Recent content by CAHALL15

Da’Monte is definitely good enough to be on this team, but he probably should be a rotation player rather than a starter. In terms of defense, the D that we played during on short lived win streak was great. Guys played with energy and forced a ton of turnovers which lead to extra possessions...

Kipper got worse and I believe the general consensus is that it’s because of an effort/mentality issue. Da’Monte actually improved on some of his numbers including an almost 10% increase in 3pt percentage. I hate to break it to y’all, but I think Kip is coming back next year due to the fact...

I don’t think this is accurate. His last two Tweets were from Illini fans.

He was measured at 6’10” without shoes at the NBA 100 camp in 2017. At the Nike Skills academy he was listed at 6’11, but it did not specify if that was with shoes or not. https://www.nbadraft.net/nike-elite-100-rostermeasurements

January may have some academic qualification issues per some reports, but assuming he doesn’t, and we don’t lose anyone besides AJ and Adonis, we’re going to be a deep team next year. We’ll have 4 legitimate Big Ten bigs. If BU can close with one more wing commitment from Christian Brown or dare...

Regarding Kane, there is some chatter that he is academically ineligible. Take it with a grain of salt.

This is my concern as well. BU had a week to prepare for Misery and this was, arguably, one of the worst performances all around for this team. The offense was stagnant, the substitutions were questionable at best, and the defense didn’t apply any pressure or play with any purpose. I don’t miss...

Oral Roberts, Texas-Arlington, Oregon State, Kennesaw State, and Central Arkansas have been Missouri’s wins and all of them were at home. We should get another W this year. Their guards suck and Tilmon really hasn’t taken a big step forward for them with Jontay out. 76-65 Illinois

How is it that 5 games into a season we’re talking about Ayo leaving for the draft? There is a lot of basketball to be played yet and it’s conceivable that he won’t keep this pace up as the season continues. AJ wasn’t going to shoot 60% from 3 the whole season even though he was last December...

Hard to speak in absolutes when he has yet to play a minute of college basketball. I’ve said it many times before, but ranking does not automatically mean you are getting a good player especially when it comes to bigs. If you’re looking for examples here are a few: Cheick Diallo, Skal Labissere...

Highlights are the good stuff and if you watch those again, you’ll see that Payton could not D up Okoro at all. Payton generally scored against Okoro’s non D1 teammates. Payton is athletic, but his production doesn’t match his athleticism. Players can always improve, but his lack of ball...

Update: According to his HS, he’s now 6’10”. He definitely has some athleticism and a 7’+ wingspan to go along with some ball skills. For what it’s worth, most reports tout his athleticism and his shooting stroke. His lack of physical strength and inconsistent motor are what has been pointed out...

Why are high school stats your measuring stick? Let’s play a game here. Tell me which player you would like more. Both played/are playing D1 ball, but here are their senior high school stats. Player A: 6’8” PF. 33 ppg, 11.7rpg, Player B: 6’8 F 19.7 ppg, 8.7rpg

Higgs is more of a 3/4 type player. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unless you get a MCDAA, it’s likely they are a “project big.” Additionally, even some MCDAA bigs are projects, too. Quite some time ago, I analyzed top 40 bigs from the last 10-15 years and the averages came out to...

Some good quotes from Terrence Shannon about his visit here. https://illiniscoops.com/2018/06/28/illini-2019-sf-target-terrence-shannon-jr-impressed-after-unofficial-visit-illinois-is-definitely-high-on-my-list-after-yesterday/