Illinois at Texas Tech, Tuesday, November 10th, 7:00pm CT, Peacock

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AssemblyHallForever
Kernal12 said:
No way can that be the strategy for Atwell. He’s a career 42% shooter from three including 46% last year on really high volume. In the conversation for best three shooter in the country. You must close out and run him off the line or you’re asking for trouble.
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The best way to tire a shooter is to throw lots of different looks at him. Plus, since TT isn’t deep, we can wear them out. We play our game and dictate pace, we should win by double digits.
 
#103      
InDaAZ
joebcrazy13 said:
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Beer chug by Tomi after we destroy TT
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Family tradition…
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#104      
SescIllini
HereSoIDontGetFined said:
The name of this game is going to be "tempo". Illinois is 40th in the country in tempo. TT is 309th or something crazy. We need to force them to get up to our speed and wear them out. On defense, we need to be in the passing lanes and forcing turnovers. We need to double team when possible. TT only has one reliable 3-point shooter up to this point in the season, and they as a team shoot terribly from beyond the arc. So we can afford to concern ourselves less with attacking exterior passing lanes and try to deny the entry pass or the driver. Make them beat you from outside. Especially Atwell, who has made only three of eighteen attempts.
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It is easier to slow down a team IMHO, controlling tempo is a strategy and a very good one. Illinois will need to take an early lead to control the tempo. Trying to play fast while missing shot or having turnovers will work against us against a methodical slower tempo team.
 
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Kernal12
AssemblyHallForever said:
The best way to tire a shooter is to throw lots of different looks at him. Plus, since TT isn’t deep, we can wear them out. We play our game and dictate pace, we should win by double digits.
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Totally agree ... I think we can wear these guys down with our depth and size. I sense we might have to withstand a three point barrage in the first half, but just weather the storm and keep playing and we should prevail.
 
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