Illinois 91, Penn State 52 Postgame
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skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Sneaky NBA future IMO. He is the best finisher on the team. He can play at the next level.
Special, special team. Like Brad said, I don't think we've seen anything close to their ceiling and their floor just keeps getting higher.
Seems like the only dude that hasn't bought into what's best for the TEAM. No body sheds any tears for you when our team is cooking like this. We LITERALLY don't need him to be good or even great. AKA, he needs to find other ways to get better himself and try to help the team any way he can.
Illini in Italy
- Illini HQ, Florida Panhandle
Some toughts...
- Morez is a bonfire starter who could be an absolute star...however I get Brad's conundrum with the bigs. Morez needs to be stealing minutes from both Ben and Ivisic. Those 3 are quite a trio but Morez has so much upside.
- Will continues to worry me...not talent wise, just where he is development wise. They were letting him run point the last handful of minutes to get him going...but he is just not there yet. His body is too frail, he's a good athlete but he's not a burner or crazy leaper. Right now, IMO he needs to find other ways to help them team aside from taking it 1 on 1 everytime. Cut, make a pass (he did have 5 assists), rebound, run the floor hard, get loose balls...he may turn out to be awesome, but he just isn't right now and I want to see progression in other areas. For the love of God come back for a 2nd year...an off-season with Fletch and dedication on the gym will get him where he wants to be. Stay the course. And again...thank God for Tre White.
- Our defense is...miles and miles and miles and miles better then I thought it would ever be. We smothered them.
- Last 12 or so minutes were hard to watch because when your beating the piss out of someone that bad you end up relaxing and doing a bunch of dumb sh*t. Stupid missed layup and turnovers. Stay clean. Although I'm not gonna complain too much after winning by nearly 40...
- If you watched the game and their jerseys didn't have "Penn State" on them...you would think that was a D3 school. I don't think they are that bad...but my goodness were they awful tonight.
- Beat USC and get in the top 10 next week.
We out
- Morez is a bonfire starter who could be an absolute star...however I get Brad's conundrum with the bigs. Morez needs to be stealing minutes from both Ben and Ivisic. Those 3 are quite a trio but Morez has so much upside.
- Will continues to worry me...not talent wise, just where he is development wise. They were letting him run point the last handful of minutes to get him going...but he is just not there yet. His body is too frail, he's a good athlete but he's not a burner or crazy leaper. Right now, IMO he needs to find other ways to help them team aside from taking it 1 on 1 everytime. Cut, make a pass (he did have 5 assists), rebound, run the floor hard, get loose balls...he may turn out to be awesome, but he just isn't right now and I want to see progression in other areas. For the love of God come back for a 2nd year...an off-season with Fletch and dedication on the gym will get him where he wants to be. Stay the course. And again...thank God for Tre White.
- Our defense is...miles and miles and miles and miles better then I thought it would ever be. We smothered them.
- Last 12 or so minutes were hard to watch because when your beating the piss out of someone that bad you end up relaxing and doing a bunch of dumb sh*t. Stupid missed layup and turnovers. Stay clean. Although I'm not gonna complain too much after winning by nearly 40...
- If you watched the game and their jerseys didn't have "Penn State" on them...you would think that was a D3 school. I don't think they are that bad...but my goodness were they awful tonight.
- Beat USC and get in the top 10 next week.
We out
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He’s only scratching the surface … He’s got crazy potential …
Hard agree
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
From 11th to 7th in Kenpom. Pretty good.
For sure.
Also, hoisting a 3 with the shot clock off in a 39 pt game shows you're not worried about pissing off your coaches IMO.
All I gotta say about tonight's streak ending slaughter of PSU is...
You know ball.
Epsilon
M tipping over
- Pdx
Both DGL and KB also play well off-ball too. I could see all 3 getting lots of tick. Will KB make the leap though?
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
He's got a Kyrie smoothness about him. Love the way he plays.
Reminds me of Kevin Martin
Am I the crazy one for saying Will played really well tonight?? 7/6/6 & 2 blocks, 1 steal..
On a night when the team, present Ben excluded, couldn't seem to get in a rhythm offensively (which we've seen not be a problem), to be a threat to break 100 on a good B1G team...this was just ridiculously dominant.
Epsilon
M tipping over
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He’s already an incredible player. So much growth this year already. If he sticks around for another year - watch out.
Morez time
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
See: Terrance Shannon Jr.
And back next year
Can be ELITE defensively … NBA guys have been intrigued since HS …
Orangetool
Give me back my Afta, heh heh
Tremendous offensive game but this might be our best defensive effort so far.
We had Penn State goofed up from the tip.
We had Penn State goofed up from the tip.
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