Edey has 18 points at half. Purdue has 1 three pointer.
Illinois up 6 at half.
Illinois up 6 at half.
Illinois executing the gameplan UK needs to use vs Purdue
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I think we need to do that anyway. The way we shoot the 3 even if we are giving up a bunch inside we can likely out score them if we stay home on the 3 line. Of course if you run into a team that shoots it 20% from 3 you pack the lane but against a decent to good shooting team I think that’s the game plan.
Would love to see that game but I’m not signing up for Peacock.
Imo UK is a really good matchup. Not many teams have the 3 guys we have inside with one of them being 7'2"
Not watching but the Purdue game starts against the refs. Do they let you even try to defend Edey? Or do they call fouls constantly and change how your bigs play?
I see 2 combined fouls for all of Illinois’ bigs. That’s key.
Though I do hope Purdue comes back for our purposes.
I see 2 combined fouls for all of Illinois’ bigs. That’s key.
Though I do hope Purdue comes back for our purposes.
Did I just sleep through the end of season and selection Sunday?
Open YouTube and look up NCAA LIVE.. Most of the time you can watch most of a game until they zap it..
The tape teams need to watch is Northwestern, this one at least the first half, Tennessee, Marquette, and especially Nebraska.
Actually one of the only teams I don’t wanna see. I don’t wanna have cal have to deal with Edey. Painter will do just like Few and run the same play we can’t stop over and over and over.
I think we win that if Cal decides to make it a race to 90. He kept trying to sub for defense rather than offense.
If we take away the 3 ball, Edey isn’t going to carry them to 90.
All the bracketology people keep putting us there. Maybe it won’t happen, but feels like it’s coming.
Purdue’ is good. Better than UK
Pursue is grossly underestimated by some. Painter has been to Sweet 16s and an elite 8. It took Few decades before he got Gonzaga to a FF.
Boilers resume is insane.
Boilers resume is insane.
It’s scary hearing someone who is unbiased say that. Really. It is. Thanks for the reality check.
We will run Edey ragged like a rented f**ckin mule. I want to see them so bad. Edey is their only NBA player and it’s a toss up whether he catches on or not. Credit and compliments to him for returning and working on his body and athleticism. You know, the Timberwolves are the first to buck the small ball trend and they are 1st in the West. Someone was going to successfully zag when everyone else zigged, and depending on how they perform in the playoffs, you’re going to see the pendulum start to swing to a degree. There could be a place for Edey.
As for the rest of their roster, they maybe have 2 or 3 fringe G-Leaguers. If we played them in December, forget about it, we lose by 16. Now that this team knows who they are, I say bring it. Ain’t scared of no Big 10 plow horse.
As for the rest of their roster, they maybe have 2 or 3 fringe G-Leaguers. If we played them in December, forget about it, we lose by 16. Now that this team knows who they are, I say bring it. Ain’t scared of no Big 10 plow horse.
The number 2 ranked team that’s been in the top 5 all year is better than the up and down ranked #15 team??
Luckily college basketball practically goes out of its way to ensure the best team doesnt win most of the time, so we’ll see what happens in the madness of March!
Agreed. I still think UCONN is the prohibitive fave. But we will see.
Also lost to a 16 seed.
UK would be way better off with Purdue than uconn or Houston.
Edey will get his against any of our bigs, Ugo would get schooled easily and since he provides no offense, he's a liability. Big Z would be able to pull Edey from the paint and get him moving and hopefully worn down a bit, especially if Z is hitting threes. Would be interesting.
I feel like we need to score 1.2 PPP or more to beat any of these offensive juggernauts at the top. Purdue, UConn, Arizona would be the top teams in adjusted offensive efficiency in practically any other season, and yet they are 2nd, 3rd, and 6th.
It can be done! The 2014 team strung together scintillating offensive outputs against Wichita, Michigan, and Wisconsin en route to the championship game.
It can be done! The 2014 team strung together scintillating offensive outputs against Wichita, Michigan, and Wisconsin en route to the championship game.
I can just see a game where our guys try to stop him and we get some early foul trouble that causes us to get down a lot early.
That would be my hope as well plus our guard play should dominate theirs, my issue is getting a crew who get us some key foul trouble. We like to reach on pick and rolls and Edey will get plenty of fouls called on him.
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Not arguing about how good Purdue is because I’m a semi boilermaker fan . But I hate that stupid statement. I guarantee the vast majority of people would be happier with things they ”wished for “ than things they didn’t. It’s stupid and overplayed.
I’d much rather play Houston, elite defense vs. elite offense. If we play halfway decent defense I don’t know if they could score enough.
That seems like a sound plan. I just would prefer to play a team that's not quite as physical as them; we do better against the finesse types
Be careful what you wish for. Houston's offense is still very efficient, they just play a slow tempo and they would try to slow us down quite a bit. They score 1.21 points per possession and we score 1.23. Our games just have 9 more possessions per game, so our raw scoring average is higher.
This was basically our game plan against Sullinger and Ohio St in 2011. Let the big guy get his and shot down everyone else.
The problem is that we dont really shut anything down…
And going down the stretch in a tight game, their big man will torch us.
