Recent content by illinibballfan

I’d say we’rea talented team, but not a great team. A lot of pieces that haven’t quite gelled together. Right now, the sum isn’t greater than the parts.

We miss Feliz and to a lesser extent Griffin

Great game. I think Duke was a little overrated, but with their youth could lose a couple more early, but could be a tough out come tourney time. Illinois showed just how good they could be though. Things that I think will make the difference between elite 8 and National championship type...

Their NBA careers shouldn’t be compared, but their college careers could be. Frank could turn it on about as good as any player I could remember.

Lucky to win. I would've liked to see some coaching adjustments though. As we obviously couldn't consistently stopping them. Damonte needed to be on Preston and someone taller and longer on the big guy that killed us (Grandison?). Damonte's D is better suited to guard a guard or wing, not a...

So far Weeks 2, 3, 4 very winnable. Wisconsin going to be gunning for us in Week 1, but our boys have shown they can beat them.

The 2000 & 2001 teams were stacked 1-10. Thought this team may have better top level talent, but that team had multiple NBA players too. Would be really fun to watch that team against this team, they had the big boys and toughness to throw at Kofi and had guards that could score. Not sure who...

C'mon Kofi. Starters Ayo Trent Damonte Giorgi and Kofi I'm thinking I like these groupings though in sub patterns Ayo Miller Kofi Curbelo Trent Giorgi Gives teams two different looks and hard to prepare for.

The NCAA needs to get rid of this deadline. August 3rd is an arbitrary date in the grand scheme of things and deadlines should be set by the coaches on whether they want to keep a scholarship open (hint: Underwood would for both guys). Players would be required to be enrolled and attend...

Would’ve won going away if it wasn’t for the refs. Missed Goaltending, Fouling Diebler on a half court shot, Craft riding Feliz, 6 points in 5 seconds on two made threes with away from the ball foul, Craft moving on charge call, and that’s what I can remember.

Sweet sweet victory. I know this is just a fun tournament, but still enjoyable to beat the Buckeyes in Columbus and send Aaron Craft home for good with a loss. Game shouldn’t even been that close with the home cooking though.

As long as we have Antigua, I'm confident any big will exceed expectations. Track record for bigs has been pretty good since he got here.

The way this is looking, thinking both should be back. Covid is not doing them any favors. Now if the draft gets moved back (which I think is a possibility with the NBA still wanting to finish the season, who knows if things could change. Playoffs could be moved back to the Fall and draft to...

Don't disagree on the $500k, but I can see the NBA making a move at the NCAA right now and trying to get a ton of players that aren't quite NBA ready, but are minor league ready. I hope it doesn't happen, but the NBA may be looking at the MLB and decide that's a model they want to go with.

Jalen Green getting $500k to play in the G League makes me think there's a lot better chance Kofi is gone. If he gets $200k and doesn't have to focus on classes and can focus 24/7 on hoops, not sure if there's any incentive to stay outside of degree.