Game Thread: Illinois at Nebraska

[NorthShoreIllini]

Brad had to sit Andrej. Make a tough call.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Andrej with 0pts, 0rebs, 3asts, 2turnovers, losing track of his man and ball watching the shot in 14 minutes thus far. Needs to be better. Absolutely needs to. Just horrendous half.

 

[skyIdub]

hell, put petro in, he can't play any worse than AS has

 

[PapaDelsMadeMeFat]

Zone actually slowed the three down slightly. They figured out how to back screen the guys at the bottom of the zone to free up FraggingFragler guy for threes.

I think all of Sandforts threes have come off man to man with Drej trailing a screen to far.

 

[Homecoming 2019]

neb against michigan: 11 total 3s on 34% shooting

neb against us: 11 first half on 55% shooting

what can you do

Not give up 5+ completely uncontested 3s to their best shooters.

 

[Orangetool]

He needs to counter by passing out faster

He needs a jump shot.

 

[ejam21]

What a rough end to the half. Team will fight back but gotta hope some combo of better perimeter d and law of avgs cools the nebby shooters down

And ours heat up

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

11/20 from three. Woof.

 

[bleedsorangenblue]

Man ... They are a handful. Absolutely need to stop the 3 or there is no hope.

 

[Goillinikobd]

Beg to differ, I hate the guy

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

If you told me before the game they’d make 11 first half threes and we’d only be down 6….

 

[AndyKaufmanstutor]

Can one of the coaches ask AI to create them a frickin out of bounds play because Brad nor any of the staff he’s ever had can develop one damn OOB play. Ridiculous.

 

[eas23]

Mirkovic sees the floor and passes well, but putting the ball on the floor in traffic rarely ends in a positive.

 

[grantlab]

Awful last three minutes. Brad lost it when he went out of the zone and put AS in for Ben. The Wagler, Ben, Mirk, and Twin Tower lineup was the best.

Ben had a great half and was extremely effective in the top half of the zone. AS does not have the “don’t get screened” mentality

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Then who the hell keeps leaving the wing and corner open on the same side of the floor?

 

[Juju]

Nebraska basketball is the Cinderella story/media darling this season and we're playing on their court. Don't count on it...

 

[Get yourself a new map]

Think the answer to the Dame vs Andrej query was Tre White.

 

[Trueblue777]

Brad needs to get in AS face and say QUIT DOING THAT Sh*t!!!

 

[illiniguy24]

I’m really tired of Andrej being boom or bust every single game

Would be great to get some calls at the rim!!

We have to close out at the 3pt line on defense!!

Great energy from Big Z again. Need a big second half!!

 

[FantaIllini]

I think we really felt boswell’s absence in those last 3 minutes

 

[SuperMetroid]

2nd half suggestion: guard the three point line

 

[Wazababybrucedouglaskid]

Yep, we can’t or aren’t ready to cover the screened shooter. I would much rather let them get higher percentage 2’s with a big mismatch or a scramble than the same shi!!!! Over and over.

 

[bjp84]

We are not defending the 3 well. Way too many open looks. They are defending us much better.

 

[Dr Copejam]

It could be worse. I still like our chances.

 

[PapaDelsMadeMeFat]

Also, when are B1G refs going to call moving screens again?