Rutgers 70, Illinois 59 Postgame

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HensonHall71
BoiseBaller said:
This is true. We aren't a strong ball-handling team, but worse we don't run much off the ball to get guys open. Watch how many times our guys pick up their dribble and it takes several seconds for someone to get to the ball and bail them out.

To me where we've really fallen off a cliff is in transition. Brad's halfcourt offense has never been great. Remember the score in 7 seconds mantra? Losing Ayo all but killed that. Without some transition scoring we become pretty easy to guard. Especially when we leave Kofi on an island and just pass the ball into to post and stand and watch him try to operate.
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Agreed - but Belo is the answer to this - we really need him to be the PG playing 30+ min per game. For whatever reason Frazier and Plummer and hesitant to drive when pressured so we get stagnant and have to look for the bailout to teammates as you mentioned

Belo is the one guy who will breakdown the defense, get guys open looks and get Kofi easy dunks when he gets to the lane - we need more Belo!

I've got an itch and the only prescription is MORE BELO!
 
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Cook
BoiseBaller said:
This is true. We aren't a strong ball-handling team, but worse we don't run much off the ball to get guys open. Watch how many times our guys pick up their dribble and it takes several seconds for someone to get to the ball and bail them out.

To me where we've really fallen off a cliff is in transition. Brad's halfcourt offense has never been great. Remember the score in 7 seconds mantra? Losing Ayo all but killed that. Without some transition scoring we become pretty easy to guard. Especially when we leave Kofi on an island and just pass the ball into to post and stand and watch him try to operate.
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This👆 times a million
 
#328      
Cook
InDaAZ said:
What I’m seeing on defense from Omar - and Coleman to some extent, too - is an over-eagerness to go for the shot block. Not only does this take them out of securing the rebound if the shot misses, it leaves a lane open for offensive rebounds/putbacks. Blocked shots are exciting, but they’re relatively rare - I’d rather see them box out and be more judicious on going for the swat. (Box-outs are one of Benjamin’s strengths, btw.)
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Also if you don't secure the ball after a block (like swatting it out of bounds) still leaves them with the possession
 
#329      
BRucks
21ChampaignSt said:
I was thinking this as well. The focus seems to have shifted from crashing the offensive glass, to getting back on D. I also think that our opponents are crashing the glass more since we rarely get buckets in transition. We are something like -15 on the offensive glass since the first Purdue game and I think it's something like -25 when you take the two NW games out of the mix.
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Good point. We seldom get out on a break, and when we do, we don't finish it. Instead, we pull it back out and run more offense.
 
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IlliniBorn
HensonHall71 said:
Agreed - but Belo is the answer to this - we really need him to be the PG playing 30+ min per game. For whatever reason Frazier and Plummer and hesitant to drive when pressured so we get stagnant and have to look for the bailout to teammates as you mentioned

Belo is the one guy who will breakdown the defense, get guys open looks and get Kofi easy dunks when he gets to the lane - we need more Belo!

I've got an itch and the only prescription is MORE BELO!
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More Belo who will actually do those things and not have turnovers. A 2-1 assist to turnover ratio is a minimum. And I'm counting a bad shot under or near the basket as a turnover.
 
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