Recent content by mysterio2525

I was joking but in reality that's how human perception works. if you see success and good decision making, you expect that going forward. we truly are simple creatures.... I know I am. I'm just loving the momentum we are building and feel this is the reckoning the college basketball world...

classic Illini bump :)

it's all interview speak. I take it with a grain of salt. it's like a recruit on a visit. once they leave the visit, reality sets in. andre may well have made his decision one way or another but Illinois will do what it needs to if he stays in the draft... something this staff does well. pivot

so let's split the difference and he gets 18 for 247 and that's his composite

I've gotten so much work done the past week.... it's not right!

I think they need to move on from randle. he's tough but takes a ton of bad shots. not a great scottie to Ants Jordan in my opinion

pretty sure that's Duke as well.... also think they have 25 scholarships

agreed with that and heard that's why Keaton is perfect for them. heard clippers could move this pick as well. or try and get into the top 4 but I doubt that happens. side note: I didn't realize Acuff shot so well last year

Acuff measured better than expected. 6'2 barefoot and 6'7 wingspan. I think this gives him a good chance to take the 5th spot over Keaton but it's either or. can't go wrong with this choices. Keatons size, poise, shooting and decision making vs the unreal explosiveness and scoring of Acuff.

ball to screen became foot to !!! for our opponents this year. loved the intelligence and reading ability of all our players this year. it does make us very hard to defend when you have players who can read, react, pass, shoot and handle the ball. in theory it's undefendable if they execute

here is the first ESPN bracketology with the new format. Illinois got a 1 seed but I still hate the expansion https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-2027-march-madness-men-field-predictions

total brain fart... confused maleek Thomas with mikel Brown in my head. which is even worse because I'm pretty sure Thomas is going back to Arkansas