Recent content by Nohops 73

My understanding is that he arrived at 220 lbs. and is now over 250. Assuming the added weight is Fletch muscle, it hasn't helped him from getting pushed around or holding his position for rebounds. This Z's being his second year in the system, I had high hopes on him taking the typical leap...

The bonus is we don't get the maddening "moving screen" fouls on our bigs by not setting them.

I’m in favor of giving this talented freshman class ample playing time, both for retention and as a recruiting pitch. Don’t want to lose any of these players due to lack of opportunity.

Turning the ball over to the other team by failing to pick up fourth and inches, deep in your own territory, is the ultimate ball security nightmare.

Does anyone else think Barnett would have gotten the first down and put the game away?

PCA gets stolen base #40, putting him in very rare air of the 40/40 club- only 7 players have reached this milestone! Glad he gets this done before the trip to Boston. Getting a stolen base in rainy conditions might have been tough.

Pump the brakes. There hasn't been any confirmation of his trolling skills yet.

Assuming these estimates are fairly accurate, there is a great deal to unpack from this article . Illinois is 14th in the Big 10 by these metrics.

I expect that tackling fundamentals will get a lot of attention in practice this week, and would expect significant improvement in Duke game. Many posters thought linebacker play was biggest hole in the defense. Longer term, getting Daniel Brown back and Grant Beerman having more practice time...

They showed it. Clock hit 0:00 before incomplete pass hit the ground.

Western Michigan gets screwed on major homer call. Clock ran out on incomplete pass. Refs put one second back on clock and scUM hits Hail Mary.

Western Michigan with the ball and a 9-7 lead in fourth quarter.

The real strength of this lineup is that the leading scorer in a game could be any one of our starting 5, depending on the matchups and who is feeling it that night.

If Andre reverts to his shooting percentage of his first two years in college (~30%) he will be a bigger offensive weapon. To me, his biggest potential area of offensive improvement will be maintaining court awareness on his drives and finding the open man instead of going 1 on 3 in the paint...

For #3 above, I hope Toni’s energized work ethic rubs off on Z. Seems like there is still so much untapped potential in his game. Think what 20 pounds more muscle and a couple post moves could add to his game.