in high def is mind bending. #Illinois #Michigan

— Paul Baker (@followpaulbaker) February 24, 2013

Illinois is such trash at basketball how did they beat Indiana?!

— Jack Lessnau (@SixPackJack_) February 24, 2013

Illinois need to fix their basketball program

— Alex Dawkins (@alexdawkins_) February 25, 2013

While I am on this college basketball rant, how/why in the hell did @dandakich have Illinois ahead of Michigan in his “Dakich Index”?

— Adam Seals (@SealsAJ) February 24, 2013

If all the basketball talent from the Chicago area alone went to Illinois, Illinois would be dynasty.

— The Big Eared Bandit (@jacobpolhill) February 24, 2013

And one Oscars tweet from Sunday with an Illinois/Penn State flavor…

The Oscars are about as exciting as an Illinois vs Penn State basketball game

— Matthew Carter (@MistaCarter89) February 25, 2013

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