Illinois 112, Eastern Illinois 67 Postgame

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blackdog
Illinirog70 said:
Watched the whole game this afternoon. Boy, are we WEAK on defense! That high ball screen ate our lunch.... and we struggled to stop the dribble drive.

That was against a weak mid-major. We're going to struggle against major competition. Hope we see some improvement on Friday. Johnson was fairly effective, but he's only a freshman. Love his nose for the rebound. Needs to become a wall on defense. Ivicic is NOT.
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EIU shot 38% from the field with the majority being contested mid range jumpers. Those are the kind of shots we WANT the other team taking. EIU was atrocious shooting at the rim and only made 4 3s all game.
 
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illini0440
Illinirog70 said:
Watched the whole game this afternoon. Boy, are we WEAK on defense! That high ball screen ate our lunch.... and we struggled to stop the dribble drive.

That was against a weak mid-major. We're going to struggle against major competition. Hope we see some improvement on Friday. Johnson was fairly effective, but he's only a freshman. Love his nose for the rebound. Needs to become a wall on defense. Ivicic is NOT.
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Brad actually thought our defense and intensity made EIU quit in the second half
 
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IlliniFanTX
Illinirog70 said:
Watched the whole game this afternoon. Boy, are we WEAK on defense! That high ball screen ate our lunch.... and we struggled to stop the dribble drive.

That was against a weak mid-major. We're going to struggle against major competition. Hope we see some improvement on Friday. Johnson was fairly effective, but he's only a freshman. Love his nose for the rebound. Needs to become a wall on defense. Ivicic is NOT.
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That high ball screen produced a bunch of 15 foot jumpers that were fairly contested most of the time. I'll take that shot 10/10 times as a defense. Kept them from shooting threes or layups.
 
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the juiceman cometh
BalloonsTheElephant said:
Except Bad Blunderwood played him already so we can't redshirt him. We need this kid to sit a year and bulk up and start banging down low. 6'9 and he doesn't even sniff the lane. This generation is so weak standing at the 3 point line.
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Fighting I 95
Illinirog70 said:
Watched the whole game this afternoon. Boy, are we WEAK on defense! That high ball screen ate our lunch.... and we struggled to stop the dribble drive.

That was against a weak mid-major. We're going to struggle against major competition. Hope we see some improvement on Friday. Johnson was fairly effective, but he's only a freshman. Love his nose for the rebound. Needs to become a wall on defense. Ivicic is NOT.
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A lot of bad takeaway's for just our first game that we won by 40. Im not saying defense will be our strong suit but we have a lot of length and finally some post height.
 
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I-L-L 1318
illini0440 said:
Brad actually thought our defense and intensity made EIU quit in the second half
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Boswell was a DOG on ball. Brad's plan of 'tough 2's' worked to perfection. Hard to sustain hitting midranges off the bounce over 40 mins....especially when they make 18 3's.
 
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