And if we make our average, we very well might have won this game.
Tennessee 86, Illinois 79 Postgame
Shannon got 19. Not 33, but still good.
The fade away three in the corner comes to mind
He got fouled three times on that drive
Alabama entered game shooting 41% from 3. Illini shoot under 34%.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Take that away and the game’s even up to the end.
The awareness, cohesion, and coach-ability of this team gives me hope for at least a Sweet 16 or Elite 8-type season.
(This team plays with poise most of the time.)
It helps when you’ve got pieces like he has…but for the people that say Brad can’t gameplan I’d have to say this is a solid example of doing a prettygood job in that regard. (Yes we lost but we gave ourselves a fighting chance until the bitter end pretty much. I would have rather had a “w” of course…yet I’m glad this unit basically, seems to understand how to play in these types of games. (It’s early December…that bodes well.)
I like that run and jump press. I just kinda wish we deployed it a little more…for a possession here or there. It does exactly what he wants it to. Def. has the potential to really be a momentum killer for the bad guys. JMO
Yes we’re #10 in the country…and we’re mostly a get stops, physicality/bang on the half-court kinda team. But goddarn it’s effective…I like it!
(This team plays with poise most of the time.)
It helps when you’ve got pieces like he has…but for the people that say Brad can’t gameplan I’d have to say this is a solid example of doing a prettygood job in that regard. (Yes we lost but we gave ourselves a fighting chance until the bitter end pretty much. I would have rather had a “w” of course…yet I’m glad this unit basically, seems to understand how to play in these types of games. (It’s early December…that bodes well.)
I like that run and jump press. I just kinda wish we deployed it a little more…for a possession here or there. It does exactly what he wants it to. Def. has the potential to really be a momentum killer for the bad guys. JMO
Yes we’re #10 in the country…and we’re mostly a get stops, physicality/bang on the half-court kinda team. But goddarn it’s effective…I like it!
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Over the back is an obvious call to me -
sad refs -I really thought we were gonna kick their butts when we were up 4 then that flagrant was called.
Well, I think we have some good shotblockers on this team(TJ, Guerrier, Coleman) but yes, Dainja is that physical presence and enforcer that I felt like was missing in the lane today. He made one good defensive play near the rim against either Aidoo or Jordan-James and then he gets taken out. Underwood even mentioned that he needs to do a better job of getting Dainja and Coleman involved together
I'm not mad at the 3s. I'd say a solid 75% of the misses were good looks. They were sagging it in the paint to take away driving lanes. They're just longer and more athletic on average and than any other team we've faced. Outside of Zeigler, they match up well with us. We should've forced knecht and vescovi to guard more even early in the second half.
One quarrel should be that the Illini allowed Tennessee 21 points in the first 7 minute of the game. 3 points a minute! With Illini possessions mixed in.
The Illini were able to close the gap when Tennessee's shooting went dead for a while. But if the Illini allow that kind of thing at Dance Time things will end quickly.
It was the combination of Tennessee starting off red-hot from the field and their ability to live in the Paint at the same time. Sometimes you can't do anything about the first thing... but you've gotta do something about the second. And how did Tennessee cool off after the first 7 minutes? D-A-I-N-J-A came in. Took away the middle and their outside shooting went cold.
Illini held things level until Tennessee once again got off early in the second half with those same two things rolling. From which the Illini never recovered.
But even with that... the Illini nearly had a miracle finish. Just dug too deep a hole.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
And how lackluster our D was for stretches.
That's the point. We were still kinda in it in the 40th minute. Bodes well. We're really good even when we're meh.
I don't feel TSJ shot that bad given the non calls he missed that normally he would be at the line.
I was very encouraged by how much better he us passing on the move to open shooters and cutters where last year he at times got caught up. I think home court was huge today for Tennessee and I like our squad more than theirs. Domask is only going to get better. He is the one that missed some shots I think he will make more often than not. I'm glad we have Quincy and his injury is getting better and the new transfers are starting to mesh. Its still very early for them as Illini.
Of course, I may have gotten too used to having Kofi. I realize BU has a different philosophy, but I miss that paint presence!
Always more fun to read these threads after a win, but losing is part of the game too. Some takeaways...
1. Guys seemed tired, especially halfway through the second half. 3 road games in a week, tough draw
2. Three point shooting is volatile, was not our night. Shannon and Domask 1-11, Hawkins 3-10. Better from Goode and Guerrier at 5-13.
3. Free throws!!! 24-28 is huge. If teams are going to foul you, make them pay. Shannon 11-11, outstanding performance in this area
4. We lost to a top 10 team by 7 points when most would agree that things did not go our way. I like our chances in the Big Ten.
5. Eight days before Colgate, plenty of time to get healthy and game plan. I-L-L
1. Guys seemed tired, especially halfway through the second half. 3 road games in a week, tough draw
2. Three point shooting is volatile, was not our night. Shannon and Domask 1-11, Hawkins 3-10. Better from Goode and Guerrier at 5-13.
3. Free throws!!! 24-28 is huge. If teams are going to foul you, make them pay. Shannon 11-11, outstanding performance in this area
4. We lost to a top 10 team by 7 points when most would agree that things did not go our way. I like our chances in the Big Ten.
5. Eight days before Colgate, plenty of time to get healthy and game plan. I-L-L
I believe we need to play Dainja more.
He needs more minutes.
He needs more minutes.
Still likely his worst if not second worst game of the season
we only had 9 turnovers the entire game . . . the bigger issue IMHO was that they had their way in the paint, and Shannon didn't get some of the calls on drives he usually gets. He got mugged a couple times with no call made. Pile on shooting 25% from 3 on 36 (!!!) tries, getting outrebounded, and that's a big delta.
i won't even mention that slimy little fhead Vescovi, who while he played hard, had some cheapshit plays (that he got called on only about half the time).
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Checks account. Yeah, you are obviously a Volunteer troll that created an account for this post.
