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Ohio State 87, Illinois 81 Postgame
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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 747903" data-source="post: 1577651"><p>It starts with the players. From the opening tip, everyone looks SLOW. You would think that a nice opening touch and basket for Kofi would get them going in terms of energy but it didn't.</p><p></p><p>It all starts defensively. Closeouts need to be hard and crisp and you can't give up an offensive rebound on the first possession. I'd almost like to see us go back to our full ball-denial defense for the first 2-3 minutes of a game just to force them to get energetic from the jump.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 747903, post: 1577651"] It starts with the players. From the opening tip, everyone looks SLOW. You would think that a nice opening touch and basket for Kofi would get them going in terms of energy but it didn't. It all starts defensively. Closeouts need to be hard and crisp and you can't give up an offensive rebound on the first possession. I'd almost like to see us go back to our full ball-denial defense for the first 2-3 minutes of a game just to force them to get energetic from the jump. [/QUOTE]
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