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    Illini in the Pros (Basketball)

    Augie wasnt left in during the 1st half after picking up his 2nd foul. So bad example. He sat out the entire rest of the first half then fouled out late in the 2nd half. His 5 fouls in 9 minutes is less to do with coaching and more to do with May getting every ticky tack foul.
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    College Sports (Basketball)

    Because there's no CBA.
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    2026 NBA Draft Thread

    Deron Williams was 3rd overall if I remember correctly.
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    2026 NBA Draft Thread

    Nobody has ever portrayed this to be a 4 player draft. Its been portrayed as the deepest draft in a while with difference makers all throughout the first round, just there are 4 players that seem like they are more of a sure thing than the other ones. If the Bulls felt Wagler or Acuff or Brown...
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    He got pulled from multiple games early last year for defensive mistakes. He was a little in Brad's doghouse and you could see Brad specifically chewing him out on the sidelines. I'm glad it worked because he improved dramatically from the start to the end of the year. Brad always knew he was...
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    NBA Draft

    To each their own, but AJ puts way more effort into both sides of the ball and intangibles than Melo. Peterson just stands around on offense waiting to shoot and doesn't do anything else. Wade was the opposite, he was an effort player. I would say Peterson is the undersized Carmelo. I wouldn't...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Here is my issue. The same people that say Vaaks will our point guard are the same people that can't explain what a point guard is and say basketball is position less. Fact of the matter is we all thought it would be Petrovic last year and were wrong. We have 4 playmakers in our starting...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Nobody thought Keaton would be our point guard, and he was. Nobody on here is Nostrodomous. I'm not the only one assuming it will be Coleman. Time will tell.
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    Illini in the Pros (Basketball)

    To be fair, he's #1 on the list because they did it in alphabetical order, not the contract they're expected to receive.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Musselman has twice as many 2nd weekend appearances in less years, a better winning percentage, never had any of his seasons vacated, and at his 3rd school has started out better in his first two years at a football school than Underwood did at a basketball school. Don't get me wrong, I'll take...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    The "leap" forward was regarding the individual players taking a leap forward this year, not the Michigan front court from last year to this year. I would expect those players to have better years this year than they did last year with one more year of experience and more talent around them. I...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    They are the #2 recruiting class. You can't just ignore the transfers. Thats part of recruiting. So now that we've established they have the #2 recruiting class, smh, the question is can the transfers they're bringing in progress like the transfers they brought in last year. Because the...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Thats not true. Their entire front court is experienced and had better stats at their previous stop than Mara and Johnson. And they're all expected to contribute as starters. I don't know what you're reading, but its misleading you.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    They didn't lose 3 potential lottery picks. I would say 1. McCoy isn't the only one expected to contribute. Their entire class of transfer bigs are going to be starting or first off the bench. And by the way, all those transfers had better numbers than Aday Mara and Morez Johnson the year before...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Michigan is #2 in the overall 247 recruiting rankings. Yes they lost a lot, but I'm not sure how you can say they haven't done much to replace it. There's only one team ahead of them, Duke. Plus with Dusty May's track record of being a great coach, it shouldn't be surprising to see them in the...
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