Recent content by BoiseBaller

Ty is gonna love the weather out there. Near perfection.

True. But….there would be nothing more “Illinois” than for AS to stay in the draft after we apparently passed on Blackwell. The ultimate Murphy’s Law stuff right there lol.

It’s wild. So much of the predictions do not take into account injuries, illness, foul trouble, etc. Plus, if we wouldn’t take Blackwell due to “chemistry issues”, then what would that about the new guys if Boswell isn’t welcomed back? If they are all EDG, I don’t see why it would be an...

Two seed seems fair. Should be preseason top 10 for sure.

Maybe it’s pragmatism, but I don’t see it that way. I’d say there are far more sunshine and rainbows than anything else. And that’s great. But I don’t begrudge those taking a cautiously optimistic approach. 40+ years of being an Illini fan has certainly conditioned me that way. The math is...

Yup. I was pleasantly surprised watching him in that game. Thought he’d contribute much sooner than later after seeing him there.

I mean, I guess this is possible. But I don’t know why a potential pre-season AA would worry about losing minutes to incoming freshman. Blackwell seemed like the piece that could make us serious title contenders. Not saying that we still can’t be that or that it won’t happen but that path...

FWLIW, Werner sounds like he thinks the Blackwell dream is over too.

That’s on the staff to manage. Big part of the job these days.

Not to belabor the whole past recruiting/coaching thing, but the data on Bruce is pretty clear. He went to another P5 school after IL and repeated, nearly blow for blow, his exact tenure here. He is what he is lol.

💯💯💯

Game, set, match.

If basketball doesn’t work out, he could be the next Bond villain.

Game was played at a frenetic pace. Wowza.

Well to be fair, if you paid me two million dollars for nine months of doing nothing, I wouldn’t complain either lol.