today was encouraging , today we proved can play with anyone, very hostile environment , big 10 refs , not ready to give up on the season yet
we are not that bad
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We could have won today if we didn’t miss about 10 shots from 4 feet. We seemed intimidated at the rim.
Hostile environment? There wasn’t any fans in the stands. If there would have been, IU would have lost by 20.
And that's why we are that bad. We. Can't. Shoot.
Every game will be a struggle--yes, we might win a few where we have an uncharacteristic night where we actually do hit the broad side of a barn. But this is what our team is (and really has been since Arch took over).
So, yeah, we are that bad. And it could get worse.
Sadly that's what IU fans hopes have been reduced to , "but we could have won"!
SMH
I realize Rob is a good kid, but there’s a reason Painter backed away from him out of high school. He’s very limited and needs to see the floor less.
We play hard and play good defense but we are offensively challenged
this team misses playing the 5 or 6 shit teams we normally play in the preseason, we will probably end up with a 2 games above 500 record , hope the selection committee values our schedule
we are not that bad
We're not that good either.
We're not that good either.
I agree! Missed a few at close range and then you have to consider tjd sitting in the second half. Armaan losing one off his knee was two for Illinois and the 3 tossed in by dosunmu as the time clock expired... that’s 5 points there.
Not happy that IU lost, but I was expecting a blowout. There was some good from this game, but down the stretch was brutal. IU needs that alpha player that the illini had. IU shot 39.7 from 2; 38.9 from 3 & 77.8 from the line. Archie experimented with the line ups and still needs to continue tweaking. RP & AD should NOT be on the floor at the same time. HOPEFULLY, IU builds on this and continues to improve, rather than retorting to the no shows we have seen in the past.
I don’t see many wins left on schedule from what I have seen from this team. We have to many guys that play a ton of minutes and have zero production.
There was definitely some good in this game. I appreciate him giving some guys more time. Gotta get in the game to see some things on film. Let’s get back to 2-2 next week. I’m doubting tjd is as limited against psu and maryland as he was today.
Baylor is the only other team to hold Illinois to under 70 points (also 69). Archie being the best young defensive coach in college basketball is what carries me through,
MP backed away from RP.Miller went hard for TK but was behind the curve for months. Kaufman didn’t want to be a low post, back to the basket clone of TJD.
see me in 5 years, coper jacoby will be in the the nba from that silver creek team
He must have fallen for FS1’s fake crowd noise.I agree on the hostile environment. The 41 fans really had the place rocking
If we play like that every game, we will win more than we lose going forward. Let's win the next two and go from there
The coach need to change ASAP, although I don't see that happening before 2022.
Not going to win many scoring 60 points
Slow down on that..
He's a nice high school player..
Probably pretty good in college..
But he's such a inbewetener...Tons of guys like him across America...
I wish him well..
And I have seen seen multiple times..
Our shooting isn’t what got us. They had more attempts at the stripe and out rebounded us. We held them to their worst shooting of the season. We missed a ton of easy shots in the paint. We are now starting to find some range with Franklin.
BS. If we play like that we will go 7-13. We needed to play quite a bit better to win that game, and ILL is probably the 5th-7th best team in this conference..
Our shooting is why we lost to NW, and it was worse today. And it's been a problem all year.
I'm not displeased with our defense.
What “shooting” are you talking about? If it’s in the paint then yes. The three point shooting was consistent. We his 35% which is pretty average. That’s all you can ask.
Disagree. Wisc/ Illinois/ Iowa are the three best this year. Illinois has two guys that will go in next year's draft. We don't have one.
They might be but they have that streaky firepower that will win and blow up on some teams.
Rutgers NW Minnesota Ohio State or MSU would not surprise me if they were better than Ill, and I bet 2 of them will be. Conference is loaded. Rutgers just beat ILL.
39% from 3..... good.
40% overall.... not so good.
Cockburn made everything really difficult for TJD. TJD's lack of shooting range is a killer in a matchup like that, and why it's pretty clear he'll be returning next season.
Hell I forgot about MI, I love Juwan way more than most and they haven't lost. Haven't really watched them yet
