wow. nice to be o the other side of a basketball beatdown. shots were falling, no doubt, but the defense was the difference. that level of energy on defense won the game for them and it was a sight to behold. Evan taylor has finally found his niche, and he's owning it now, which is great to see. Dude is an absolute lock-down defender.....getting steals, blocking shots, diving on the floor. The team needs him to just do exactly what he did tonight. take the opposing teams best guard out of the game.
Jordy did the team a huge favor by heading out on his own to find master yoda. that apparently gave Miles the push he needed to sit him on the bench. NU is so much better with Roby starting at the 5, and i'll give you 2 reasons why, both of which center on the same concept. Whoever is guarding Roby actually has to guard him 10 feet from the basket. the pick N roll has some space to breathe now. All those back-cut dunks NU is getting now, that they weren't before Jordy left is because Roby is bringing his defender out from under the basket. Opposing bigmen can't just camp under the basket and eat space. Oh, thank the lord for proper spacing....