I've formulated a plan how we are gonna rob the bank!!!!
Pregame: Illinois vs Houston, Thursday, March 26th, 9:05pm CT, TBS
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I've formulated a plan how we are gonna rob the bank!!!!
Some nice insight to the match up. So ready for tomorrow night! What an opportunity this team has going forward.
It is gonna be close the first 10 min.... Then my boys will realize something.... ILL 88 Houston 79
I will never forget the Ben poster slam at Oregon last year
Awesome breakdown. Hard to argue with any of it. Except him saying that playing at Ohio State is a tough road environment
mattcoldagelli
- Script Illinois Enthusiast
Totally agree, an insane statement. Borderline disqualifying for the rest of the post.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
People used to say with a straight face that that was one of the best venues in the conference and that's why players wanted to go to Ohio State.
I think he was saying outside of mackey, bres, and pinnacle, OSU was the toughest of the rest (but not necessarily that it is "tough").
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Just gonna throw it out there, Tomi was #8 in the entire country in 2pt% @ 72.2%. My guy does, in fact, have post moves.
The excerpt:
I interpreted it more as 'Mackey or Breslin are tough venues but Value City (Ohio St) and Pinnacle Bank (Nebraska) really aren't' by saying we had a soft road schedule because we only really had 2 tough road games
mattcoldagelli
- Script Illinois Enthusiast
Right, but that’s still wrong. Carver-Hawkeye and Welsh-Ryan are tougher places to play than Value City, and Pinnacle Bank is a legit challenge.
Bingo
that ruins the whole post for you? sheesh
I’m fascinated to see what Tyler cooks up for this game. I’m not sure just doing out typical high ball screen with a big is the way to attack this ultra aggressive Houston defense. I do like throwing it into the post with Tomi and David and when they do the monster double team relying on Tomi and David to find an open man and get them in rotation- that should lead to an open three or drives to the basket. Getting one of their bigs in foul trouble would be huge- given they are very thin up front.
On defense - I don’t think Cam needs to change much, we want them to take a lot of mid range and that’s what they like to do, we just need to limit them on the offensive glass. I do think we’ll see a lot of zone to keep us out of foul trouble and limit their guard penetration which is a strength of theirs. We just need to stay attached to Sharp in a zone so he’s not getting open threes.
I’m not in favor of this strategy but if we make it a chippy game early where the officials feel they need to call it close to keep it under control - that favors us dramatically- we’re much deeper and less aggressive on defense so a closely called game will favor us
On defense - I don’t think Cam needs to change much, we want them to take a lot of mid range and that’s what they like to do, we just need to limit them on the offensive glass. I do think we’ll see a lot of zone to keep us out of foul trouble and limit their guard penetration which is a strength of theirs. We just need to stay attached to Sharp in a zone so he’s not getting open threes.
I’m not in favor of this strategy but if we make it a chippy game early where the officials feel they need to call it close to keep it under control - that favors us dramatically- we’re much deeper and less aggressive on defense so a closely called game will favor us
Did they get it mixed up with football?
I've formulated a plan how we are gonna rob the bank!!!!
The phrase “rob the bank” was coined when Illinois played in an arena named after a bank. This game is going to be played in the Toyota Center. So maybe it should be “hot-wire the win.”
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Definitely going to use our size and passing skills to break the press. Going over the press is more effective than dribbling.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
I personally like “jack the Toyota.”
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
... and that playing at NEB is an afterthought as a tough road environment. And ignoring @ Iowa and @ NW in early Jan.
Other than that, however... yeah.
[EDIT: @mattcoldagelli beat me to it.]
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
The turnover question is a battle between our plus passing and height (bad team to trap) versus our relative lack of ballhandling (good team to trap)
This would have been a worse matchup for us during our period without Boswell, that's for sure.
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