Indiana 96, Illinois 80 POSTGAME
Watch the film and see how many defensive breakdowns there were, we are absolutely terrible on defense. The coaches need to see this and make changes. Definition of Insanity....
Only thing that is painfully obvious is Lucas needs to be starting. Kipper needs more playing time too. Also the terrible defense needs to be fixed.
Cheez
- Sun Prairie WI
There's no fixing the defense, but I agree with the rest. Kipper needs to be in the rotation, and Te'Jon should start over Tate.
DoctorOrange
- Chicago, IL
Good to get Lucas and Kipper more PT. 3 Fouls on Hill and no defense in first half hurt. Groce's seat notched up a few degrees.
Whatever
Outscored 16-2 to start. Down 19 at the half, Malcolm 3 early fouls killed us. With him and TJL on the floor we cut it to 10. Kipper needs to get more minutes, kid has a major motor.
1. MH
2.JCL
3.KN
4.LB
5.MM
Let Malcolm bring the bball up, those are the 5 guys that play the hardest-they should play the most minutes. Give TJL, DJW, MF, TA minutes and spot minutes for MT.
1. MH
2.JCL
3.KN
4.LB
5.MM
Let Malcolm bring the bball up, those are the 5 guys that play the hardest-they should play the most minutes. Give TJL, DJW, MF, TA minutes and spot minutes for MT.
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Welp, we beat them in the 2nd half i guess...
I thought it was 9
GortTheRobot
- North Bethesda, Maryland
I know full well this comment is going to be attacked, but how many of us, beyond the interest of really looking at why we fail in the ways we do, just feel this way about where we are?
I believe we will still have a few "ups" that give us a glimmer of what could be, but, ultimately, we are looking at a reboot. We do have some very good parts, that a decent coach could string together to make a tourney team.
Glass is half full -- Scored 80 points on the road after an incredibly slow start.
NO ONE at any point when the schedule was released had this as a W.
We still don't have a loss in the BIG that we aren't supposed to lose.
VERY IMPORTANT to protect home court the next 2 games. Huge 2 game stretch for NCAA chances.
NO ONE at any point when the schedule was released had this as a W.
We still don't have a loss in the BIG that we aren't supposed to lose.
VERY IMPORTANT to protect home court the next 2 games. Huge 2 game stretch for NCAA chances.
All the fouls being called and FT's being shot. :noidea:
I can live with the effort in the second half. It was the horrible start that did us in and lack of defense. Granted, IU was on fire from three. I don't think this game is any reason to panic. Could have been a lot uglier but we responded even though it was too late. We have to beat Michigan though.
Chris Yates
Recruiting Correspondent
- Michigan
Welp, looks like our best shot at the NCAA tournament requires 9 B1G home wins and a run in the B1G tournament because we aren't going to win a road game in league play by spotting each opponent 20 points in the first half. :tsk:
Kipper appeared to have a clue and he's relentless. TJL really could have used some minutes earlier in the season but let's hope he sees the floor a lot more going forward. Mav needs to be on the floor as much as he can handle. Malcolm's new aggressive play is really good to see. Too hard he picked up those fouls so early, might have made a difference today. Sadly AJ and DJW didn't contribute much.
Tracy
JCL
MH
LB
MM
First and second off the bench:. TJL and KN. MF next.
Tracy
JCL
MH
LB
MM
First and second off the bench:. TJL and KN. MF next.
I don't think we're planning on playing 75% our first half minutes without Malcolm.
We were just ill-prepared to start the game and got punched in the mouth, which should have been anticipated. Good adjustment in the second half, but still bad preparation! We need more ball movement to open up the mid-range game for black, which will open more looks for Mav and more pick and pops for jcl and TA. And our close-outs still suck.
Well. I will say that his defense is still bad.
I had to work this afternoon and turned on the game down 34-12, I believe, and thought here we go again. We made a nice comeback, but...
We have no identity. Nothing we can hang our hat on. Nothing we do well every game, or at least most games. I don't know what Groce's vision on offense or defense is. He can recruit well and is a great face for the program, but his in game decision making is very questionable. He needs his own version of Wayne McClain.
I want the guy to win and be here a long time. I have a picture of him with my grandkids. He interrupted his lunch to do it. I just have a bad feeling it isn't going to end well.
We have no identity. Nothing we can hang our hat on. Nothing we do well every game, or at least most games. I don't know what Groce's vision on offense or defense is. He can recruit well and is a great face for the program, but his in game decision making is very questionable. He needs his own version of Wayne McClain.
I want the guy to win and be here a long time. I have a picture of him with my grandkids. He interrupted his lunch to do it. I just have a bad feeling it isn't going to end well.
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Agree - but I could see a TJL, TA, JCL MH, MM combo as well when JCL comes off the bench. Net is - our D is so suspect - we need as many scorers on the floor as possible. Hopefully LB regains his sweet spot.
Hey, AJ made our first FG of the game!
Should really adjust the game plan. Trying to get Malcolm 3 first half fouls in 3 minutes was not the right recipe at the start. Brandon Miller would have known that.