January 3, 201511 yr It is really too bad Starks and Cosby somehow forgot to shoot this year. With the way Rice, Nunn and Hill have shot from 3 this team would be great from downtown if those guys were shooting like they had their entire careers.
January 3, 201511 yr Michigan is better at scoring for the other team. How did they beat illinois? Awful.
January 3, 201511 yr Setting up for a classic "miss 10 jumpshots in a row and go scoreless for 8 minutes as they take the lead and win" game.
January 3, 201511 yr QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 03:12 PM) Setting up for a classic "miss 10 jumpshots in a row and go scoreless for 8 minutes as they take the lead and win" game. Yup. Setting up the same as all of the Illini losses this year. Keep it close for 30 minutes and then just lose composure in the last 10 minutes and lose. Very little leadership on this team.
January 3, 201511 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 04:06 PM) Michigan is better at scoring for the other team. How did they beat illinois? Awful. Dawkins hit more 3s than he probably will the rest of the season combined.
January 3, 201511 yr Dakich is ruining the refs today. Love it. Edited January 3, 201511 yr by Buehrle>Wood
January 3, 201511 yr Can they really change a call like that? I assumed they were checking for the elbow.
January 3, 201511 yr QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 04:42 PM) Can they really change a call like that? I assumed they were checking for the elbow. They were checking for an elbow. They can't overturn a foul call. I wish they could call technicals for flops though. And I also love that the refs just called a travel on Starks when the ball was clearly tipped out of his hand and then ignored Russell's obvious travel on the other end.
January 3, 201511 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 03:59 PM) Horrendous 2nd half performance yet again. The PG play is just horrendous. It's sick that Tate has to be out there because a senior Starks isn't any better.
January 3, 201511 yr Just consistently awful on defense. No communication at all. Tate and Starks are both f***ing awful.
January 3, 201511 yr Well, Illini will miss the tourney again. Groce is in a position where just making the tourney next season might not save his job. Groce isn't getting the Xs and Os perfect, but this team just doesn't have enough good players on it. You have no decent true guard - both point guards are terrible and Cosby is worse. Nunn is okay but has reduced his offensive game to spot-up jump shooting. Egwu is still marginal, LeRon Black isn't mentally ready for this pace of play, and Maverick Morgan is awful. Hill looks like he's going to be great but he doesn't know how to assert himself in the offense. He's probably suffering from the PG play as well.
January 3, 201511 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 04:08 PM) Just consistently awful on defense. No communication at all. Tate and Starks are both f***ing awful. The Illini went from being one of the best defensive teams last year down the stretch to just awful this year. The only difference in the starting 5? PG.
January 3, 201511 yr Also, Egwu may be the worst pick and roll defender I've ever seen. He doesn't understand how to do it whatsoever. He's just going to defend the guard no matter what.
January 3, 201511 yr QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 04:11 PM) Also, Egwu may be the worst pick and roll defender I've ever seen. He doesn't understand how to do it whatsoever. He's just going to defend the guard no matter what. He is one of the dumbest players I've ever seen. My favorite was earlier in the game when he decided to come double Thompson and he just tackled him.
January 3, 201511 yr Groce's horrid decision to offer Tate a scholarship and not recruit Ulis hard is one of the all time hauntings. Up there with Weber telling Hummel he wasn't a Big 10 player.
January 3, 201511 yr QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 05:11 PM) Also, Egwu may be the worst pick and roll defender I've ever seen. He doesn't understand how to do it whatsoever. He's just going to defend the guard no matter what. That is a coaching issue at this point.
January 3, 201511 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 05:14 PM) That is a coaching issue at this point. Definitely, and he gives himself the problem of not being able to bench the guy because there's no depth. You might want to get through to him by benching him, but Maverick's going to kill you just as much by being a non-athlete
January 3, 201511 yr Please tell me what Cosby has done to get all this playing time other than making a 30-foot turnaround three in the first half
January 3, 201511 yr It is stunning how bad Cosby has been. It is to the point I'm shocked when he makes a shot.
January 3, 201511 yr QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 3, 2015 -> 04:18 PM) Please tell me what Cosby has done to get all this playing time other than making a 30-foot turnaround three in the first half Who else do you play? Nunn hasn't been good either.
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