He needs to improve his rebounding too. Big time! He is a great rim presence but he needs to shoot like he did most of his career tossing out last year and freaking rebound! Him and Tomi both. Outside of Mirk our best rebounder shouldnt be a guard.
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I love that Mom loves the Illini and wants him close to home. Brady even talked a lot about its his choice but momma wants him close to home.Oh how far we have come ...
Just another day of battling Duke for a 5 star ...
You had me for 10 seconds. I was about to look up this Mario dude.
I think it has something to do with our scheme, too (not entirely). When Z or Tomi shoot the three, they are supposed to go back defend. Also, our threes can generate long rebounds, which might go to guards more easily.
His defensive rebound rate was technically the best on last year’s team (21.6)
That’s much harder to accomplish when Quentin Coleman’s on your team.
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Does it matter who rebounds as long as we’re one of the top rebounding teams in the country? Doesn’t matter who makes shots at the rim/layups as long as we continue to be among the most efficient offenses in college basketball?
You'll always have the " Poor me, I hit the lottery and have to pay taxes" group...
This is all well and good until you run into Duke / Florida / Zona / UConn esque enforcer 5-man who throttles you on OReb putbacks. You want to see your 7 footers grab some 2-handed rebounds with authority. Tomi used to in past years. I hope exhibition was just them on half speed.
Milk and cookies may have been the wrong halftime approach
rmlsr
- El Paso,IL
So what do we know about Layton Jones? Must be pretty decent if we are showing interest in him to get him on campus as a freshman
Joel Goodson
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he's tall and he can ball
6’5 freshmen at Evanston High school and also playing for Meanstreet.
rmlsr
- El Paso,IL
Is he the best incoming freshman in the high school of Illinois? Also btw where does Robert Smith Jr (son of former Simeon coach) rank among incoming freshmen in the state of Illinois?
Joel Goodson
- 9th man conundrum
Lance Jones' nephew. Jones played (very well) for SIU and one season for Purdue (when they made it to the title game). Was a great duo with Domask.
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
Lol. The coach from Bolingbrook says he is a freshman at Bolingbrook. IJS!!
Might be right but for whatever reason he was listed as EHS freshman on some sites.
You sure he doesn’t play at Bolingbrook
Tomi needs to be on the block more often IMOWatching the frontlines at Duke (Ngongba, JBB), UConn (Hines), Florida (Condon) and Arizona (Krivas) plus seeing all the 2027 5-stars off the board (or not on our radar)... I share your concerns.
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I love Tomi's 3-ball ability and Z's occasional jump out the gym blocks. But we need a low post force.
It doesn’t matter to me one way or the other which school he’s actually attending cause am just passing on the information that I came across.
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