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jakeyjakey
- St Louis, MO
Like I said...not a bad loss on paper. I agree, they have to figure some things out by March though.
Michigan State 88, Illinois 80 Postgame
I don’t understand it. When Ty is in he hustles, plays good D and rebounds.
After this many years of watching, it’s clear Underwood is never wrong and we know nothing. I really like him but he’s stubborn to a fault. The interesting thing is, when he actually does alter schemes and make adjustments they work. It’s the dead horse beating that gets us in trouble.
And how does Hamer have that much responsibility?
And how does Hamer have that much responsibility?
I like the kid, but he really hurt us at the end of the first half, when we blew a other 8 point lead. He's a target defensively and "booty ball" has been taken away offensively.
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
Ty and Goode are both same year, yet Goode played the entire 2nd half, got abused on defense and then fouled out. It was not about "seniors". The oldest guy on the team, Quincy, sat out with Ty.
I have no earthly idea ... I am just as frustrated as you guys ... Brad has his reasons but they are not good enough for me ...
Goode should not be playing over Ty ... Period ...
Plus, if you look and players minutes on the season. Our bench and player management has been poor. We are playing 7 deep. Cohawk was completely gassed and instead of substituting. Brad called timeout. Cohawk stayed on the court. Was useless last 8 minutes.
Time for a change then, no? What we're doing clearly isn't working right now.
No one knows how March is going to go so why don't you stop pretending like you do.
This makes no sense. (Not your comment). How much responsibility does have with the defense? When did this change occur or has it been all season? Because we sure aren’t the same defensive team as early on
When is Brad going to take over and hand the defense to Chester or someone else?
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
Looking at box score, we took 30 3s to their 8, Hawkins and Shannon were a combined 4 for 16 shooting 3s
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Michigan State 88-80 Illinois (Feb 10, 2024) Box Score - ESPN
Box score for the Michigan State Spartans vs. Illinois Fighting Illini NCAAM game from February 10, 2024 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.
I would agree. I think a #3 seed will be a stretch. We have a lot of road games coming up and some tough ones at that. Wisconsin, MD, Penn State and Iowa will not be easy W's. I would be really happy with 2-2 on those road games. Let's hope we don't suffer the same fate as Wisconsin as of late.
Does BU see this? And if so, will he do anything about it?
You had Hawkins playing 15 foot off of his man and then offering zero help when a player comes at him.
Brad's record against Quad 1 teams is starting to become pretty concerning. The fact that he couldn't admit that he messed up sitting Rodgers so much in lieu of Harmon and Goode (who both played terrible) is unacceptable.
This is why he is in at the end of games ahead of Ty, bc of free throw shooting. Gotta knock em down dude!!
And if DGL, Dain, and Moretti are in there losing the game when steadier options are on the bench with fouls to give? Do we blame them just the same?
Yeah, players need to make plays. Coaches need to make substitutions. Calling timeouts can help with that.
I hate losing and all that but UCONN who won the national championship last year was 19-7 on February 11 and 8-7 in conference. Still believe but Daddy Brad needs to be better with substitutions, Ty should have been out there especially when we get that 8 point lead late.
I've been pretty vocal about where I stand on this topic ...
Shoot I was pretty vocal about it the second the promotion was announced ...
I don’t disagree…
(In the absence of an actual min. tally) Ty has played much less since Purdue…when many on this board were arguing quite the other way. Lol
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
ABSOLUTELY. Getting tired of not having the ball in someone’s hands that’s a PG! Coleman has better handles
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Goode is a year older than Ty, but yeah, to me Ty's ability to thrive in chaos was what the moment called for there and Goode clearly had an MSU target on his back defensively.
And if anything BU tends to opt for too little shooting rather than too much. A weird one. The lack of Guerrier maybe even weirder.
From a player point of view... to lose like that is just plain EMBARASSING. Smirks and smiles at your expense and lost respect.
Can’t really fire him or replace him now. BU just has to take over and hand over the responsibility to Chester or someone else even if it doesn’t go over well with Hamer.