13th&Jackson

No I didn’t. Read IUFLA’s post that I responded to

I don’t think fans had anything to do with it

A couple obvious things. We pressured the perimeter and made it much more difficult for the opponents to run their offense. The IL game looked like the UNC game in that regard. They stopped over helping which led to wide open shooters

DeCoursey said it’s almost beyond explanation that the same core group of players who allowed 90ppg over three games put in the defensive performances against WI and IL just a few days later

Not even a double-double

Hoosiers jumped from 32 to 23 in NET. IL fell from 23 to 32. Swapped spots. Road wins are huge with the NET as are home losses. IU has the third highest NET ranking in the B1G after PU and Rutgers.

Yeah, Gallo was especially bad about picking up his dribble in the corner as soon as he crossed half court.

I really like this one: Like many of you, the lack of double teaming or even trying a few hard fouls on TJ-D was beyond belief. I seem to recall when Kofi was unstoppable one-on-one, our opponents would triple team him and hack him to death. EVERY OPPONENT. Yes TJ-D is a top flight passer and free throw shooter, but it is possible to rattle him. Even him. Time and again TJ-D would spin by Dain and everybody else, ESPECIALLY Hawkins, would back off like they were afraid of getting electrocuted by Trayce's super powers. Bad coaching (no adjustment) and soft (apparently impossible to embarrass or piss off) players on the court.

It was great when Jason Benetti asked Bardo what Illinois should be doing against TJD: Bardo "SOMEthing different"

TJD, with honorable mention to Brad Underwood

Great win. Tremendous defensive effort. TJD was playing the game with a joystick. He’s looked healthy the past two games. Starting to see some chemistry with Geronimo. Game slowing down for JHS. Hope the wrist is OK. This win puts us back in the hunt. Need to hold serve on Sunday. No way Izzo lets the game be that easy for TJD, but MSU doesn’t have their typical inside game. We’ll need more than 3-9 from three, though. Need to work on the press, not dribbling into traffic and reduce the fouls. MSU won’t shoot 9-23 on FTs (shocking stat)

The Hoosiers are going to have to win an upset on the road to offset the home loss to NW. Lose tonight and it will be really tough to climb into the upper half of the B1G. It won’t help to just win the games that the teams ahead will also likely win.

I’ll be watching for the white smoke from the Vatican

A guy who usually did more with less

When I was at IU, the only time anyone went to Illinois was to buy pure grain alcohol for a hairy buffalo party. It was always the guy with the fastest car.

Illinois is on the top of someone’s vacation list?

Probably, but the challenge will be building a tournament resume in a weak conference. 8 B1G teams are 40+ in the NET. Losses to those teams, home or away, will be punitive. We already have losses to two - NW & PSU. WI is #65, NE #88. Those home wins were critical only because losses would be fatal, but they don’t move the needle. We’ll need to get multiple road wins and hold serve at home. We are 1-5 in quad 1 games, with only 3 future home games currently being quad 1 (PU, IL, OSU). OSU not likely to stay there. We could be playing at MI (currently #75) as a quad 2 game!

10-10 probably won’t get in. Road wins will be critical

Lost 5 of 6

Somehow OSU is 24 in NET. They are on track to lose their 5th straight at NE. Only quality win was home against Rutgers in a game they really lost

ILL only loss at home against PSU. IU 1-4 on the road, with only win at Xavier with full roster.

Beat me to it. WI is full of “ice holes”