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I think you should pay attention to what people do more than what they say.
If you think I paid attention to what Coach Henson said but not what Coach Henson did, you might consider reading my post again.
I read it in hopes that the writer has actually seen Austin playing in practice, he hasn't. Stopped in my tracks when he said he thinks Hutch is better than Andrew Wiggins...Sorry if already posted.
The Illini’s next breakout star? We take an in-depth look at Austin Hutcherson
“Hard not to wonder… if Illinois unearthed a gem in Wesleyan transfer Austin Hutcherson. 6-foot-6 wing is already regularly referred to as the Illini’s best athlete,” high p…
Almost every year we watch Syracuse run out 2-3 zone and overachieve in the NCAA tourney. Sure, it has weaknesses -- most defenses do -- but I often wish we would experiment with it more often. Didn't Oregon St. run a zone too this year? Ideally, you'd have a team capable of seamlessly switching between zone and man-to-man. I sure would've liked to have seen that look more against Loyola rather than running the "escort them to the basket" defense.
Oregon State moves back and forth between man and zone. Off top of my head I’d say probably 60/40 man to zone. Can’t remember if they kept same ratio during tourney run.
Zone defense is good against one dimensional teams or to cover up for a mismatch. If Omar Payne and Coleman Hawkins are studs on offense, it would make sense. Otherwise there is very little reason to think you can win the championship running primarily a zone defense. There are way too many ways to beat a zone. The best is a true hybrid with help defense and rotations - but that’s honestly just ACTUAL man defense.
I think the guy was joking on that, their website is a fan run one and in the article he flat out states that his source is “guessing”. The way he described wiggs made it seem like a jokeI read it in hopes that the writer has actually seen Austin playing in practice, he hasn't. Stopped in my tracks when he said he thinks Hutch is better than Andrew Wiggins...
Come on now. Really? Yes. Those things are his main role. But for CoHawk’s development playing in game situations as a 3 will be huge.
Probably mostly on switches, we have too much depth 1-3 too experiment that way.
Seems to me we left the cellar far behind last year. Most B10 regular season wins. Won the BTT. #1 seed. That ain't the cellar. And I don't see the cellar in the near future with the recruits coming in. Ayo is gone and that is a big hole to fill. But we return a possible future NBA PG, a C who has a legit shot at NPOY, and more wings than KFC. What this team really lacked last year was a legit stretch 4. Who is a better fit for that role than CoHawk? At some point the future becomes now. I say let's go for a NC now! This may be last time we ever see a players like Kofi and AC on the roster at the same time. Ask a Cubs fan if he would sacrifice 2016 for a guarantee to never see the cellar again.
And we will do all of those things with CoHawk as a stretch 4 in the now.
Nothing wrong with a bit of a logjam across a position group when one of them is 6’10”. /s
Wow hard to know where to start.
