Illini Basketball 2026-2027

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rmlsr
LvilleILL1 said:
Already hearing some stuff.....will post something by the end of the weekend after the first week is done.

I will add one nugget already: Stefan Vaaks has exceeded expectations so far.
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They must not have anyone who can handle Vaaks. It will be interesting how the freshman workouts go because the summer workouts will help them a ton in getting PT during next season.
 
#78      
Combo
DC bearcat said:
Steve Lanter was the point of the 79 team. When he got hurt we went down the tubes. Mark smith did indeed become point guard. Partly to matchup with Magic Johnson. Steve Lanter was a huge Loss to injury!!!!!!
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Yup. Smith tried to play PG, with a little more success than Sergio had playing PG.
 
#79      
CrazyIlliniLady
Combo said:
Yup. Smith tried to play PG, with a little more success than Sergio had playing PG.
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that was my senior year, before Steve blew out his knee, we were undefeated, we even beat Magic Johnson's Spartans, who went on to beat Indiana State with Larry Brid in the finals of the NCAA tournament. Once Steve was out, we barely played 500 the rest of the year.
 
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Yes33
LvilleILL1 said:
Already hearing some stuff.....will post something by the end of the weekend after the first week is done.

I will add one nugget already: Stefan Vaaks has exceeded expectations so far.
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I feel Vaaks is going to be a more athletic Kasparas with Wagler’s jump shot? Tell me I’m wrong…
 
#81      
Bleedorangeandblue44
Probably wrong place to put this but the 1989 Iowa game popped up in my youtube today

So many thoughts --

1) Wow, Iowa really had it going back then, really talented and strong and so thankful they took a major step back from that era for about 30 years. Thinking on it now that I didn't before, were they so good back then because of Bruce Pearl? I thought Davis had a connection to Michigan before Bruce to get some of those guys. And of course their best players were from Illinois which we can never let happen again.

2) that was Kendall Gill's first game back from a serious injury he suffered in that Georgia tech win to put Illinois at No. 1 in country on super bowl sunday 49ers over cincy, 89, Assembly Hall absolutely electric, an all-time Illini win, Kenny Battle with the best dunk in Illinois history, will never be topped, the rest can go for second best, and as that season went on and the way it ended in final four vs f'ing Michigan and their "Michigan Man" coach in final four, any Illini newcomers here need to know the history of the pain that school has caused and why there's a segment of us who will hate Michigan and Iowa with everything we have

3) Had some feel good, weird thoughts about the generations of Illini fandom, and I know it goes way back before '89, but now to see where the program is, just so happy for the old timers who suffered through Bruce Pearl, the more recents who suffered through Weber/Groce, .... and just hoping we can all enjoy the Final four last year and even better this coming season, it really is a special fanbase that I'm thankful to be part of, and we have more reasons than ever to be optomisitc big things are coming

I-L-L
 
#83      
Fly Illini Fly!
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#85      
pruman91
LvilleILL1 said:
Already hearing some stuff.....will post something by the end of the weekend after the first week is done.

I will add one nugget already: Stefan Vaaks has exceeded expectations so far.
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#87      
Red77sng
Bleedorangeandblue44 said:
Probably wrong place to put this but the 1989 Iowa game popped up in my youtube today

So many thoughts --

1) Wow, Iowa really had it going back then, really talented and strong and so thankful they took a major step back from that era for about 30 years. Thinking on it now that I didn't before, were they so good back then because of Bruce Pearl? I thought Davis had a connection to Michigan before Bruce to get some of those guys. And of course their best players were from Illinois which we can never let happen again.

2) that was Kendall Gill's first game back from a serious injury he suffered in that Georgia tech win to put Illinois at No. 1 in country on super bowl sunday 49ers over cincy, 89, Assembly Hall absolutely electric, an all-time Illini win, Kenny Battle with the best dunk in Illinois history, will never be topped, the rest can go for second best, and as that season went on and the way it ended in final four vs f'ing Michigan and their "Michigan Man" coach in final four, any Illini newcomers here need to know the history of the pain that school has caused and why there's a segment of us who will hate Michigan and Iowa with everything we have

3) Had some feel good, weird thoughts about the generations of Illini fandom, and I know it goes way back before '89, but now to see where the program is, just so happy for the old timers who suffered through Bruce Pearl, the more recents who suffered through Weber/Groce, .... and just hoping we can all enjoy the Final four last year and even better this coming season, it really is a special fanbase that I'm thankful to be part of, and we have more reasons than ever to be optomisitc big things are coming

I-L-L
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