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<blockquote data-quote="wyckles" data-source="post: 2025181" data-attributes="member: 650295"><p>When talking about a bad defense, we have to remember that the idea is that eventually you will have an off night and get beaten or even blown out because you cant keep the other team from scoring. At best, teams have kept up with Illinois. There haven't been any blowouts this year or really any bad losses that were caused by bad defense. I would love to see some advanced stats on how Illinois stacks up with other teams in allowing open shots from all over the floor. Northwestern got REALLY hot, we couldn't hit a shot against Maryland and they shot extremely well, we shot poorly and still hung with Tennessee at their place and Marquette while still figuring out who this team really was, Penn State was bad turnovers, Purdue was tight...ect...</p><p></p><p>Sure, you could make the case that Illinois somehow makes teams shoot better with poor defense or something but the reality is that all the losses have been close and many of the wins have been blowouts or not as close as the score may seem so I dont think the defense is the issue in the end. I think Illinois has had to weather some amazing shooting nights from opponents and still make it close if not win outright anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wyckles, post: 2025181, member: 650295"] When talking about a bad defense, we have to remember that the idea is that eventually you will have an off night and get beaten or even blown out because you cant keep the other team from scoring. At best, teams have kept up with Illinois. There haven't been any blowouts this year or really any bad losses that were caused by bad defense. I would love to see some advanced stats on how Illinois stacks up with other teams in allowing open shots from all over the floor. Northwestern got REALLY hot, we couldn't hit a shot against Maryland and they shot extremely well, we shot poorly and still hung with Tennessee at their place and Marquette while still figuring out who this team really was, Penn State was bad turnovers, Purdue was tight...ect... Sure, you could make the case that Illinois somehow makes teams shoot better with poor defense or something but the reality is that all the losses have been close and many of the wins have been blowouts or not as close as the score may seem so I dont think the defense is the issue in the end. I think Illinois has had to weather some amazing shooting nights from opponents and still make it close if not win outright anyway. [/QUOTE]
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