Texas Tech 84, Illinois 78 Postgame

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the juiceman cometh
March2TheArch said:
If not for Lawhorn getting hurt, we get blown out.
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Pretty sure he wasn't hurt in the sense of an injury. He was cramping up. After his initial burst he looked tired. Then came the cramps. Practically everything he did was in the first 14 minutes of the game, after which he was a net negative for them. And that was as a direct result of how we played him, not just some coincidence.
 
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Chase321
NarrowJ said:
100% and it’s just differences in coaching philosophy. Nate Oats ranted last year that if the adjustment is to play harder, players need to figure that out on the fly. You don’t call timeouts to scream about effort, you can do that from the sideline without stopping the game and giving your opponent a chance to add to their game plan while you complain to your team about something they should already know.

“Call a timeout and tell them to play harder? You call a timeout and make adjustments. I’m not gonna call a timeout and tell them to play harder.”

-Nate Oats
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I don’t coach, so I’m not qualified to say like most people on the internet, but maybe a timeout just to tell the freshman to take a breath and give them a smile? Opposite of yelling at them
 
#328      
stevej64
Chase321 said:
I don’t coach, so I’m not qualified to say like most people on the internet, but maybe a timeout just to tell the freshman to take a breath and give them a smile? Opposite of yelling at them
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Agree with this, when Illini made the comeback early to tie it at 17, TT Coach called 2 timeouts back to back and then they regrouped and went on the big run til halftime.
 
#329      
NarrowJ
stevej64 said:
Agree with this, when Illini made the comeback early to tie it at 17, TT Coach called 2 timeouts back to back and then they regrouped and went on the big run til halftime.
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Sample size of 1?

It’s philosophy thing. Neither is right or wrong, necessarily.
 
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stevej64
NarrowJ said:
Sample size of 1?

It’s philosophy thing. Neither is right or wrong, necessarily.
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Sample size is that they dominated us for the next 8 minutes after we had rallied to tie it up. Not sure what else matters. In this case that matters to Illini, they were correct. Don’t care about anything else.
 
#337      
EmeraldCityIllini
stevej64 said:
Agree with this, when Illini made the comeback early to tie it at 17, TT Coach called 2 timeouts back to back and then they regrouped and went on the big run til halftime.
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As someone watching Mccasland in that timeout, I can assure you he was not telling his guys to smile.

That said, lets go. Its game 3. You're at Texas Tech. You're down an AA and another starter. Place is on fire. Welcome to big time basketball, time to learn - we don't need to demand Brad make kids smile everytime the other team goes on a 4-0 run.

I could easily make the case those dudes playing through it in the first half, prepped them to be much calmer and collected in the second half. And will do far more good for them in the long run.
 
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NarrowJ
stevej64 said:
Sample size is that they dominated us for the next 8 minutes after we had rallied to tie it up. Not sure what else matters. In this case that matters to Illini, they were correct. Don’t care about anything else.
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Right, so sample size is 8 minutes lol
 
#339      
stevej64
EmeraldCityIllini said:
As someone watching Mccasland in that timeout, I can assure you he was not telling his guys to smile.

That said, lets go. Its game 3. You're at Texas Tech. You're down an AA and another starter. Place is on fire. Welcome to big time basketball, time to learn - we don't need to demand Brad make kids smile everytime the other team goes on a 4-0 run.

I could easily make the case those dudes playing through it in the first half, prepped them to be much calmer and collected in the second half. And will do far more good for them in the long run.
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Not sure what smiling has to do with timeouts? Stops momentum, regroup, point out things and make adjustments.
 
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