Illinois 120, Fairleigh Dickinson 45 Postgame

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Illini-Rule
Has anyone heard anything about FDU's coach being pissy after the game? I saw an article but I think it was click bait. Thought I'd check.
 
#127      
Bbuck21
Who would like to see the Illini as high BB IQ combination of Arkansas' 40 minutes of Hell and Loyola Marymount under Westhead?
 
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Illinirog70
Illini-Rule said:
Has anyone heard anything about FDU's coach being pissy after the game? I saw an article but I think it was click bait. Thought I'd check.
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What more could we have done? We played everyone including the janitor! Starters played slightly more than a half, and the needed to be rewarded too. If we had tightened up the defense at the end, this could have been a 90+ point difference. And the young horses wanted to run, too. We would have scored a lot more points if we hadn't been chasing that elusive 19th made three pointer.
I'm sure the Illini benefited more from the Baylor scrimmage than this game but the coach has areas to critique from this game too (free throws?) You can't throttle the players just because the opponent is lousy...

One can never look at the opponent if the spread is a negative. That is on your team to do better.
 
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Altuve27
Look, I know it was Farleigh Dickinson. We all know that. Things will get very challenging soon.

That said, the ball movement last night was 2005-ish. You can’t do it any better. Totally unselfish, making the extra pass to go from good shot to great shot. I don’t recall the ball “sticking” once. Beautiful basketball.

Keep moving the ball like that, and this won’t be the last time they drop 100 on somebody.
 
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I-L-L 1318
AssemblyHallForever said:
You are right, last year was different than the last several years but we did have a couple of loses like the Bama game that we shot poorly. Even the Houston game we were 12-21 and we kinda let them back in the game.
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Gotta imagine shooting percentages will improve (aside from an outlier game here or there) as we get going just from a conditioning standpoint. There is no speed like game speed.
 
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RichardKeenesCousin
Oldskoolkoach said:
I haven't watched the game, but I have been calling for us to go to the Grinnell System for 3 or 4 years. Posted it here many times...why not? We always have shooters; making them is not always a given, and we have size for rebounding.

Is our offense similar to the Grinnell System? Everyone keeps talking about our new offense, but I haven't seen it yet, and nobody has been on here much either.

If we core 120 every game, I like our chances
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well..... Illinois would be giving up several of their advantages for one. 1. Illinois has too much talent to distribute minutes equally. 2. Better competition would destroy the press. 3. Illinois would be sacrificing its rebounding advantage. 4. More possessions isnt automatically better. I've watched the Grinnell System up close at Greenville University. They beat people they shouldn't, but it goes the other way too. In Tyler I trust.
 
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skyIdub
AssemblyHallForever said:
Mt thoughts: Lots of good even though we were playing a far inferior team. Nothing against FDU but we are really good. The Freshmen played solid and three in particular, Morillo, Brown and Coleman played like upperclassmen. Coleman may not be Wagler but he gets after the ball. His instinct is good. He needs to reign in the 3s for now but they will come.
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AssemblyHallForever said:
Morillo played solid D and made some very good cuts to the basket. He will eat up some of Davis’s minutes as well as the third member of the trio, Brown. His IQ is off the charts. His vision of seeing what is in front of him and adjusting. He just makes plays. A steal off a FDU rebound, his passing touch around the basket to a cutting teammate. His game just fits here.
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AssemblyHallForever said:
Zens played ok for his minutes as well as L Davis. AS and Vaaks are the leaders here. Both, along with Mirk when he hets back will have post season honors. The passing last night was phenomenal. Open shooters all over the place. The cutting lanes we wide open due to the spacing this team creates. Lots of rebounds but that will happen when your opponent is jacking 3s all night.
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AssemblyHallForever said:
Both Brown and Coleman rebounded like crazy. Brown about had a double double and was also 3 assists from a triple double. Coleman did have a double double just 4 assists from a triple. In a wild fast paced game, we only had 7 turns and 30 assists. Thats crazy. We set a record in assists in a game last night. Surprised Brucie didn’t bring that up as defensive minded of a coach that he is. Finally, on the good, is Fagbemi the best scout player in our history?
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AssemblyHallForever said:
Now some things that need to be worked on. A yearly battle it seems with free throws. 9-16 with AS missing 2 straight in the second half. Also, as much fun as it was watching this game, I haven’t seen this many threes shot by both teams since the Loyola Marymount years. I know it’s one game but we need to reel in the threes as better teams will be guarding us better. Granted, most were open looks but playing better teams will nullify that many open looks. Finally, losing Davis will hurt a bit as his intangibles are lost in the box score. Brown, Morillo and possibly Zens will take those minutes. Well, on to Penn as we have a quick turn around on Thursday.
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