Wild when you consider his march success lol
Michigan 84, Illinois 70 Postgame
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Not as wild when you consider that he has the most conference wins over the last half decade plus. Which conference coach would you rather have? They're ready to fire Painter, May has not proven that he can sustain success, etc.
This is a conference that hasn't won a national championship since MSU, which was in a different century. Who would you rather have? Take NIL money into consideration. May was handed a fortune to spend.
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Do they hang banners for that?
Your trolling is at a severe level
Did you watch the Indiana and Michigan State games? Seemed like we were very deliberate in playing through Mirk on post ups.
Andrej was not good against Michigan. Barely played. As we all know.
Weirdly, that just made me realize how much we need Andrej.
Weirdly, that just made me realize how much we need Andrej.
Are they really though?
The fact that this is an argument against someone’s scoring is wild lol. Maybe getting to the line is a skill?
They're pretty ticked and it's pretty humorous.
Andrei I thought has been fine until his injury. I thought he was great against Sparty scoring 17 points. Obviously he's been terrible in recent games but I attribute it to his injury. He should be starting ahead of Davis if his leg is completely healed. We would have been be better off not getting the Ivisics and instead we should have outbid Michigan for Mara or brought in another top center like the UConn or Florida center.
I really hope he is not checked out. Did Dusty May linger with Andrej in the handshake line?
We do need him. Our bench is so short the way it is. When was the last time Peja or Andrej's mom were at a game (before USC)? He played well at USC when they were in the crowd.
DevILLDawg
- Meredosia, Illinois
This isn't the "dunk" you may think it is.
Finding someone to average 13 points a game and 4 rebounds on 27 mins with a 49/27/82 split? Those guys are common. We could have gotten a Lamar Wilkerson/Payton Sandfort (Hell, maybe both) for the same NIL as Dre.
He was a swing and a miss.
He doesn't fit the offensive scheme here and you can't play him alongside Kylan who got Ty Rodgers level "dorked" by Michigan.
DevILLDawg
- Meredosia, Illinois
He is gonna put up huge numbers on a 16-win ACC team next year.
Hopefully, Trey doesn’t go to the final 4 with Kansas and make that statement comeback to haunt US bc I agree with you that is probably isn’t a final four missing piece.
I would love for Andrej to find his groove and for plays to be drawn up for him.
Changed my mind. Now I want to play them again.
What have you done lately … Anyone can score against Southern and whoever else in non conference and that’ll inflate the numbers …
February games … Heart of Big Ten Play … Month sample size … 72 points … 28 at the line … 39% of his points … At the line …
And I don’t even need to pull the stats from 3 … Absolutely atrocious … I wouldn’t even guard him from 3 …
I mean, it’s pretty obvious from what you’re seeing and hearing that he most likely isn’t going to be here next year…and im cool with that at his price point.
Any chance the ankle has remained an issue?
He scored 6 points vs Southern but okay
You said “nearly all” and 39% is nowhere close to “nearly all”… is making FTs bad now? People make up some weird stuff to get upset about
He’s oscillated between being our 2nd/3rd leading scorer all season, so he’s important
I worry more that he’s had so many lower body injuries this year, has to be rough
Illini2010-11
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Not going to disagree about recent struggles, which are a concern (partially injury related?). No doubt reasons for less playing time at this point.
However, his "inflated" numbers came mostly against Quad 1 non conference opponents and various B1G games (very strong games vs Texas Tech, Bama, @OSU, Nebraska, @OSU, @Iowa, MD, and @USC). He only scored 6 vs Southern. The larger issue is the lack of consistency.
It is very hard to claim Stojakovic has not been a disappointment. You can be good and still be disappointing, because we brought him and paid him to replace 2 NBA 1st round draft picks. Andrej has 0 chance of being drafted after this year. He was supposed to be the alpha. If Wagler hadn't been a diamond in the rough and able to handle the alpha role, I think this team would be a bit of a mess.
My main problem with Andrej is that when he gets the ball he predetermines his move without reading the defense. He only has 3 assists in the last 5 games, with the way he penetrates there should be open shooters.
CrazedUIFan
UI Fan in QC Land
My biggest two complaints with Andrej is his lack of willingness to look for the open guy when he drives and inconsistency on defense. He has the athletic ability to be a very good defender.
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