Illinois 120, Fairleigh Dickinson 45 Postgame

#151      
HoopsterMan
Fly Illini Fly! said:
Last night:

13.8 seconds per offensive possession.

Last season:

18.0 seconds per offensive possession.

….

Last night:

22 fast break points

Last season:

5.6 fast break points per game (356th)

….

Last night:

18.3% of points on fast break

Last season:

6.8% of points on fast break (362nd)

….

Last year’s offense was the most efficient in the country, by points per possession.

The staff was totally fearless in completely rebranding it.
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Anyone have a theory on the reason behind the strategical shift? Is it due to roster makeup?
 
#153      
Rebounding Dog
Fly Illini Fly! said:
Last night:

13.8 seconds per offensive possession.

Last season:

18.0 seconds per offensive possession.

….

Last night:

22 fast break points

Last season:

5.6 fast break points per game (356th)

….

Last night:

18.3% of points on fast break

Last season:

6.8% of points on fast break (362nd)

….

Last year’s offense was the most efficient in the country, by points per possession.

The staff was totally fearless in completely rebranding it.
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We are going from one of the slowest paced teams to hyperdrive? Not a small change🤣
 
#154      
Rebounding Dog
HoopsterMan said:
Anyone have a theory on the reason behind the strategical shift? Is it due to roster makeup?
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Yes…. guys that play well fast🙂 Wagler did great with keeping a snails pace. Coleman looks like he plays better up tempo …. the game was fast last night and the passing was quick with very little dribbling… interesting change! Fun stuff…. run run run🙂
 
#155      
mysterio2525
Fly Illini Fly! said:
Last night:

13.8 seconds per offensive possession.

Last season:

18.0 seconds per offensive possession.

….

Last night:

22 fast break points

Last season:

5.6 fast break points per game (356th)

….

Last night:

18.3% of points on fast break

Last season:

6.8% of points on fast break (362nd)

….

Last year’s offense was the most efficient in the country, by points per possession.

The staff was totally fearless in completely rebranding it.
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I'm wondering if the 17 second practice shot clock we employed is geared around our 18 second average play last season.
 
#157      
OrangeBlue98
Illini4Christ said:
Tyler is a basketball savant (and you don’t see /s). His understanding of the game is incredible.

Greg from Sleepers Media just said that he will either be running a college team or NBA team in the future.

We better lock him down in the O and B long term, they will be coming for him.
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I think Tyler has future NBA head coach written all over him. His understanding of the NBA style of offense is next level.
 
#160      
Fly Illini Fly!
Uihoop2023! said:
Shot 78% as a team last year. Not sure the "yearly battle" comment applies.
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Yes, 17th in the country:

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One thing about FT shooting, is that it’s most significant during clutch time.

This was our FT percentage, game by game, in clutch time:

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1) Overall, we finished at 77.4% on clutch time free throws — slightly below our season average, but still pretty good (I think).

2) The two Wisconsin games were pretty brutal though, especially that 37.5% on February 10th.
 
#164      
WyattEarp
Rebounding Dog said:
Yes…. guys that play well fast🙂 Wagler did great with keeping a snails pace. Coleman looks like he plays better up tempo …. the game was fast last night and the passing was quick with very little dribbling… interesting change! Fun stuff…. run run run🙂
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It was deliberate last year. But to say it was a snails pace is certainly an exaggeration.

Obviously, nothing like the balls to the wall approach we’re seeing now, however.
 
#166      
BalloonsTheElephant
Altuve27 said:
I owe Tyler Underwood a man-sized apology. At the time of his hire, I thought there was some nepotism involved there. That was foolish and flat out ignorant on my part. He is a FANTASTIC basketball coach. Our offense the last few years has been a joy to watch,

There will be the inevitable game where we don’t play well and have the occasional disappointment, but my God, this is going to be a FUN, ENTERTAINING team to watch.

Already looking forward to Thursday night. Hope Jake doesn’t miss as much time as is feared.
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I don't think it being partially nepotism and partially he.had the potential to become who he is now are mutually exclusive here. Tyler filled the brand new 4th/5th coaching slots which were just allowed. There was plenty of eyebrows raised at the time and questions why we didn't go get some bigger names.

Obviously the TJ/Domask Elite 8 year was special, mixing up styles of play. Two years ago with Morez was a mess with our high volume, low make rate on threes. Maybe it worked in practice, but just didn't make them in games (consistently enough). The Duke game was pretty much it for me with that experiment where we went 2/26 from three and generally looked completely overmatched in skill and tactics.

Last year was what it was supposed to look like. Obviously Keaton was amazing, but the whole team played smarter and more selfless.

Tyler was probably out of his depth when he started but he has grown into the role and honestly may have outgrown it this past year. He has shown his ability to find strategies that work for the team he has and play a fun brand of basketball that attracts the type of talent we want to bring in.

I think the criticism at the time was warranted, but he's obviously put in the work to improve his abilities. This constraint led approach is really cool and heady stuff that they are implementing this year.
 
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