Game Thread: Illinois at Purdue

[CoalCity]

Finke matadors the baseline...

 

[breadman]

Anybody keeping count for how many have gone in and out?

 

[Second and Chalmers]

I just tuned in, Tracy does not have a clue how to run a team. It sounds mean, but he needs to sit.

3 fouls on TJL

 

[Chase3]

How does a guy like Dakota Mathias become a better player than Jaylon Tate? I mean one on. Some seriously poor player development in my opinion.

 

[coltjames03]

Just think next year Finke only big man more and likely after Groce is gone. That should go well

 

[PostersLastStand]

We run so many ball screens that seem completely pointless, no motion off of them, no drives, nothing. It forces someone to try to do it all on their own. It drives me absolutely crazy.

I am the choir, preach it to me any way Brother!!!

 

[CoalCity]

Kipper doin a decent job against the much bigger swanigan

 

[Second and Chalmers]

Credit Purdue, they are defending very well.

 

[txillini11]

Crazy thing is, we are still in this thing and have played rather poorly.

We aren't in this thing. This game was over 10 mins in.

 

[Chase3]

If we don't press out of half time I'm going to lose my mind. The shot clock is only 39 seconds, if you press it takes off 5. It's hard to set up an offense with 25 seconds. I don't get why we've never done this.

 

[GortTheRobot]

Haas looks confused, he didn't even know someone bumped into him.

 

[Second and Chalmers]

If we don't press out of half time I'm going to lose my mind. The shot clock is only 39 seconds, if you press it takes off 5. It's hard to set up an offense with 25 seconds. I don't get why we've never done this.

Because we would probably run it like garbage.

You need practice time to put in something like that. We need to use our practice time figuring out how to rotate and provide backside help.

 

[idoc13]

We aren't in this thing. This game was over 10 mins in.

Yup. Outplayed in every facet of the game.

 

[Second and Chalmers]

Haas looks confused, he didn't even know someone bumped into him.

If he dies, he dies.

 

[LurkLongandProsper]

Credit Purdue, they are defending very well.

Aside from Malcolm, we are incredibly easy to defend.

 

[The Rock Says]

really could have used a hero 3 there to end the half.

 

[PostersLastStand]

Purdue big team, go small run their big arses into the ground. Our coaches can't make in game, before game, after the half or on the bus adjustments. We just get abused by all the other coaches.

 

[Whitman2020]

Only way we get back is JCL hitting some 3s and driving to have their bugs get in foul trouble.

 

[Ryllini]

We aren't in this thing. This game was over 10 mins in.

I don't know if you ever watched a basketball game, but 14 isn't insurmountable. I will give you this, with our history of 2nd half adjustments, it doesn't look good. We need a player or two to dig deep and come up big and continue to have Mav do his thing down low.

 

[GortTheRobot]

If he dies, he dies.

Excellent :thumb:

 

[Second and Chalmers]

Deon's shirt and tie combo continuing the rough night for the Illini :tsk:

 

[The Rock Says]

Dustin Ford is just embarrassing here..... Has this been happening for the last five years. To his credit, probably has a killer falsetto.

 

[Rad]

Really don't think staff knows how to teach basketball. We are playing/coaching "hard" tonight which is encouraging but don't appear to understand why PU gets open or good looks or what we need to do to prevent. Groce seems to be more of a fan/cheerleader as per usual (smh).

 

[Kathy]

Deon Thomas just said that Purdue caught Malcom Hill sleeping on the inbounds play. grrrr

 

[EJ33]

They shoot in the 60s we shoot in the 30s. This is GroceBall.