We seem to be a little rigid and slow to adapt when teams figure out how to exploit us. "Switch everything" was awesome, but NW found a way to exploit it. Ty Rogers at the point was awesome, but Purdue found a way to exploit it. Coleman alone on defense against a powerful big still pretty much works (to shut down 3's), but when you're playing a team like Indiana that never takes threes, it's not really necessary.
Illinois #14 in 1/29 AP Poll
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My sincerest apologies.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I mean, OBJECTIVELY in the eyes of the Committee it simply is not. At #59 in the NET Rankings, Northwestern quite easily falls in the top 75, and therefore our loss in Evanston is Quad 1 ... so again, it's just not a bad loss, regardless of who else they lost to. I mean, we lost to Maryland at home, and yet we are going to be considered a "huge Quad 1 win" for whatever Big Ten team(s) beat(s) us!
The more frustrating thing about the loss in Evanston is that making one more damn layup in regulation gets us out of there with an objectively great WIN.
Yeah, unless you're Kentucky (10 AP v 22 net) or Duke (7 AP v 19 net)!Evidently the polls use the net ranking
AP-14
Coaches-14
Net-14
My lucky number. Ernie Banks 14 for the Cubs. Let's play 2.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Haha, I feel like the average AP voter is a hilarious combination of your most basic "bro" fan but with just enough of an inflated self image that they take like the most superficial look deeper than that. Illini go 1-1? Move them from 9 to 14. Illini go 2-0? By God, move them back up to 10! On the flip side, they just assume the Blue Bloods have "too much talent not to figure it out."
Ok
Explain Xavier 10-10 NET 53 compared to NW
Q1: 2-7
Q2: 3-1
Q3: 1-2
Q4: 4-0
Those 2 Q3 loses were bad and only a .500 record
You would think having 5 additional loses would hurt more than 1 Q4 loss. Their Q3 losses were at home
We could win it all and the fans would find something to bi*** about from the game.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Part of it is overreacting, to be sure ... but I think most of it is that the NU game was there for the taking at so many points, and we just let it slip away. Even worse, it wasn't your stereotypical "loss to an unranked team" ... NU is a very good team, and it would have been a very good win on our resume. I think the disappointment is more that we couldn't nab the prize rather than some huge letdown, JMO.
Illini in Indiana
- Indiana
Yes, I meant win 1 and then done. I don't like our odds if we had a neutral floor 4 vs 5 game right now
The won-lost records of Dance Teams this season going into the tournament is going to be meaningless. And this Spring is all about who is playing well at the time and who gets on a roll. There are so many programs that are on equal footing right now that this should make for one crazy fun Big Dance.
Some big names might wash out quickly. Maybe more than one. And some names no one is looking at right now can come out of nowhere and steal a prime spot on the Dance floor.
The Illini are just too inconsistent right now with their play. You can't be sure of what you're going to get out of anyone from game to game. But on the bright side... without a Super Team to clog their pathway... if Our Beloved is one team that can get on a solid roll they have as good a chance as anyone to end the season smiling.
I'm still concerned about matching up with The Big Dude from Purdue. A defense nightmare for most any team. And the Illini just don't have a body type outside of maybe Dainja to try to slow him down a bit. And that Illini interior defense which still needs an overall upgrade.
I’m with you, man. I don’t know exactly how the NET algorithm works, but it seems clear that a Quad 4 loss at home brings a MASSIVE hit, regardless of the remainder of the resume. Many of the zero-Quad-1-win teams I listed have a Quad 3 loss (or two), yet they still rank above NW.
The teams that do well against Purdue seemed to double team Edey immediately, and force the pass back out. Purdue's 3pt shooting, while good on average, is inconsistent. If they are off that day, they are quite beatable. Alternatively, I wonder if Coleman has enough reach to try fronting Edey and deny the entry pass. (I'm concerned about lobs over the top.)
To beat Purdue you shut down their guards, hope they have a bad night, and limit the rebounds they get other than other than Edey
No one will match up with Edey. You can beat PU if Edey scores 30 but you can’t have the supprting cast have multiple double digit scorers
Every team is very beatable this year and there is not much of a difference between number 4 and 36. So it will come down to matchups and hopefully a favorable bracket if you want to go far in March
I, for one, promise not to bi*** about ANYTHING about the game if we win it all.
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Captain Obvious! It’s a leap year and experiencing a season of El Niño! Don’t these people go to college? Elementary my dear Watson.
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Nope. He has said as much in interviews.
And a free onion
!Ah… but isn’t a Connor Onion?And a free onion
illini80
- Forgottonia
I’ll give it try:
The refs really screw us.
Underwood outcoached, AGAIN!
Glad (player x) won’t be back.
We tried to give it away.
Next year we’ll be lucky to win 10 games.
But, it isn't limited to fans of the Illini. Have you every worked a job requiring customer service? Welcome to the world we live in. People will complain about everything.
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