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An Underwood quote from today's N-G that confirms what I've been saying: Coleman Hawkins sitting on the arc blunts the Illini offense. The defenders can sag off CH to clog the driving and passing lanes. "Early in the game everything we did was Coleman getting to the rim," Underwood said. "He...

When Hawkins finally made a 3 late in the FAU game, there was no one anywhere near to him. A defender is going to sag off a 22% 3-shooter. Heck, they were probably encouraging him to shoot, to get a TO.

And if you don't count those two outlier games, Hawkins shot 22% from three over their other 31 games. He is blunting their offense shooting 3s and I don't understand why he's not told to play inside the arc, where he's a bigger force to be reckoned with.