Maybe when we don't keep getting the ultra cupcake teams no one wants to stream on mainstream media
Illinois at Texas Tech, Tuesday, November 10th, 7:00pm CT, Peacock
orange100
time to hop on the wife
NB is a lot more than thatI just read this morning that we found Ethan Brown on a New Balance shoe circuit. There's a joke there about "old man game" or something.
Just turned 47 a couple months ago and got my first pair.
Will be in the building for this one.
Oddly, Texas Tech has always been on my list for a game. Has seemed like an electric environment in big games. And have really respected the program for awhile now.
Oddly, Texas Tech has always been on my list for a game. Has seemed like an electric environment in big games. And have really respected the program for awhile now.
My mom used to get pissed when they wore out so fastHahaha we hooped in whatever POS HH Kresge KMart Payless sh!t out moms brought home!
Why does this not read right?
My mom used to get pissed when they wore out so fast
He’s also been in a walking boot for the first two games with some kind of foot ailment, so there’s that. He would help them on the boards for sure if he plays
I’m interested to see how our offense works against a high major team that is theoretically more athletic than us from a conference that’s generally more athletic and faster paced than the big ten.
Our pace is insane but in theory an athletic team can at least run with us. Their depth will be tested though and if they’re not deep enough that will wear them out.
My favorite part about this half court offense is that we’re basically running the better basketball read and react offense that is like the first offense you teach to little kids learning basketball (seriously, YouTube it lol).
Pass and cut
Dribble at backdoor
Drive and circle move
With a modern addition of pass and chase to a big
As someone who installed this for middle school feeders in the past I get great joy and a little chuckle watching it work at such a high level.
Our pace is insane but in theory an athletic team can at least run with us. Their depth will be tested though and if they’re not deep enough that will wear them out.
My favorite part about this half court offense is that we’re basically running the better basketball read and react offense that is like the first offense you teach to little kids learning basketball (seriously, YouTube it lol).
Pass and cut
Dribble at backdoor
Drive and circle move
With a modern addition of pass and chase to a big
As someone who installed this for middle school feeders in the past I get great joy and a little chuckle watching it work at such a high level.
Good point. Also, The offense is predicated on either beating the other team down the court in transition or in half court being able to draw a help defender without using a screen in order for the cutting and passing to work.
So that means Andrej, Coleman and to a lesser extent Vaaks are the primary guys who can get past their man enough to draw help and make the right pass to get an open shot. IMO that is why Andrej’s passing is so critical against the elite teams he’s one of our key players to create an open shot
Duke and Uconn probably feel they can matchup with us 1-1 and just not help when someone tries to drive so it will be interesting what we go to when that happens. Tomi getting a three off in that scenario is likely the one shot we’ll always have given there aren’t other bigs that will guard him that far out
He's pretty good and we stole one
blackdog
- Champaign
Don't leave Brown out of the guys who can beat their man off the dribble. Him putting a Penn defender on the floor and almost making TJ Power hyperextend his knee on a hesi shows hes got the moves.
The name of this game is going to be "tempo". Illinois is 40th in the country in tempo. TT is 309th or something crazy. We need to force them to get up to our speed and wear them out. On defense, we need to be in the passing lanes and forcing turnovers. We need to double team when possible. TT only has one reliable 3-point shooter up to this point in the season, and they as a team shoot terribly from beyond the arc. So we can afford to concern ourselves less with attacking exterior passing lanes and try to deny the entry pass or the driver. Make them beat you from outside. Especially Atwell, who has made only three of eighteen attempts.
This is the big question for me as well. Will our freshman be able to hold up on D enough for us to keep up the pace that tires them out? If it starts to look like the first half of Baylor do we shorten the bench and adjust our pace of play or do we let it ride and try to wear them out? I'm sure we are going to get some punches to the face so very interested how we respond to adversity and what adjustments we make.
Illinois -2.5 on fanduel and -2 on draft kings. Over/under 168