Game Thread: Illinois vs Missouri

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#29      
RML
Does KJ have something on the bridge of his nose? It looked like a cut, or stitches? Or a bad TV screen?
 
#31      
PasadenaIllini
Second place is 1st loser said:
I do have to ask....

1)When Morez picks up two fouls in 7 minutes because it's what freshmen do, what's the response going to be? What if he's 3-10 from the foul line? He was bad at home, what will it be in this atmosphere?
The response will be "Riley has talent and the potential to improve as the season progresses. The same for Morez. Ben isn't quick enough and isn't strong enough to guard or rebound at this level. " As it has been consistently throughout the season. Ben's proven it again and again this season when we've played top 50 teams. But he keeps getting 30-39 minutes per game??? Make that make sense.
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Second place is 1st loser said:


2)Riley has been just about as bad as Ben. He also feasted on sub par competition. Ben shot the ball very well versus Bama and Arkansas. Riley stalls ths offense by picking up his dribble in the middle of the lane, 35 feet from the basket or goes baseline and throws up a circus shot which doesn't hit rim or he'll miss a bunny. He has his warts.
See above. If we want to improve enough to be an NCAA tournament threat in March, we need to play the guys who have the potential to grow into the roles that will get us there.
This assumption that the situation at that position gets cleaned up by shifting minutes is overstated and silly. Is it worth a try? It absolutely is. Can BU abandon what he sees every day? Absolutely not.
Brad should abandon the current plan for minutes distribution because it isn't working.
I understand that we don't like the outcome. The way that NW and TN wrapped up absolutely stunk. There's not one guy on the roster that hasn't been subject to debilitating and/or lazy plays.
Some of our guys have proven that they have the potential to defend and rebound against the best competition we have faced. Other guys have proven the opposite. We're already hearing noise that Morez is unsettled over this distribution of minutes, and who can blame him? He's been given no chance at all that he can play better than a guy who isn't hacking it.
The random, never have worn a uniform, couch potato "fans" of our program have been absolutely atrocious towards this kid after 10 games, not all of which were bad.
No one is doing anything other than stating the obvious. Ben isn't being "attacked." His role on the team is. In bigtime college athletics at programs that contend for championships, if a player demonstrates that he shouldn't be getting starters minutes and he continues to get those minutes, the coaches will rightly get criticized.
P.s....this is not directed at you. Just piggybacked your post.
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logjam
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#46      
grantlab
Clearly Mizzou’s gameplan is run ISO, booty ball with Mark Mitchell to expose our 4. Ben needs to play 10 minutes this game and Morez needs to play 20. Especially if they’re going to blitz ball screens, the slips to the hoop are going to be there on offense.
 
#47      
DevILLDawg
Ben Humrichous is already Defensive MVP of this game for blocking a shot!

The 4 points scored easily on him was Brad's plan!
 
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