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My guess is that Alstork's lack of defense on that last play was heavily influenced by his fear of fouling. A new team, new coach, and new system has him playing tentatively.
My guess is that Alstork's lack of defense on that last play was heavily influenced by his fear of fouling. A new team, new coach, and new system has him playing tentatively.
If Underwood opted to foul up 2, and send the game to overtime, we would be talking about looking for a new coach. This is the most ridiculous idea. Not every coach8ng decision needs to be questioned because we lost the game. Guys hit shots. It happens. But if our best bet is a coach opting to play scared, we should just give up.
I only saw it in real time, but thought we did a good job of slowing them up the floor. The shot wasn't a gimme. And you don't want to foul a guy attempting a three.
I am sure however that Alstork was afraid of fouling. Remember the Maryland game?
As I am thinking about it, we have lost in almost every conceivable close game senario.
Personally, I’ve always favored the strategy of fouling when up by 2 with more than 5 seconds on the clock. The one thing you want to take off the table is losing on a last shot and effectively having no ability to respond. By fouling (in a valid, hard attempt to get the ball), you can take that off the table and give yourself the opportunity (assuming enough time to inbound and get a reasonable shot, hence, the 5 seconds or more) of winning on a last second shot. At worst, even assuming the other team makes the free throws, the game ends in a tie. (As the saying goes, “What have you got to lose ?”) Of course, the other team could make the first free throw, rebound a second miss and have a put back — but what are the percentages of that ? Particularly such percentages as opposed to the percentages of stopping the other team from making a 3-point shot ? Just how rare is it for a team to make a 3-point shot these days in the waning seconds of a game or a half ? Haven’t we seen several of those the last week or so ? Added to that is just what such a shot by the other team does to your team; it literally knocks the stuffing out of them. (Not to mention the fact that a team is hesitant to vigorously defend the basket in the fear of giving up a traditional 3-point play.)
So, we didn't foul and opted to play defense — how did that work out ? Did we have the final chance (with little or no pressure of losing in regulation) to win the game ?
Why in the heck was nobody guarding Palmer that last play! You would think someone would be in his shirt the whole way up the court. Nobody was near him! This guy was having a good game and illini didn't have anybody close to him going up the court. That is unbelievable! There should have been somebody trying to deny him the ball.
Then Black is nowhere near him to pop out and Alstork made no effort to come over and try to harass him.
The most agregious error is letting him go down court with nobody on him. What is Underwood doing?
Why in the heck was nobody guarding Palmer that last play! You would think someone would be in his shirt the whole way up the court. Nobody was near him! This guy was having a good game and illini didn't have anybody close to him going up the court. That is unbelievable! There should have been somebody trying to deny him the ball.
Then Black is nowhere near him to pop out and Alstork made no effort to come over and try to harass him.
The most agregious error is letting him go down court with nobody on him. What is Underwood doing?
illini62707;13672 The most agregious error is letting him go down court with nobody on him. What is Underwood doing?[/QUOTE said:Underwood is probably screaming "somebody get on that shooter!".
He's keeping us in EVERY game, that's what he's doing! We haven't had this kind of exciting play in 10 years. We don't have the wins, but look how competitive we've become. We're in every game. How about a little support for the program.
Oh it is FACT that this team is only losing one player via graduation this season. So... hate on haters.
That's really not true. Even the Groce teams had some pretty exciting wins.
Groce's teams were always good for a handful of blowouts every year. BW's teams tended to be more consistently competitive than but they were brutal to watch.
If we stay within 10 of Purdue, I will declare BU a coaching genius (dare I say "stable coaching genius"?)I'd wait for teams like MSU, Purdue, and (shockingly) OSU, before I say this team wont have blowouts just like a Groce led squad. We've only really played Michigan so far this year in terms of true quality opponents. Mizzou and NMSU could both be tourney teams but I find it hard to find any other team we've played so far making the dance this year (perhaps Minny, but now thats a long shot).
Still, I agree this team appears to have more fight than the past couple years.
If we stay within 10 of Purdue, I will declare BU a coaching genius (dare I say "stable coaching genius"?)
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If we stay within 10 of Purdue, I will declare BU a coaching genius (dare I say "stable coaching genius"?)
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Curious if anyone else bothered by the amount of dribbling out front done by Frasier. Ballis not moving by quick passes we saw earlier. Didn't think that was the system but BU seems fine with it.
Not sure I understand the game correlation/ logic... but if we win against Purdue, BU will earn "supreme genius" ratingDidn't Purdue beat Nebraska by 12 and Nebby beat Wisconsin by 4. No reason we shouldn't be within 10 of Purdue, and with a cutdown on turnovers maybe an upset.
*checks class distribution on roster*Nebby scored 24 pts off of 16 IL turnovers. To me that's the entire story of the game. Cut down on your dumb mistakes and you start winning some games.
Why in the heck was nobody guarding Palmer that last play! You would think someone would be in his shirt the whole way up the court. Nobody was near him! This guy was having a good game and illini didn't have anybody close to him going up the court. That is unbelievable! There should have been somebody trying to deny him the ball.
Then Black is nowhere near him to pop out and Alstork made no effort to come over and try to harass him.
The most agregious error is letting him go down court with nobody on him. What is Underwood doing?
Black was on him and got caught on a screen. Frazier switched, like he's coached to do, but Palmer was able to get the shot off. That play was not a coaching issue.