Ayo graduated dude.Nice win, but we need our ball handler back.
Ayo graduated dude.Nice win, but we need our ball handler back.
Have you ever played against a press that employed five very quick guys. It’s not as easy as you make it sound.No team should ever press BECAUSE it should be easy to beat and it should result in a layup every time. Inbound - draw the double team or push the ball down the court quickly - when they double team someone is open - you should have two guys breaking to the ball - identify and make the pass and it's fast break time. Take the layup - draw the foul. if they press you wanna run and you want to draw fouls. If you press you want to sew confusion and tie up the ball handler FAST in a quick double team. The press SHOULD only be useful every once in a while when they don't expect it. You shouldn't be able to press on every inbound. IMHO of course.
Sign Granderson to a 5 year, 100 million contract, . Man looks awesome when he's not down with 103 temperature. So smooth. He lifted us up last year when he came into the starting lineup. And he is lifting us this year. So impressed with him playing summer ball with the national team and competing internationally. has obviously helped him tremendously! I'm so glad we have him as a transfer!!!!!Granderson:
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For a poorly coached group of low-effort, turnover-prone, weak-minded players being officiated by anti-Illini morons… pretty good, I guess. Goodness.
Love these boys. Hate Iowa. Love road wins at Iowa. Cheers! I L L!
Always room. You can practice to prepare for a press but you really on see a press at all much less specific presses a few times a year in be the B1G. Thats why they are more effective than not for teams that have the personal and run them regularly. All said, I thought we did a decent job.Great win. Always room for improvement (especially press break and feeding Kofi against pressure), but boy, just nailing the coffin shut free throw after free throw was nice to watch.
Most of those stats were accumulated in first half. He had kind of a rough second half. The couple of blunders against the press were bad, but I noticed multiple times in second half he caught pass in lane near free throw line and didn’t attack basket but rather just passed out. I would be more than happy to not see Hawk shooting 3s, but he needs to stay aggressive offensively in the mid-range and going to the hoop. That is really where he excels.I thought Hawk played great. 7 boards, 5 assists, and 7 points. He played great defense on KM too! Notice the run he went on after Hawk fouled out….
Notice at top right, Hawk has ice on his arm. He was grabbed and hacked mercilessly!
stI could go for a Miller High Life right about now lol ugly sloppy road win but a win is a win especially on the road (haven't won there since 2017) I'll take it
If Kofi is going to get grabbed and hacked every time he touches it, we need the refs to call it closer than that. It basically negates our biggest strength.Never easy on the road in the B1G. Both teams played their best when the other let up on the gas. Refs kept it interesting, but stayed out of the way for the most part.
The boys showed some character. They fought through some adversity (turnovers) and stuck with the game plan (feed the B1G one). Good things happened.
Let’s get a signature win at home this weekend!
We consistently beat the press. We decided to try to run clock after beating it,Have you ever played against a press that employed five very quick guys. It’s not as easy as you make it sound.
Plummer, Jake, and Kofi played great. Hawk played ok. He made two huge turnovers back to back at crunch time that we over came hecwill learn from and he shot 2 for 8 or 25% and fouled out. I'm not hating on him. He played ok and will do better. The three I listed played great.I thought Hawk played great. 7 boards, 5 assists, and 7 points. He played great defense on KM too! Notice the run he went on after Hawk fouled out….
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Yes I have. They have five quick guys - you have two big guys. Three people bringing it up one big at half court and one big ready to bust up or go deep. You get the ball to a big and the only way the dwarf can get to the ball is to foul. When they double team the big he can pass back or he can hit a guard breaking down the court. We'll be better against the press next time. Practicing against a press is very good for conditioning. I bet we learn to run.Have you ever played against a press that employed five very quick guys. It’s not as easy as you make it sound.
Are you sure?Ayo graduated dude.
This was the frustrating part. Even when we beat it, it was still a net positive for them because we gave up a big portion of our shot clock. Also, I don't think there's an excuse for a 10 second violation. Worst case kust chuck the ball ip and hope one of your incredibly good rebounders can come down with it. Nonetheless, great win, hope they work on this because it will probably come up again.We consistently beat the press. We decided to try to run clock after beating it,