Efrem Winters was very good as a freshman, Brian Cook was no slouch, Augie was pretty good, the original Mark Smith had a good freshman year...I’ve been watching illini b-ball for 40 years... I can’t think of an Illini forward who had a freshman campaign better than Georgie
Franz is NOWHERE near the caliber prospect Nico is. A lot of that is Michigan fans trying to push a narrative, plain and simple.There was a discussion here recently about Nico Mannion and how hyped Arizona is about him. I have been reading many similar articles about Franz Wagner and that Michigan is expecting big things from him. Thought this might be of minor interest. Do we play Michigan in the next 4 to 6 weeks?
Michigan basketball's Franz Wagner to miss 4-6 weeks with fractured right wrist
I wonder if Frank gave BU any pointers on just how he secured a commitment from Tugs Bowen.
Martin shares thoughts after Illinois scrimmage
“Brad kind of schemed a little bit to defend us,” he said. “Our guys had to learn. They weren’t letting us do certain things to let us play offense a certain way so we had to play. I was real happy we were able to do that. The last couple years we would have gotten stagnant but yesterday we kept playing. I was happy to see that.”
The Illini, Martin said, operate at “a hundred miles an hour” offensively with how they execute sets, and thinks his defense did a good job for the most part this weekend.
"Yesterday we committed more fouls than we needed to. That’s something we talked about today. I think that’s part of it being young guys and our defensive mindset of aggression and trying to understand a team coming at them a hundred miles per hour. I don’t mean a hundred miles per hour coming up the court but how they cut, how they pass, how they screen. We were there; we just used our hands for the wrong reasons. We committed fixable fouls.”
https://southcarolina.rivals.com/news/martin-shares-thoughts-after-illinois-scrimmage
Their big men are in the front. Ours are in the back.why does SC look so much bigger than us....?
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Well if you look at the guys on the right they are all standing closer to the camera. Our guys are further back.why does SC look so much bigger than us....?
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Well if you look at the guys on the right they are all standing closer to the camera. Our guys are further back.
I love that the scoreboard operator has the score as 196 (home) to Zero (Guest) for the picture. A great dig from Martin to Underwood. If you eliminate No 20, size doesn't look much different. But looking at their online roster #20 on jersey doesn't fit. I think he's Wildens Leveque 6'11'', 230 Fr, just looks bigger with his hair and being at the front of the picture.
But no matter, reports are, we won.
Haven't we all?Maybe he just hides it well with his 3 piece suits on the sideline, but is Frank Martin in Ok health? It looks like hes put on a few pounds.
'Positionless' basketball?Douglas wasn't a forward.
He's the one in the red and white striped sweater and stocking cap.I can't find OA?
He's the one in the red and white striped sweater and stocking cap.
We now know the final score. The scoreboard shows we lost 196-0.
No it's only the end of the 3rd Quarter, I think. Guess we were either playing HS or Pro rules. There's always a chance.Gonna be a long season.
I certainly wouldn't think so...........and he's not in the picture.Was Tevian at the secret scrimmage?