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If the three bigs we have are as good as we expect this year, bigs will be lining up to join our roster.

We really need to work on this if we want to win the conference this year. 8th is not acceptable.

They really need to weight it against the free throw % the opponents average for the season to determine how good a team is at stopping the free throw

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