Recent content by alexander58

As good as Ant is, I believe the wolves are a lot easier to defend when the ball sticks in his hands all the time.

Regardless of the contact preceding the elbow, I thought it was a textbook “2”. Pretty standard stuff. I think Wemby gets calls a lot of bigs don’t get because he’s 7’5 with pool sticks for legs and easily loses balance with the same physical contact other big guys deal with.

Like many that follow on here, I want to see the former Illini succeed in the pros, but watching the wolves religiously since Ayo joined, I have been impressed with Finch as a coach. I love Ant as a player, but like most A list players, he’s a handful. That’s where coaches earn their money. In a...

These all star games, with all the “I’m gonna get mine” mentality are tough to watch, but Morillo stood out as someone understanding he wasn’t the only guy on the floor. He’s a winner.

Good to hear, but how often do college recruiters pull more than one player from the same high school team?

As I remember, White was trashed by the “old guard”, because he played differently than Michigan and Ohio State. Schembechler, in particular was pissed because Moeller was dismissed after one season. No “three yards and a cloud of dust”. It was so much fun after the mediocrity of the previous...

Nebraska is really well coached and they are really efficient on offense. I like watching the Illini play, but we’re going to run into bad matchups with teams like Nebraska. Size and length are great, but we’re going to struggle with teams that are more athletic. I don’t think the twins can keep...

Wasn’t Ben essentially catch and shoot or pass immediately? Not a lot of chances to give the ball to the other team.

I’ll play devils advocate. He has a nice stroke, has good footwork, and executes nicely in the pick and roll. It looks like lot of Fletch in his future.

No doubt Cam looks like a major leaguer right now. To play devils advocate, Houston may have said Smith or no deal. How bad do you want him?

Someone really has too much time on their hands.

Like most, I like Petrovic’s game. Going off of this year with KJ and Tomi, I see a big difference in physicality from the European league to major college basketball. I think Petrovic will have a major adjustment. Tomi still has a ways to go. I’m not worried about Mirkovic.

This. Getting one year out of first year college players doesn’t seem worth the time investment if your goal is national championships.

Unless there were injury issues, I can’t get past Storrs lack of playing time last year.