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We played better this season without Ayo.

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Tempotime

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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2021, 10:57:08 PM »
I should just change my name to Truth. They seem to ban the truth around here.
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2021, 10:58:15 PM »
Meh. You could just leave, too.
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2021, 11:00:20 PM »
Quote from: fucking on March 21, 2021, 10:58:15 PM
Meh. You could just leave, too.

Nah. What would the point in that be. I don’t want to be a Jobu. I want to be the guy they talk about for being banned because he ticked off tempo too much and told the truth.
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2021, 11:07:21 PM »
I know now what my username should’ve been.

Tempotantrum. He has one every 5 seconds 🤣🤣🤣
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2021, 11:11:54 PM »
That’s the reality folks. We could’ve beaten Wisconsin ten times or the Chicago Bulls.

Only thing I’m going to remember about this season is getting housed by Loyola Chicago.

But this is what happens when we’ve settled for mediocrity for 15 years.
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #20 on: March 21, 2021, 11:27:54 PM »
Let me make this real simple for everyone for why I say this. I have my reasoning.

First half of this season. Ayo, Ayo, Ayo while most everyone else stands around for Ayo to do something. Even Kofi took a backseat to him.

Ayo gets hurt. Starting 5 were or probably close to averaging double digits a game. 4-5 players every game averaging double digits. It’s not science. It’s simple math and I get it he’s good. Team good? Don’t know. Hopefully in the NBA.
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2021, 11:42:36 PM »
It really was a simple coaching fix.

Play better defense. Give the ball to Kofi every possession because they had no answer for him.

But according to the analysts. Kofi was clogging the lane too much for the guards to take contested inside shots.

Heck. Kofi probably could’ve had 50 points this game, but it is what it is. #settleformediocrity
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #22 on: March 22, 2021, 09:01:58 AM »
Quote from: Tempotime on March 21, 2021, 11:07:21 PM
I know now what my username should’ve been.

Tempotantrum. He has one every 5 seconds 🤣🤣🤣

Ok, so this is your only good post so far.
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #23 on: March 22, 2021, 09:24:27 AM »
Quote from: Judge Judy on March 22, 2021, 09:01:58 AM
Ok, so this is your only good post so far.

Why? Because I don’t sugarcoat the mediocrity like some of the rest of you do?🤣🤣🤣

Join the let’s make excuses because they were Loyola crowd. They’re still a mid major anyway you spit shine it.
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #24 on: March 22, 2021, 09:36:45 AM »
Lou Henson said, paraphrasing,  that teams often play better in the short run if their star player is sidelined. That's because the other guys are motivated to step up. It can also be a boost to team oriented play. However, the star is the star for  a reason. This generally only lasts for a couple games. We were quite a bit better with Ayo.

Lot's of reasons we lost.

Loyola was a 3 or 4 seed quality opponent that played really well. Some days, your opponent beats you.

Our guys  had been playing with a chip on their shoulder since the MSU game. They had been dissed and had something to prove. Now, they were the favorites. Different psychology.

The coaches probably knew LU-I was better than their seed, but convincing the players was another thing.

I may be wrong, but it seems like early starts favor underdogs.

Larry Scirotto.
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #25 on: March 22, 2021, 10:01:45 AM »
Quote from: illiniray on March 22, 2021, 09:36:45 AM
Lou Henson said, paraphrasing,  that teams often play better in the short run if their star player is sidelined. That's because the other guys are motivated to step up. It can also be a boost to team oriented play. However, the star is the star for  a reason. This generally only lasts for a couple games. We were quite a bit better with Ayo.

Lot's of reasons we lost.

Loyola was a 3 or 4 seed quality opponent that played really well. Some days, your opponent beats you.

Our guys  had been playing with a chip on their shoulder since the MSU game. They had been dissed and had something to prove. Now, they were the favorites. Different psychology.

The coaches probably knew LU-I was better than their seed, but convincing the players was another thing.

I may be wrong, but it seems like early starts favor underdogs.

Larry Scirotto.

Agree
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #26 on: March 22, 2021, 10:14:32 AM »
We had a week to prepare for Loyola.
They played well. We knew what they do.

Yesterday they iced the ballhandler every time in PnR. Common maneuver. Staff should have prepped guards and screener how to handle it. We allowed the trap to set every time. Only Curbelo knew how to try and put a defender on your ass to split it before.

Our spacing was terrible all day. Allowed other defenders to dig at ball handler or quickly trap.

On D if staff were prepped for tourney overall used a basic match-up zone simply to make them adjust. Might have stopped the uncontested 8 footers since Kofi can't move out in space, and grade school backdoors they ran on our clueless D.

Wisconsin beat them easily.
They would be about 10-10 in BT.

Only thing we did was more of what wasn't working.
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #27 on: March 22, 2021, 10:18:08 AM »
Remember this is a coach who had to have his kids friend explain to him how his go to defense he ran at lower level jobs (didn't work at OSU either) wasn't working.
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #28 on: March 22, 2021, 10:19:23 AM »
Quote from: Judge Judy on March 22, 2021, 09:01:58 AM
Ok, so this is your only good post so far.

No, by far his best post is when he said “I arrest my case.”
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Re: We played better this season without Ayo.
« Reply #29 on: March 22, 2021, 10:49:14 AM »
Quote from: Tempo34 on March 22, 2021, 10:19:23 AM
No, by far his best post is when he said “I arrest my case.”

I must’ve missed that one. I went back and looked and yeah that was pretty good.
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