If you saw him play, you know the name. He was one of the biggest names in college bball his soph and jr year. But that was over 15 years ago. Not something a 20 year old is going to know.
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If you saw him play, you know the name. He was one of the biggest names in college bball his soph and jr year. But that was over 15 years ago. Not something a 20 year old is going to know.
Tevo
- Wilmette, IL
All this ambiitious scoring on top of a school record loss of 87% of our scoring from last year. 87% let that sink in.
We scored 2508 pts last year. Leron+Finke+Kipper+Tejon+Jordan=746 pts. That would mean we're returning 29% of our total scoring.
Where did you get that number TC? While we lost a lot, my math (which is usually suspect) tells me that Finke, Black, Lucas, Nichols and Jordan accounted for nearly 30% of our scoring last year. (746 points out of a team total 2508).
Southern at SFC 4 weeks from today.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
All this ambiitious scoring on top of a school record loss of 87% of our scoring from last year. 87% let that sink in.
We also lost 87% of last year's coaching philosophy.
I'd actually say that's probably a cool 100%
Definitely a positive.
My bad, Tevo correct.
blackdog
- Champaign
Well we kept one assistant and the s&c coach.
Despite the retentions the philosphy is still 100% different. Fletch said as much for conditioning requirements and Walker has to teach new offensive, defensive, and situational principals.
Hype fact i don't think i have seen mentioned yet. Not only did Underwood coach the most efficient offense in the country last year per KenPom (a fact we probably have heard a time or two), OK St. did it against the #1 Strength of Schedule in the country. And further, when that SOS is broken down into offensive and defensive components, OK St. faced the toughest slate of defensive opponents in the country. Underwood had the best offense, even though he faced the toughest average defense.
I'm with Monte. I think we score a lot of points.
I'm with Monte. I think we score a lot of points.
illinifan87
- The Windy City
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/918949701000597505
Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein Mark Smith as any physically ready to play college basketball as any freshmen I've seen this preseason. All of 225 pounds. Can play 3 spots
Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein Mark Smith as any physically ready to play college basketball as any freshmen I've seen this preseason. All of 225 pounds. Can play 3 spots
Concur with this 200% (let's roll the ball up the court one last time for old times sake).
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
If Mark is all Frosh B1G, this team should be good!
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
Great post. Would love to see them hit 90 avg. First 6 games have a chance to go over 100 in all, so will be a fun season.
Not sure if you are implying 90 for the whole season or just non-conference. I could see 90 points per game against those teams you cited and if you mean just the non-conference part of our schedule then sure 90 sounds good and doable. But over the whole season, then probably not. More along the line of 80 as already mentioned. Notice that when they played NC, MD, Tulsa and Wichita State the numbers came down into the 70s. Same will happen when we play MSU, WI, and some of the others. So, an average of around 80 seems doable.
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ivwilsoniv
- Aurora, IL
Jon Rothstein on Twitter: "Early prediction on Illinois' starting five: Te'Jon Lucas, Mark Smith, Mark Alstork, Leron Black, Michael Finke."
Thoughts? Everyone agree? Who is most likely to not be starting of those 5 and who replaces that person?
Thoughts? Everyone agree? Who is most likely to not be starting of those 5 and who replaces that person?
At this point I think it's fairly obvious that will be the starting 5. Unless something unforeseen happens from now until the first game.
Because UCLA led the country in scoring at 91 PPG. And they played in the trashy PAC-12, a conference that plays wide open and isn't good. The B1G is tougher than the Big 12 and plays at a slower pace. And the stats back that up.
In the last 10 years, the highest scoring team each season in the B1G ranges from 72-82 PPG. And a few of those years are under 75 PPG.
We won't be even close to 90 PPG.
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Hope you're right. That should be fun to watch
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
:thumb:for sure
I would agree. I believe Trent and Kipper
will be the first off the bench.
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