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Missouri 63, Illinois 56 POSTGAME
Not to mention we give teams one side of the floor. We force them left which is fine, but you give the whole floor. Any athletic or skilled player can beat that.
Agree that something is wrong. Some say Ayo won't pass to Trent. I don't know that. Giorgi is still useful but all this elbow swinging and hooking he does going to the hole belongs on the playground. The weave doesn't work because the other team jumps out I'm front of it and the offense stops. Our 6 foot shooting guard needs screens to get open. Our 6 5 point guard is not a good shooter or distributor. We play a guy you don't have to guard which mucks up whatever you run. Our roster is thin..Nichols was bad, Griffin OK, and Tevian is rusty. Things will have to change or he will transfer. Kofi did not have his best game but he got hacked a lot. He has not developed bbv or he just isn't good enough. Defense has been mostly good and rebounding also but against power 5 teams will likely will only be slight advantage. Hard to see more than 8 big ten wins.
I don't have the hostility toward DW that the OP has, but the bottom line is that this team needs more players with fewer holes in their game. DW has some major holes and it's hurting us. Others do as well, but those missed layups were morale killers.
GB is the only person who gets the ball to Kofi. The weave seems to be new form of "mental masturbation." No one on the team moves without the ball, and we use an offense which discourages passing. Our guards better figure how how to play together, or it is going to be long season.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I’m dead serious, have we ever had a worse effort in this game?! I’m sure we’ve lost some by a wide margin, but this was just ... puke worthy.
They can't even run their spread offense, which hasn't worked in 3 years. It's been the same nucleus of players last 2 years, I feel like we've been sold a bill of goods here. Trust me I'm pulling for Brad but it's just not worked. Something needs to change...
If we had some shooters, things would a whole lot different. Frazier is the closest thing to a consistent shooter, but he doesn't take enough of them to matter. As is, our offense is easy to game plan against when all you do is kill 15 seconds off the shot clock by doing 30 handoffs on the perimeter.
201154JC
- Rockford, IL
There ain't no explaining that away. Great point TC.
Javon Pickett: “We knew we were the tougher team.” You sure were Javon, you sure were. And you flat out punked us. Our boys are soft as chairman toilet paper.
Trent's progression is alarming but I think it's very simple. He's the only shooter on this team and BU decided he is more valuable off the ball as an outlet for Ayo and Feliz. That's why they dominate the ball more than he does. Not sure that's the right move, but it's understandable. If you put Trent in the corner the defender can't help. If Feliz or Ayo are in the corner the defense will sag off because they can't shoot. Trent is basically just a decoy right now, which sucks.
Sometimes when the offense is sluggish, I wish BU would just clear everything out and tell Trent to chuck 'em. That's what we did a lot his freshman year and we all know he can put 10-15 pts up in the blink of an eye.
Ayo had a good game IMO
How was Malcolm Hill and Maverick Morgan playing two on 5 more effective than the offense we have now?
Skyldub..would like to see the grading system...no remedial classes...only vs Power 5 opponents. He does some good things..but he has to do everything else at a high level (defense, passing, rebounding) to make up for not only not scoring but also not being a threat which allows his man to shade toward the other guys.
Still think this is a team that can make a run in the tourney with the talent on the squad, but until someone starts making threes, if you can guard the paint, you can guard us.
It at least resulted in other guys getting open jump shots occasionally. This half court offense only results in contested shots or turnovers.
Understand your point....but a lengthy rant on DW when everyone sucked today (save Ayo) is exaggerating his overall impact. We didnt lose today based on DW s play.
ILL in IA
- Iowa City
This isnt an airport. You dont need to announce your departure.
Underwood, should use that fire to get the team ready to play. I just don't think this team is mentally tough enough. I see glimpses of it but not consistently. I don't know that they get it, yet, there not that good, and better be ready each game.
I still think Miami was worse, but it’s up there
Our best offense was Ayo penetrating. BU is not good at changing pace or changing momentum. I think if we went to the "hawk defense and run" like we had last year we would have been more effective. Their half court defense was effective and BU was not effective at responding. This game lands on coach IMO.
201154JC
- Rockford, IL
Well put my friend. We have a 7 foot hammer
and our guards don't appear to know he's on the court. If they worked the high low with Giorgi, it would open the floor for our shooters as the other team's defense would be forced to pack in.
This team has no true point guard,can’t shoot threes. The only guy that can shoot them gets very few opportunities