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Illinois 85, Michigan 69 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="LurkLongandProsper" data-source="post: 1263644" data-attributes="member: 153359"><p>I'm not going to go re-watch the tape, but it's not hard to imagine that he missed off-ball rotations/help, switches, etc. I've advocated for TJL to get minutes as long as anyone, but it's entirely common for true frosh to struggle defensively. </p><p></p><p>But, just to answer your question with a specific point, he will always be limited as a defender by his size. He doesn't have great or elite quickness to make up for it (which will also limit his ceiling a little bit offensively), but he does have great feel for the game that helps him overcome the size/athleticism deficiencies, which is entirely welcome as quite a few guys on our roster do not have similar feel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LurkLongandProsper, post: 1263644, member: 153359"] I'm not going to go re-watch the tape, but it's not hard to imagine that he missed off-ball rotations/help, switches, etc. I've advocated for TJL to get minutes as long as anyone, but it's entirely common for true frosh to struggle defensively. But, just to answer your question with a specific point, he will always be limited as a defender by his size. He doesn't have great or elite quickness to make up for it (which will also limit his ceiling a little bit offensively), but he does have great feel for the game that helps him overcome the size/athleticism deficiencies, which is entirely welcome as quite a few guys on our roster do not have similar feel. [/QUOTE]
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