What is the difference between looking "mentally" tired and "physically" tired. I personally thought we just looked tired and slow.
Maryland 76, Illinois 67 Postgame
It’s a bit of a paradox though isn’t it?
How do you show you can play big in a bigtime game if you don’t get the opportunity?
Of course Brad is going to lean on his veterans. AND 75-89 % of the time is probably right to do so. Obviously he’s gonna do what he wants. We’ve already seen that movie a bunch of times now.
But you don’t think there wasn’t 45 sec to a min stint somewhere in that game that those guys could have got some tick?
Yes, I know I’m just a Hotdog Vendor in Goobervile and I haven’t coached D-I hoops. So let’s get that out of the way. Lol
We’re looking at a grueling…remaining BIGTEN schedule AND then the BIG DANCE in March. A 6 man rotation ain’t gonna cut it for either. Right now, a couple key injuries would basically render us unable to finish the season.
Actually about 1 (by Rodgers or Harmon) at 1:02 to play when Rodgers has his hand on a steal, but the ball slipped past him. Had that been a steal and a dunk, it would have cut MD's lead to 1 point with 1 min to play, and, in that situation, I like our odds to get a win over that final minute.
We need to support this team! Harmon had a rough shooting night, but he will fix that. I love his and Ty's defense right up until the end this game. Our team shot poorly in the 2nd half, but they never gave up. I'm proud of them and of our university too.
I frickin hate Maryland
Look....I know the Krush isn't missing layups, not grabbing rebounds or playing swiss cheese defense on the court. But I was going to come here to post the exact same thing.
It is infuriating to me, both watching games at home and (today) in person, how quiet the Krush are most of the time. We were up 20-11 and I looked at the Krush and basically 90% of them were standing still with their arms crossed not making an ounce of noise. At that point, early in the game with a nice lead, the SFC should've been going bonkers with the Krush leading the way. Step on Maryland's throats and don't even give them a chance to get back into the game. Look at how the Paint Crew does it at Mackey....they put their foot on the gas and scream and give themselves a TRUE home court advantage the whole game.
I'd have to go look at old games on YouTube from when I was in Krush in 03-05, but I remember basically having no voice at the end of games.
Instead, the SFC crowd now gets loudest during McNuggets free throws. There were no inspired, fun, distractions from the Krush during free throws like there used to be. Some weird curtain thing that wasn't even behind the hoop that I'm sure the players can barely see.You could give the Krush all 15,500 seats and it wouldn't matter if they just stand there with their arms crossed in silence.
It was a very bad game, yes, but wow, the hot takes on this thread are unreal. I swear, just a few of those layups drop and maybe 1 more 3 and we scratch out a win, and we would all be celebrating the grit and guts of this team. This is a very good team, even without TSJ. While this loss is disappointing, the sky is NOT falling. I expect a nice bounce back on Thursday. I sure hope our guys are not wringing their hands after today. This team has shown me this year that they are "The Fighting Illini" not the Lay Down Illini. Let's go!
I said this a lot during and after the game.
... team fg 32.8% vs 46% will lose most games. MDomask was 9 of 19 and 6/6 ft....the rest of team was 12 of 45 Fg.
i saw similar on Marcus forcing at end, but no one else was making shots or getting open...without TS, Marcus is our main playmaker and Terps did a great job of stifling him at the end.
I'd like to see Ty be more selective on his drives like doing so when there's a big in the paint he can either get a screen from or deliver a pocket pass to.
Granted, if Dain isn't getting minutes it may take until next year with Rez for this to happen.
blackdog
- Champaign
Look....I know the Krush isn't missing layups, not grabbing rebounds or playing swiss cheese defense on the court. But I was going to come here to post the exact same thing.
It is infuriating to me, both watching games at home and (today) in person, how quiet the Krush are most of the time. We were up 20-11 and I looked at the Krush and basically 90% of them were standing still with their arms crossed not making an ounce of noise. At that point, early in the game with a nice lead, the SFC should've been going bonkers with the Krush leading the way. Step on Maryland's throats and don't even give them a chance to get back into the game. Look at how the Paint Crew does it at Mackey....they put their foot on the gas and scream and give themselves a TRUE home court advantage the whole game.
I'd have to go look at old games on YouTube from when I was in Krush in 03-05, but I remember basically having no voice at the end of games.
You could give the Krush all 15,500 seats and it wouldn't matter if they just stand there with their arms crossed in silence.
The MSU game was waaayyyyyyyy louder when the Krush was absent.....
This stat says it all - Illinois attempted 24 layups in the second half and only made eight of them.
Just a bad game all around. Other than Goode’s start and Dain’s mini-run, just not a lot encouraging out there yesterday. A fair amount of the difficulties aren’t things that Illini normally struggle with. No need for crazy analyses or hot takes, just turn the page and move on to the next one. Unfortunately, going to have these games once in awhile when your best offensive and top two defensive player isn’t available. Let’s get right against Michigan.
This bad loss can be attributed to a combination of the following: poor interior defense...lack of offensive rebounding...at times poor shot selection...missed shots, some contested that more times than not will go in...some poor coaching decisions, prep and in game....everyone I think needs to wear this loss as we just didn't play very well at all......win as a team, lose as a team, no pointing fingers blaming the other guy....and 1 last thought.....shake hands at the end of the game and keep your mouth shut!
Lots of poor execution and sloppy mistakes. It looks like the team is mentally fatigued from all the BS surrounding TSJ. It must be very difficult living in that space 24/7.
Moretti is not the answer, he hasn't shown ability to hit 3s or score. I do know he will not defend or rebound like Ty.
I do not see Nico getting to the basket very often or doing much rebounding
What are his strenghts?
What is the difference he might of made in today's game????
They provide downtime for our heavily used rotation. Nico can initiate a different offense than Ty and can actually feed the post to someone like Domask or Dain instead of initiating at the 3pt line.
You are most certainly giving up defense, but going to a traditional line up with Nico and and Dain can bear fruit offensively and provide a new look. DGL is at very least going to try hard and gives us a quick guard on offense that can shoot and space the floor.
In short, it gives us options. We need to add something new in, because Booty Ball isn't working as effectively as it was.
The team needs to block out all the noise about the TSJ case. Whatever we read on the internet is the same stuff the team reads. Got to block that stuff out.
We haven't seen enough of Nico to know any of this.
blackdog
- Champaign
Coleman seemed like the only one that had any fire in the second half. He tried to do his best to will the team to play better but nobody else responded.
Also how many times did Young drive in and put up a shot with someone draped all over him and still somehow managed to score. We couldn't put them in when we basically ended up with a wide open bunny after getting by the defense. A lot those we normally make would not go down.
the national
- the Front Range
I actually thought Coleman wa she only one putting up a fight. He was frustrated for sure, but that was as much at his team as it was anything else. You could tell the game mattered to him, regardless of the outcome. Those fouls were pretty bad thou by the standards set by the refs. Maryland was getting away with much more physical play and were amply rewarded for it. Frustrating indeed.