Game Thread: Illinois vs Penn State

[New Creation]

Horrible defense. 62% from the field with easy shots and wide open threes.. no defense at all this half. Not even fouling them..

 

[BlindLoyalty]

psu and Pickett just abusing every switch. NBA style. Adjust.

 

[NorthShoreIllini]

Penn st scored 58 points in their last game and we give up 47 in a half. Um wow.

 

[IlliniForceOne]

Giving up 47 at home against Penn State. Woof.

Should be an interesting half time locker room with BU.

 

[RML]

Well, not ideal.

 

[spillini]

Teams seems to be working switches for the mismatches on Clark and Dain more frequently

 

[Manual3for4peat]

This is a pride thing at some point. Can no one stay in front of Pickett?

 

[DB11Headband]

Giving up 47 points in the 1H, at home, against Penn State, is comically awful. If we don’t see double teams thrown at Pickett the entire 2H then that is concerning.

 

[sacraig]

5v8 everygame

 

[GallopingGhost]

Even down 9 I don’t feel super worried yet. It we are down that much by under 8 then I’ll start to sweat. I think we make adjustments and figure it out to win. We have to play more physically.

 

[JSpence]

Big basket there. A slowly-built six-point deficit would probably inspire some unwise shots.

Nevermind, I'd take a six-point deficit right now.

 

[SuperMetroid]

Well that sucked

 

[ChiTown]

Can someone please let Hawkins know he can still take a shot while he’s wide open.

 

[sacraig]

Giving up 47 points in the 1H, at home, against Penn State, is comically awful. If we don’t see double teams thrown at Pickett the entire 2H then that is concerning.

Sure but then we leave shooters open.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

psu and Pickett just abusing every switch. NBA style. Adjust.

If we don’t adjust and punch them in the mouth in the first four minutes of the second half, this will play out like the 2021 home loss to Maryland.

Thankfully, plenty of time to avoid that…

 

[NarrowJ]

We're shooting 58%, how much are we winning by? 10-15?

Oh, we are down 10?

Wat.

 

[thehass]

We should try a zone which can help the wide open middle which they are exploiting.

 

[IlliniForceOne]

This is a pride thing at some point. Can no one stay in front of Pickett?

We’re staying in front of him alright. He’s backing our guys down underneath the basket and then winking at Fletch on his way back down the court.

 

[blife]

Ridiculous. Pedo St plays as close to a perfect first half as they are capable. Our D has to step up. We have got backed down low or given them wide open 3s on almost 90% of their possessions. Time to wake up the D or we are going to take a bad L.

 

[BDMAN]

Well suffice to say Pickett is kicking our butt and we had no answer for him in the 1st half keep this up and the Texas win is moot. As Brad says they are an old team, and the experience is showing up on the floor. I did not think they would be more physical and play better D than us though and that is discouraging to say the least.

 

[spillini]

Sure but then we leave shooters open.

I’d rather give that right now considering the efficiency in the paint

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Pickett is seeking out switches. It makes no sense why we are switching.

Based on what I've seen the only people capable of guarding Pickett for us today are CoHawk and Dainja. CoHawk has been in foul trouble and when Dainja has been on the floor, we have been unable to guard their 3pt shooters. We're going to need a big 2nd half from CoHawk and we're going to have to guard the arc

 

[Jimbo]

Penn St played great. We need to step it up.

 

[sharpshot16]

Out-rebounded them by double and the same number of assists while shooting 57%....

Should be killing them. Better see Pickett adjustments.

 

[BDMAN]

Pickett is seeking out switches. It makes no sense why we are switching.

Brad is stubborn he will not change but you are correct the switching is killing us