As much as I like Luke Goode and his dependable shooting, when he is in with Domask, the defensive intensity is too lax to be effective...especially with a team like Oakland. Q and DD seemed to provide a problem that Oakland could not figure out. Illini need to be more aggressive with taking 12 footers with rebounders in position...and passed that up a half dz. times. Like the ball movement but would love to see CoHawk forget about feeding the offside wing under the hoop when he is covered like a glove...it has not worked for him in his career yet.
Oakland is a good and well-coached team. Our guys will be lucky to win. Defense is not an Illini strength as it seems so far and Oakland knows how to score. Fortunately, they cooled off some but as long as the game is close, it will be won between the ears.
Oakland is a good and well-coached team. Our guys will be lucky to win. Defense is not an Illini strength as it seems so far and Oakland knows how to score. Fortunately, they cooled off some but as long as the game is close, it will be won between the ears.