I’m excited for this game and my mind has been running wild with what I think both sides might do. Yes, I have problems, and also just drank some real strong coffee.
If I’m Purdue I’m 100% putting Edey on Ty again. If I’m Illinois I have Ty set screens again.
Unless BU has specifically told an (unbeknownst to us) much better shooting Ty not to let it fly until this game to catch Purdue off guard (very unlikely, but coaches have been known to hide things, and we haven’t really needed it if he can), Edey can play his drop coverage and help on all drives.
This opens up a couple things for Ty.
1. Short rolls to the nail area where he can facilitate in the middle of the floor. We have good cutters and shooters he can find from there.
2. Ball screen, rescreens. After his Ball screen Ty goes and cleans up somebody else on an off ball screen that Edey can’t get out to. A 3 man game of Ty, Coleman, Domask would be very intriguing.
What concerns me is that Edey on Ty could take away one of his biggest matchup advantages, which is offensive rebounding from the pg position.
These ideas would be some real game specific wrinkles that we haven’t really shown. We usually just push quickly in transition, then run the most basic 5 out flow ever, move the ball, move bodies, and hoop. Like a well developed open gym offense when you got 4 teammates and you that just know how to play. We hardly run any plays that aren’t iso, and it’s beautiful.
The other thing Painter really likes to do is 1v1 the pg up the floor. Obviously if Edey is guarding Ty, he’s not doing that. Whoever Edey is guarding might be our PG, like we did against Kansas when we stayed away from whoever their good guard was checking defensively.