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<blockquote data-quote="Tevo" data-source="post: 1188748" data-attributes="member: 185365"><p>I thought AJ looked pretty bad tonight. Each time we had Iowa shooters wide open, I'd stop and rewind to see whose guy it was and why he was so open. Most of the time, the Illini player who should have been guarding the shooter was over guarding someone else who had beaten the Illini down the court, or who had gotten open via a pick. When AJ was in, it was often his guy who was open on the floor, causing someone else to switch over to help, leaving the eventual shooter wide open.</p><p></p><p>Defense is all about the team, and we have too many guys either not getting back, not hustling to cover their guy, or getting lost on switches, leaving two Illini guarding one guy who no longer has the ball. Everyone has to commit to the same level of effort on defense, and everyone has to trust each other. Once you have that, you then also need everyone on the same page as to who is the help, where it's coming from, and where you need to go if there's a switch. We don't seem to have any of those qualities yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tevo, post: 1188748, member: 185365"] I thought AJ looked pretty bad tonight. Each time we had Iowa shooters wide open, I'd stop and rewind to see whose guy it was and why he was so open. Most of the time, the Illini player who should have been guarding the shooter was over guarding someone else who had beaten the Illini down the court, or who had gotten open via a pick. When AJ was in, it was often his guy who was open on the floor, causing someone else to switch over to help, leaving the eventual shooter wide open. Defense is all about the team, and we have too many guys either not getting back, not hustling to cover their guy, or getting lost on switches, leaving two Illini guarding one guy who no longer has the ball. Everyone has to commit to the same level of effort on defense, and everyone has to trust each other. Once you have that, you then also need everyone on the same page as to who is the help, where it's coming from, and where you need to go if there's a switch. We don't seem to have any of those qualities yet. [/QUOTE]
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