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I believe X said in an interview he’ll back by the end of February. Didn’t give any other details though

One benefit of the Geronimo-Hauser matchup is on the offensive end, specifically the glass. Good opportunity for some offensive rebounds there IMO.

To be fair, the players themselves made comments about not listening/following the game plan. The three game stretch we had was brutal, nobody is gonna debate that. The past 2 games have been excellent all around (players and staff). The staff created excellent game plans and the players executed it. In my opinion, there should be equal blame on staff and players for the losses and equal praise for the past two performances. Regardless of how it got done, just keep on winning.

I’ll admit I didn’t like the timeout. Felt like a waste of one less than 2 minutes in the game. But hey, we went on a 12-0 run and never looked back, so I’ll gladly eat crow.

Illinois is displaying exactly why you don’t play TJD straight up in the post.

Uh oh Underwear lost his jacket

You (or maybe someone else) mentioned the play out of the timeout that got gallo an open layup from the curl off the double screen. I’d like to see an action like that to free up a 3 for Miller.

I must’ve missed that. I was wondering why gallo wasn’t out there

Unfortunately won’t be able to watch the beginning of the game, so I’ll try to tune into Fisch until I get home. Looking forward to this game and a win would be huge here.

If you didn’t watch that Seton Hall UCONN game, you missed a great one

I’d play defense on us the way other team would. Double TJD because he tends to struggle with that, and let anyone not named Kopp shoot a three. IU isn’t gonna beat many teams in a 3 point contest. If you can keep us out of the lane your chances of winning go up considerably.

I agree. That’s about the perfect utilization of him, in my opinion. In addition to any open shots he may happen into like yesterday.

Ok, I wasn’t trying to make a smart comment, just wanted to clarify. I agree Kopp’s efficiency would go down if we ran more offense through him, that’s a no-brainer. I would like to see him get more than 2 shot attempts a game though. He’s not serving us much purpose if he just stands in the corner 90% of the possessions. He also doesn’t need to be shooting 13 attempts a game like Essegian did yesterday. I don’t think anybody is clamoring for that to happen.

Are you trying to say Kopp wouldn’t be efficient if we tried to run offense through him?

Fair point. He had some questionable shots in the first half but settled down in the second half and played very mature basketball.

Several options… I went with JHS because his midrange shot really opened up our offense. We started pulling away when we hit some shots.

I’ve never seen so many screens called as defensive fouls in a game before

3 & 1C combined. Causing displeasure relating to an attempt to score.

That was like 6 seconds but I’ll take forcing a timeout

If crowl is gonna make 3s on us it’ll be a long day

You can always record it and we’ll let you know whether you should delete it or not lol

This is a really good watch. Unfortunately, Purdue is a prime example of this video (deservedly so). I’ve noticed the past few years they’ve had very good motion on offense and this video picks out a couple reasons why. Many of us have noticed our poor offense and how it lacks motion (aside from the weave that delays our offense at the beginning of possessions). Notice how shooters are able to get open looks in this offensive scheme? Their Miller Kopp’s aren’t just standing in the corner waiting for an open look. I don’t claim to know more than CMW or anyone on his staff, but it certainly feels like we could benefit from implementing some of this action.

When did this happen?

This is sad because it’s true… I’m just looking for any reason to be optimistic about this team going forward.

Glad I had other plans tonight…