Honestly a bit skeptical that the proper strategy, for a team that doesn’t press that much and doesn’t play at a high tempo, is to play a completely different game just because the opponent only has 7 players available.
I see what you’re saying but the game was close the whole time. Pike had a game plan going in, nothing ever happened that would’ve made him think he needed to deviate from it.
Totally disagree .
If we pressured the ball and denied zero it doesn’t come down to that imo.
Teams get hot and cold shooting. That's the nature of the game. But what separates the top teams is the inside presence. Illinois has Kofi. Cliff is only a sophomore and will get better with time. But the inability to hit those layups is a major liability. That was a big factor in todays loss.
That’s not how anything works, games are not played 4 on 4, and you’ve completely ignored that indisputable fact that Willis was much further above his expected points on the shots he took than Baker was.
What was it? Wait for Geo to get hot. What was the game plan for the first 10 min?
You are mostly correct as the failure to press allowed Willis and Loewe
You are making valid points but you fail to give the other team especially Willis and Loewe credit as they combined for 51-68 points and shot 11-17 and 8-14. Most were with less than 5 seconds on the shot clock. Pike gambled that 2 guys playing 40 minutes each would not continue to hit shots . Whereas I would have pressed them to tire them out and have them lose their legs but his strategy did not anticipate that they would execute their half court possessions almost perfectly all day. Maybe he thought his defense was finally going to show up like he has seen it before. Minnesota threaded the needle today which makes Pike ‘s game plan questioned but he doubted they would play as perfectly as they did.
Obviously I was joking about the game plan. But the punchline here is that game plan sucked. It might be better to admit we had no game plan. Super surprised Pike didn’t work in Palmquist today. LOL
Should have pushed tempo the whole game against their 2-3 zone they only looked for 3 pt shots
THIS IS IRRELEVANT.
Yes, he really needs to get it together with regards to finishing inside (non dunks).
I was right though.
Please. You're deep in the running for worst poster on this board. If you increase your volume, I think you can get there. I have faith!
I mean I explained to the guy multiple times where I'm coming from here. Geo had a ton of open looks. The other guy made a bunch of difficult shots. I think (know, actually) that Geo was a lot closer to his expectation, given the shots he had, than Willis was.
