Yeah that was insane. Looked like Caleb Love rubbed off on him a bit.
USC 82, Illinois 72 Postgame
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DevILLDawg
- Meredosia, Illinois
Brad Underwood wants to play the same way no matter what....in this case his "tough 2" philosophy on defense wasn't working from the jump. This USC team thrived on our style of Defense. I would have like to see us make a change...zone..jumping Claude in his booty ball looks etc. But that never came as Brad stuck to his beliefs that eventually it will even out
First game I've been back to in two years. What a craptastic effort. Ran zero offense. Just one on one BS. And just ABUSED on ball screens. They made us look like a junior high team guarding that action.
LouHenson
- Naples Florida
This is on the money and Ivisic is not playable against a physical big. That maybe the most concerning aspect of this game.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
Rod Stewart
Ryllini
- Lombard
A bad loss, I won't run from that,but not season ruining. The boys were bad today. Exactly how we lost is exactly how I win alot of bets. The last thing everyone sees and everyone starts feeling a team, a team starts feeling themselves, you know something is coming on the other side and it happened today.
KB had a very bad game and Tre pressed. Have to let it come to you. I love BU, but if I hear the same old 1 or 2 times a year excuse that he didn't have them ready, I might explode.
KB had a very bad game and Tre pressed. Have to let it come to you. I love BU, but if I hear the same old 1 or 2 times a year excuse that he didn't have them ready, I might explode.
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BU is stuck in his ways. And having no shoot around before the game. WTF is that?
We have a 7 ft center who is basically used to set screens for 3 pt shooters. Dobt blame him when we shoot 7 for 32. A zone defense would not allowed 31 points from a guard with no jump shot.
The Sprouting Divot
Invisible and Bulletproof
- Miracle Mile
What, like burn sage on the court before the game?
To be fair, when you jack up 32 threes and miss 25, that's a lot of long rebounds that you don't exactly expect your center to track down. Some of those shots were 30 foot heaves(Boswell).
They make ZERO effort to get the ball in the paint. Our guards were awful. Absolutely awful.
Tomi is the poster child of the soft Euro stereotype. At 7’ plus, he can’t finish through contact, lacks strength, and has sub-par athleticism. He needs to toughen up physically and mentally to be successful in
.Guys….. he’s injured. Like, legitimately injured. If your non-shooting forearm is in that much pain so as to preclude you from playing, it’s not just some soreness. And it ain’t healing over the next couple days.
Is there any documented philosophy on how to defend ball screens and rolls? The team needs to seek it out if so. This has been a consistent issue for us for some time. Claude goes for 31 against us today. Season high for him. That should never happen, yet it does several times each season. Sometimes it is a role player, today it was a bona fide offensive leader. But, whatever the case, somebody please figure it out.
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Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
Fine line between caution and hubris
Wake up, Tomi, I think I got somethin' to say to you
It's late January and you really should be back at school
I know I keep you amused, but I feel I'm being abused
Oh, tomi, you couldn't have tried any less
purcy51
- Louisville, KY
Definitely not for the faint of heart. Especially when they're not playing well.
Germanboxers
- Fort Wayne, IN
We made them take tough 2’s? I must have been in a rage spiral because I mostly saw easy layups and wide open jump shots.
Didn’t help football recruiting today either. Had a bunch of recruits there to watch that 
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sandwich.
From my observation he has been quite inconsistent.
depends on what your goal is. I'm fine giving up one game for the long term benefit.
No one here really knows how bad his injury is, how limited his performance might be, how much sitting helps his recovery.
This wasn't a tourney game with no future after a loss.
DevILLDawg
- Meredosia, Illinois
Claude made a ton of tough contested shots at the rim and within 10 feet. There were the layups but he also went nuclear and just had everything going in. I like to blitz a guy on a heater like that whether it's full court, a surprise double, etc. Anything to make him feel uneasy with the ball.
Everyone needs to remember, we’re a football school now.
Very real possibility we go 0-2 at Indiana and at a very good MSU team. 12-6 and our season quickly starts looking a lot less optimistic. For anyone trying to "calm" us down, I encourage you to consider that this is a deeply concerning loss.
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