Brad's presser was unacceptable and shows him being obstinate. There are too many upperclassmen on this team for this to be the effort and execution
Yeah that was point. BU gave him credit for the offense. We haven't played a single meaningful game where our half court was even just ok. How important was he to this team?Gentry is gone.
Not sure what the black wrap he has worn under his Jersey is for but he put it back on to start the second half if I remember correctly.Frazier just seemed...less tonight...I don't know if he is under the weather/hurt, just didn't seem like he was a factor the whole game.
For me, nothing will ever top that NIT game against Alabama under Groce in 2015. That was the most pathetic performance I’ve ever seen from an Illini team.I’m having a hard time remembering an Illini game with such a lack of energy.
Is there some sort of team chemistry issue?
I’m at a loss.
Anybody know when the replay airs?
That was my thought exactly. Watch our offensive “sets” versus any quality opponent.The only thing “elite” has been how poorly coached and prepared this team has been against last 3 real opponents. Some of the worst offensive basketball you’ll ever see.
Which one of our Assistant Coaches is considered the adviser to BU on offense.Yeah that was point. BU gave him credit for the offense. We haven't played a single meaningful game where our half court was even just ok. How important was he to this team?
Up 23-8, outscored 63-28 the rest of the way.Wow up 15 and then lose by 20 to an unranked team.
Bonhamwhat? did Cincy suit up Robertson, Hogue, Thacker and Yates?
I see kind of a three-legged stool of what's going wrong here, with all of them sort of feeding into one another:
1. The big question we knew we had going into the year, the obvious hinge point between us being great or just merely good, was what Curbelo looked like with a bigger role, more burden as a scorer, and an inability to let the bench cool him down when he gets a bit out of control as he often did last year. It's not going well, and the lack of complementary/supplementary PG options grows even more glaring.
2. The problem we didn't see coming is that this team can't shoot at all. Whatever magic Da'Monte conjured last year (such an underrated key factor) seems to have disappeared, Plummer has looked the furthest thing from a Power Five battle tested senior, Goode doesn't play, etc. So it's easy and low-cost for the defense to play off of Curbelo and gum up his passing options, as well as play Guillver's Travels defense all over Kofi.
3. And maybe the most disturbing thing, while I do think this team is trying hard, and the pretty decent defensive performance so far speaks to that, they've just become an incredibly cute, intricate, I hate to use this word but soft team on the offensive end. A finesse team, maybe that's the best way to say it. How did that happen? Why hasn't Underwood blown a gasket in these games?
And that goes back to #2. The 2019-20 team also couldn't shoot at all. And they were the best offensive team that couldn't shoot I've ever seen in college basketball, because they were both incredibly precise and disciplined in the way they ran their sets and also just hard-nosed and tough. We've totally lost that.
Some combination of Plummer, Goode, Trent, Da'Monte, Grandison, whoever, needs to open up the floor for us or I'm just at a loss for how this gets any better offensively.
Some on here have already alluded to this, and I think it has some merit: I think Ayo held the line as the team leader last season. He held himself to a high personal standard and demanded the same from his teammates. BU probably needs Trent to fully step into that role early this year. No knock against him, but I don't think Belo is ready for that yet. Could be a different story later in the season.3. And maybe the most disturbing thing, while I do think this team is trying hard, and the pretty decent defensive performance so far speaks to that, they've just become an incredibly cute, intricate, I hate to use this word but soft team on the offensive end. A finesse team, maybe that's the best way to say it. How did that happen? Why hasn't Underwood blown a gasket in these games?
So what? Doesn’t matter if we lose too.Everyone else here seems to forget scUM is doing the same thing as we are. Losing early…
Those guys actually have to move, or the only way they're getting open is the dribble drive.Curbelo is like Barry Sanders. He can do some amazing things that make you stand up and say wow, and he can often do too much and totally screw you. Sanders made it hard to sustain drives with the loss of yards plays, Curbelo makes it hard to sustain momentum with the turnovers.
The ball needs to move with the pass, not one guy dribbling all over the place. You don't make the defense work that way.
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