Unless he found another gear in the injury recovery process he will be Mark Smith v 2.0.
Kid has limited ability to get around or stay in front of people.
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Kid has limited ability to get around or stay in front of people.
It’s not moot that you couldn’t understand the article.
The last 5 classes it hasn't been about not recruiting well, but keeping the recruits. Epps is going to a very good college player. Ty and Sincere are as well. Melendez/Pods/Goode very nice class. DGL/Hansbury seems pretty good. A.Miller, Cubello, Hawkins pretty darn good. Kofi, can't remember if we landed a guard in this class. Ayo, Georgi, etc.. not shabby. BU and staff have identified good players after they established themselves.
Yeah I'd lean towards passing on him too but I could see an argument for being a 20 min guy that can create some offense. Realistically, he's Andre Curbelo with a better jump shot. He completely killed Bama in the tournament against SDSU but he can be really really good at times.
He's also awful defensively.
I was talking about WVU elevating their asst coach to interim HC. They are just buying time because this is so off cycle in the coaching carousel.
My initial reaction was I would take Quinerly but I would want to know more his defense. I haven’t seen a ton of him. His numbers aren’t bad, his 3pt % has some variation yr to yr.
Interesting that he’s listed at 6’1 175, and DGL was listed as 6’1 165 in high school.
Interesting that he’s listed at 6’1 175, and DGL was listed as 6’1 165 in high school.
Sign me up for Curbelo with a better jump shot!
I think he’s a fit given he’s more of a traditional PG - can handle the ball well, get to the rim and finish and his asst per min were good last year and he’s a good three point shooter- He’s a definite take for me
We’re judging their free throw shooting off of 20 and 31 attempts. Such a small sample size and a day to think nerves could cause some misses. while I dont think they will all of a sudden be 80 pct I think 60s is pretty likely and low 70s isn’t all that unrealistic.
To be completely fair. Going 4 for 20 is absolutely unbelievably bad. Like it's honestly hard for me to fathom how a D1 top 100ish guard can shoot that poorly in a 20 free throw sample.
I'm much less concerned about Ty because he was only a couple shots away from hitting 50% which is bad but fairly common to see.
While he certain had some issues, mainly defensively, he did average 7.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.1 apg (2.1 topg), while shooting 41.1% from the field, 33.3% from 3, and 69.6% on FTs.
That's pretty good for a true Fr coming off an injury. The 33.3% ended up being the 2nd best on the team from 3.
I have no idea why he left, and he certainly wasn't a perfect player, but let's not pretend he was a bum.
well, for Harris, he shot 32% from three. Sure seems likely that his 20% from the line was more about freshman yips than ability.
Ty hit 5 of his first 18 FTs. Then 2 of 4. Finished with 5 of his last 9.
Who knows. They're freshmen becoming sophomores. I'm optimistic that both will get in the 60s and not be the liability that rightly concerns some.
Bigtex
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when has Illinois (underwood years) run iso sets? Hope they do but it hasn’t been a staple the last 6 years. Unless Illinois was on defense and ucla got Clark to switch onto jaquez time after time after time
Mark Smith wasn't a bum. He was a decent spot up shooter and was a solid player at Mizzou and Kstate but he lacked the athleticism to play defense or create off the dribble.
Which is similar to how Clark looked. He couldn't create anything off the dribble so he was relegated to just being a spot up shooter which he wasn't shooting super well and he was bad defensively.
What happens when we leave the foreign trip & a guy is unhappy with his PT & hits the portal days before school starts?
We offer one of the dozens of players that put their name in the portal after finishing up summer courses. Could happen but feels unlikely. Either way it’s not an Illinois specific issue.
Who are they talking about?
Well, Ty Rodgers wasn't being sold as the point guard until they missed on RayJ Dennis. And they went really hard after Dennis, so they obviously wanted a different point guard.
2 things can be true. RayJ would have been a fantastic pg, but it was said even before they got RayJ that Ty would play some point and they liked him there
I think Ty can be okay at point guard. I'm not dismissing the idea. What I find humorous is how compliant some of been in selling the idea that it was the plan all along.
I think the Spain trip will allow for some optimism to return before the season starts; whether it’s deserved or not.
How do you say Little Sisters of the Poor in Spanish?
I was just in Barcelona. Nice place.
I think these foreign trips historically are a positive for programs. Can't hurt to get the extra live competition and practices.
It's going to be interesting.
InDaAZ
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