Recent content by Stormsw7706

Agree with many on this post. There seems to be coaching errors both in terms of play design, defense, and personnel. I like Underwood but I’m not sure I believe in him. Our inbounding and press break is awful. Our defense against dribble penetration is non-existant nd getting burned three...

What a crazy year. Good start but ended with a thud. When you looked at the resume of the portal players and the addition of SC I thought, like many others, that we would make a run. Then we beat Texas at MSG and the sky was the limit. It seems the season turned with the Penn State game...

I was really disappointed in our coaching during this game. I like that Underwood brings the fire, however, that doesn’t overcome poor execution. It was inexcusable that we didn’t pound the ball inside to Hawkins, Mayer, and Dain. When you have 4-6 inches on a defender and don’t take...

This is actually a test for Underwood. We’ve been beaten soundly twice by Penn State. Seems as if he needs to go deep into the ideas well for this one. If I were a Penn State fan I would probably be a bit worried about beating a good team for the third time on pretty much their home turf...

Glad to see RJ back in fine form. He is playing with abandon and I love the aggressiveness

I don’t understand the seed obsessions either. You gotta beat the good and bad teams anyway. Just get it done. When we are good we are really really good and when we are bad we are awful. Quite frankly I’d like to play PSU, Maryland, or Indiana again. That should get the juice going.

Gotta give a shout out to Rogers separately for his energy, especially on the boards. Don’t forget LIeb either

Great basketball. They looked rested and fresh. I love love having Hawkins in the post defensively. Helped with rebounding and rim defense immensely. Plus he was able to use his speed off the rebound to push the action. Would like to see much more of this. Epps playing a true point also...

Nice to seen Lieb bet on there and have some meaningful minutes. You never know. Might be worth upping him to any time in the future. Nice overall turnaround by the Illini. Nice to see em smile

Agree with most posts. They are hard to watch but I’m an Illini fan and I’ve seen worse. That said, I have never seen an offense more adverse to going into the paint in my life. Their passing is atrocious, shot selections are lazy beyond belief, and they look miserable in the uniform. Maybe...

This is a good opportunity to change the lineup. FWIW I also think it’s time to rethink the offensive and defensive strategies. Shannon really seems to be trying. Mayer and Hawkins seem to be treating every game as an audition tape for the NBA. Maybe it’s the age of the players but...