The thing that has ALWAYS bothered me about Groce offenses is the anemic off-ball movement.
Watching Indiana, MSU, and Maryland play Illinois is night and day. The best offenses are constantly in motion, on and off-ball. I can't imagine that this isn't something coached up by Groce...even in a drive and kick offense, you should be moving the ball in-and-out and swinging around the perimeter to find an opening to drive before you kick.
My question then is...WHY?
Is it coaching?
Is it because we've never had more than two go-to scorers on the floor (2013- Paul & DJ, 2014- Ray & Tracy, 2015- Rice & Nunn, Hill & Nunn)?
Is it because we always have at least one guy who is a total non-factor on offense?
Is it because we've had a lead guard with sticky fingers every year (Paul, Ray, Ray, Hill?)
This 2016 team is one of the best passing Illini teams I've seen in a decade. Hill & Nunn are certainly +, if not ++, passers, and even one of our posts is a ++ passer. When guys move off the ball, they find them and put them in a great position for a bucket.
Any theories?