Recent content by illinois_hustle

Offensively we are juiced again ... should be another KenPom darling and really fun to watch. Defensively I don't know ... are we better, worse, same? Maybe better as a unit with all of the IQ? I still worry about not have "that dog" on D to put a speed bump on the quick guards out there.

There’s so many great lead guards out there that I’m concerned about not having that shut down defender on our roster. Great lineup to be sure but not yet confident without someone who can take on and at least slow down an alpha. So yeah, basically Kylan.

Thanks to everyone for an extremely fun and memorable season -- great entertainment! It was a pleasure to watch all these guys and I hope all those eligible (or not NBA bound) will come back!!

I made a joke earlier that we have such an inside advantage but would likely shoot 40 threes against these guys...

Athletic? No. Shoots like a rifleman? Yes. Power scored 44 earlier today. Their 3pt shooters are at 43, 40, and 38%. Not athletic, but if Fran schemes to get these guys open shots? They will drain them. We can trounce them if we do our own scheming to take advantage of our strengths, but this...

Cannot do drop coverage on defense. Cannot shoot 40 threes. Somehow I think that’s exactly what we’re gonna do.

THIS is the worst ... it's been years of it. Whoever's in control, just please tell him to stop.

Vegas is pretty good at what they do and they had us at 10 ish pt favorites. We lost by 3 so that’s 13 under their expectation. That’s not good.

This game should be scheduled for tooth hurty.

I think Tomi is worth a swing of about +/- 8 points, so I'm concerned but hopeful. It might come down to their alphas vs ours down the stretch. Will a late game clutch guy (Ayo!) be born? Plan is to have the Illinois shirt, pants, on socks on, and other various superstitions and Illini...

At home we just HAVE to win, I think by 10 at least, to feel good about where we're headed the rest of this season.

What determines playing time past the top few guys will be defense (this is Brad, after all), and health. And yes, whoever said that the most telling metric will be who finishes close games was spot on. We don't know how either of these will go, but it will be fun to see how it all shakes out...

Washington has a few very dangerous weapons and it will be a major challenge to cover all that they can do. Demond Williams can throw and take off on either designed runs or broken plays; he's fast and can get to the edge easily. Jonah Coleman is a beast; I don't know how Michigan limited him...

Really really really didn’t want to lose because of that crap blown call and review on the Feagin “fumble”… AND WE DIDN’T!!!!

It was 7-7 about 3 days ago