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Nebraska 80, Illinois 74 OT Postgame
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ginabackes00
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And that's part of what I was getting at
Yet Brad just praised DGL specifically and says he’s gonna have to do something different with the starting lineup.
Told them not to throw it inside.
Something…something…baseline drift pass?
Says he always tells them TEN total TOs or less?
Hawk Harrelson said it’s not who you play it’s when you play them. Nebraska has some talent and is tough at home. They’d lost 2 straight there. We were going to get their best shot.
That said, that is an eminently beatable Nebraska team. We needed to play a lot better than we did. Or, at a minimum, not stink. Couldn’t hit a 3 to save our life. Way too many unforced turnovers, and defensive breakdowns. Effort just wasn’t nearly good enough tonight.
We looked like a young team (which we are) on the road against an old team fighting for their lives (which they were).
But we are putting up far too many stinkers. Feels like we are only playing well about every third or fourth game. Even without Tomi and Morez in foul trouble with our talent we should have won that by 15.
There were reasons to write off the other losses but I’m officially concerned. Need to find some consistency and quick.
That said, that is an eminently beatable Nebraska team. We needed to play a lot better than we did. Or, at a minimum, not stink. Couldn’t hit a 3 to save our life. Way too many unforced turnovers, and defensive breakdowns. Effort just wasn’t nearly good enough tonight.
We looked like a young team (which we are) on the road against an old team fighting for their lives (which they were).
But we are putting up far too many stinkers. Feels like we are only playing well about every third or fourth game. Even without Tomi and Morez in foul trouble with our talent we should have won that by 15.
There were reasons to write off the other losses but I’m officially concerned. Need to find some consistency and quick.
It's February now. I'm done, I don't trust him and don't care. The guy gets talked up like Domask, but bro couldn't sniff Jack Ingram's jock.
I agree we were horrible tonight. We at least have a shot to turn it around. K. State is washed.
Don't bet on it. Brad's teams have been chucking up 3's, playing street ball, and turning the ball over for years. He ain't changin.
Yeah his booty ball ain't it. I don't think its no where close to being effective.
I agree, Brad has gotten comfortable and has made costly mistakes with BH, Tyler, and Hamer. He clearly needs an x and o guy on the staff. With all the talent and $$ on this team, Whitman should to have a conversation about the staff even if they make a run in the tourney. BH will take care of itself soon enough.
Here’s my opinion … Who gives a
…What’s Ben gonna do ? Sue ??? Too late for a “mental health” redshirt like some of these kids did …
He ain’t a connected guy to any AAU team … His little brother ain’t a 5 star … I could give 2
if we tick off his “circle” … 
meet bench … It’s time to win and win now … The best 5 play … Period …
Man do I miss the Trent and DMFW days …
Ironically i think Matthew Mayer would fit this team more than Ben
JJE
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You can’t be serious.
Yep I got hooked on Illinois basketball when Lou had to play Neil Breshnahan at center. We weren't good but we played hard and fundamentally solid.
This makes me sad because it's means the evaluation was bad. I think it was bad on Boswell too.
The reality is that you simply can't replace 99% of your roster and expect any continuity, any depth or any real experience. We have literally one legitimate big outside of Tomi and that's Morez. Ben is the next best thing, which I'm sure he's getting the minutes he's getting. Having him in on the last play was probably to help spread the floor or potentially get a rebound/putback? No clue.
ginabackes00
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He doesn't have the lower base strength and lift to be a good booty ball player.
Even though we
1. shot horribly from 3
2. turned the ball over way too much,
3. gave up multiple dunks on inbounds from under the basket
4. Did a horrible job inbounding the ball when we had a final possession to win it in regulation
5. Took our hottest player out of the game during that final possession and most of OT
I still think we lost because we have no legitimate big guy on the roster other than Tomi and Morez. It’s a huge hole on the roster and it is going to continue to be a problem.
1. shot horribly from 3
2. turned the ball over way too much,
3. gave up multiple dunks on inbounds from under the basket
4. Did a horrible job inbounding the ball when we had a final possession to win it in regulation
5. Took our hottest player out of the game during that final possession and most of OT
I still think we lost because we have no legitimate big guy on the roster other than Tomi and Morez. It’s a huge hole on the roster and it is going to continue to be a problem.
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Boswell was either lazy getting around screens or over committing to a shot fake on the other side of a screen. Also his jumper is always so hard with minimal touch. I thought he was going to be a much better shooter than this
Why did you have to bring that one up? Painful memories.
Brad should be running wind sprints or suicides right now.
We are the Mayer team again. You can’t completely turnover your roster every year
And the guys making the TOs act like they just don't care that the F'd up. They do not value every possession. They take plays off. Then they repeat the same stupid unforced TOs time and time again in the same game. It is not AAU ball. The season doesn't start in March. I just don't get it
Replay of me watching this game tonight.
Sure the kids were awful at times this game, and probably deserved to lose with all the turnovers and bad shooting. But, it's been clear Underwood struggles with end of game situations. I've heard Brad say many times that you should not call a timeout in a final possession of the game with the shot clock off. What does he do? Calls a time out and lets Nebraska get their game plan to foul three times. He had to know they were going to foul. Once we have the ball we had to attack the rim to get them to foul us as quick as they can. Instead we hold the ball to under 10 seconds waiting for them to foul us. Then throw the ball 15 feet over the half court line to take another 5 seconds off. Got lucky they were called for a foul on an attempted steal. But since we did not have a final timeout we panicked, threw the ball in the corner with no where to go which led to basically a hail Mary shot. Brad chocked as much as the team tonight.
Hey Brad, it wasn't the STARTiNG lineup that was the problem. It was the guys on the floor at the end. You have complete control over that.
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