Illinois 122, NC A&T 60 Postgame
Thrilled with the performance!
As far as the wire to wire blowout, I think we were behind 4-3 at one point. Only to score ~20 straight.
I think I only screamed REBOUND! once, when they got a rebound on a free throw. I think my over/under for the REBOUND! yell in atypical game is ~6. Rebounding margin was insane! 62-18! Granted we had a lot of defensive rebounds.
Curbelo had some TOs, but I think half were the receiver not being prepared. Looking at the stats, I guess only 4. 6 assists. Took a charge early. I think he has an outside chance of being the most memorable player out there, likely see 4 full years of him. 10 pts, 8 RBs, 6 assists, quietly. 3 of 4 from the field.
Happy Thanksgiving and go ILLINI!
As far as the wire to wire blowout, I think we were behind 4-3 at one point. Only to score ~20 straight.
I think I only screamed REBOUND! once, when they got a rebound on a free throw. I think my over/under for the REBOUND! yell in atypical game is ~6. Rebounding margin was insane! 62-18! Granted we had a lot of defensive rebounds.
Curbelo had some TOs, but I think half were the receiver not being prepared. Looking at the stats, I guess only 4. 6 assists. Took a charge early. I think he has an outside chance of being the most memorable player out there, likely see 4 full years of him. 10 pts, 8 RBs, 6 assists, quietly. 3 of 4 from the field.
Happy Thanksgiving and go ILLINI!
Great observation....Reminded me of a Lite version of the 2005 team ball movement. Hope to see this against some better defensive teams Coming up.
texillwek
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That team averaged ~65% on assists that year. Thats kind of the benchmark in my mind.
Any discussion of ball movement with the 04-05 team always leads me to this video. Never gets old!
Joel Goodson
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Looks like total buy in from our players. Willingness to share the ball and work for a better shot at this very early stage augers extremely well.
Not in love with cupcakes, but love the opportunity it creates for our lesser minutes guys.
Not in love with cupcakes, but love the opportunity it creates for our lesser minutes guys.
I absolutely agree with this. I would love to be at SFC and on the road supporting this year too. I feel bad for the school after several years of mediocre attendance, this year was going to be nearly fully sold out likely. I do like our teamās swagger and overall mentality though and I donāt think they will require crowds to get pumped Up to play their best.
I don't know if I'd say our attendance has been mediocre over the years. It's always been pretty solid. Speaking as a now less than 1 year removed graduate who went to practically every game.
But yes - would be great to give these guys the love they deserve.
Joel Goodson
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These guys look like they are locked in, on a mission. Absence of fans will have no bearing on their performance.
Looking forward to playing much better teams,
Mediocre maybe was not the right word, but it has been down a bit in recent years from peak levels. The bar was pretty high back when you could pencil in 16,450 for every game. I know the SFC refurbishment dropped capacity by about a thousand. Last few years average attendance 2020- 13k, 2019-12.5k, 2018-12.5k, 2017-11.3k, 2016-12.7k, 2015-14.6k, 2014- 15.2k, 2013-15.0k, 2012-14.9k.
TheFameProtector
- Champaign
I also agree/hope this continues to be true. I could see the absence of fans almost helping, as it allows a full focus on the game. Could particularly see this being the case for those that might let the crowd get to them, i.e. the streakier shooters like DMW.
Joel Goodson
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I'll drink to that!
2020-21 Illini v 1995-96 Bulls - who ya got?
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skyIdub
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JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
I feel like I have stumbled into some level of meta-jokes that I was not ready for....gonna have to focus and remember the Bums Lost.
danielb927
Orange Krush Class of 2013
- Rochester, MN
I hope to have some time to work on some data visualization tools this season. Here's what I had worked up at the (premature) end of last season, for the first game. Still a bit rough, but the idea is to show a graphical breakdown of a game.
The three main boxes are threes, twos, and free throws (full box = attempts, shaded area = made).
The red boxes are turnovers.
In the middle, the shaded portion is the number of possessions in the game, and the purple boxes are offensive rebounds per team.
Because of the way things are aligned, you can quickly look at the red/purple boxes to see whether a team had a net gain or loss of possessions due to ORebs and TOs. For example, in this game Illinois gained 5 possessions and NC A&T lost 6 or 7.
The three main boxes are threes, twos, and free throws (full box = attempts, shaded area = made).
The red boxes are turnovers.
In the middle, the shaded portion is the number of possessions in the game, and the purple boxes are offensive rebounds per team.
Because of the way things are aligned, you can quickly look at the red/purple boxes to see whether a team had a net gain or loss of possessions due to ORebs and TOs. For example, in this game Illinois gained 5 possessions and NC A&T lost 6 or 7.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Lol. Frazier arriving one day late to the 3-pt party. Better late than never.
Joel Goodson
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Hindsight is 20/20. No way Griffin could've known Ayo was coming back. Pure serendipity on his part. Hated him bolting, but very pleased the impact looks like it'll be minimal (or non-existent).
I think he was talking about Adam
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Was not using hindsight in my view - was I thinking more like AceWolf was taking his spot regardless. Can defend, dribble, and can shoot lights out. I would not see both Miller and AG out there at the same time for too many minutes.