pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
DJ bald head ref pulling a tv Ted.......can't stand him....not a D1 ref, IMHO
Illinois 98, Penn State 81 Postgame
DJ bald head ref pulling a tv Ted.......can't stand him....not a D1 ref, IMHO
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Lmao. Someone asks Brad in the postgame if he's concerned about opponents scoring 80 every game.
Brad's response:
Brad's response:
That grittiness we got last year from Feliz... Would be nice if we see a lift in that Saturday
Maybe I'm interpreting this wrong, but did anybody else notice that Trent was baiting the PSU defender at the end of the game, dribbling the ball over his head 5 or 6 times and then just leaving it on the floor with about 2 seconds left...sort of baiting him to try to steal it?
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Coach did a great job of subbing and players mins....Curbello didn't play for 3-4 mins at a time then when he came in....WOW....that reverse layup was a top ten highlight......Grandison competed tonight...didn't look lost, but was aggressive and was diving on the floor and keeping the ball alive other times....
maybe that 3 he hit at RU woke him up...
This regarding Curbelo. He definitely should play “starter” minutes because of his offense, but there is defense to think about as well as rotations throughout the game. BU can see what we do and loves the guy, so if he’s not starting him their are reasons.
One way I’d like to see his game expand is getting shooters involved. There are times when he seems to be only thinking drive and dump to Kofi or shoot himself. The results are certainly net positive, but there were at least two times I saw that from the right side he’d start to drive and the guy covering our guy in the corner would slide down to help on Curbelo — leading to TO or bad shot by Curbelo. Once it was Grandison and once Ayo wide open in the corner. Someone in game thread or this thread said the criticism of Curbelo being too ball dominant made no sense because you want your PG with the ball. That is one example of what I mean when I say that he can be too ball dominant.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
haven't lost a ton of games scoring 98.......
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
The English that Curbelo had on that layup, the myriad great passes, sheesh! He utterly dissects teams. Kid is a maestro.
True. Went back and looked, and this was the first regulation win we've had since Underwood's arrived giving up that many. We beat Rutgers 99-94 in OT in the 2019 game where Giorgi went crazy. However, it should count because it was 86-86 going into OT.
Glad to see Grandison got the post-game presser. Nice reward for his effort and play tonight.
Our defense is concerning in that we have had large portions of multiple games where it has been atrocious.
Scoring 98 is great. Giving up 80+ is sickening.
Scoring 98 is great. Giving up 80+ is sickening.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Very well spoken mature interview.....22 yr old who could have pouted about mins, but he hunkered down and earned a big boost tonite....He is going to be needed as we move into the grinder that is the B1G......
Ryllini
- Lombard
Coach said it best, because he knows his system best. Do you want them to start walking the ball up the court? The pace of play is one of the fastest and they are an elite team in transition. They do need to get better at making shots tougher on the opponent.
Was getting Malcolm Hill vibes in the interview, very impressed. Happy he's playing ball for us, even happier he'll be repping as an alumni for the rest of his life.
I mean they were making some awfully tough shots all game.
Good game - as I suspected, we had NO answer for Kofi... And an interim coach who tried to put a 6'4 player on him at times (I wonder if Garza will hit 40 against PSU?).
Illinois has the tools to have a very good season this year. I'm glad to see that you're back, as a program. It was odd to see Illinois at the bottom of the conference in the past bunch of years, with your history and tradition.
Illinois has the tools to have a very good season this year. I'm glad to see that you're back, as a program. It was odd to see Illinois at the bottom of the conference in the past bunch of years, with your history and tradition.
Tacomallini
- Washington State
that's a helluva stat
Tacomallini
- Washington State
He crashed the boards very nicely tonight, and it paid off. Also, don't think we saw the twin tower lineup Kofi/Georgi. Could be just because of matchups, but it'd be swell to not have to force that, if we can keep getting some viable minutes from Grandison at the 4.