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SIU has pissed away the past two minutes and we have nothing to show for it.
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Just now, BigMouthBilliken said:
Is he capable of doing that?
Don’t know. Not optimistic though.
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Hopefully Ford realizes that he needs to completely change the offense. When our defense goes from great to merely good, we are in dire straits. Can’t win games when every possession resembles a root canal.
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1 minute ago, billikenbill said:
Another bad foul by Gordon on the hedge. Ridiculous.
Absolutely abysmal defense. Easy call for the ref on a play that wasn’t at all threatening.
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Is this Goodwin’s first game without a mask?
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Just now, RiseAndGrind said:
Dion Wiley on crutches is not good
It’s not. BUT (just to give some room for optimism) I remember back when I was a student and Willie Reed was using crutches the day before a game once, and then played like his normal self once the game came around. Apparently he’d turned it in practice and part of the recovery was just to remove any weight whatsoever so that he could play ASAP. Fingers crossed that Wiley just turned or tweaked something... but I honestly doubt we see him for a while.
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What a great effort. We held them to 28% from the floor, 17% from three! Absolutely insane defensive efficiency.
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Playing with the sustained defensive intensity and ability we showed at the end of that half will keep us in every game. Outstanding effort.
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We don’t look great so far. Have to rebound better and the offense has been stagnant. A few good post-ups, but nothing else. Two possessions that ended with French holding the ball as the shot clock wound down is not what you want.
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18 minutes ago, WVBilliken said:
He was REALLY skinny in HS, not a college ready body which may have been a factor in his rating. The more recent photos look like he has really filled out nicely. And the sites I saw had him at 6'5" as a HS senior. So appears he put on height & weight. Pretty much a different player size wise.
And extended that midrange game beyond the arc, it seems. Great get for Ford and #teamblue.
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Driving home from out of town today so I could only listen on the radio, but it sounded like maybe our best overall game yet. Need to reduce turnovers, but our offense really clicked for some nice bursts, which we haven’t yet seen. Usually every possession is a grind, but that wasn’t quite the case today - plenty of room for improvement, but maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Gordon, Goodwin, and Bess all had big games. Nice to see Isabell put up 13 on only 9 shots. If we have 4-5 fewer turnovers, this is a 20pt blowout, and we had about that many very correctable turnovers. Played smarter with fouls than we had the last two games. Overall, I think this is a decent win for us, with plenty of learning opportunities to be had.
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5 minutes ago, slu72 said:
Next year looking like;
PG: JGood, Collins
2: Thatch, Jacobs, Ingvi
3: Perkins, Jimmerson, Hargrove, Hankton
4: French
5: Gordon
2 opens - Big and another PF ?
With the size of our 3's could see Hankton and Hargrove getting minutes at the 4. But we do need some inside depth. A GT and a late bloomer. In any event a lot of talent w/ this list. Leads me to think one or possibly 2 players look to transfer.
I wonder if Ford is looking at our team this year wishing he had better shooting out of our bigs, realizing we’ve looked pretty good with Bess at the 4, and thinking that Hankton/Hargrove combining to back that spot up might not be a bad idea next year. Still want another true big, but if those swingmen can hold their own in the paint on defense, it really could open things up for offensively.
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1 minute ago, kshoe said:
He had a strong first half. Different second half when Isabell was back. Gotta figure out that relationship...
The weird thing is most of his points in the first half came off of rebounds or cuts, things he can do regardless of who brings the ball up the floor. Goodwin has to be consistently aggressive if we’re going to dance this year and so far it hasn’t happened, except for the first half today.
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7 minutes ago, HoosierPal said:
What you say is very likely true, but isn't Coach also attempting to turn Goodwin into the next Marcus Smart?
Honestly Smart is an undersized bulldog of an off-guard in the NBA. He’s never been a ball dominant player at that level. Goodwin needs to improve his shooting to make it to the NBA. His ball-handling and passing are way closer to being good enough.
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52 minutes ago, Littlebill said:
Ok nerd
Guilty
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3 hours ago, TheA_Bomb said:
Nebraska is magna Laude tier
SHU is Summa Laude tier
SLU is GED tier right now
Magna laude = final 4
Summa laude = sweet 16 to great 8
GED = CBI or sunbelt conference champion
However my model takes 32 games to give good data.
Chicken bones say SLU by 14!
Summa > magna
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Jon-Axel Gudmundsson goes for 33 as Davidson wins 57-53.
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1 minute ago, billikenfan05 said:
Cool then we can watch Isabell sulk in the corner.
4 minutes ago, Glorydays2013 said:Goodwin as the 1, TI as the 2
Honestly this might be the solution. Isabell has said that he’s adjusting to playing the point, while Goodwin clearly needs the ball in his hands more often. I feel like Travis has to realize that Isabell needs to focus on scoring, not running an offense. Let Goodwin handle that.
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1 hour ago, cgeldmacher said:
I disagree that Bess cannot create for himself. He had several baskets where he made one quick move and then pulled up for a jumper that went in. It's just hard to do that when Isabell gets the ball, decides to drive, and throws the ball up. If the ball doesn't end up in Bess's hands, he can't shoot it. Often, when the ball did end up in his hands, he was loyal to the play that Ford was running and dished it off accordingly. So far, that's not happening with Isabell. I just think that when there's 10 seconds on the shot clock, Ford should give instructions that Bess gets the ball.
Goodwin can definitely get you points, but his jump shot is not there right now. I want Goodwin to stick to his game, slashing to the basket to score and getting rebounds that he puts back in, until the shot comes around.
But those shots from Bess all came within the flow of the offense or in transition. The difference between Isabell/Goodwin vs Bess is that the former can pretty consistently beat their defender off the dribble against a set defense. Bess is great at finding the holes when we get the defense rotating, but with 5 seconds left after our set play has failed, I have to agree that Goodwin/Isabell seem better candidates to make something happen. With Bess’s newfound stroke from deep I would like to see him get a few more opportunities in the pick’n’roll, as defenders now need to play him over the top.
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1 hour ago, Glorydays2013 said:
DJ earned a starting spot over Gordon
Overreact much?
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20 minutes ago, PinkMaleBillikensJersey said:
You also struggle to maintain possession when you can't control the ball at your feet, especially in tight spaces. Keep the ball moving. But that's really irrelevant. If we finish, we win the game. That's all there is to it.
It’s wayyyy easier to control the ball at your feet on the dribble in poor conditions vs sending and receiving accurate passes along the ground. Still not ideal, but the fall off isn’t as dramatic. Need to move the ball around regardless of conditions. Just more long switches and crosses on a poor field vs short passes.
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6 minutes ago, PinkMaleBillikensJersey said:
I just don't understand how playing the ball on the ground into space is LESS effective the dribbling into a triple team on a bad field. I may not have ever played college soccer, but I played enough to understand how hard it is too keep the ball at your feet in tight spaces on a torn up field. I'm excited for Kalish too. The play has been much improved and I think he will do well with his connections to Gallagher, but I'm not going to sugarcoat and make excuses for a loss in the postseason in a game we should've win.
A pass on the ground when the field is unpredictable puts the offensive player receiving the ball on equal footing with the defender - guessing where the ball will go next. Throughballs can still work but you’re going to struggle to maintain possession on a sloppy surface it you’re trying to pass around the defense.
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8 minutes ago, PinkMaleBillikensJersey said:
You've missed my point entirely. If you're playing on a torn up field, it's significantly harder to keep the ball at your feet because a bad bounce could dispossess you. And if we had any finishing ability on wide-open chances, we would have won in regulation.
On a bad field, passing along the ground doesn’t work. Instead you take advantage of slips and poor footing by being as direct as possible, both with long balls through the air and by attempting more dribbles. The poor footing affects defenders more due to the fact that they have to react, whereas the offensive player presumably knows where s/he is going.
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5 hours ago, Old guy said:
Isabell's issues are not limited to his poor defense effort, in the last exhibition game he was credited with 7 or 8 (cannot remember exactly) TOs out of a total of 18, too many by anyone's count. On the good side he is a good scorer, will be defended heavily opening up other players, and makes a lot of assists. Ford will have to deal with him in a way that he maximizes the good and minimizes the bad he brings into our game.
Neither of these stats are accurate. Our team had 24 turnovers and Isabell had 4.
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Honestly an embarrassing game. Lots to think about for Ford and Co.