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Topic: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

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Ted Thompson
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Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/3/2011 10:32:53 AM

Use this thread to talk about anything game-related.

Date: February 5th, 2011 3:00 PM

Opponent: Northern Illinois (7-13, 3-5 MAC)

Site: Convocation Center

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/3/2011 2:25:45 PM

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/4/2011 11:36:55 AM

We've played a string of defensive teams to start out with in the West, but now we're playing a team that is much on the offensive end thant he defensive end.

Xavier Silas (6-5) is among the NCAA leaders in scoring at 24.2 ppg. He's always been a scorer, and this year he's finally became an efficient scorer shooting good percentages (47% FG, 42% 3PT, 86% FTs).

Tim Toler is 6-7, 270! Yet he has shot 41 percent on 3s and has averaged just 4.8 rebounds. Nate Rucker, 6-6, 245, is the leading rebounder at 5.0 per game.

Bryan Hall is the point guard but averages only 3.0 apg. Jeremy Landers is the two, but didn't play in the last game. They have combined to make just 9 3-pointers tihs year, though. Hall has only attempted two.

6-5 Lee Fisher is their best rebounder (4.7 per game in just 18 minutes per game) and he got his first start in their last game. Guards Michael Patton and Tony Nixon shoots almost exclusively 3-pointers and not real well (28 and 29 percent). Guard Antone Christian had 15 points in their last game and actually took more shots than Silas, but is averaging just 4.3 on the year and shooting 20 percent on 3s. They have a few other bigs (Bolin, Madlock and Storm) that get some time but really haven't contributed much.

They score a lot, but based on the fast pace they play, their offense is actually kind of average. They get to the free throw line a lot, especially Silas. But thier shooting percentages rank around 200.

Defensively, they've been really bad, even for the pace they play. They force very few turnovers and teams have shot better than 50 percent on 2-point shots against them. They don't block shots and they foul quite a bit.

Obviously, this should be a high-scoring game. Again, it's one we should win, but so was Central Michigan, even on the road. If Silas gets help, their offense is really good. And if they play half-way decent defense, that easily could be enough for them to win.

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/4/2011 12:32:52 PM

Tony Nixon and DJ Cooper were high school teammates.

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/4/2011 12:43:37 PM

I'm having a real hard time convincing myself to spend 6 hours in the car to attend this game.

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/4/2011 1:19:57 PM

Does the China King Buffet help in your decision making?

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/4/2011 1:58:17 PM

Only if they can guarantee full pans of food and nothing that's been steaming out there for 4 hours or more.

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/5/2011 1:22:34 AM

Its critical we win our remaining 4 home games. That gets us to 7-9. Right now any first round home game would be an accomplishment. It won't be easy to get to Cleveland. Last year we needed ot to get past Ball State. This team needs to take care of business at home. You can't lose half your home games and expect to win in Cleveland come March.

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/5/2011 1:41:18 AM

OHIO favored by 10. Vegas continues to have confidence in us.

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/5/2011 8:17:45 AM

The way our team has played this year every opponent should approach a game against us as very winnable especially in the Convo.
Ohio is a 10 point favorite. I would take NIU for a big number,with this spread.

GO BOBCATS

Last Edited: 2/5/2011 8:18:32 AM by 71 BOBCAT

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/5/2011 3:47:14 PM

Ivo Baltic: Wheaties Eater

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/5/2011 5:29:41 PM

Ivo Baltic = Better than Boardwalk or Park Place

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/5/2011 5:39:30 PM

oubobcatjohn wrote:

With the MAC being down the way it is, 9-7 with a victory over Wintrop would give us a home game going into the MAC tourney and an overall record of 17-14. It strange as it may seem just maybe Ohio can pull it together and make another run. If we have Ivo putting 31 in the hole that gives the program another dimension to work with.

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/5/2011 5:57:12 PM

Great game by Baltic. Washington and Keely (nice work on the glass) also did a nice job inside today. Clearly we exploited NIU's weak interior defense. I liked that we regonized that and kept pounding the ball inside. Baltic looked confident and decisive in what he what to do. I though Johnson also gave us good minutes again. We hit the glass much better today and got after loose ball. Cooper, Kellogg and Feeman struggled today but were smart enough to reduce the bad shots. I saw two very questionable shots early in the shot clock late in the game from Cooper and Kellogg. Got to use that clock with 3 minutes left before jacking up a three with an 8 point lead. Especially with Devo and Ivo getting anything they what inside.

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/5/2011 6:19:34 PM

I don't agree that Kellogg, Freeman and D.J. struggled today. NIU geared their defense to shut down the perimeter, that left them vulnerable inside and to driving to the bucket, and we took advantage of it. That's why Ivo was able to go off for 31 today.

D.J. played a solid floor game overall.

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RE: Official Game 23 Thread: Northern Illinois

Posted: 2/5/2011 7:55:41 PM

Groce was Very Vocal about some early lax defense/poor blockouts. So emphatically loud about it that it almost seemed he wanted to make sure we heard him as much as the team. It was clear that defense and rebounding (and "toughness" in general) had been a seriously addressed issue in practice since the CMU game. Great to see that. Loved the scappy D today.

RS Bobcat

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