Game Thread: Illinois vs Minnesota

[foby]

First one to 110 wins.

 

[abchew2]

Holding them to 78% FG and 100% 3’s in the second half.

Good adjustments

It’s crazy the offense is still able to keep up with that. A recipe for disaster but still impressive on that end.

 

[TyKFactus]

Buffalo Wild Wings box out commercial is funny.

It really really is

 

[coachingillini]

What is Minnesota shooting when Domask is primary defender?

 

[FloridaMan]

When do we start employing those defensive adjustments I heard we were going to come up with at halftime?

 

[blife]

Refs are letting them play seems to be unusally physical even for the BIG, lots of contact going uncalled.

 

[biglug58]

Can I still bet the over ?

 

[80'sIllini]

I don't think our defensive scheme is a good fit for our personnel.

We don't have enough good perimeter defenders to stay in front their point guard, Mitchell and Christie all at once. I do like the halftime adjustment of switching TSJ onto Christie and MD onto their PG. Looks like they are still shooting lights out so far. Those made threes haven't been wide open looks but I wouldn't say they are highly contested either.

 

[Champaign88]

The first team to get 4 straight stops will win this game I think...

 

[Dragons89]

Teams salivating to play us now!!! They do a great job of exploiting us.

 

[GetAWin]

MD looks like he doesn't care much about playing defense

 

[ILLFAN67]

Wow this non defense is nauseating to watch. I mean Inlike offense but our lack of ability to stop post scoring and then close out on 3’s sucks

 

[PattyOBryant]

What is Minnesota shooting when Domask is primary defender?

105%

 

[DB11Headband]

First team to 90 wins. No defense required.

Copy and paste from here on out

 

[ChiefGritty]

I want to know why we don't just stick with the pack line defense when every time we've used it the past few years our defense has improved? That should be our bread and butter.

I mean that's sort of the conceptual problem with what we're doing, we're playing too far off them.

Stop something, force them to do something other than exactly what they want to do.

 

[Jon]

Holding them to 78% FG and 100% 3’s in the second half.

Good adjustments

And all we gotta do to win is shoot 112% and get every rebound. Way easier than playing defense

 

[TyKFactus]

The first team to get 4 straight stops will win this game I think...

4?! I dont think I've seen 2 yet lol

 

[madcrazeeballa]

I love Marcus, but he literally cannot wait for Goode to come in so we can stop talking about how slow he is and start talking about how Goode is getting abused defensively instead

 

[HailtotheChief]

Maybe Dain can guard the big one on one and others can not give up a damn 3

 

[Illiniam1984]

This other team is smaller. We shouldn’t be letting them bully us.

 

[Retro62]

How is that not a pushing foul?

 

[hoopsfan47]

Been a long time...maybe never....since I have seen a player with TSJr's. size, quickness, and handle.

 

[Chillinini]

Just like the sunrise, infamous B1G refs always show up

 

[aaeismacgychel]

How is that not a pushing foul?

Courtney Green

 

[azillini1]

Is it possible both teams end up shooting +60% for the game? I don't remember seeing that... at least in decades.