Illinois 112, Eastern Illinois 67 Postgame

#151      
Bucktown
illini011923 said:
First impressions on Will Riley are mixed. More positive seeing how smooth of shooter and doesn't seem to let defense mess up his shot once he decides to shoot. My one concern is that he doesn't have that downhill burst a TSJ had and seems kind loose with his dribble. Very small sample size so I have to see more and against better competition. I am worried his speed could be trouble against a physical big ten defender that will press the issue and not give him that space he needs to create.

With that said you see a lot players in basketball especially in the NBA who aren't lightning fast and still can't be stopped offensively. Such as Luka who moves a much slower pace but is effective at getting to his spots. Not saying Riley is Luka by any means but if Riley is able to use his length and pace to move off defenders and get to his spots he will be a very very hard to stop. He has a great pull mid range shot. If he can consistently hit that shot and then look for either a cutter or corner shooter off of it would make him that much better of an offensive player.

Excited to see how he looks throughout the non conference against all different levels of competition and if he can even just shoot 50% from 3 this team will be very hard to stop
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I am not sure anybody has the 'downhill burst' like TSJ.
 
#152      
phats22
Goillinikobd said:
Now for something completely different

I tuned in 3 game minutes late and kept wondering who Genesis was. Eventually I figured she was an Illini WBB player. She did a god job, especially compared to the yahoo from a few years ago who yelled something memorable bug irritating (Schmack) every time we hit a three.

It was a great idea to bring in a member of our WBB team to do color, but I wish that every time they showed the two on screen, they would have a caption with their names also onscreen.

Now do the same for a WBB game with a MBB doing colors.

Overall it was a decent student produced broadcast,
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thus says the good book
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#156      
OB positive
illini011923 said:
First impressions on Will Riley are mixed. More positive seeing how smooth of shooter and doesn't seem to let defense mess up his shot once he decides to shoot. My one concern is that he doesn't have that downhill burst a TSJ had and seems kind loose with his dribble. Very small sample size so I have to see more and against better competition. I am worried his speed could be trouble against a physical big ten defender that will press the issue and not give him that space he needs to create.

With that said you see a lot players in basketball especially in the NBA who aren't lightning fast and still can't be stopped offensively. Such as Luka who moves a much slower pace but is effective at getting to his spots. Not saying Riley is Luka by any means but if Riley is able to use his length and pace to move off defenders and get to his spots he will be a very very hard to stop. He has a great pull mid range shot. If he can consistently hit that shot and then look for either a cutter or corner shooter off of it would make him that much better of an offensive player.

Excited to see how he looks throughout the non conference against all different levels of competition and if he can even just shoot 50% from 3 this team will be very hard to stop
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Riley may not have the downhill burst of TSJ but who does. He is taller, smoother and can stop and pull up for a jumper about anywhere. TSJ did not have that in his arsenal or he just didn't think to do it very often. Probably because he could blow by 90% of the defenders at will and score or get to the foul line. As a lot of people say on here, Riley is a bucket.
 
#157      
Ga65
KJā€™s defense seemed reasonable to me but I hate to see any point guard out front dribbling the ball for any time. Wasnā€™t as bad as last game but donā€™t know if it is result of teammates not in position or him trying to break down his own man. It will result in turnovers against strong defenses. There was some impressive passing in the game but some cross court will not work against faster, longer defenses.
 
#158      
Bigtex
illini011923 said:
First impressions on Will Riley are mixed. More positive seeing how smooth of shooter and doesn't seem to let defense mess up his shot once he decides to shoot. My one concern is that he doesn't have that downhill burst a TSJ had and seems kind loose with his dribble. Very small sample size so I have to see more and against better competition. I am worried his speed could be trouble against a physical big ten defender that will press the issue and not give him that space he needs to create.

With that said you see a lot players in basketball especially in the NBA who aren't lightning fast and still can't be stopped offensively. Such as Luka who moves a much slower pace but is effective at getting to his spots. Not saying Riley is Luka by any means but if Riley is able to use his length and pace to move off defenders and get to his spots he will be a very very hard to stop. He has a great pull mid range shot. If he can consistently hit that shot and then look for either a cutter or corner shooter off of it would make him that much better of an offensive player.

Excited to see how he looks throughout the non conference against all different levels of competition and if he can even just shoot 50% from 3 this team will be very hard to stop
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You are comparing 6' 8" or 6' 9" 18 yo to an all American 5 year senior. Majority of guys trying to guard Riley will be more physically like Luka than built like Shannon.
 
#160      
1m4tr
illini011923 said:
First impressions on Will Riley are mixed. More positive seeing how smooth of shooter and doesn't seem to let defense mess up his shot once he decides to shoot. My one concern is that he doesn't have that downhill burst a TSJ had and seems kind loose with his dribble. Very small sample size so I have to see more and against better competition. I am worried his speed could be trouble against a physical big ten defender that will press the issue and not give him that space he needs to create.

With that said you see a lot players in basketball especially in the NBA who aren't lightning fast and still can't be stopped offensively. Such as Luka who moves a much slower pace but is effective at getting to his spots. Not saying Riley is Luka by any means but if Riley is able to use his length and pace to move off defenders and get to his spots he will be a very very hard to stop. He has a great pull mid range shot. If he can consistently hit that shot and then look for either a cutter or corner shooter off of it would make him that much better of an offensive player.

Excited to see how he looks throughout the non conference against all different levels of competition and if he can even just shoot 50% from 3 this team will be very hard to stop
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Wait you want or have an expectation that he could shoot 50% from 3? Or did you mean 50% from the field overall? Iā€™ll let you clarify before I comment.
 
#171      
illini011923
1m4tr said:
Wait you want or have an expectation that he could shoot 50% from 3? Or did you mean 50% from the field overall? Iā€™ll let you clarify before I comment.
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I was meaning from the field , and by no means expectation. But if he gets to his spots and keeps showing the confidence he had in his jumper he could be 50%+ from the field with how smooth his jumper and offense looked

BUT in a perfect world shooting over 50% from 3 would be better lol
 
#172      
chudaman
illini011923 said:
I was meaning from the field , and by no means expectation. But if he gets to his spots and keeps showing the confidence he had in his jumper he could be 50%+ from the field with how smooth his jumper and offense looked

BUT in a perfect world shooting over 50% from 3 would be better lol
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easy to be confident when the guy guarding you is 6 inches shorter
 
#173      
Illinirog70
Watched the whole game this afternoon. Boy, are we WEAK on defense! That high ball screen ate our lunch.... and we struggled to stop the dribble drive.

That was against a weak mid-major. We're going to struggle against major competition. Hope we see some improvement on Friday. Johnson was fairly effective, but he's only a freshman. Love his nose for the rebound. Needs to become a wall on defense. Ivicic is NOT.
 
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