Whole atmosphere and feel and flow of the game changed on no call on Coleman Hawkins pass to himself
Game turned on one play
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Please...Rutgers was not winning this game
There were tons of plays but the horrific hole this team dug based on zero offensive gameplan set it in motion
There were tons of plays but the horrific hole this team dug based on zero offensive gameplan set it in motion
Can’t say i agree at all
Offensive game plan and the difference in guard play was really somethin
Offensive game plan and the difference in guard play was really somethin
If you lay down after one tough call you are mentally not ready for this level of play
Nah. It turned after GG hit an early'ish 3 in the 2nd half. The went on a 16-2 run thereafter.
Something clicked off.
Maybe it was the 4th on Wolf.
But they folded precipitously and the play i felt it with was that Hawkins play.
Exactly. We were down 4 or 5 at half but anyone who watched knew there is a huge difference between these two teams. We play them 10 times and lose all 10.
Game turned on 20+ plays where we got out-rebounded, out-talented, out-hustled, out-executed, etc etc
OP = puhleeaaze
REALLY? A 30 point beat down was because of one play?
55 - 27 on rebounds, those 30 rebounds Illinois got from us were all on 1 play? Wow thats impressive
Illinois is good but we’re not really a top half of B1G team this year. I can see inconsistent shooting will be a problem, poor rebounding (saw that even in our OOC games), continued poor foul shooting. Griffiths PT will depend on his defense and if he shows some offensive life which he failed at both today.
I don’t know what game you were watching, but Illinois was the better team all game long, and by a very large margin in the second half.
And if the ball wasn’t touched by an RU player on that play when it looked like Hawkins passed to himself, then we should’ve defended better and prevented the basket anyway.
OP with ridiculous take
You are joking right? The only reason they didn’t win by 40 is all the balls they threw away on wild cross court passes or trying to make interior passes in the paint like they were the 80s Celtics. Other than that, they completely dominated us.
We got completely dominated today.
With that said there were 3-4 absolutely atrocious calls today that went against us.
With that said there were 3-4 absolutely atrocious calls today that went against us.
C'mon, that's just wrong, plus the ball was tipped as far as I could see, alhough I haven't seen a replay. Illinios is simply a much better team - that's why we lost.
If I were Pike, I’d use some clips from the second half of the game to illustrate a great combination of player and ball movement on O. Illinois was conducting a tutorial. Much as I disliked that it was us taking the beating, I had to admire the excellence on display.
Talent and size to start with, and a dismal all-around performance by us. And Griffiths not out on the court. Everyone on Rutgers got abused playing defense.
Tonight, they did. Hopefully our guys get better and better as the season progresses.
agree and i will say its an indictment of recruiting the past few years
Too many complimentary players
agree and i will say its an indictment of recruiting the past few years
Too many complimentary players
Not what i meant to imply. I was referring to the fact we had somewhat effective effort before and lacked it after.
The outcome was hardly in doubt.
Game changed when we tried feeding the ball into Cliff on first possession.
Coaching was also far better.Illinois runs a half court offense that is impressive to watch because of execution of basic fundamentals like passing ,dribbling and player movement without the ball. In contrast Rutgers half court offense consists of passes to Cliff that results in missed shots because he hasn't learned how to bank the ball into the basket.The small guards can't make layups or create and make jump shots off the dribble.Its really a bad version of playground basketball without the talented players to make shots.
Their guards are physical and big and can get in the lane. That’s what starts the opportunity to move the ball. Our guards couldn’t penetrate and weren’t physical enough. Coaching kept this within 20 points imo.
Most of their layups looked uncontested while ours were 6’ guards driving into double and triple teams of trees
The only reason it was within 20 was because they made a lot of wild high risk cross court and interior passes where they just threw the ball away. If they had cleaned that up, they would have beaten us by 40.
