Tough loss. I feel better about it this morning than I did last night. They are a very good team and a horrible matchup for us IMO. I thought Kofi vs Edey/Williams was basically a wash. We let Ivey get a couple of easy ones in transition and you can't let players of his caliber get going that easily. We just didn't make enough shots in the 2nd half to stay in the game which was ultimately what ended up being the difference.
Purdue reminds me a lot of our team from last season honestly. It's hard not to look at Ivey and not see Ayo, and Edey is as close to as dominant a big as you will find to Kofi. '20/21 Illini were the better defensive team and I do think Purdue has some obvious flaws that will ultimately get them bounced in the tourney before they should. But when they are on, they are one of the best 4 teams in the country without a doubt.
We will be fine. Tough to win games in Mackey when you don't make shots. Beat Northwestern and forget about it until we meet again in BTT.
Ayo & Ivey are quite similiar. But who’s cooler? I mean really…They both have really fire names so that’s out…but who has the potential for a more kick butt moniker/pseudonym?
I think you’d have to go with Ayo, right?
Ayo: The Lone Ranger, The Masked Man, Ayo-Silver etc….
What’s Ivey got? Poison-Ivey?
Ok, so let’s say: Advantage Dosumu.
AND. While Ivey may be a slightly better athlete. Ayo has slightly better hair. I mean come on…he totally does.
*On a more serious note…agree with about 98 percent of this post. The only thing I would add is our effort on offensive rebounding has sharply declined.
(As Underwood mentioned.) That’s really the only thing that’s a little harder to live with IMO