IMO easiest (realistic) path to the B1G Championship is to....
-get in the 11/14 game and win
-beat #6 IU
-beat #3 OSU
-beat the team that upsets Purdue (maybe PSU?)
And if we somehow get there, hopefully play anybody besides MSU. I'm still dreaming.
IMO easiest (realistic) path to the B1G Championship is to....
-get in the 11/14 game and win
-beat #6 IU
-beat #3 OSU
-beat the team that upsets Purdue (maybe PSU?)
And if we somehow get there, hopefully play anybody besides MSU. I'm still dreaming.
Game Notes
FS1: Tim Brando & Bill Raftery
http://fightingillini.com/news/2018/2/21/mens-basketball-home-finale-notes-vs-9-purdue.aspx
Underwood: Short night. Had to flush that one pretty quickly and move on. A lot of positives in the first half last night. We're getting better.
Underwood: That is every bit of a Final Four team and national championship team. And they've gotten better.
Underwood: I thought we fought... My worst nightmare happened. They started their seniors & Leron picked up a foul against them
Underwood: One of the most frustrating things was our missed layups. Positive part is that we got 23 of them. Downside is we missed 17.
Underwood: 2nd half got away from us mainly because of our bad offense.
Underwood: We'll see a different challenge with Purdue. Think they're the nation's top three-point shooting team by percentage. Very efficient. Haas is massive.
Underwood: The more I dove into the film, Carsen Edwards is really good. Scores it with ease. Mathias is one of the elite catch-and-shoot guys in this league.
Underwood: I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Michigan State seniors come off the floor last night. Hair stood up on the back of my neck. That's what it's about. The dedication, tears running down your cheek & coach is the same way.. That's why I coach the way I coach.
Underwood: Trent's decision making has been off the chart. I've been so proud of his growth there. Probably should have had more assists if we made layups.
Underwood: Trying to get Greg to have confidence in his post game. He doesn't see that size in practice. So it's different in the game. It's a growing process.
Underwood: I thought Mark Smith was really good in the 1st half. He was aggressive. For the most part, he was really good defensively in the 1st half.
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Vegas says Purdue -10
I'll be surprised if we have Finke back.
I’m extremely interested to see how haas guards the high post in this game. Specifically if Finke is back and we can put a shooter there.
I’m extremely interested to see how haas guards the high post in this game. Specifically if Finke is back and we can put a shooter there.
IMO easiest (realistic) path to the B1G Championship is to....
-get in the 11/14 game and win
-beat #6 IU
-beat #3 OSU
-beat the team that upsets Purdue (maybe PSU?)
And if we somehow get there, hopefully play anybody besides MSU. I'm still dreaming.
Purdue has done an awesome job of recruiting. They loaded up on bigs, two 7-2 guys and would have a third dominating big but he is in the NBA. They also recruited shooters.
We on the other hand are small and shoot 3's with a lower percentage. Hopefully these two issues are addressed off season.
2 Top 100 recruits on their roster is not impressive. Heck we have 2 also.
V. Edwards # 121
Mathias # 218
C. Edwards-#118
Thompson-#354
Did you just refer to Finke as a "shooter"?
Not sure we can do that anymore!