Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
I'm not sure I buy all of the +/- there. Loyer didn't look to have much impact on the game to me.
Domask at -5? Well, yeah. He played all 40 minutes.
It just doesn't tell the story all the time.
Purdue 83, Illinois 78 Postgame
Domask at -5? Well, yeah. He played all 40 minutes.
It just doesn't tell the story all the time.
You are correct. It was a legal box out to begin with when both players were on the floor but when QG went up for the rebound Jones kept backing underneath him creating the foul/undercut and dangerous situation. The refs got that one right.
Ty’s game will work against almost all teams in the country that don’t have a Zach Edey.
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I forget who on Illinois got called for blocking out Edey when the Illinois player just tried to put his butt to Edey. Edey reaches over and snags the rebound over our guy. Good play by Edey. Our guy applied too much backwards contact which wasn’t even 1/4 what Jones did to our guy who was very very precariously in the air. The two fouls were night and day different. One was minor and one was egregious. I remember being upset that Edey gets to reach over our guy like that. Turnabout is fair play here.
I do agree with this, but will we be typing this, let's say, in the round of 32 or Sweet Sixteen in the tournament? Is there a guarantee that they won't do this again in important games? Elite programs (who will lose games at times) probably won't being losing those games by being scared for 3/4ths of a game. We all want IU to be an elite program, well let's start by not playing scared for 3/4ths of the game. And to be honest, I think they will learn from this game--I really do.
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jakeyjakey
- St Louis, MO
Does anyone really think DGL was the 3rd most impactful player on the court like this chart suggests?
+1. Officials overall did a fine job tonight. We cannot blame the officials tonight.
Not in the first five minutes where the game was lost, imo.
That's...not how plus minus works.
If you look at it again, notice that Jones went down lower and backs up as Quincy jumps. He knows Quincy is trying to rebound so he went lower and undercut him. These are great athletes with tons of experience. He could feel exactly what was happening. If he wanted to make a play, then go after the rebound. He didn't want to make a play. He wanted to take Quincy out of the play. I wouldn't call it an "Intentional foul" exactly, but I would call it a flagrant foul.
Fair enough, but shouldn't he still develop a mid-range jumper or hit an occasional three-pointer to be even more of an asset to team? This would even create more space for him driving to the hole.
I mean, play better in those first five minutes and things look different. Brad's presser tells you the gameplan was to contain Edey and take your chances with the others. Unfortunately Edey is a cheat code as far as rebounding is concerned. And they burned us from outside.
Just like the Sissoko play. I can’t stand Edey.
He absolutely needs to develop a jumper from somewhere.
That's why I wish TY had an outside shot and was more efficient at finishing around the rim. If he does that, then he can be Domask the next two years.
It's not a good look but we all know Coleman is who he is. At least he appears to be staying away from some of the key words and phrases that would bring an automatic technical. How often have we seen players walk by a ref without being demonstrative or seemingly saying much of anything and get teed up.
He had it backwards. You can't contain Edey unless fouls are called on him. If they would have played ball denial on him and focused on everyone else, they win easily.
True! With that in mind, did he foul that guy he landed on shooting the three? I had no sound and am not sure what he thought happened on that play
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Advanced stats look at opponent adjusted efficiency, actual scoring margin vs predicted scoring margin, etc. The polls largely look at wins and losses. We likely won’t drop much since we played tough @ #1 Purdue, but depending on how the rest of the games play out over the weekend, we likely drop 2-3 spots.
Let‘s aim get back in and have another top 10 matchup in a few months.
Let‘s aim get back in and have another top 10 matchup in a few months.
With the last two games Marcus Domask has had, shouldn't he be considered for Big player of the week?
Purdue still uses the slap-grab Gene Keady "they can't call 'em all" defense they have always played. Still think they crash and burn early in the tourney. Edey will get frustrated when he doesn't get the star treatment that he is use to and they will collapse. That loss last year to FDU will go down as the biggest upset in tournament history. JMHO
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Let's make it a top 5 matchup with a B1G title on the line.
The more I think about this game the more frustrated I am about how utterly winnable this was without out giving up all those offensive rebounds in the first half. The game script went absolutely best case scenario if we bring those down, especially while Edey was sitting! That spotted them so many second chance points when the situation was in our favor. The one that got away, but also may only be a small blip by season end.