100%. I was shocked at how much his absence impacted us on that end.
Pregame: Illinois vs Rutgers, Sunday, January 21st, 12:00pm CT, BTN
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pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
35 + is my uneducated guess...................I know he has to be chompin at the bit's to get back out on the court......
Big Jack
- Decatur
I think it would be just a little disrespectful considering others have stepped up in his absence. They all know he is our star but Luke has earned his spot.
I wrote this before I saw the Bret Behrens tweet. Really, I did. Also, it was originally posted to the TSJ reinstated thread.
splitter
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It's a good question --lot of us were thinking DGL would get some tick. There will be plenty of speculation I'm sure. If mom's not happy, it's gotta be very difficult for DGL to be his own man and decide if he's being treated fairly. If the issue is him improving enough to deserve PT over the guys who are playing, and playing at a high level, that takes a lot of maturity. End of the day, he may feel he needs to be in an offense where they want a scorer, and aren't as concerned as this staff is about efficiency or defense. I think we'd all rather see him develop here --he has a very high level of athleticism and a great ceiling. But if the fit isn't there, I trust the staff when it comes to the roster. Hard to argue with the success they've had --not a lot of misses.
This is a random question, but does Brad/the players/Josh etc know or read this forum? Obviously can't imagine they care what we are saying, but curious their thoughts on the existence of it lol
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Most of them post here daily.............they really really do................
AyoDos11
- Southern Illinois
They probably like to laugh at some of the crazy statements on here.
Those fantastic UNC....ummm....errr....classes paying off?
I’m 100% sure Luke Goode knows TSJ should start. He’s one of the top 10 players in college basketball if not better than that. Luke will get his minutes.
Too much. They'll work him in slowly. They've spent a few weeks now building a nice chemistry to the point where this was still a really good team. Coach isn't going to just tear that up and throw it away. A guy like Goode deserves minutes. Ty deserves to be able to handle the ball more. Harmon has earned minutes. Domask shouldn't have shots taken away.
I'm sure that BU wants to keep the team concept with the ball consistently moving in place and not have TJ become ball dominant, thus upsetting the chemistry.
BU has to work him in while not disturbing what he had. That won't be easy.
I put it at 25, max 30 minutes as well. This will be the third time this year that BU will have to figure out what works.
Edit: I forgot Hawkins. He's taken on a huge role with this team. He's been better since TJ has been out. Brad can't lose that production.
To me the reason he brought Moretti in over DGL is because he’s a point guard and wanted a ball-handler/creator in. When DGL comes in, he rarely plays the point or is the primary ball handler.
Based on the maturity and connection this team has displayed, my bet is that everyone in the regular rotation knows that TSJ's return will only increase their productivity... Goode, Domask, and Harmon should especially welcome his return since defenses will not be able to account for them nearly as much as they could in his absence.
Yup. TSJ driving opens up much more wide open shots for those guys as well
TSJ will obviously take others’ minutes but they will also be able to more effectively get good shots with him on the floor.
Harmon can go back to mostly shooting corner threes. He is not very effective putting the ball on the floor and trying to get his own shot and he shouldn’t need to so that much now.
Goode hopefully gets some more open looks. He’s also obviously limited putting the ball on the floor.
Domask can obviously get his own shot, but now the defense won’t be able to key on him as much.
Hawkins may be most negatively impacted by not having the ball quite as much which I think will make him less aggressive.
Harmon can go back to mostly shooting corner threes. He is not very effective putting the ball on the floor and trying to get his own shot and he shouldn’t need to so that much now.
Goode hopefully gets some more open looks. He’s also obviously limited putting the ball on the floor.
Domask can obviously get his own shot, but now the defense won’t be able to key on him as much.
Hawkins may be most negatively impacted by not having the ball quite as much which I think will make him less aggressive.
Watching the Daddy Brad presser this morning after the initial we welcome TJ back blah blah he was grinning like a kid getting his favorite gift at Christmas. He won't start but when he gets to the scorers table to check i goosebumps. I just hope they don't do it during a media timeout.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
I'm just thinking of how much fresher their legs will be come March if we have TSJ reclaiming his minutes. I know rotations tighten up later in the season, but a 6-man rotation this early isn't going to serve us down the road
And he's best on offense during fast breaks and/or wide open 3's and he'll likely get his share of those no matter what offense we run and of course like Kat says above, keeping the other 6's legs fresher.
Gives me flashbacks of when Kendall Gill returned in home finale against Iowa. We absolutely destroyed them 118 - 94.
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