Looking ahead to 2021-2022

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Coleman Hawkins is now 6'11" per his dad.
We've got our 5. Everything is fine. Good night.
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illini80

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I do find it interesting that, with the exception of AP, who specifically said he was recruited to fill Giorgi’s spot, that we haven’t seriously pursued any other 5 in the transfer portal. And with Hamlin’s departure, our only bigs are Payne, Lieb, BBV, and Hawkins, none of whom are proven P5 Bigs. Unless Hawkins is secretly working with Kevin McHale while also on the Mike Tisdale diet, the lack of recruitment of an additional big is quite the tea leaf in forecasting whether Kofi comes back IMO.
If we sign a good 4, I think Payne can play the 5 and we will be fine. If we have a massive hole at the 4, Payne will not be a big enough presence like Kofi was to cover it up.
 
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Makes sense. Mine was just the blue gown, in 2001, but there were much more academically distinguished graduates that had various sashes/cords.
Lol, I remember not even being on the list of graduates in the program guide. My parents weren't entirely convinced that I had actually graduated until the actual diplomas were mailed out several weeks later.
I don’t know what color my gown was. Gray, I think. All the photos we have are b&w, which is some clue to how old I am.

Bachelor degrees didn’t “walk.” We stood. Everyone who was graduating was in the same ceremony in the Assembly Hall. Including masters and PhD’s. For the bachelors, we were seated by college, and when our time came, they told us to stand (college by college), move our tassels, then sit down.

it’s just as well. I had a diploma from the University of Illinois, and that means more than any ceremony or fancy gown.
 
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If we sign a good 4, I think Payne can play the 5 and we will be fine. If we have a massive hole at the 4, Payne will not be a big enough presence like Kofi was to cover it up.
Hoping Payne, Hawk, and BBV can cover it as a rotation but we certainly don’t have any proof at this point. Tre Mitchell would be a huge plus.
 
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I do find it interesting that, with the exception of AP, who specifically said he was recruited to fill Giorgi’s spot, that we haven’t seriously pursued any other 5 in the transfer portal. And with Hamlin’s departure, our only bigs are Payne, Lieb, BBV, and Hawkins, none of whom are proven P5 Bigs. Unless Hawkins is secretly working with Kevin McHale while also on the Mike Tisdale diet, the lack of recruitment of an additional big is quite the tea leaf in forecasting whether Kofi comes back IMO.
Payne is proven at this level. As a 35 minute starter? No, not yet. But he has proven he can play 20 min/game as an underclassmen and we can expect improvement from there.
 
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He has gotten some positive feedback. Everyone wanted him back, but this gives us time to find some bigs now. Better he lets us know now than in two months.
Good for Kofi. Certainly not a dagger to the heart of our 2021-2022 season, but having Kofi would make for a more ideal 2021-2022 season.
 
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hooraybeer

Pittsburgh, PA
selfishly bummed of course but happy for him. will be a long time before we have another roster like last season, we had all the pieces and just couldn’t execute

table is set for Payne
 
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First, for me, I believe that Kofi goes down as easily one of the top 3 big men in Illinois history. I'm in my early 40's, so I really can only rank those I grew up watching, so for me, it's Deon, Brian Cook, and Kofi. *Skip Thoren, I wish I could have watched play.

Happy for Kofi. I selfishly would love to see him back for next season. That said, I'm excited for him as a fan. I hope he gets picked or signed to a team as a FA that will invest in developing his outside game so he can stick. I'll be rooting for him.

Second, Dr. Coleman-Lands, your table is ready.

I find it just CRAZY that this will be his 6th season playing. Is that a new NCAA record? Seriously. Standard rules had 4 to play in 5, and now with COVID, it's 5 to play in 6. But how does he have six seasons of stats after 2021-2022?

JCL - ESPN Stats Page
 

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Dr. Coleman-Lands, your table is ready.

I find it just CRAZY that this will be his 6th season playing. Is that a new NCAA record? Seriously. Normal rules had 4 to play in 5, now with COVID, it's 5 to play in 6. But how does he have 6 seasons of stats after 2021-2022?!?

JCL - ESPN Stats Page
He may have earned a Master’s degree while playing on the team all along.
 
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audie

The Great Northwest
Amazing. He will end up playing in EIGHT calendar years.
(normally you play in five, but he had a transfer year, a medical redshirt year and he gets a Covid year)
 
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As others have said, Kofi staying in is a pretty positive sign that he has feedback that someone or multiple teams are pretty interested in his potential. Never a bad thing to have multiple people drafted.
 
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As others have said, Kofi staying in is a pretty positive sign that he has feedback that someone or multiple teams are pretty interested in his potential. Never a bad thing to have multiple people drafted.
The 2005 NBA draft was likely the last time we had multiple players selected. Deron to the Jazz and Luther to the Rockets.
 
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