Recent content by orangem

Morez at pick #9 was the highest drafted non-freshman in the country. Sure he made more free throws this year that allowed him to stay at the end of games, but seriously ... the #9 pick wasn't even just one of the better players in the conference?

He lost minutes at Illinois because he was playing behind Humrichous, who coach hoped would get out of his slump. Underwood is a fantastic coach, but this was a misstep -- Morez was already one of the better players in the B1G.

Whitman eye surgery = long-term effects from watching Illini 2010-2019.

Athletics 2027 mock Sam Vecenie: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7368866/2026/06/25/nba-draft-2027-prospects-tyran-stokes/ Mirk #13 Coleman #18 No one else in top 48.

Iowa is the new Wiscy -- may not have the most talent, but I bet McCollum will get them into the top 7 at least.

I can see why you discount the staff watching Lee in practice and games for a year. We all know that incoming guards turn out exactly like their High School rankings.

I agree that if we keep Boyd and Clayton in the fold, perhpas Lopati isn't the best use of our limited money when he likely would not have won the job as a true freshman and then would have left anyways.

If you think the Illini can afford 4.5 mil for Blackwell but can't find 7.5 mil for Wagler -- you are very much mistaken.

Some of us objectively disagree that they were poached, rather than them being told they had to go and assisting them in that search.

Me too -- was so strange he was a .240 3-point shooter for us over two years, now is shooting like he did in H.S. But you can't play a shooting guard who can't shoot....

Tyler Underwood is going to get dad his first Final Four

Illini have been playing better than Purdue for a month -- 3.5 line on Torvik.

If the market is overvaluing mediocre guys with P4 experience vs. the talented hard-working P5s with great PFF grades for better production, we are doing exactly the right thing. Indiana just won a title with those JMU guys.

Bad news for the doomers: Thomison's PFF DL grades were among the best in the country -- 76.2 PFF grade overall, 73.8 run defense grade and 75.3 pass-rush grade. Real question -- do the insiders know why he only played 132 snaps?