Agreed. There is a mandate from the B1G commissioner to only call moving screens against Illinois. Purdue screeners roll off their picks (a clever moving screen) every f'ing time.Hard to stop that play if the screener moves.
Illinois 88, Purdue 80 Postgame
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BillyBob1
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And he’s a Purdue guy!
Kj could be the only player on the court and he'd lose the orange ball. I prefer BAM and Will with ball.
illiniswish09
- Northwest Suburbs
Steve Greenberg with The Suntimes
My takeaways:
The players:
* The team is doing well overall.
* Humrichous is doing very well in his role off the bench.
* DGL seems to be in his own head, and on a very short leash as a result.
* Ivisic still seems a bit off in his touch and conditioning.
* I'm sad that KJ and Riley will not be back next year. They are both playing well enough to go in the first round.
* Boswell is doing nicely on the passing/defense. Time to go shoot 500 3's a day from the top of the key.
* Tre is coming along nicely.
The refs:
We occasionally get some home cooking. As bad as those calls were against KJ (foul vs. block), and DGL (charge), I think we came out well ahead tonight.
The play:
* We had yet another scoring drought as players stopped running the offense in favor of 1:1 hero ball possessions part way through the 2nd half.
Tonight it seemed to start with Riley. He had some nice 1:1s that led to open shots on consecutive possessions, so he kept going even though the shot quality was getting worse and worse each possession. He kept calling for the ball. At some point the team stopped passing it to him and the offense died. I think watching the film on this would be a good learning experience for Riley. I'm not sure what could be done other than a timeout to swap out Riley and let the offense resume. Explain to Riley why he was pulled during the 1-2 possessions he is off the floor.
* We are terrible against the pick and roll. We need to try something else.
* The decision to double down low was a long time coming. When it came, it won the game.
The players:
* The team is doing well overall.
* Humrichous is doing very well in his role off the bench.
* DGL seems to be in his own head, and on a very short leash as a result.
* Ivisic still seems a bit off in his touch and conditioning.
* I'm sad that KJ and Riley will not be back next year. They are both playing well enough to go in the first round.
* Boswell is doing nicely on the passing/defense. Time to go shoot 500 3's a day from the top of the key.
* Tre is coming along nicely.
The refs:
We occasionally get some home cooking. As bad as those calls were against KJ (foul vs. block), and DGL (charge), I think we came out well ahead tonight.
The play:
* We had yet another scoring drought as players stopped running the offense in favor of 1:1 hero ball possessions part way through the 2nd half.
Tonight it seemed to start with Riley. He had some nice 1:1s that led to open shots on consecutive possessions, so he kept going even though the shot quality was getting worse and worse each possession. He kept calling for the ball. At some point the team stopped passing it to him and the offense died. I think watching the film on this would be a good learning experience for Riley. I'm not sure what could be done other than a timeout to swap out Riley and let the offense resume. Explain to Riley why he was pulled during the 1-2 possessions he is off the floor.
* We are terrible against the pick and roll. We need to try something else.
* The decision to double down low was a long time coming. When it came, it won the game.
Spectacular touch. I am startled when he misses. His touch reminds me of the old Chicago Bull Chet Walker.
I don't post much, but congrats Illini. I can be critical and congrats are due.
ginabackes00
CrazedUIFan
Our off the ball defense can be frustrating to watch. The offense is looking so much better.
Yep, But Painter doesn't have much other choice.
Holy !!!! that was fun. Also my voice is completely shot.
What a game.
What a game.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
Thanks. He’s the clown that was mad because TSJ wasn’t made available to the press.
In a game High Knees refs, anything is possible
Boswell was great the whole game. Nobody can stay with Speedy Gon Smith the whole game. He is lightning fast and helped by Purdue's illegal moving screens.
Disagree with the reffing. Pretty even both ways. No home cooking. Trey “elbows”-Renn got his share of no calls and calls.
Watching Will Riley grow up this season has been so entertaining. Some NBA team is going to be very happy to grab him, stash him and watch him develop into a star. Wish that development could be here for another year, but it won't be...and good for him.
Gotta give Brad kudos for an under-the-radar move given all of the big plays in the second half. We had the ball out of bounds under our own basket in the second half with only about 3 seconds left on the shot clock. He quickly subbed Riley in, the Illini got him the ball and he hit a quick turnaround jumper from about 15 feet. Also loved that after he came up with that big steal, he started upcourt full-steam ahead, 1-on-3...but he stopped, circled back and gave the ball to KJ.
Gotta give Brad kudos for an under-the-radar move given all of the big plays in the second half. We had the ball out of bounds under our own basket in the second half with only about 3 seconds left on the shot clock. He quickly subbed Riley in, the Illini got him the ball and he hit a quick turnaround jumper from about 15 feet. Also loved that after he came up with that big steal, he started upcourt full-steam ahead, 1-on-3...but he stopped, circled back and gave the ball to KJ.
Well... Will began starting for Ben, Tre got out of the doghouse and reverted back to form as a starter, The coaching staff finally started to draw up effective under the basket plays and they decided that adding cutters going to the net was better than just dribbling behind the three-point line. So yes, not that simple.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
This team can definitely win some tournament games. Maybe even a lot of them. It's tantalizing.
Not 100% on the numbers but our 3s went like this.
1st Half
3/3
0/11
1/1
2nd Half
1/8
6/7
That big run they made was during our 0/11 streak in the 1st Half. It drives me crazy, especially when our cuts are so good getting to the basket. It was a great win, made the plays when we had to. I was losing hope when we went down 5 late, but we proved that we could play tough late.
Give me KB, Tre, Morez, Tomi, and Ben (bench role) and fill in the rest. Obviously benching Tre was a mistake as he has become his old self the past few games. We are a completely different team.
Will has found his game and hopefully we can get KJ back to his level from earlier in the season. He can focus more on facilitating and let his shot come back. I have been so impressed with Tomi and Will's chemistry the past few games.
1st Half
3/3
0/11
1/1
2nd Half
1/8
6/7
That big run they made was during our 0/11 streak in the 1st Half. It drives me crazy, especially when our cuts are so good getting to the basket. It was a great win, made the plays when we had to. I was losing hope when we went down 5 late, but we proved that we could play tough late.
Give me KB, Tre, Morez, Tomi, and Ben (bench role) and fill in the rest. Obviously benching Tre was a mistake as he has become his old self the past few games. We are a completely different team.
Will has found his game and hopefully we can get KJ back to his level from earlier in the season. He can focus more on facilitating and let his shot come back. I have been so impressed with Tomi and Will's chemistry the past few games.
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He tried one against Riley, refs didn't buy it. He did however get gifted 6 free throws on two terrible calls on missed three pointers. Wasn't touched on either one but still got 5 points for it. Could have been the reason we lost the game but we overcame it.
Jules??? Is that you??? This is your 3rd post...since joining on 1/30. "I don't post much" = 2 posts
Lol bald Tracy Morgan ref says hi
Anyway we can bring TA back? Or any hope I should say? Or Harrington or anyone who can game plan a defense.I want to give credit where it's due ... Would have been SO EASY to quit and pack it up after getting absolutely obliterated against Duke ...
This team came together ... We are seeing the best version of Tre White (what I like to call summer Tre) and the best version of Ben tonight ...
Get Morez back in the fold ... We will be cooking with gas ...
My one negative tonight ... The defense ... Hamer has GOT TO GO ... And that is all I will say about that ... Do not want that one negative to outweigh all the positive tonight ...
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Me too, And I believe it tickled the twine from 29! A Gonnella Bread great play! The ghost of Red Rush.
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