Illinois vs Sam Houston, Friday, November 13th, 6:00pm CT, B1G+

blackdog said:

I know Vaaks is a good shooter and will have better games but quality of shot makes a big difference. Keaton shot deep 3s in rhythm when he was open. Vaaks will throw them up anytime he is feeling in with a man right in face.

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Vaaks reminded me a ton of Matthew Mayer last night. A lot of off the dribble iso jump shooting. Not even looking to pass or drive/kick. I heard some say he was far more of a playmaker on Estonia, but he was basically very one dimensional on offense last night and you can’t hide him on defense. Maybe he will show more of what he can do if we go back to ball screens

thefalcon5 said:

I hope TT was at minimum a wake up call for Tyler. The NBA ISO offense is cool and all, but we aren’t going to win the talent battle in every single game.

Ball screens are so prevalent in CBB for a reason — they work.

Plus you’ve got some fantastic pick and pop bigs. Just play to your strength.

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100%. You can’t just abandon the ball screen.

And yes, was very helpful in the Tech game: