Illini Basketball 2022-2023

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Seagee

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the juiceman cometh said:
This is probably going to sound insane but I think if his grades were good enough (big if) Harvard could be a good place to actually do this. Harvard Law is notorious for grade inflation and not flunking people. The theory is that if you're good enough to get in, you deserve to stay. That's actually pretty common amongst top law schools. Rule of thumb - the higher ranked a law school is, the less aggressively they are in weeding people out. So I could see Harvard as the kind of place that would cut some slack on both the academic and athletic ends to make it work. Of course, no athletic scholarships is another big barrier.

I agree he probably puts his law school plans on hold.

Edit: The more I think about it, given the cost of law school tuition these days there is a pretty big incentive to make it work, so I could see him trying it, as difficult a juggling act as it would be.
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I run a department at HLS and graduated from there as well., Playing D1 ball during 1L there is not realistic, grade inflation or no.
 
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Fr8trn16

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IllinoisssssssVarsity said:
For people asking if he can play the 4 he definitely shows some stretch 4 skills there. Would just be about who he can guard.

But he looks like a point-center poor man’s jokic type and I don’t hate that at all.
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He's way faster than Jokic! But that's a nice comparison. He's gonna make a lot of bigs look so stupid!
 
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Fanview

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Former Illini still feeling connected to the O&B
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Joel Goodson

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Kentucky has an AC opening (Sheyer just hired Lucas). Wouldn't surprise me if they have another soon (Chin -> Miznoz). Really, really, really hope Cal doesn't target Anderson. Hope Josh pulls out all stops. I suspect he will. And being top banana at Illinois is better than second banana at UK, right?
 
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BRucks

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Joel Goodson said:
Kentucky has an AC opening (Sheyer just hired Lucas). Wouldn't surprise me if they have another soon (Chin -> Miznoz). Really, really, really hope Cal doesn't target Anderson. Hope Josh pulls out all stops. I suspect he will. And being top banana at Illinois is better than second banana at UK, right?
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Is he top banana at Illinois?
 
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Joel Goodson

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BRucks said:
Is he top banana at Illinois?
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If the criteria is results (as it should be), unequivocally yes. Slam dunk, no brainer. Why settle for a lateral move when you're closing in on the golden ring?
 
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ptgrd23

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I think Tim Anderson at Illinois is the magic formula. He was an assistant for 4 years at DePaul but was only marginally successful. At Illinois in one year he has already landed Ty Rogers 4 star, Skyy Clark 5 star, ZZ Clark, and TSJ 4 star.

Assuming Jay will match salaries - which he did for OA who left anyway I don't think Tim leaves for KY. Tim has deep roots in Chicago. Per article he wants to be a head coach. The Calipari coaching tree is pretty sparse considering he has been a HC for 32 years.

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For Tim Anderson, Illini job 'an opportunity I couldn't pass up'

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — There’s a passion that pours out of Tim Anderson when he talks about his hometown of Chicago, one that can’t be mistaken for
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One Man Fast Break

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ptgrd23 said:
I think Tim Anderson at Illinois is the magic formula. He was an assistant for 4 years at DePaul but was only marginally successful. At Illinois in one year he has already landed Ty Rogers 4 star, Skyy Clark 5 star, ZZ Clark, and TSJ 4 star.
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No matter how good of a recruiter you are, you can only do so much when you're selling a !!!! product. "Hey I know we've only won 2 games in the Big East for like 10 straight years, but I swear it's gonna change..."
 
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IMO, you can't worry about who is going to stick around/leave too much. In this era, you just gotta treat each season as its own animal and do what you can. You can be a bad team playing a bunch of freshmen and those guys might leave to go play on a better team, or you can be a good team with freshmen on the bench and those guys will leave to go play on a team with a softer depth chart. Who knows. Trying to get into the psyche of 18 year olds too much will drive you mad and probably not even be that productive. I think the best thing you can do is just be good consistently, and then even if players transfer out, you become a desirable spot for other players to transfer in.
 
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