Home
Forums
New Posts
Illini Basketball
Illini Football
Sports Talk
Log in
Register
What's new
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Sports
Illini Basketball
Maryland 62, Illinois 56 POSTGAME
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Cymoin" data-source="post: 1264882" data-attributes="member: 582451"><p><strong>Look at all the stats from the game</strong></p><p></p><p>The Michigan game was an outlier. This team is not going to shoot 60% against teams that play average defense. I hate the way losing teams say their guys just could not shoot, they were not getting calls and that they played poor defense to allow the other team to score. Truth? MD missed tons of open looks in the first half when they had beaten the defense. Many of those floaters or tear drops that normally go in were rimming out. And the defense they played in the 2nd half was tremendous which is why it translated into 8 steals and several contested shots...they were the reason we only scored 24 points in the 2nd half. And if you want a real outlier, the Twerps should have won by 15-20 but they had an uncharacteristically horrible night from the charity stripe, missing 10 with 3 of those being front ends of 1-and-1s. MD shot around their average in every other area. And let's not forget that Dodd only played 12 minutes...12 MINUTES! And their other two bigs were saddled with 2 fouls for a good chunk of the first half which is why we were having more offensive success. When our starters play significant minutes against their starters, it's no contest...and they start three freshmen! When is the last time a B1G team started three 4-star (not 5-star) freshmen from almost day 1 and had this big of an impact? Illinois is not even in Maryland's league and a big part of that is how the Terps coaching staff identifies talent and then develops it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cymoin, post: 1264882, member: 582451"] [b]Look at all the stats from the game[/b] The Michigan game was an outlier. This team is not going to shoot 60% against teams that play average defense. I hate the way losing teams say their guys just could not shoot, they were not getting calls and that they played poor defense to allow the other team to score. Truth? MD missed tons of open looks in the first half when they had beaten the defense. Many of those floaters or tear drops that normally go in were rimming out. And the defense they played in the 2nd half was tremendous which is why it translated into 8 steals and several contested shots...they were the reason we only scored 24 points in the 2nd half. And if you want a real outlier, the Twerps should have won by 15-20 but they had an uncharacteristically horrible night from the charity stripe, missing 10 with 3 of those being front ends of 1-and-1s. MD shot around their average in every other area. And let's not forget that Dodd only played 12 minutes...12 MINUTES! And their other two bigs were saddled with 2 fouls for a good chunk of the first half which is why we were having more offensive success. When our starters play significant minutes against their starters, it's no contest...and they start three freshmen! When is the last time a B1G team started three 4-star (not 5-star) freshmen from almost day 1 and had this big of an impact? Illinois is not even in Maryland's league and a big part of that is how the Terps coaching staff identifies talent and then develops it. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Sports
Illini Basketball
Maryland 62, Illinois 56 POSTGAME
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…