Hard disagree. I wish we had Smith and I never wished we had BohannonHe’s quickly become the next Jordan Bohannon for me…I hate that guy.
Hard disagree. I wish we had Smith and I never wished we had BohannonHe’s quickly become the next Jordan Bohannon for me…I hate that guy.
Harmon actually has the ability to make tough plays in winning time & has some bite defensively. Luke not so muchPurdue is very good and 8-10 threes speaks for itself
But I don't get what Harmon and Goode bring at the end of the game over Ty and Quincy
No, not needed.Does anyone know if there is a reason to retain Peacock for any tourney action?
The first rounds of the women's and men's Big Ten Tournament are being aired on Peacock from what they said on last night's broadcast.
I'll preface this by saying that Purdue played a great 2nd Half and simply drained their open threes and we didn't and that pretty much decided the game. Nothing to hang our heads about- we played great, more often than not you lose to a 1 seed who shoots over 50% from 3. Just the way it is.Sleepers called it. One player is going to get into foul trouble and that will be the difference in the game. TJ got that ridiculous 2nd foul with 10 min left in the first. Being on the bench so long really affected the rest of his game...
Edey should have had 4 fouls with 10 min left on that hawkins "block". That could have allowed us to defend the 3 ball a little better and get Ty some more minutes.
Overall though, any little thing could've helped and at the end of the day, a game is a collection of these little moments. We were the better team in the first half and they made it up in the 2nd.
This^There was not a lot of horrible calls, but all of them went in Purdue's favor, resulted in points for Purdue, and were massive momentum swingers. Just was not meant to be for us last night. Them shooting 8/10 from three and us 0/6 likely does not happen very often. On to the next, let's beat IowaBut to your point, I did think that the terrible calls in this game seemed to all favor Purdue and all came at crushing times. And credit to Purdue- every time they got one of those awful calls, they immediately turned it into about 2.5pts per ensuing possession.
Get up on Smith and Loyer and make them shoot pull-up 2-pointers! Trading 4 two point baskets for the 4 three point baskets they got changes the end of the game.Off night from TSJ 3 of 11 and 0 of 4 from 3. Smith and Gillis were huge. Domask played his tail off. I hope we get em again in Minnesota and TSJ and Domask both play well.
Refs didn't cost us the game but the 2nd foul on TSJ and non call on edy when he foul Hawkins were huge too. Still can allow Smith those fairly clean looks as the clock is running out.
For the record, I am a big Underwood fan and love ALL our players.Not only do we stagnate when we clear the lane for MD so much, we aren't in position to rebound either.
Underwood's substitutions were mind boggling as usual. Dain, Q, Ty ???
I'm hoping Brad has been playing the long game, sacrificing all of those not meant for us nights in the regular season so we have a healthy dose of excellent in MarchThis^There was not a lot of horrible calls, but all of them went in Purdue's favor, resulted in points for Purdue, and were massive momentum swingers. Just was not meant to be for us last night. Them shooting 8/10 from three and us 0/6 likely does not happen very often. On to the next, let's beat Iowa
Depends. I got the 1 year deal for $20 but i had it before as part of my HOA so knew there were things I enjoy.Does anyone know if there is a reason to retain Peacock for any tourney action?
Well easier said than done if they are quicker and more agile than our defenders. Which they are with who we had on them. Quincy switched and others n Smith shook em pretty easily. Smaller quicker guards and bigs have killed us with who we have tried to stop em with far too often.Get up on Smith and Loyer and make them shoot pull-up 2-pointers! Trading 4 two point baskets for the 4 three point baskets they got changes the end of the game.
I didnt feel that way last night. I have been critical recently on this topic. But last night was DEFINITELY not Penn State for example…which was a complete implosion and total amateur hour…(also there were others.)I am still a bit bummed about last night. Feel like that game was winnable. They had some pretty good success defending Edey, especially after the poor defensive outings we've had in the last month.
I don't understand why we get away from shooting threes in the second half of games. Feels like we drain a bunch in the first half and then intentionally turn the tap off. I know we have a lot of successful shotmakers and guys who can get to the rim, but if it's not there, we should be firing away. Especially when Purdue doesn't have the best perimeter defense. Should be raining threes on them (after all, it was how Northwestern beat them).
TSJ's defense on Smith on that last three was unacceptable. When you have the ability to give up a foul and there's 9 seconds on the shot clock, you absolutely cannot give up a three there. Under 10, you body him up, make him make a decision with passing the basketball or driving it. You don't even have to swat at it. Just inch closer. If you have a hand in his face and he still drains it, you tip your cap and call it a night. But you don't give him an iota of space and let him shoot one before you're ready.
As good as this team is, they haven't figured out how to close, and that's disappointing.
But we’d take him in a second.As a basketball fan in general, he is the guy I dislike the most on Purdue. He is a flop, and tries to get cheap calls.
Despite the loss, I think we just gave teams a lot of tape on how to stop Purdue. The question is whether they have the personnel to pull it off. The revelation to me was the Ty vs. Smith defensive possessions in the first half. Ty's size and physicality, really seemed to bother Braden. Completely bottled him up, forcing him to give up the dribble 30ft from the basket to another guard. And the best way to stop a big like Edey and great 3pt shooters is to deny the entry and the ball movement from the PG.Get up on Smith and Loyer and make them shoot pull-up 2-pointers! Trading 4 two point baskets for the 4 three point baskets they got changes the end of the game.
Overall, solid effort by Illini against perhaps the best team in the nation, which shot lights out in second half from beyond the arc. We hung tough, but extremely difficult to win when a team shoots incredibly well on treys.I thought the refs were bad, but at the end of the day Purdue knocked down big 3 after big 3 in the second half, got every loose ball, and offensively nobody stepped up outside of Domask in the 2nd half.
Guerrier disappeared after a couple early 3s, Harmon did nothing and missed a real good look late that would have put us up 1, and Goode was non-existent. Hawkins was ok in the 2nd half but Shannon never really exerted his will on the game like he is capable of(especially with Smith on him).
If we end up playing them again, I'd like to see Shannon on the left side of the court and just aggressively go baseline if they're going to try to guard him with Smith. He reaches a lot but he's simply not quick enough to stay with Shannon(Domask blew by him a few times).