Kipper contributed a couple buckets but he is not a division 1 player...he used to be
Game Thread: Illinois vs Purdue
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Why can't we play like that all the time?
Feels like we should be up more than 13
Really fun half of basketball, flying up and down the floor. Expect a run in the 2nd half, don't panic, withstand it, and put this away!
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I was a little confused by that as well
Announcer got confused. I'm pretty sure Griffin called it but the announcer thought he was pointing at Purdue's bench.
Pushing the tempo a lot more tonight. Getting stops helps. Also making the most of offensive rebounds.
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TV guy got it wrong. PA guy said Illinois TO.
They didn't, the announcer misspoke. Griffin called the timeout and was near Painter.
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Much better ball movement tonight and actually liked it when we got back into our pinch post set. Of course, like last year, we missed some open cutters, but it did keep players moving.
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I do not think they played particularly on the plus side of what I expect. Purdue did however. I expect Illini teams to play extra hard on the defensive end and hit 45% of their shots. This team has the athletes to do the defense but not the skills to hit shots with any expected consistency. This should be the norm for the align I was half their games at a higher level. Purdue really isn’t very good this year.
Aggressive, eager, much quicker with the ball in sets, Kofi is finally looking as if he wants to abuse some defensive players, Trent looks to be heating up, Ayo is playing within the framework of offense, the supporting staff is doing well (Griffin/Feliz), Jones is well limited, Giorgi is well fouling, Kipper is starting to show some athletic ability without seemingly thinking about what he needs to do, this would bode well for us...yes I know this is a run on, cause I hope we keep the run on!
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On another bright note, NU looks like a high school team.
The defensive energy and physicality is what this teams identity should be. Trent playing with assertiveness is great - Kofi trying to tear the rim down is a big yaaaaaaas. This is not a finesse team (other than Giorgi) so I like seeing them play to their strengths. The O started to get stagnant in the last five minutes of the half, more like they were looking to burn clock vs looking to score but hard to disagree with a 13 pt lead.
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Well, I was totally disillusioned following the MSU game. They made us look like a D3 school. Here's my take on the first half:
* Our defense finally looks like Lou's old "D". Lots of hustle and pressure on the ball
* Lots of good balance on offense. Alan G. needs to play more. We need his consistency from 3-range.
* Purdue played a horrible first half. I've yet to watch them play this season prior to tonight, but I have to assume they're going to shoot better in the 2nd half
* I think we'd be down 8-10 if playing MSU tonight
* Our defense finally looks like Lou's old "D". Lots of hustle and pressure on the ball
* Lots of good balance on offense. Alan G. needs to play more. We need his consistency from 3-range.
* Purdue played a horrible first half. I've yet to watch them play this season prior to tonight, but I have to assume they're going to shoot better in the 2nd half
* I think we'd be down 8-10 if playing MSU tonight
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Ayo hit the arm on the follow through... I know he hit the ball first, but I think that was the right call
Sparty is schooling the Wolverines. They are good, but more importantly Winston and Tillman are experienced and teaching school. We need to learn and grow.
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