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Post by Admin on Jan 8, 2014 22:19:43 GMT -6
Wisconsin 95
Illinois 70
All we can do is learn from this one.
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Post by Admin on Jan 8, 2014 22:24:16 GMT -6
Bottom line in my opinion is Wisconsin played VERY GOOD and we played VERY BAD
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Post by guest on Jan 8, 2014 22:25:22 GMT -6
The team needs to work the inside more to open up the outside shots creating more rebounds and easy second chance baskets under the hoop. Illinois could have made it a closer game if not have won it with fundamental basics of basketball.
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Post by Drew on Jan 8, 2014 22:35:13 GMT -6
I feel as if we got out coached. Our offense in the first half was terrible we just sat on the outside waiting for someone to do something and nothing changed. Also, our team discipline is god awful. We take a bad shot and miss it so we do it over and over and over again. Do we learn???
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Post by Admin on Jan 8, 2014 22:40:03 GMT -6
I am not sure if I completely agree. Hear me out. We panicked, we missed layups and we couldn't catch the ball. Our offense struggles because we don't have a shooter or a scoring big man. All we can do is have our 3 guards drive and outside of Joe nothing was falling and we weren't getting to the line. I know Rice scored but he took a lot of shots
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Post by Drew on Jan 8, 2014 22:44:34 GMT -6
That is true, but I feel we could have played better dispite that, our guys are old enough to know how to play mature basketball but they still haven't done it
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Post by Admin on Jan 8, 2014 22:45:32 GMT -6
I agree. It was a good test for our freshmen as well. They will definitely be paying extra attention this week in practice
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Post by PattiV on Jan 8, 2014 22:51:30 GMT -6
So many of our shots did not fall in the first half. Wisconsin has a very good team. All we can do is learn from this game and look forward. I'll admit. It was painful to watch.
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Post by Admin on Jan 8, 2014 22:52:38 GMT -6
Yep without a doubt hard to watch. During that 20-0 stretch we had good looks at the rim but nothing would fall
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Post by flyinhawaiian on Jan 8, 2014 23:02:53 GMT -6
Wisconsin is legit. Fundamental unselfish basketball. Illinois played horrible. We didn't show up. Painful to watch.
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Post by Admin on Jan 8, 2014 23:41:15 GMT -6
I think Jeremy Werner said it best tonight on twitter in regards to our first half offense he said "Illini trying to score 23 points on one possession"
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Post by illinifan1 on Jan 9, 2014 16:18:50 GMT -6
Awful game. But Wisconsin is spectacular esp at home. Notice the way they move without the ball? Spectacular. We are learning. But I would not be opposed to sitting nnanna and starting maverick at NU. We could get away with it up there. And it would hopefully get nnanna off his ass. Impressed with Kendrick once again. Tough game for Jay Tate but he can have one. Gotta win 3 of 5.
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Post by Admin on Jan 9, 2014 16:25:10 GMT -6
I agree for the most part but I don't want to see Nnanna sit. Not sure that is the problem with him. It isn't that he needs to be motivated he is always going all out. Just needs confidence back he looked scared with the ball last night
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Post by illinifan1 on Jan 9, 2014 17:12:02 GMT -6
Nnanna needs to become an animal. Needs to stop being a wuss in the post. He could be Trevor Mbakwe 2.0 if he would man up. Yes he works hard but my god he has the hand eye coordination of a blind man
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Post by Admin on Jan 9, 2014 17:32:37 GMT -6
I agree I would love to see more out of him, but you usually bench players for lack of effort, we are much better defensively with him out there than Mav or Colbert right now
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Post by illinifan1 on Jan 9, 2014 18:41:23 GMT -6
I think maverick could beat nnanna 1 on 1 in the post
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Post by Admin on Jan 9, 2014 18:43:22 GMT -6
I respectfully disagree. There is a reason that Nnanna is starting and Mav is playing 7 minutes/game
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