It would be nice to see the lineup changed for tonight's game, since our top scoring threat, Jamar Smith is still coming off the bench. Maybe the ankle is still not 100% and coach wants to limit his minutes, but Smith is nearly the top scorer statistically now on the team, slightly behind Warren Carter.
It would also be nice to see more of Calvin Brock, since he has been one of the more steady players this year for Illinois, scoring, rebounding and playing defense.
My lineup would be: Pruitt, Carter, Randle, Smith and Frazier to start. I would bring Brock and McBride off the bench.
I will be watching to see if Illinois plays with 2 guards, 3 guards or 4 guards, since Weber has used all three combinations in recent games. If the "bigs" can avoid foul trouble, I like the 2 guard/3 big lineup the best, since we can match up defensively, score inside and rebound well from this setup. We tend to shoot two many threes when we have 3 guards in the game. With 4 guards, we tend to struggle defensively, since the other teams can post up our guards and we don't rebound well. Michigan tends to play with 2 guards on the floor at one time based on their statistics this season.
Weber is a very sound coach and will do something to get the Illini to play better than in the Xavier game. I expect to see more driving to the basket by the guards and Randle.
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Unfortunately, Beverly does not play good enough defense to fit into the "Weber system." Thus, he is not a player who would see much floor time. Brock is a bigger more athletic Beverly but he does not practice hard enough and is easily fooled on defense. If Weber does not play Brock, it is certain that Beverly would hardly see any floor time under Weber. Scott
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