Illini Basketball 2026-2027

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Fr8trn16
RabidDawgClassic said:
Lincoln’s shot’ll be just fine. 😉

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PleaseMakeABowlGame
RandyfromTuscola said:
That's stupid. (not saying that to you).

Our ceiling is just "Final Four" and Michigan and Michigan St's ceiling is National Championship. We are the best Big Ten team this year and our ceiling is winning the national championship.

I know I'm a homer fan, but come on
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I think it makes sense.

"Ceiling" just means if everything hits their potential.

Michigan and Michigan St. have a significantly higher defensive upside. Their two-way potential is better than Illinois.

However, there's no guarantee they will reach that potential, which is why Illinios is the higher floor team (much due to their elite offense).
 
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PleaseMakeABowlGame
There will always be guys at the end of the bench, and realistically we probably won't see much of Zens or Landon Davis this season. The same thing can probably be said about Brown. It's great to be excited about their potential, but the reality of modern hoops is there's a good likelihood guys like Zens, Davis, and Brown may not be Illini in couple years. It's actually ok to sleep on them, for now,
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100%.

People love to use the term "development guy." But, truth is this: if you're gonna get minutes at Illinois in the future, you need to get on the court in your first year. EVEN IF it's minimal sample size (9th man).

Otherwise, we'll just continue recruit over that player, as we absolutely should because we can't afford to be lacking in talent.

For next year, I think Williams and Morillo play.

The rest are very much uncertain.
 
#191      
Ryllini
RockfordIllini said:
I see a lot of Lincoln hanging out in the corner and, once the defense forgets about him, cutting baseline for some alley oops.
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He could wear out that dunkers spot. We will see what his in game shooting is like, but from the highlight clips, looks like you can't just leave him either.
 
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PleaseMakeABowlGame
There will always be guys at the end of the bench, and realistically we probably won't see much of Zens or Landon Davis this season. The same thing can probably be said about Brown. It's great to be excited about their potential, but the reality of modern hoops is there's a good likelihood guys like Zens, Davis, and Brown may not be Illini in couple years. It's actually ok to sleep on them, for now,
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100%.

People love to use the term "development guy." But, truth is this: if you're gonna get minutes at Illinois in the future, you need to get on the court in your first year. EVEN IF it's minimal sample size (9th man).

Otherwise, we'll just continue recruit over that player, as we absolutely should because we can't afford to be lacking in talent.

For next year, I think Williams and Morillo play.

The rest are very much uncertain.
 
#196      
EmeraldCityIllini
PleaseMakeABowlGame said:
I think it makes sense.

"Ceiling" just means if everything hits their potential.

Michigan and Michigan St. have a significantly higher defensive upside. Their two-way potential is better than Illinois.

However, there's no guarantee they will reach that potential, which is why Illinios is the higher floor team (much due to their elite offense).
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You think it’s correct if we hit our ceiling we can’t win a national title?

I like to think the top 8-15 teams any given year who hit their apex potential got a chance to win an title by and large.
 
#197      
NarrowJ
We honestly have very little idea what Lincoln's true shooting ability actually is (and same goes for Morillo and all of the other freshmen)

Luther Head was brought up earlier; he shot 29% from three and 56% from the free throw line as a freshman

Lincoln's form doesn't look terrible to me and the shots didn't like bounce around the rim and go in, he's hitting the back of the net (yeah its 3 shots; I'm aware of sample size! :))

I'm excited to see what these guys have this year
 
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OrangeBlue98
EmeraldCityIllini said:
You think it’s correct if we hit our ceiling we can’t win a national title?

I like to think the top 8-15 teams any given year who hit their apex potential got a chance to win a title by and large.
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There is no world where, assuming Mirk comes back healthy and at his level from last season, that Illinois’ ceiling isn’t “national championship”.

I get we are Illinois fans and our default is to look for the gray cloud in a sea of silver linings. But I 100% agree with you. This team’s realistic ceiling is a national championship.
 
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