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AJ Redd is welcome back

And the 6’4” guy is a tenacious rebounder

It’s also a very bad look for recruiting if you bring in SH rather than giving those freshman a shot at the back end of the rotation

Andrej and Jake can also easily be in the lineup together with Vaaks or Coleman

I think I’d go the other way. Kofi didn’t have the best hands and certainly couldn’t handle the ball well enough on the perimeter. How much would the shooting really help if he still couldn’t play on the perimeter? Wagler+TSJ fast breaks alone would be insane to watch.

How’s Vaaks been on defense?

Considering Mirk was a true freshman who supposedly has leaned up a ton already and Stojakovic is a senior with NBA aspirations who had a bad ankle a lot of the year, this seems like a crazy take to think they can’t improve. Tomi, Maybe I can see your point, but even just getting back to his...

Probably doesn’t count Hawkins, Dainja, or Morez or Goode as Illini.

So was Wagler… rankings don’t matter much when you get to that range. I trust this staff to hit on one of those 3 to be capable of scoring 2 points in 7 minutes and playing capable defense.

To be fair, we have several examples of guys leaving out program who didn’t play a ton and then had breakout years to varying degrees… Podz, DGL, Dainja, Epps, Goode. It would not shock me at all. Guys who come to Illinois improve their game, improve their body, and learn how to put in the...

I'd take the over on at least 2 of those. No mention of the Ivisic Bros either.

I wonder if the #9thman likes homemade pizza

Absolutely love the competition amongst the freshman. That we have this many guys buying in to likely be at the end of the bench and developing. Coaches get a full year look before needing minutes out of any of them. Brown, Zens, Williams, and Davis have opportunity to earn their minutes like...

I also expect Mirk to be much quicker next season with a full summer with Fletch.

Last year our ninth man became an all American