Recent content by RockfordIllini

I don’t think it makes sense for Fears to join at semester. It’s hard to join a team mid season. Usually the player redshirts (Nico, Dain), or just isn’t able to get his bearings (Perrin). If Jeremiah were okay with redshirting and focusing on physical development, maybe. But I think he’s...

Alright, bear with me. Now that we have a true big, if Coleman were to come back he could focus on guarding wings and providing help side defense. If we get this game locked up, Coleman comes back specifically to shut off Cooper Flagg’s water under the bright lights of MSG, thereby sending his...

I’m moderately annoyed by the Pacers, but think it would be a good landing spot for TJ with how fast they play.

Brea to UK. With both Brea and Ortega, does that take UK out of the running for any remaining stud wings, if not from an NIL perspective at least from a role perspective? If so, who does that leave that’s in the market for a stud wing? Think KU and Arkansas are out. Would someone want to go...

Not bad. Reports are Onyenso wants $1M. That to me is just crazy for a guy who does one thing really well, albeit he probably does that one thing better than just about everyone else in the country. I would rather take a guy like this or another similar Omar Payne type player who can do a lot...

Might be a silly thought, but now that we have coach O back, would we consider taking RJ back if we could get him at a discount? Still love his potential.

I’m in agreement on Coleman’s NBA potential and so long as his knee is okay, I can see him being a key role player on a team that makes a deep playoff run. As far as it being a “weakness” that he struggled to guard bulkier 5s on the block, he’s not being drafted to play 5 and NBA teams...

No matter what happens think we will be fine. Boswell, White, Booth, Ty, and Morez are all top 50ish or better prospects each with multiple years left. Lots of talent on the roster already, with 5 more spots to fill and a lot of NIL to spend. Plus what looks to be a difference making frosh...

I actually think our NIL strategy is fine for where our program is. We seem to spend our NIL$ on player retention rather than player acquisition. You can still win (maybe not playoff worthy, but 7-8 games every year) finding 3 stars and coaching them up. Iowa, Wisconsin etc continually put...

If we can get Claude at a discount relative to that TJ sized bag we were presumably saving for a player like Storr/Jones, and use the savings to get a better 5 or fill out the bench more, we could do a lot worse. I really like Wooga.

How Indiana didn’t prioritize this kid is a complete mystery to me. Their loss is our gain, hopefully, Think he can be a difference maker in the BIG and is a potential NBA player. The lineup combinations are seemingly endless. Hope we get him.

*sniff that in the butt for those that don’t remember, believe this was something else the schmack kid said during a student broadcast.

If we somehow land Humrichous, Jones and Oneyenso, think we can run back the same O as last year with Humrichous in the Marcus booty ball role and Jones in the TJ lethal in transition mode. But we would have better ball handling, probably better defense (thinking Boswell and DGL can better...

Interesting choice between Claude and Cardet. Both have better rebound/assist numbers than Storr. Cardet has a better 3 pt% and slightly better overall stat like than Claude, albeit against much much lower level of competition. Had some good games against tourney teams…30 against...

I would be irrationally excited if we managed to land Humrichous. To me he’s a combo of Domask and Minix but he’s 6’9 and a better 3 point shooter. The possibilities with him are endless. Bootyball? Check. Deadly stretch 4? Check. We could play super big and play him at the 3 or play small...