Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
Lol, touché … bring on the zone!!‘Cuse did…..
Lol, touché … bring on the zone!!‘Cuse did…..
Great points. Thank youA lot of talk about what it’s going to take to stop Pickett, but should also remember this Penn State team has some GLARING weaknesses. Dead last in the country in offensive rebounding %. Literally, dead last. Need Ty Rodgers on the floor giving them no 2nd chances. If Dain’s in the game: rebounding. Penn State also forces like no turnovers, yet we’ve been giving it away at will lately. Yes, we need to come out with energy, but we’re gonna get our looks on the offensive end if we play smart and take care of the basketball.
"We should run a zone" has replaced "We need to start player x", "Brad yells to much" and "I wish Podz was still here."
At least we mix things up here at Illinois Loyalty.
Assembly Hall rims have never been the same after 4 years of Big George's free throws. Loved those teams during my years in Champaign (1982-1985).bring back
- Tom Gerhardt
- George Montgomery
- Ken Norman
- Jarod Gee
- Shelly Clark
- Robert Bennett
Those were bruisers
Wait, shouldn't this read "Out-Of-Control Layups and Contested 3s", "Terrance Shannon Jr & Mathew Mayer", and "Illini Fans"?Post this on the team bulletin board. Make sure TSJ and MM see it. See if that doesn’t increase the defensive presence.
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Me to random Illini fan in ATL Airport: “ILL!
Random Illini fan” There you go.”
What's interesting is that I remember the first Penn State game being one of the few Big Ten games where we actually started off strong offensively. Unfortunately the defense was so bad that PSU matched us shot for shot and then pulled away when we cooled off.Come out strong (for once please lol) and we will win this game
Made 10/37 threes against Maryland, almost half their total points, and it seemed they were not shooting particularly well, a lot of near misses.Daring a bunch of 40+% 3pt shooters to beat us with open threes will likely end very poorly for us. PSU is 7th in the nation in 3pt shooting percentage, and they have very high volume shooters. We do this and I'd be shocked if they didn't burn the nets down and run us out of the building. When a team is as efficient shooting threes as they do twos, your top priority needs to be running them off the 3pt line as they've shown they're extremely good at making open looks behind the arc.
So we should do the same as the last two games and expect a different result?Daring a bunch of 40+% 3pt shooters to beat us with open threes will likely end very poorly for us. PSU is 7th in the nation in 3pt shooting percentage, and they have very high volume shooters. We do this and I'd be shocked if they didn't burn the nets down and run us out of the building. When a team is as efficient shooting threes as they do twos, your top priority needs to be running them off the 3pt line as they've shown they're extremely good at making open looks behind the arc.
Simple but yet hard for this team to grasp despite a ‘strong’ coaching style and a Sincere Harris on the ready. smhCome out strong (for once please lol) and we will win this game
Jailin’ Pickett?I had an idea about how we could help contain Jalen PickettView attachment 23946
Can Coach just go into his pregame speech as if we are down 20+ and let the boys have it? Then maybe we come out like we usually do in the second half?Come out strong (for once please lol) and we will win this game
see first game 3 point shooting statsDaring a bunch of 40+% 3pt shooters to beat us with open threes will likely end very poorly for us. PSU is 7th in the nation in 3pt shooting percentage, and they have very high volume shooters. We do this and I'd be shocked if they didn't burn the nets down and run us out of the building. When a team is as efficient shooting threes as they do twos, your top priority needs to be running them off the 3pt line as they've shown they're extremely good at making open looks behind the arc.
see first game 3 point shooting statsWould double Pickett and make them beat us with threes. Rest of team was 7/19 from three in last game.