Illini Basketball 2024-2025

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FrankNitty30
ChiefGritty said:
Domask took over as the primary ballhandler and Ty still started every game.

He was a bad matchup in certain situations and left a sour taste with his disasterclass against UConn.

But everybody seems to be forgetting the postgame threads where we were like "Ty had 6 points and was the best player on the floor", and also when we got so frustrated with him being sat in favor of Harmon in crunch time.

So long as his lack of shooting isn't gumming up the gears of the offense (and it shouldn't given how strong our shooting is elsewhere especially in the frontcourt), he needs to be out there for all the things he provides.

And I felt like that was the consensus opinion around here during the season, but that seems to have disappeared as we project next year, and I find that as perplexing as it is analytically misguided.

BU loves Ty, he's going to play a ton and probably start.
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#252      
STLflyinIllini
hooraybeer said:
oh my, kasparas looks the part. already playing with a ton of confidence
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We will see how BU brings it all together, but man these guys look talented.
 
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Indy Illini Fan
Illini4Christ said:
😂

The question is, will anyone beat us?
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If this team gels quickly ... The ceiling for this team is national championship ... I truly believe that ...

We may drop a tough one in non conference ... But when you play good teams, if you lay an egg ... It doesn't come back to bite in March ...

Truly think this team wins the Big Ten next year ...

Everyone want to talk about IU and that's fine ... But Woodson has done absolutely nothing with all the talent he's had ... If I was AD ... He would've been fired after last year ...
 
#264      
Chuck Nuggets
Indy Illini Fan said:
If this team gels quickly ... The ceiling for this team is national championship ... I truly believe that ...

We may drop a tough one in non conference ... But when you play good teams, if you lay an egg ... It doesn't come back to bite in March ...

Truly think this team wins the Big Ten next year ...

Everyone want to talk about IU and that's fine ... But Woodson has done absolutely nothing with all the talent he's had ... If I was AD ... He would've been fired after last year ...
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I was real worried IU might go after TJ Otzelberger. That would have been a grand slam hire, IMO.
 
#265      
Illini4Christ
Indy Illini Fan said:
If this team gels quickly ... The ceiling for this team is national championship ... I truly believe that ...

We may drop a tough one in non conference ... But when you play good teams, if you lay an egg ... It doesn't come back to bite in March ...

Truly think this team wins the Big Ten next year ...

Everyone want to talk about IU and that's fine ... But Woodson has done absolutely nothing with all the talent he's had ... If I was AD ... He would've been fired after last year ...
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I believe every word you said. Our second five would beat the lower half of our conference, now that is SICK.
 
#267      
Illini4Christ
I hope Kasparas comes back for year two, what a great player he looks to be.

Boswell can flat out play the point. We have missed that elite point guard but will be visible to everyone watching us next year.
 
#268      
chiefini
With 12 very, very talented guys, these scrimmages are going to show who really wants it, who hustles the best, who shoots the best, and who defends the best. The two sides are pretty equal, making practices brutal, where the level of competitiveness is going to be off the charts. I know it’s just “Practice,” but WOW! Hopefully, they can still gel as teammates and develop chemistry because this could be special…
 
#273      
nichi
Fighter of the Nightman said:
I thought he came in 1979, so my bad lol
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My observation was Lou Henson and Tony Yates, then Lou and Jimmy Collins built recruiting pipelines by cultivating relationships with the influential high school coaches in the state. That took some time.

Then recruiting started changing in the late 1980s. The high school coaches gradually had less influence ...
 
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rmlsr
Chuck Nuggets said:
That video is very impressive. I hope they can come together.
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Video is very promising this team looks like they have some very talented pieces and depth that creates mismatches. Oh and we still are waiting for 2 very important talented players to join this group!!! We are going to be very very good team and be interesting to see how high our ceiling will be.
 
#275      
OB positive
We all saw Ty take jump shots in practice last year but didn't take a single one in a game. He's going to have to actually take some and make them to keep his playing time this year. If he does that it would raise his game tremendously
 
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