Recent content by illini011923

They have very limited size, and their best post player looks to be out. Tomi, Z, and Mirk need to dominate in the paint

Its better than 2k making it. Brings competition to the basketball games

Clearly to show off some great ball vision from our recent recruit..... The dude who keeps scoring looks like he can play too 👀👀

100% agree.... This was a top 30 team in CBB last year with Ben as a starter for over half the season. Putting him as your 3-5th guy off the bench shows the depth and ceiling this team should have (or floor)

6'1 180 based on what I saw reported

Will this be from more back down actions or mid range elbow line shots? or both? He didn't shoot a lot of mid ranges last year (even though when he did shoot them they looked very pure) He struggled in the back down game against the veteran bigs , so I am hoping this is where they are focusing...

It looks like the roster is almost complete if we end up getting andrej This would mean he would be our primary scorer. My big question is who is #2? It will probably be Ivisic but that worries me a bit. I like him being able to distribute and pop out and shoot but if andrej is off or in foul...

I thought Morez said he didn't want to turn out like Dain?? 2 years and 2 schools is not the right way to start

Lets assume we end up landing Sarr and he turns out to be an NBA player (which is what hes projected to do) That would become BU 5th player since 2021 he has sent to the NBA - Ayo, TSJ, KJ, Riley, Sarr (I am not including Podz, or any of the G-league players) Before BU since the 2005 team...

Shhhhhh ..... we have atleast another week or two to keep dreaming (there's less than a 1% he stays with NBA calling)

If this is due to Brad playing Ben over Morez most of this season then yes I agree this is partly on Brad, but Brad has also put this program in the best shape since the early 2000s. Since 2009-10 season, Illinois has only been to 7 NCAA tournaments (5 under Brad)(6 if you count COVID year)...

My best guess (other than relationship and behind the scenes issues) is that you get the primary player from a team and especially as a young kid it is hard to adjust to a reduced role and adapt well within a year. That's why the norm used to be if you weren't a one and done it is hard for a...

Does Kofi have another year of eligibility????

No offense to Purdue's role players but they aren't all that talented.... They have really good top end players....Kaufman-Renn, Edey, Smith Past that they don't have any studs that are getting shopped around in the portal like Illinois does. Illinois goes and gets guys that have tons of...