1/ Front Court - Collin Hartman, Holt and Hoetzel are small for their positions but they do have some advantages. Hartman has shown the ability to make plays and he can hit the 3 ball. If can get a little more consistent with his shooting and continue with hustle plays defensively and passing the ball to open guys, this can minimize the loss of Hanner a bit. Hoetzel is now going to get extra minutes and he needs to crash the boards and also improve his shooting as he might get more opportunities to knock down outside shots. Holt needs to just get more consistent on his efforts. He has the quickness to really run the floor and play pretty good defense at times but needs to consistently play better defensively and rebound and block is man out for defensive rebounds.
2/ Yogi, Blackmon and RJ need to move the ball offensively, drive the lane and make plays.. If they can just hit their 3s when open with their normal accuracy, we will continue to be the leader in the BT in 3s and 3 point percentage and hopefully that wil go a long way. Defensively, all three must communicate better to stay in front of their man and not allow penetration into the lanes so much. Defensively, we need to force Illinois to take challenged shots from outside by denying the passes to their Big man for easy buckets inside.
3/ Troy Williams has got to be the main man for us to maximize the team's capabilities. He needs to consistently score double digits, 6-10 rebounds and make plays to others from his drives. He needs to play like he did in the Ohio St game and Penn St all the time.
4/ Yogi needs to be aggressive in finding the open man and moving off screens to get open shots. If Yogi has a great game, we will always be in the hunt. he cannot start trying to take over the game by himself though which sometimes gets him in trouble. With shooters like RJ and Blackmon, Yogi needs to find them a little more often. Like to see his assists numbers go up a bit.
Sure I haven't covered everything but I am getting psyched for the game to begin. Go Hoosiers. Illinois and Indiana each have 86 wins. We need to continue our edge in this series and this would be a huge road win.
2/ Yogi, Blackmon and RJ need to move the ball offensively, drive the lane and make plays.. If they can just hit their 3s when open with their normal accuracy, we will continue to be the leader in the BT in 3s and 3 point percentage and hopefully that wil go a long way. Defensively, all three must communicate better to stay in front of their man and not allow penetration into the lanes so much. Defensively, we need to force Illinois to take challenged shots from outside by denying the passes to their Big man for easy buckets inside.
3/ Troy Williams has got to be the main man for us to maximize the team's capabilities. He needs to consistently score double digits, 6-10 rebounds and make plays to others from his drives. He needs to play like he did in the Ohio St game and Penn St all the time.
4/ Yogi needs to be aggressive in finding the open man and moving off screens to get open shots. If Yogi has a great game, we will always be in the hunt. he cannot start trying to take over the game by himself though which sometimes gets him in trouble. With shooters like RJ and Blackmon, Yogi needs to find them a little more often. Like to see his assists numbers go up a bit.
Sure I haven't covered everything but I am getting psyched for the game to begin. Go Hoosiers. Illinois and Indiana each have 86 wins. We need to continue our edge in this series and this would be a huge road win.
