Recent content by danielb927

Seems like a million things have gone wrong this season. How the heck are we .600 right now?

Agreed, but fewer and fewer players are going to want to take that role. In the past, players accepted those roles as the price of having a spot on the best team that would take them, because future starting roles were mostly filled by current bench players. In other words, it was more important...

I've been thinking the same lately. Schollies 11-13 used to be for underclassmen who weren't ready yet and maybe the occasional injury-prone gamble or sit-out-a-year transfer. The gambles might still be there, but the sit-outs are completely gone, and the former type of player is now just going...

We should just change the name of this thread to the Player Carousel. Doesn't feel too different from the Coaching Carousel these days except for the higher volume of moves.

I think the important thing here is that even if the Storr transfer appeared to be a "done deal" at some point (I have no idea if that's true, but that's clearly the suggestion), the staff was smart enough not to put all their eggs in that basket. I'd expect nothing less, as the only way to play...

In the last thread it looked like Maddox to Xavier was a done deal... but news-wise all I can see is that he started a visit there yesterday. Did I miss something or are we just assuming we needed to get a commit while he was in town?

Why not? A year of chemistry and then go for broke in 2026 when we could play all 6 NCAAT games within a 3 hour drive...

Guys. All this "is it a sandwich" talk is good, but not up to snuff for one of the nation's top engineering schools. The only real answer is the Cube Rule: https://cuberule.com/

Not an insider, but have heard rumors that @LvilleILL and @illini0440 are flirting with the portal too--heard that Hoosier fans, starved for actual on-court results, are dangling some serious cash for an entertaining insider or two to liven up their message boards...

Makes a lot of sense with those formative years! I was starting to remember those season as well (I'm 33 now, so I would have been 10 in the 2001 tournament), and now that you mention it, I do remember 2001 feeling especially noteworthy versus 2002-04. I couldn't have told you that 2002/04 were...

Does anyone think, now that the portal is what it is, we'll ever see a more "developmental" player transfer out and back in? I was thinking about it with Harris. The staff has to love almost everything about him, but he has a few limitations that would probably keep him off the court if we're a...

3rd elite eight of my lifetime is pretty cool, I hadn't realized that was so rare. It doesn't feel like a "tier" accomplishment in the same way as a Sweet Sixteen or Final Four--I guess because we only get to enjoy it for one full day before the loss--but in the grand scheme, it's a noticeably...

So is Boswell/Storr/Raynaud like, the dream transfer scenario here? A PG, a scoring wing, and a big? After 2 games against Edey and one against Clingan this year, I would love a 7-1, dunking, rim protecting machine. And Raynaud's got a competent 3 point shot and top-500 FT% to boot.

I like the original system from @21ChampaignSt for assessing actual health of the program / coach performance / etc. (i.e., how Whitman should be grading a coach) and the alternate from @Navy_illini for how the bulk of the fanbase probably perceives/remembers the success of a season. Nice work...

UConn by 6 (82-76) in a 67-possession game. Gives us a 29% chance of winning.