Luckily Kofi has 21 fouls in 11 games so hopefully it doesn't occur to often. The 2 games he's had 4 fouls this year, he still managed 32 mins. in those gamesHey Coach...can I watch practice the next 3 days while you give Kofi the weekend off and practice the rest of the guys for 8 hours a day? Gotta find somebody to score when Kofi is on vacation....cause it is going to be every team's No. 1 objective to get him in foul trouble. He really does not have to be a rim protector because there are few teams...if any...who can match baskets with the Illini when he is on the floor. Just don't foul!!
coming after a long no practice layoff with 10 COVID positivesI like how twelve points doesn't look like a blowout to us.
Illini have not beaten anybody....and Md. is another nobody. I think this team is a top 5 contender, but let the voters eat crow. Win the next 5 and they will likely be top 5...or should be. But remember, finishing the season with 6 straight is all that matters.Agree with you there. Was being facetious as any voters not thinking this is a top 25 team before this week should not be voting in a top 25 basketball poll.
BU doesn't make adjustments, we all know that ~sThis is absolutely not how you coach this game. It played out exactly like BU would want. Fresh Kofi for 30 straight in the second half.
I just don't get the need to second guess this strategy...not just when it happened...but now that it's over and we see how it actually played out.
Can't argue with you there. Would love to see it play out that way.Illini have not beaten anybody....and Md. is another nobody. I think this team is a top 5 contender, but let the voters eat crow. Win the next 5 and they will likely be top 5...or should be. But remember, finishing the season with 6 straight is all that matters.
I won’t say this often but, way to go Indiana!
Hmmmmm....how can we lose this game? I know let's play Kofi into foul trouble.Picking at nuts, Kofi fouled one more time all night. Trust the man, Brad. Let him play. We could have blown them out.
It he picks up the third, he can't play 1/2 as aggressively, as he did in the 2nd half. It he's juggling fouls, you're not getting 23 and 18 tonight. That's why, unless you're on the cusp of getting blown out...you sit patient until the 2nd half, when you have all of your bullets in the holster.Sure but the flipside is that he only had 3 total fouls in the game - would he really have gotten to 5 if he had played 5 more minutes in the first half?
6 out of 7 of the POY contenders currently from the BT, unreal.
It’s great having 4 dudes that can shoot the long ball. One game it’s Plummer and Grandy the next game its Trent and DW…Plummer 4-14 / Grandy 2-12. Kofi sits for much of first half. 48-hr turnaround after 10 days of almost no conditioning and practice.
And we win by 12.
ILL- take it.
Wait. I rescind my like. What if..... .... more Kofi?You can go ahead and start working next years #21 Jersey Ceremony banner tomorrow DIA.
It's really not impossible. If NIL works and the NBA still doesn't value him. I dunno. Probably just a dream. Still a shame that this isn't 1991, in terms of what the NBA wants.Wait. I rescind my like. What if..... .... more Kofi?
He tweeked an ankle on Tue. I'm wondering if that was bothering him a little. Maybe BU wanted to let him sit for so long in the 1st half so after some half-time treatment, he would be able to go a long time in the 2nd half without having it stiffen up on him sitting on the bench? Just a theoryIt he picks up the third, he can't play 1/2 as aggressively, as he did in the 2nd half. It he's juggling fouls, you're not getting 23 and 18 tonight. That's why, unless you're on the cusp of getting blown out...you sit patient until the 2nd half, when you have all of your bullets in the holster.
Wait. I rescind my like. What if..... .... more Kofi?
You're a genius Sky!!!Kofi vs. Maryland condensed highlights:
Agree to disagree. If he picks up a third fine sit him but analytics say play him. It turned out fine today but the dynamics of the game completely changed when he sat the last 10 plus minutes of the first half. Put some trust in him. Kofi is one of the best bigs I’ve seen stay out of foul trouble. He played smart the whole second half.This is absolutely not how you coach this game. It played out exactly like BU would want. Fresh Kofi for 30 straight in the second half.
I just don't get the need to second guess this strategy...not just when it happened...but now that it's over and we see how it actually played out.