Illini Basketball 2024-2025
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sacraig
- The desert
I'm increasingly convinced that, while illness may have been what started the free fall, the culprit in continuing it is that we have an offensive scheme (such that one exists) that doesn't play to our strengths, and a defensive scheme that our opponents learned how to attack over time and now carve us up.
Maybe continued illness has meant we haven't had the group together enough to implement adjustments or something, but I don't think that's the primary cause. Otherwise, why do we have occasional bouts of competence during this stretch?
Maybe continued illness has meant we haven't had the group together enough to implement adjustments or something, but I don't think that's the primary cause. Otherwise, why do we have occasional bouts of competence during this stretch?
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
I am so torn on this, between the camps of ‘Brad gets a little leeway given his regular season success’ and ‘Brad loses the big ones (especially without a TSJ)’ and it’s time to go’.
I do really value the regular season and BTT championships, more so than some here, as I recall past threads in the subject (vs NCAA Tournament success). But it’s how we lost in the dance as much as the losses.
Brad’s dichotomy between season and career flexibility, vs in-game flexibility, is jarring. Keep running the same offense and defense, keep going at Clingan, don’t adjust for the Loyola big, keep shooting threes. I don’t understand why it continues.
In the end, and after reading literally thousands of posts here, the one that has resonated the most with me was the one about the Loyola game. Apologies as I do not recall the name of the poster, but he or she said that had we won that game, and Brad had another S16 or E8 next to his name, it would be much clearer that leeway this year had been earned.
That finish is the biggest disappointment of his tenure here, even more than the MM team shenanigans and the current situation.
I do really value the regular season and BTT championships, more so than some here, as I recall past threads in the subject (vs NCAA Tournament success). But it’s how we lost in the dance as much as the losses.
Brad’s dichotomy between season and career flexibility, vs in-game flexibility, is jarring. Keep running the same offense and defense, keep going at Clingan, don’t adjust for the Loyola big, keep shooting threes. I don’t understand why it continues.
In the end, and after reading literally thousands of posts here, the one that has resonated the most with me was the one about the Loyola game. Apologies as I do not recall the name of the poster, but he or she said that had we won that game, and Brad had another S16 or E8 next to his name, it would be much clearer that leeway this year had been earned.
That finish is the biggest disappointment of his tenure here, even more than the MM team shenanigans and the current situation.
Our coaches lack the ability to play 3D Chess to match our opponents in game adjustments,that is why I believe we have a big lead early in games and ended up pi$$ing it away .
the michigan state game broke this team flat out.
With such a skinny, unathletic team, but with plenty of size, I’m kind of surprised we haven’t pivoted to a zone. I normally hate it but at least it would save our legs and in turn maybe help our shots. I’m a firm believer that some of our players are missing from the perimeter because they’re lacking the leg strength and overexerting themselves on the defensive end to make up for being naturally weaker defenders.
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“Timeout South Carolina”
We’d have a better team right now with Dain, CoHawk, Goode, Sencire, Hansbury, Moretti, and Ty.
Yes, exactly so. But one missing ingredient: a coach able to envision a means to integrate these EDGs with a subset of the players recruited over this past year.
Which recruited players, you ask?
KJ, Tomi, Will, Kylan (maybe) and Jake. Oh, we forgot to include the one warrior on the active roster: DGL. I think a role for him could and should have been carved out. Easy? No. Possible, for a coach talking natty and making millions? Surely.
Coaches make choices. The narrative that Ty 'quit' and wouldn't compete for minutes is BS. I know exactly how these kinds of narratives are created. And they're never favorable to the kids.
I would have kept RJ as well.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
I mean, we’ve had a really bad stretch of ball, but:
KenPom:
(25) Illinois
(46) Memphis
(50) Indiana
(51) West Virginia
(66) Kansas St
(109) FAU
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