Illinois 86, Wisconsin 80 Postgame

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PasadenaIllini
Never mind. You're right. I'm wrong. Let's give Ben 39 minutes this Saturday and keep giving Morez, DGL, and Will a few scraps. That'll win the game and bring in the recruits for sure.
 
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FreshlySqueezed
PasadenaIllini said:
We've played nine games. Realistically only three of these teams have a chance at being in the NCAA tournament. The rest of our competition has been mediocre to downright awful. Being ranked 17th defensively against our schedule so far means exactly squat. What matters is how we have defended against teams who will compete for NCAA spots...against whom we've watched our team defend 4 v 5 while trying to carry a player who isn't quick enough to keep anyone in front of him, can't squeeze a rebound, and who can't keep his focus defensively. Can we play much better defense than we have? Sure. But it will take our coaches making some much needed adjustments in the amount of minutes our players play. And for those of you who are going to say that Morez and Will have had their issues defensively, yes, that's true, but there is clear potential for improvement there, where as in the case of Ben there just isn't. Will and Morez need to be playing the majority of the minutes at PF for so many reasons. To name two off the top of my head, they will improve with experience, and it's important for recruits we are chasing to see that we are willing to allow talented young players to learn on the job.
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You do understand that KenPom's defensive efficiency numbers are adjusted for strength of schedule, right?
 
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ejam21
PasadenaIllini said:
We've played nine games. Realistically only three of these teams have a chance at being in the NCAA tournament. The rest of our competition has been mediocre to downright awful. Being ranked 17th defensively against our schedule so far means exactly squat. What matters is how we have defended against teams who will compete for NCAA spots...against whom we've watched our team defend 4 v 5 while trying to carry a player who isn't quick enough to keep anyone in front of him, can't squeeze a rebound, and who can't keep his focus defensively. Can we play much better defense than we have? Sure. But it will take our coaches making some much needed adjustments in the amount of minutes our players play. And for those of you who are going to say that Morez and Will have had their issues defensively, yes, that's true, but there is clear potential for improvement there, where as in the case of Ben there just isn't. Will and Morez need to be playing the majority of the minutes at PF for so many reasons. To name two off the top of my head, they will improve with experience, and it's important for recruits we are chasing to see that we are willing to allow talented young players to learn on the job.
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Kenpom is schedule strength adjusted so disagree on your first point

As for the defenses of late, NW had its lowest Ortg against us........and ark and wisconsin both had their second lowest

If we hadnt had our worst Offensive rating game agaisnt NW (86 which is pretty awful...when we are usually 110+), we wouldnt be talking much about this at all
 
#305      
chudaman
Will cracked a smile at the Little Rock post-game interview when they mentioned KJ's technical and it was striking how Will looked like a totally different person.
 
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