Do we lose that without Ivisic tonight?
Illinois 66, Oakland 54 Postgame
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Should not have been a surprise in any way to the Illini...but good for a young team to experience. However, Oakland let the ball go to the FT line and that is where the first pass needs to go every time....but it did not go there enough tonight.
On a plus side, I am really beginning to like Will Riley's defensive effort as well as his rebounding. Kid seems to be exertive no matter what he is doing, but his defensive effort has been pretty darn good for a skinny frosh who loves to shoot. Would love to see him play two seasons in C-U as this team has the potential to win it all if they stick together another season. But that is not likely if he shows up to play every night.
ginabackes00
CrazedUIFan
Do we win without Bam tonight? He was consistent and set the defensive intensity.
illiniswish09
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No but definitely would of had to sweat it out the last two minutes
This is where having that secondary ball handler in Boswell helps a lot. He took control in that 2nd half and calmed things down. It helps to have a veteran ball handler who doesn't play out of control. I really think Boswell will be a major asset with his experience as the schedule starts to get tougher. KJ is going to go through his ups and downs kinda like Curbelo did
We would have found another way, but Ivisic was very good for us tonight. Player of the game in my opinion.
From a math-nerd standpoint, no. If you assume the rest of the team has to replace Tomi’s 14 shots with their combined 34% shooting (excluding Tomi), we subtract 8 points, which still wins.
In the end, a win is a win.
Positive: defense play hard.
To me, it was a sloppy game. Missing easy shots, indecision leading to TOs, soft hands and taking three-point shots when driving to the whole was better play ruled the day!
I felt Morez should've played more. He'd be around that basketball to get offensive rebounds and the loose balls in the paint because there plenty of opportunities.
Way I feel now: take Alabama to cover. But, that's why they play the game.
Positive: defense play hard.
To me, it was a sloppy game. Missing easy shots, indecision leading to TOs, soft hands and taking three-point shots when driving to the whole was better play ruled the day!
I felt Morez should've played more. He'd be around that basketball to get offensive rebounds and the loose balls in the paint because there plenty of opportunities.
Way I feel now: take Alabama to cover. But, that's why they play the game.
If our shooting percentage this game was as high as the scalding hot takes percentage in the game thread, we would've won by 30.
I think Underwood put it best when he said winning this game was more valuable than winning those other games by 30. A lot of experience and lessons learned from tonight I'd hope.
Yea, I'm pretty sure we would have. He was a zone buster. Great touch from 10-15 ft out. Didn't like some of the 3's he took but he's got a ton of versatility. He may end up being one of the top 2 or 3 big men in the B10
Thoughts:
1. Learning game, ugly, but I don't think there was any doubt who the better team was. That zone is boring, and frustrating, and slow, and stupid, and nauseating.
2. I'm slowly having a few issues with Tre White. Lazy at times, defense comes and go's. I need to see consistent hustle. It seems like he plays with this "cool" swag all the time. I don't care. Play hard, be a leader and take initiative.
3. We made a ton of "Freshman" errors. This will get better with time. But it's easy to forget how young these guys are. They need time on the floor together.
4. A few guys to mmention. Kylan was obviously alot better, I like him being more aggressive. Tomi is gonna be so valuable. Missed some bunnies but when we gets going he's gonna be great. DGL continues to play great on ball defense.
5. In full honesty, without orange colored glasses, we are prolly not ready for Alabama. But I'm ready to take the test and see what they got. Nothing to loose.
1. Learning game, ugly, but I don't think there was any doubt who the better team was. That zone is boring, and frustrating, and slow, and stupid, and nauseating.
2. I'm slowly having a few issues with Tre White. Lazy at times, defense comes and go's. I need to see consistent hustle. It seems like he plays with this "cool" swag all the time. I don't care. Play hard, be a leader and take initiative.
3. We made a ton of "Freshman" errors. This will get better with time. But it's easy to forget how young these guys are. They need time on the floor together.
4. A few guys to mmention. Kylan was obviously alot better, I like him being more aggressive. Tomi is gonna be so valuable. Missed some bunnies but when we gets going he's gonna be great. DGL continues to play great on ball defense.
5. In full honesty, without orange colored glasses, we are prolly not ready for Alabama. But I'm ready to take the test and see what they got. Nothing to loose.
We shot poorly from 3 but not as bad as bardo saying jakucionis. Bardo went 1 for 56 on that name. Right at the end he got it right and I almost threw my hands up in celebration... Then he said it incorrectly 2 seconds later. Ha
Another way to think about it...in a game where the 3 talented freshmen gave them nothing, Illinois won this game comfortably and were never seriously threatened. (yes, Ivisic is new, but is both 21 and technically a sophomore)
Ivisic-DGL-Boswell-White-Humrichous absolutely shut down Oakland defensively.
Ivisic-DGL-Boswell-White-Humrichous absolutely shut down Oakland defensively.
Very similar to last year's match up. Oakland did what they do and uglied the game up with their annoyingly unique defense. Good for our young guys who probably never had experience playing against a defense like that to get tested. Will only make us stronger in the long run.
ginabackes00
CrazedUIFan
It emphasizes Brad's comments to the team about how you win when shots aren't falling. You have to find other ways and dig in defensively. We still have work to do, but you can see they understand how important that end of the court is which is hopefully promising they will continue to get better.
TheDukeUIUC
- Twin Cities, MN
The fact that KJ's parents were in attendance from Lithuania explains why he was pressing and a bit out of control.
ginabackes00
CrazedUIFan
What was a positive was he pulled back and allowed Boswell to take more control of the offense.
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