#ratings - good for marketing future matchups. That is also the cynic in me but honestly feel like there is some truth there.
That's the astonishing thing.... AZ are mostly freshman. Their ceiling is very, very high. Impressive to beat our experienced veterans AND in our house in their first true hostile environment.
They’re freshmen in name only because of Covid. I believe everyone that saw action has played at least one year of college ball. So they are indeed young, but freshmen in the sense that Hawk is a freshman and not that Goode is a freshman.
There was no one who started for AZ against us that wasn't on the team last season. The 3 reserves they used were all transfers, but played D-1 basketball last season.
What has shown to be very true, is that Kofi's low, aggressive "lean (with authority)" into the chest of the defender, is ALSO not being called.
The loss at Marquette (especially the way it played out over the last few minutes) and the beat down by Cincy made the Arizona loss just another signal that we are an inconsistent team not yet capable of finishing in big games. Not sure I agree with that, but it will take a higher level of consistency to break into the Top 25 now. We just need to keep racking up the wins and, whatever we do, DON'T lost to Missouri#ratings - good for marketing future matchups. That is also the cynic in me but honestly feel like there is some truth there.
.Didn't see the score and realize how badly Baylor had brutalized them. Then turned on the replay last night and they had 22 points with 10:30 left in the game when I turned it on. Baylor plays excellent defense, but no way Illinois gets held to 22 points in 30 minutes of play against them.
Is it an offensive foul if the defender is in the restricted zone when Kofi bangs into them to get space? That is legal correct? I realize that Kofi does this even when the defender is not in the restricted area.
That rule is super confusing. I think the restricted area for secondary defenders. So if Kofi is being guarded then someone joins on a double team that person is a secondary defender. I think the arc is irrelevant for primary defenders. The one we are most familiar with is the charge vs. block call. The defender is a secondary defender because the original defender has been been beaten by the offensive player, and that defender must be outside the arch to get a charge.
That’s a very interesting question.
You could review the Cincinnati tape. They shut us down.
We shut ourselves down in that game. Cincinnati is not a good team.
I agree. However Baylor is.
Absolutely. I am just saying that I am not sure how much you could learn from watching the Cincinnati game about shutting us down. All you'd learn is "Illinois sometimes just inexplicably starts playing like a high school team."
This is one of the games I was referring to as playing the up-tempo/hap hazard style with multiple TO's...we forced things too much....something about a square peg in a round hole
Yes. We got out to a 23-8 lead and Cincy decided to double/triple Kofi. I think he was just a little too buzzed up in his first game back and tried to do too much and didn’t pass out. The 2-3 guys neutralized Kofi and we couldn’t get any good shots otherwise. Think we are a different team now. Hoping Belo sees that and doesn’t try to do too much when he comes back.
I think the term Underwood used was........SOFT
I remember yelling at the tv that night - put in Plummer. He played 10 minutes and 3 shots.
Cincy game was early. Villanova was 10 games into the season. If you think we couldn't do better than 22 points in 30 minutes against Baylor, you haven't been watching the last few games.
