*** Official #10 Illinois vs #4 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***
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Seems like Illinois won about every 50-50 ball. Can't have that when struggling so bad offensively.
36 is great. 26 is not. The start put us behind the eight ball. Just rushed everything. If we don’t have everyone foul out and Illinois doesn’t continue to get freak bounces, we’ve still got a good shot.
We would lose 10/10 of these games if our offense if going to play like this. Dumbass shot after dumbass shot sandwiched between some missed layups.
If our offensive game plan doesn’t change in the second half, they’ll runaway with it. Lucky to be down only 10.
If our offensive game plan doesn’t change in the second half, they’ll runaway with it. Lucky to be down only 10.
Curtis Jones kept us from getting totally blown out
Patience at both ends.
Figure out rebounding.
Maybe something to cover up the perimeter.
It's actually hard to decide which end we were more poor on.
Defensively you can at least say our free throw defense has been great. It has been a disaster otherwise.
You can't say a single positive thing about the offense. I feel like that's more expected though.
Defensively you can at least say our free throw defense has been great. It has been a disaster otherwise.
You can't say a single positive thing about the offense. I feel like that's more expected though.
Yeah. Aside from the alleged rapist, Illinois isn't demolishing us with their offense.
**** shot selection, getting out bounded is hurting.
CycloneErik
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For real. The guys who are struggling aren't going to be shut out of this forever. Only takes a couple baskets to get this team really rolling.
Challenge for the second half is that with the fouls we have accumulated (even though most were BS) we won’t be able to be as aggressive defensively. If we are aggressive we may have 4+ players foul out.
Hope we are able to get the offense going and somehow find a good balance between being aggressive on the defensive end, but not giving this awful crew a chance to call a foul on everything.
Hope we are able to get the offense going and somehow find a good balance between being aggressive on the defensive end, but not giving this awful crew a chance to call a foul on everything.
Hopefully this next half we aren’t being called for such ticky tack fouls my goodness we may not have anyone left at this rate.
You're not wrong but I'd feel better if we made at least one realistic push at any point.
I optimistically agree, but I'm frustrated. 13 to 8 in fouls, when they've been every bit as physical as us, including forearms to the throat of Lipsey at least 3 times before even receiving the ball.
This. They are getting rewarded because ISU is smaller and less athletic and fouling. ISU is being affected by the length, not a bunch of uncalled fouls.
How about getting to some loose balls and rebounding? I saw a lot of ball watching after Illinois misses.
