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UNLV 89, Illinois 82 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Second and Chalmers" data-source="post: 1357959" data-attributes="member: 527609"><p>No, I absolutely do. There is obvious potential for improvement here. Though the possibility should also be entertained that if Black is hurt for an extended period this thing could go completely into the tank.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Right, because that's what I'm saying. That's why I've wasted so much of my life arguing with people here, because I want Illinois athletics to close up shop.</p><p></p><p>We're a fanbase that doesn't even remember what "gee, this team is improving and exceeding expectations right before our eyes" looks and feels like. It shows.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Eh, "style and nature of play" isn't really it. It's not like one offensive system would be rewarded more than another or something. It's offensive and defensive efficiency relative to the quality of opponents. So yeah, theoretically you can go down if you squeak by a terrible team or go up if you give an elite team all they can handle, but it's not like "the computer didn't like the way they played that game, they're moving down even with a win". It's all points-per-possession based.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's the same team that beat comfortably tourney-bound Michigan in a blowout, Michigan State when they were playing really well, and Northwestern twice.</p><p></p><p>I don't know how to explain a team that won an epic fistfight on the road at a desperate and hungry Northwestern and then rolled over and died at home against Penn State four days later, but both versions of that team existed last year.</p><p></p><p>A team that makes winning plays in crunch to close out a decent opponent is yet to be seen out of this year's squad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Second and Chalmers, post: 1357959, member: 527609"] No, I absolutely do. There is obvious potential for improvement here. Though the possibility should also be entertained that if Black is hurt for an extended period this thing could go completely into the tank. Right, because that's what I'm saying. That's why I've wasted so much of my life arguing with people here, because I want Illinois athletics to close up shop. We're a fanbase that doesn't even remember what "gee, this team is improving and exceeding expectations right before our eyes" looks and feels like. It shows. Eh, "style and nature of play" isn't really it. It's not like one offensive system would be rewarded more than another or something. It's offensive and defensive efficiency relative to the quality of opponents. So yeah, theoretically you can go down if you squeak by a terrible team or go up if you give an elite team all they can handle, but it's not like "the computer didn't like the way they played that game, they're moving down even with a win". It's all points-per-possession based. That's the same team that beat comfortably tourney-bound Michigan in a blowout, Michigan State when they were playing really well, and Northwestern twice. I don't know how to explain a team that won an epic fistfight on the road at a desperate and hungry Northwestern and then rolled over and died at home against Penn State four days later, but both versions of that team existed last year. A team that makes winning plays in crunch to close out a decent opponent is yet to be seen out of this year's squad. [/QUOTE]
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