Chad Fleck
- Eureka, IL
Good stuff, as they tend to have. Really interesting take on how differently Purdue and Illinois styles are and why they might just hate each other more because of it.
He had 14 points on 12 shots, and 4 turnovers in the last meeting. He was a net negative no the advanced stats box score.Hope we have an effective plan for containing Smith. He set the tone of the last meeting from the get go and he is especially dangerous when they need a momentum play.
Exactly. We have to do it right. Edey brings out the worst in a refs judgement.Nope. Not if you do it right. Think of all the times you've seen trapping in the corner of a full court press.
Need to stop his offensive rebounds. Significant source of both him scoring and open 3 pointers. Wonder if this is game to play Hawk and Dain together. Dain tougher to muscle and still quicker than Edey. He also runs the floor well. Edey averages as many offense rebounds as Hawk and Quincy together. Stop this and the scoring won’t be a problem (maybe).The good news for us - every big, even very marginal ones basically score on us like Edey- we don’t stop anyone down low so this game will be no different- just keep on doing what we’re doing and we’ll be fine - basically treat Edey like every other big we play
Doesn't matter what the OU is, I'm taking the over.who wants to guess the betting line ?
Purdue -1 ?
The second-chance points are for me the most annoying thing about Purdue. They score SO many points because Edey bats rebounds out toward the backcourt. And I will not hear anything other than those rebounds are possible strictly due to Edey's height and nothing more. Congrats on having the most tall player.Need to stop his offensive rebounds. Significant source of both him scoring and open 3 pointers. Wonder if this is game to play Hawk and Dain together. Dain tougher to muscle and still quicker than Edey. He also runs the floor well. Edey averages as many offense rebounds as Hawk and Quincy together. Stop this and the scoring won’t be a problem (maybe).
That’s crazy to me. Not at all doubting that we can beat them. Just seems wild to favor us when it seems like we haven’t beaten them in forever.
I think we are getting the best version of Quincy. His 3 pg % is career high, but otherwise he is playing around his past 3 years averages. We are lucky to have him. Otherwise his 25 mpg would go to Luke (weaker defense and rebounding) Ty (no 3 point threat). It would be nice if Quincy could guard the 5 more often to protect Coleman from foul trouble and use his 6'8" 220 frame in the paint. Unfortunately he is not a great shot blocker nor does he bang like Draymont Green.My biggest Illini concern right now is Quincy Guerrier, who has effectively disappeared on both ends of the floor the past month (except the Michigan game, he was good there across the board), isn't getting the rebounds the teams needs, isn't defending the post players (leaving Coleman out to dry and unable to help on the quicker guards). Is it a nagging injury? Is this just what he is, and he just disappears for long stretches? I feel like if Guerrier isn't going to provide defense or rebounds, might as well play Dain more minutes with Coleman.
Vegas heavily favoring home teams this year. I posted a day or two ago that I wouldn’t be surprised if it was something like Illini -2That’s crazy to me. Not at all doubting that we can beat them. Just seems wild to favor us when it seems like we haven’t beaten them in forever.
Our super power was Kofi inside. He destroyed Michigan and Wisconsin.That’s crazy to me. Not at all doubting that we can beat them. Just seems wild to favor us when it seems like we haven’t beaten them in forever.
I think we are getting the best version of Quincy. His 3 pg % is career high, but otherwise he is playing around his past 3 years averages. We are lucky to have him. Otherwise his 25 mpg would go to Luke (weaker defense and rebounding) Ty (no 3 point threat). It would be nice if Quincy could guard the 5 more often to protect Coleman from foul trouble and use his 6'8" 220 frame in the paint. Unfortunately he is not a great shot blocker nor does he bang like Draymont Green.
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This. Guerrier was the only guy who showed any inclination to rebound in the first game. If, indeed, Ty doesn't get much tic we will need much better effort from our other players on the boards.My biggest Illini concern right now is Quincy Guerrier, who has effectively disappeared on both ends of the floor the past month (except the Michigan game, he was good there across the board), isn't getting the rebounds the teams needs, isn't defending the post players (leaving Coleman out to dry and unable to help on the quicker guards). Is it a nagging injury? Is this just what he is, and he just disappears for long stretches? I feel like if Guerrier isn't going to provide defense or rebounds, might as well play Dain more minutes with Coleman.
Coleman hitting 3sDomask probably will not be able to penetrate like he did against Wisconsin with "the hulk" protecting the basket.
How do we compensate?
EVERYBODY hitting 3sColeman hitting 3s