For sure. I also wouldn't be surprised going forward as well if we see some new wrinkles-pressing a little bit or some more matchup zone
Illinois 105, Minnesota 97 Postgame
sacraig
- The desert
What about hard hedging ball screens? Coleman is certainly mobile enough to do recover and I do feel like it disrupted Young’s flow in the Maryland game and the one or 2 times we did it in the Michigan game.
Just feel like Coleman is wasted as a defender sitting in deep drop and then having to body up bigger more physical post players.
sacraig
- The desert
Coleman can survive in that scenario but sometimes chooses not to do so.
I would love to see them press a bit just to at least slow a team down in running their offense. Using their length would be a strength.
sacraig
- The desert
Technically only $190,026/year.
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TL;DR 7th/8th
Loosely the way the ranking works is it subtracts the AdjD from AdjO and ranks teams based on the difference.
50th is about 100 AdjD, so we'd gain ~2 pts overall for +25.32, which would put us 7th/8th between Duke & Alabama
There's more complexity to his math, but that's a decent ballpark.
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Captain 14
- The Last Best Place
Had Minny missed all 14 threes that they made, the Over was still safe
I do understand Minny hit some incredible shots, but in the end, I can't accept that as an excuse. There were times last night where I was thinking to myself how god-awful this defense is.
Unless something improves, the hope is this offense keeps them in games, and then get key stops at the end of games.
When individual players post up the Illini, I would love to see someone sneak in there with a double team at times. Good things can happen at times: steal, TO, forced shot. Not all the time but sometimes.
Unless something improves, the hope is this offense keeps them in games, and then get key stops at the end of games.
When individual players post up the Illini, I would love to see someone sneak in there with a double team at times. Good things can happen at times: steal, TO, forced shot. Not all the time but sometimes.
Watching the BU & Coleman Pressers and all I can think about is, What's in the bag?
blackdog
- Champaign
Man.... everything.
Step-back jumpers, Euro-steps, 28 foot three pointers, crossover dribble-drive, spin move, floaters, leaners... but no more pump fakes.
Coleman, that is. Not sure what Brad has left in the bag at this point. He tries any of that, he may not be able to comb his hair for 4 days.
blackdog
- Champaign
As exciting as the offense was last night the lack of defense seemed to really take the energy out of the crowd and the team too. Every time people started to get loud Minny went down and scored and everyone was back to sitting on their hands. It was weird watching the body language of the team between plays and thinking to myself that they almost looked like a team that was losing by 8 instead of leading. I think giving up that many points can have an affect on a player, especially when they have some pride on the defensive end.
I was at the game last night and have watched almost every game this season. I have one honest question in regards to how to play defense. (We do this also).
A defender, particularly in the lane, is planted. The offensive player gets the ball and "booty balls" him down closer to the basket. Each dribble the offensive player bounces the defensive player back and each time the defender has his feet planted but is scooted backwards. (There was one play by I think Dainja, that he "flopped" or at least went down after the back up, no call, led to an easy lay-up).
How is anyone supposed to play defense against this type of offense?
Lastly, I probably shouldn't have said booty balls!
A defender, particularly in the lane, is planted. The offensive player gets the ball and "booty balls" him down closer to the basket. Each dribble the offensive player bounces the defensive player back and each time the defender has his feet planted but is scooted backwards. (There was one play by I think Dainja, that he "flopped" or at least went down after the back up, no call, led to an easy lay-up).
How is anyone supposed to play defense against this type of offense?
Lastly, I probably shouldn't have said booty balls!
Will take an 8 pt win over a desperate, pretty decent Minny team any day. If it was 62-70, most would call it a good win. They made some contested 3s off the bounce, but this offense will be able to overcome an opponent's good shooting night. IMO there has been stints of promising intensity against Iowa & last night. Dain had a great physical presence on Payne that helped out Coleman hopefully he can bring it every night.
OrangeBlue98
- Des Moines, IA
The leftover nuggets since no Minnesota players missed both ends of a two-shot foul.
Meanwhile last night Maryland 2/22 from 3, a lot of them wide open from doubling Reese in the post. NW was 2/13 and the BTN studio guys tried to give credit to both teams for playing such good defense.
You either throw a double at Marcus or threaten a double and hope the on-ball defender stays planted and doesn't fall for his crafty tricks in the paint
Yep, but that scouting report may need updated soon as he murdered the double teams last night. He's not afraid of it and has done a better job making quick decisions the past few games. He's also coming along as a passer, in general. His assist rate has started to climb dramatically the last few games and he's in elite territory nationally with his turnover rate.
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Just admit our defense is bad. I've seen from people the excuse that teams are making "ridiculous" shots, but you can't keep saying that when it is becoming a trend. Brad and his incompetent defensive guru Hamer have given up on the defense as have the players. Let's just hope we can outscore teams in the tournament.
I have good vibes for the tournament, but I know our defense will lose us games
Minnesota didn't hit 14 threes because our defense sucks.