October Exhibition Games

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EmeraldCityIllini
AnnoyedWithGarza said:
I feel like a top 5 offense and 30 defense is a better floor than a 20 offense and 20 defense though.

Are you saying you were kind of splitting hairs originally and now you believe that Illinois' advantages are much better than Michigan St advantage?
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Ya I thought both teams were really good - I by no means was picking MSU over Illinois

As to the bolded, that’s also probably splitting hairs. But essentially, thats a slightly less favorable Illini picture than the trade off between us and MSU last year, and we tied in the B1G standings.
 
#102      
jjv0004
This is Scheyer's best team at Duke and I don't think it is close. They are going to be incredibly difficult to beat come March. Rippey is an absolute stud and Boumtje Boumtje might end up being the best big in college basketball as a 17 year old. The kid just turned 17 in May.
 
#103      
Rap47
EmeraldCityIllini said:
I think I assumed MSU will be locked into a top 20 defense and top 20 offense - whereas we were locked into a top 5 offense, but defense has potential to be down around 30 (again, floor).

Most probably would have taken MSU backcourt over ours and our frontcourt over theirs. While I think that’s still true, one gap seems a lot larger at the moment. Their frontcourt is a mess
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Fears would not play much at Illinois because he is a terrible shooter and the illini do not get the calls at home that he gets at msu.
 
#104      
fatboyslim
jjv0004 said:
This is Scheyer's best team at Duke and I don't think it is close. They are going to be incredibly difficult to beat come March. Rippey is an absolute stud and Boumtje Boumtje might end up being the best big in college basketball as a 17 year old. The kid just turned 17 in May.
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Eh I don’t know about that. The 25 team had the second highest rated kenpom of all time. That’s not the end all or be all but it’s what we use to measure a teams efficiency. We’ll see but I’m not ready to make that declaration before the season has even started. If they win it all then obviously they are his best team.
 
#105      
mysterio2525
fatboyslim said:
Eh I don’t know about that. The 25 team had the second highest rated kenpom of all time. That’s not the end all or be all but it’s what we use to measure a teams efficiency. We’ll see but I’m not ready to make that declaration before the season has even started. If they win it all then obviously they are his best team.
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and it took a unfathomable collapse in the final few minutes for them to lose in the tourney.... although that sounds familiar to last year as well.
 
#106      
kyillinifan
Trey Kaufman Renn is now at Kansas. How is he eligible? They said on tv that Painter promised playing time to others and didn't want to break his promise to others. Trey White is still playing. Louisville is playing Kansas on espn u.
 
#107      
mysterio2525
kyillinifan said:
Trey Kaufman Renn is now at Kansas. How is he eligible? They said on tv that Painter promised playing time to others and didn't want to break his promise to others. Trey White is still playing. Louisville is playing Kansas on espn u.
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fun game to watch. lot of talent on both teams. stokes looking pedestrian in this one. tre White has been Kansas best player in the game. Kansas defense has been bad though...bidunga being on the other team doesn't help. shelstad has been a stud. Louisville has some really tall freshman who looks good (ekize?). hit some threes and is long
 
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