Illinois was schooled by the Indiana point guard.
The area of play that really worries me about next year is our guard play. That is supposed to be our strength and we got
schooled badly tonight.
Our pre-conference schedule is making the overall record look much worse than the level this team has played at.Worst overall record in the B10 but wins against MD and MSU.
I was expecting a win tonight. I was wrong.
This team is unambiguously better than last year’s model. You can win without elite talent, or experience, but good luck trying it with neither.Our pre-conference schedule is making the overall record look much worse than the level this team has played at.
If it's a top 50 schedule instead of a top 2.....we're probably looking at 15-14 vs 11-18. Just my opinion.
Who says they aren’t making adjustments? They are. Switching from an extended pressure defense to a pack line isn’t an “adjustment.” It’s a wholesale change.In a league stacked with great coaches, you can’t come out and do the same stuff every game (heck, every half) and expect to win. It’s insanity. Coaches will counter and the result of that when you over-pressure is layups and wide open threes.
Yet, we constantly come out in this “system” and get scorched. How many times are we going to watch this Groundhogs Day?
A coaches job is to put his players in the best position to succeed. Brad has not done that. At all. When something isn’t working you adapt. We never adapt. We are going the way of the dinosaur.
Apologies for the rant, but watching this over and over has taken a toll. This one size fits all approach needs to go.
Who says they aren’t making adjustments? They are. Switching from an extended pressure defense to a pack line isn’t an “adjustment.” It’s a wholesale change.
And it still wouldn’t make a whit of difference given the circumstances.
They definitely need to add talent, and keep a couple of key guys.We gave up 23 dunks/layups tonight. If we adjusted it wasn’t readily apparent.
You don’t have to go packline. But you can tweak things to take away backdoor cuts, wide open driving lanes, and wide open 3’s.
Time will tell, but I don’t see it being better next year. People are already expecting too much from Kofi. And if Ayo declares forbthe draft? Yikes. Need to add 2-3 more guys for next year, hopefully plus athletes.
In a league stacked with great coaches, you can’t come out and do the same stuff every game (heck, every half) and expect to win. It’s insanity. Coaches will counter and the result of that when you over-pressure is layups and wide open threes.
Yet, we constantly come out in this “system” and get scorched. How many times are we going to watch this Groundhogs Day?
A coaches job is to put his players in the best position to succeed. Brad has not done that. At all. When something isn’t working you adapt. We never adapt. We are going the way of the dinosaur.
Apologies for the rant, but watching this over and over has taken a toll. This one size fits all approach needs to go.
Watched the post game interview with BU. If nothing else, I like his slapping of the stat sheet. We are going somewhere. He was P******ed. Will be OK. Front Court help coming, Hopefully including January. I wouldn't trust a coach that didn't care. BU does. Next game.Look, I understand the frustration. Tonight was a poor showing and a step backwards. Our recent stretch of games hasn’t been pretty, but did you miss our stretch of wins? To say Underwood hasn’t put the players in a position to succeed, or haven’t adapted “at all” is a bogus take. There have been more than a few instances where the system has done the scorching, and not got scorched. I’m not saying we don’t have a lot of work to do.
looking at boxscore and surprised how relatively even it looked....two stats jumped out....we missed 10 FTs ( 12/22) and they shot 13 more FGs than we did.....meaning they got offensive boards (10) and we failed to turn them over like others we've played. IU is a decent team and I think they may play into Tourney if they keep playing like tonight.
Lol, we aren’t getting in. We have a lot to work on, but getting in the tourney isn’t one of them.5-2 in the Big Ten with a healthy Rob Phinisee both losses to ranked teams. Our fanbase is pretty resigned to knowing we at minimum have to get to 18 wins. Beat Rutgers on Sunday then beat OSU on Thursday. Luckily a team that is struggling. With either a quad 1 win or loss against a Michigan school
That might get us in. Beat the Michigan school and I’d bet good money we are in. Lose and I’ll be nervous but hopeful.
That being said Illinois did a lot of things right. And I still see a solid foundation going forward.