Recent content by ITIllini

Some other teams try something really cool called a screen. Sometimes they get fancy with a screen and roll.

So I guess we should increase presidential term limits since 7 to 8 years isn't enough to show progress or accountability. We should sign coaches to 10 year minimum contracts since they can't be held accountable after 4. Everyone is worried about getting recruits.... What good is it to have...

I agree that they may not always be running it as designed and things would be slightly better if we had more players in the rotation (not as tired late in the game). On the other hand, this isn't a one game exception. The injuries are what they are and JG has had a lot of time to make...

If it isn't designed that way, I sure don't know what it is designed for then. I would be curious to know how many pick-and-rolls, back-door cuts, and high-low lobs you saw? I can think of a few but not many. There was one where Mav lobbed one over the top to MH and it resulted in an easy...

The problem is, we need to get open looks at closer range and that is the coaches fault. There are plenty of options. Pick and rolls. Backdoor cuts. High - Low passes. Off-the-ball screens. Groce continues to rely on fade aways, three pointers, and long jumpers. The results continue to...

Groce's offense doesn't require assists to be successful. You just dribble down, crossover a couple of times, and pull up for the long jumper.

Glad to see them drive to the basket, but still nothing but 1 on 1.

Interesting. Thanks for filling me in.

Thanks. I just caught the tail end of the comment.

Did the announcers just say they were missing three due to injury?

You did detect my sarcasm. If you want to know why I feel we really lost, you can find it over in the "John Groce at Illinois" thread;)

Should we just itemize the excuses into one post to save everyone time? 1. We just can't expect to compete with all of these injuries 2. The refs were horrible 3. We just couldn't hit shots 4. We just don't have the horses 5. It just wasn't our night Did I miss any?

I know it has been a while since I have seen TA play, but I don't recall thinking he was Yogi 2.0. It looks like TJL is going to turn into a 5 star just like all the other Freshman that come to Illinois. In the end, we will still be popping the ball back out for 3's and jump shots.

If people are hopeful that TA and LB are going to fix all of this next year, I feel sorry for them.

It is unacceptable that we don't have any plays to put him in position to score. If you can't dribble down the floor and beat your man off of the dribble, you have no chance of scoring. No backdoor cuts, no backdoor screens, just 3 pointers and low percentage jump shots....