Based on what I have heard, I do think Sencire could be a stud next year. Has taken some massive leaps. Again, they will still get 2 wings in the portal along with another guard and big most likely. But I expect Sencire to have a big role as of now. Has looked like one of the best players on the team in practice and the shooting has really improved
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music to my ears. Harris' work ethic was never in doubt. really glad he's seeing good results
He was a starter when Shannon was out and played basically the whole game. Just depends on the roster construction I think Underwood would prefer not to play him more than 35 but I think he would. He trusts how he spaces the floor while knowing his defense is a major weak spot.
Agreed and thats not even a knock on goode. I do like that he's now a few times showed an ability to get a fake adn blow by for a layup attempt (with varying levels of success at the rim LOL), but with more reps i think he could have an occasional layup or draw and dish next year.
SHould be minutes there for him to get some more shots up, but unless a miracle happens, he wont be schooling b10 players to the tune of like 5-6 iso 1 v1 (and sometimes 1 v 2) buckets that domask gets per game (sometimes more)
I would really like to see Goode work on shooting shots that are more off balance or out of rhythm. When he is set and in rhythm he can be a deadly shooter, but if his timing is slightly off or he has to move even a little bit his shot is not just off, but waaaay off.
I don't think I've ever seen someone who can look like a nearly automatic shooter look so uncomfortable when something is just slightly off in his shooting process.
I don't think I've ever seen someone who can look like a nearly automatic shooter look so uncomfortable when something is just slightly off in his shooting process.
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Agreed. For reference, Plummer made 40.8% of his threes for us in 2021-22, and Goode is shooting 40.6% from deep this year. The difference, in my very novice opinion, is that it seemed like Plummer could get hot and hit some threes that were off balance and contested when we really needed a bucket and/or points in a hurry. If Luke could make the improvements you described, it just might save our butts in a tough spot during the postseason.
Exactly, and that's actually something I thought Mayer would be able to help with last season. Obviously he wasn't as good of a shooter as Plummer but he could certainly get on a heater and had good size and the footwork to get off a shot from anywhere on the floor. You need guys like that, especially in the tournament.
Unfortunately he was disastrous against Arkansas and that was a big reason we lost. But Goode has the size to shoot over people, so if he can become more comfortable shooting off platform that would be massive.
Too late to get that figured out this season and the offense has enough options that it shouldn't kill them, but that would be a huge help next year.
Any idea if they’ll at least try?
They will try
Luke lost last year to injury. In retrospect it was a mistake to blow his redshirt year. Last years team was fatally flawed by chemistry.
Luke has improved very nicely this year. He is rebounding much better, occasionally drives to the hoop very effectively, and while not super athletic works very hard on defense (especially willing to body up bigs).
He probably will never be as good as Marcus but I think he works so hard that he will be a great senior. If he can become more mobile and learn to shoot coming of screens he could get a lot more shots and be a bigger scoring threat. DaMonte and Jacob had to be wide open to get their shots off. I think Luke should try to emulate JJ Redick or Steve Alford. Be in constant motion to get open. Running the baseline, coming off picks. He should not just stand in the corner waiting for the ball.
Not to mention, you never have to question his effort. He may not be a great defender, but he's far from an indifferent defender. EDG through and through.
Yeah he's a leader (was a captain when Shannon was out) and tries hard. A better rebounder than you would think. Just doesn't have the athleticism to be a good defender.
And we think Marcus would be on board? I'd venture to guess that NIL is probably pretty competitive with what he could make overseas, even knowing we saw Kofi make that move a couple of years ago.
Marcus would love to come back, we will try to get him a waiver and it has been talked about. Gonna have to wait and see on that one though.
Comparing Domask's 2020-2021 season to IU's Xavier Johnson's 2022-2023 season who's waiver was accepted makes a very compelling case.
Domask seems to have only played the first 10 games meanwhile Johnson played the first 11 games and successfully applied.
Comparing the two directly, I don't see why Domask's doesn't get accepted unless the NCAA is on their BS.
Xavier Johnson Career Stats - NCAAM - ESPN
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Complete career NCAAM stats for the Illinois Fighting Illini Forward Marcus Domask on ESPN. Includes points, rebounds, and assists.
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Is it true that the 2020-21 season was the one that ended up being the "COVID year" for eligibility purposes? I guess I always thought it was 2019-20, since there was no tournament, but another comment (and what I could find online) made me think maybe it was actually the following year.
Since MD's injury was in 2020-21, if that year (and that year only) is the one that's being "ignored" for eligibility, I wouldn't think there's much chance for a waiver...
Since MD's injury was in 2020-21, if that year (and that year only) is the one that's being "ignored" for eligibility, I wouldn't think there's much chance for a waiver...
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Correct all the way around
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There may be some weirdness around other non-revenue sports with different seasons, but yeah, for basketball, 2019-20 "counted", and indeed many lesser D1 teams finished their seasons completely and all of them finished the regular season, but there was just no postseason played.
Then, in order to (1) avoid controversy and (2) induce players to be willing to play a season which as it began was a big unknown in terms of how many games would actually happen, before the next season they announced that essentially the eligibility clock would not run in 2020-21, as was the case for the 2020 football season.
So there are no waivers needed for guys like Domask or Guerrier this year, this is just their fourth year of normal eligibility even though it's their fifth season of college basketball. The clock didn't run for one of the seasons.
You get a waiver if an injury cost you a year of eligibility. But an injury didn't cost Domask a year of eligibility, there was no eligibility to lose in 2020-21, same as if he'd opted out for Covid reasons.
It was the same with Tommy DeVito, having suffered a season ending injury in the 2020 "free" Covid year at Syracuse, and he did try for a waiver and it was denied.
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Comparing Domask's 2020-2021 season to IU's Xavier Johnson's 2022-2023 season who's waiver was accepted makes a very compelling case.
Domask seems to have only played the first 10 games meanwhile Johnson played the first 11 games and successfully applied.
Comparing the two directly, I don't see why Domask's doesn't get accepted unless the NCAA is on their BS.
Xavier Johnson Career Stats - NCAAM - ESPN
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Marcus Domask Career Stats - NCAAM - ESPN
Complete career NCAAM stats for the Illinois Fighting Illini Forward Marcus Domask on ESPN. Includes points, rebounds, and assists.
facts, schmacts
didn't think there was much chance (the NCAA being a rational actor and all), but that's a pretty compelling case (good dig). obviously, would be flippin' major if he gets a waiver
A) Sencire isn't injured. If anything, the dude is in the best shape of his career.
B) We already know how good he is defensively against elite teams and have known that for well over a year.
No, because Sincere actually showed some very positive things at the big ten level last year
sacraig
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Yeah I recently saw a video/reel of JJ Redick talking about the importance of shooting with your feet and everything in all kinds of positions. I can't remember exactly what he said, but I think he basically said keep the release the same, but practice shooting from all kinds of positions and such, because its so rare that you get a set shot, which is what most people practice.
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