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Penn State 86, Illinois 79 2OT POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Gomers Pile" data-source="post: 1197884" data-attributes="member: 591932"><p>I keep reading this, people ( and not to single you out ) saying they aren't running plays , they are . Of course there are the mis-guided one on one trips down the floor which I hate ending in a wasted possesion . The problem is who has the ball when these plays start . Here is a prime example . First play of the game and they run this play a lot , is a double baseline screen where say Nunn comes from the right side gets a screen under the right side of the hoop . He continues across the baseline for a screen from Mav, and comes out to the left wing . He gets the ball there and the Mav follows him out to the left side . Now , Mav sets another pick for him to drive to the elbow or back baseline depending on how the defense plays it . Either way it works 75% of the time for a pick n roll or pop .This is where the problem begins </p><p> OK , now Nunn can drive or drive and dish . Who on the team is the best ballhandler /passer ? Well in a perfect world it would be your point guard . Lewis , and he means well, is a horrible passer and not much better off the dribble . Tate , so so passer and a little better with the dribble . Both of there defenders have by now sagged back clogging the lane because they can't or won't shoot . Hill , if he has the ball can sometimes get to the lane , but is usually double teamed and he's not the greatest passer . What it boils down to is Illinois needs a POINT GUARD and Groce doesn't have one .</p><p> Now you can blame Groce for getting Snider to commit and bail, or for Abrams to get hurt in yrs. 2 and 3 , and for not signing another pt. guard if you want . But no matter how you slice it , he has zero pt. guards . He'll have one next year and you'll see the difference .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gomers Pile, post: 1197884, member: 591932"] I keep reading this, people ( and not to single you out ) saying they aren't running plays , they are . Of course there are the mis-guided one on one trips down the floor which I hate ending in a wasted possesion . The problem is who has the ball when these plays start . Here is a prime example . First play of the game and they run this play a lot , is a double baseline screen where say Nunn comes from the right side gets a screen under the right side of the hoop . He continues across the baseline for a screen from Mav, and comes out to the left wing . He gets the ball there and the Mav follows him out to the left side . Now , Mav sets another pick for him to drive to the elbow or back baseline depending on how the defense plays it . Either way it works 75% of the time for a pick n roll or pop .This is where the problem begins OK , now Nunn can drive or drive and dish . Who on the team is the best ballhandler /passer ? Well in a perfect world it would be your point guard . Lewis , and he means well, is a horrible passer and not much better off the dribble . Tate , so so passer and a little better with the dribble . Both of there defenders have by now sagged back clogging the lane because they can't or won't shoot . Hill , if he has the ball can sometimes get to the lane , but is usually double teamed and he's not the greatest passer . What it boils down to is Illinois needs a POINT GUARD and Groce doesn't have one . Now you can blame Groce for getting Snider to commit and bail, or for Abrams to get hurt in yrs. 2 and 3 , and for not signing another pt. guard if you want . But no matter how you slice it , he has zero pt. guards . He'll have one next year and you'll see the difference . [/QUOTE]
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