anyone who thinks damonte williams is , without a doubt, the worst player on this team, does, without a doubt, not know basketball.
Missouri 63, Illinois 56 POSTGAME
anyone who thinks damonte williams is , without a doubt, the worst player on this team, does, without a doubt, not know basketball.
Going to be a long year.
This particular squad is missing a couple of pure shooters......badly. They have nobody that has to be accounted for on the wing or fanning out on a break. The three ball is instant momentum....we just don't have that guy.
For the record, I don’t think Ayo is PG, but I also don’t think he is the problem. The lack of any kind of half court offense is the problem.
There are many consistent thoughts in this thread - lack of shooters, poor A/TO ratio, problems handling pressure/lack of dribbling. We have guys that can dribble/pass/shoot but the problem is we never get them in positions to succeed (aka get good shots).
It’s been like that in the half court during BU’s entire tenure here. We masked it some in previous years by extended the ball pressure and forcing more TO’s that led to transition scoring. There is a reason why BU wants to score in 7 seconds. It’s because if we don’t get shots in transition, we don’t get good shots. Period.
The offensive scheme needs an overhaul. The weave is laughable at best and produces nothing. Guys often look out of position and lost.
Now, to be fair, it all looks worse when the effort is subpar and Mizzou took our lunch money in that area today. We looked lackadaisical the whole game. We can be better if we get second chance points, hustle to get TO’s and get out on the break, etc. But our half court offense has been and continues to be a dud under this staff.
How many more games until the "we will get better as the season goes on" becomes blatantly ridiculous?
Whoever has the ball last after the 30th handoff we do behind the three point line.
Meachum, summed it up a week or so, ago. This team doesn't shoot or pass the ball well. I do think TF is a good shooter from 3, though. Griifin, has shot the 3 well against a few sub par opponents to my recollection, but hasn't shot well against the Power 5's , yet. Ayo, Griffin, Feliz (jones if he ever plays) are going to have to shoot the 3 better, much better. If only it were that easy.
Even in the win against MICH. they didn't shoot the 3 well, BUT they did come ready to play in other area of the game and prevailed.
Even in the win against MICH. they didn't shoot the 3 well, BUT they did come ready to play in other area of the game and prevailed.
So our point guard is also our shooting guard. That makes sense.
Does anyone know how to block out on rebounds? Second and third chance points by MO were sickening to watch. Where is the shooting? No one but Ayo could put the ball in the basket and he was mostly shut down in the second half. Turnovers!!!! Where is the ball handling? Georgi does not need to be dribbling the ball at the top of the key. Free throw shooting is not nearly solid enough. This team is really lacking in fundamentalsl. They are really one dimensional at this point and execution is poorly lacking. Too many short-comings to make up for right now and wins are going to be hard to come by with tough competition until something changes.
Kofi probably missed 6 as well as many freethrows.
It is tough to digest...but BU has out recruited Quonzo, but in the end he is getting outcoached.
Quonzo figured out a way to rattle our play and BU is not able to respond. Quonzo dictated pace and play with his half court defense and BU had no answer.
It is tough to digest...but BU has out recruited Quonzo, but in the end he is getting outcoached.
Quonzo figured out a way to rattle our play and BU is not able to respond. Quonzo dictated pace and play with his half court defense and BU had no answer.
I was kind of surprised the a number of times our players get beat off the dribble, and how much quicker Mizzo's guards were. Few assists. Few 3 pointers. Average defense. The 3 guards better have a "come to Jesus" meeting. One can not expect a freshman center to carry a team through a Big 10 season.
Steelyunk
- Tobacco Road
I thought the very same thing.
the team started with some energy but miznoz defense wore on them. Illini got timid instead of attacking.
Trent Meachem said if miznoz forced Il into half court game we’d struggle. Seems coach should know that and extend pressure to match theirs and get us more transition action.
Someone asked great question in post game: you talk about nameless/faceless opponents but said you wish your team matched mu intensity - they took it personal - how can you reconcile that? BU was struck momentarily dumb before returning to his talking points. His act is wearing thin on me.
so many of our issues are not new: playing down to less talented teams, missed bunnies, turnovers, close game losses, timidity - these seem to be features, not bugs in BU‘s system and have been consistent throughout his tenure. It’s clear to me that he’s not maximizing the talent on this team - which is not exceptional - but average B1G talent buries Miami, Nichols State and Miznoz.
Steelyunk
- Tobacco Road
SCHMACK!
He will arrive next year. We don't have a true PG and I mentioned it before. It shows up in high turnovers, low assist, and poor half court sets.
If the goal of the AD and university is to get back to competing for Big Ten championships and competing in the national tournament every year, I am thoroughly unconvinced that our coaching staff has what it takes to get this kind of talent prepared to play on the big stage, night in and night out.
I've been reading thru all the comments to see if someone else saw what I saw. I didn't really get to watch much of the first half due to x-mas dinner at the in-laws, but this was my take on the game. I have not seen reffing like this for awhile. Can't say the refs were biased, but I thought they were the difference in the game.
A young broadcaster trying so hard to come up with a distinctive identity and failing so miserably. He will have a year to develop one that is not an assault on viewers.
schmack
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All this PG talk reminds me of the DJ Richardson, Brandon Paul, and Bertrand discussions
How many did he miss vs. What cofi, and geogi missed???? This is crap...Trent didnt shoot enough and dre didnt do squat no of the did, we didnt lose this game because DW missed a few layups.
4 assists indicate nobody is passing to anybody. 171 total assists compared to 187 TOs for the season. 30.4% from 3 as a team. Rebounding was good until yesterday. GRIFFIN led the team with 6. Go Allan! The one time I saw Tevian in the gain 3 Tigers swept by for a putback. Seniors did nothing, outside of Ayo, nobody scored much, except at the line. Shot 36% for the game total. Finally put together the two bad halves. Need to leave now.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
GO ILLINI!
PLEASE!
He has graded out as one of the best players it's not all about offense.