I'm probably the only one......but I still think Georges blowing a kiss in Carver 7 years ago is what sticks in their craw.
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I'm probably the only one......but I still think Georges blowing a kiss in Carver 7 years ago is what sticks in their craw.
Can you imagine a TJ-coached team "not ready" for Iowa's press? Not saying we'll break it every possession, but, really?
I think the concern is that ISU didn’t handle the press well vs Creighton, and Iowa gave Purdue a lot of fits with their press. Having both on film is great and TJ should have them ready to go.
when Memphis and Xavier pressed it seemed Hunter and actually Jaz were the best at helping break it. When Hunter wasn’t in it was an ordeal a few times.
Can you imagine a Matt painter team not ready for the press? Can you imagine a Brad Underwood team not ready for the press? We just saw it twice.
Listen I love TJ. He's doing a great job. Right now I don't think he's astronomically better than Underwood and Painter. They struggled mightily against the Iowa press. We struggled against the press against Creighton. Iowa's press is clearly quite good. That's the point.
He was in the portal, and was thought to be going to Kentucky (I think), and then must have decided to stay.
I agree. With Hunter in, I see the press as more of an opportunity than anything else.
It has nothing to do with TJ and what he's doing.
Painter and Underwood teams tend to be erratic and it wasn't surprising to see Illinois get multiple 10 second calls last night.
ISU will struggle as well. Iowa's length out front will be a problem.
It's a solid press with good length but Illinois didn't do a great job with it. The first half they tried just having one guy basically dribble it across and that's when they struggled. When they passed they broke it. They also never attacked after breaking it. They kept pulling it out to burn clock
Hunter actually struggled quite a bit when Xavier and Memphis pressed us. The announcers chalked it up to being a freshman and that eventually he’d figure it out.
He also broke it for some easy buckets. Depends what they are trying to accomplish, I suppose, but it seemed like sometimes we tried to make them pay, and sometimes we just tried to advance it.
