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    Games Thread - The National Championship

    I think their recruiting is just fine. LOL. As others have note Clingan is a different type of more mobile big. Will end up playing more in NBA than Edey. They also have a backup who can jump out of the gym and has a 7'5" wingspan. They only negative recruiting going on about UConn is if you...
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    Week of 1/8 Games Thread

    I think he was like 182 on 247. Fell from 136. He committed early IIRC. Transferred to Moline to play with Harding as they were AAU teammates I think. I watched him three times last year. He looked like a project TBH. Nice size, could run, good hands, but really did not dominate as you might...
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    Pregame: Illinois at Rutgers, Saturday, December 2nd, 3:00pm CT, BTN

    He is a pretty good player. If he is on your team you love him. Had 13 assists and 1 TO in last game.
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    Pregame: Illinois at Rutgers, Saturday, December 2nd, 3:00pm CT, BTN

    Underwood is not on hot seat unless we go one and done in NCAA, or miss entirely. The BT is garbage so we need to win a game vs a ranked team OOC.
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    Pregame: Illinois at Rutgers, Saturday, December 2nd, 3:00pm CT, BTN

    We need to start getting quality wins. Torvik has us out of the tourney field right now FWIW. Need one of the FAU or Tennessee games.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Western Illinois, Friday, November 24th, 8:00pm CT, BTN

    Rodgers is not a point guard. Period. He is a small forward we are playing out there as a stopgap. Cannot shoot anything but a layup, and has average handle and vision at best. We will be Top 25 ish no matter who we throw out there due to TSJ and the supporting cast and a weak BT again, but our...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Western Illinois, Friday, November 24th, 8:00pm CT, BTN

    They are terrible. Southern beat them. They have NAIA schools on their schedule. Let's just run a few actual halfcourt sets for practice and once we are up by 25 in first half pull TSJ for the night. Goal here is to not have anybody else get hurt. We have real games starting next week.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Western Illinois, Friday, November 24th, 8:00pm CT, BTN

    I think people are interested because he is only guy so far who kind of resembles a point guard, albeit, it was versus the 290th team in the country.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Valparaiso, Friday, November 17th, 7:00pm CT, B1G+

    Play this kid more. We need shooters and scorers badly.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Valparaiso, Friday, November 17th, 7:00pm CT, B1G+

    DGL has way more game and way better ball skills than Epps. He does not even have to start. Domask and TSJ can run the offense but we need another scorer out there. Goode can be that. Hawkins is not a shooter or a scorer, nor is Guerrier. Both are decent role player 4th option guys. Rodgers has...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Valparaiso, Friday, November 17th, 7:00pm CT, B1G+

    Need to bring Rodgers off the bench to backup at the 4. He is not a lead guard. Start DGL and bite the bullet on his learning on the job. Or start Goode and have Domask and TSJ run the offense and bring DGL as first guard off the bench and give him more minutes. We have a chance to get some...
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    Illini Basketball 2023-2024

    We (and most every team) hear the "10 deep and we will run people out of the gym and extend defense" thing every year. Reality is they will primarily have a core 8 man, sometimes 9 man rotation as usual. And we don't have the right mix of players to really extend the defense.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Nowell has a two way contract in NBA. Not bad....