Recent content by orangem

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?

In the last month, the best three teams in the country are Illini, Michigan, and Purdue -- with Illini ahead by a clear margin. https://barttorvik.com/?year=2026&sort=&hteam=&t2value=&conlimit=All&state=All&begin=20251214&end=20260501&top=0&revquad=0&quad=5&venue=All&type=All&mingames=0 If...

Mark Cuban

They weren't good enough, so we are intentionally getting guys that are more proven. This is a much safer road than hoping players will make a leap in eight months -- that's not a worthwhile gamble for a team hoping to make the CFP.

Indy, thanks again for all your great info. Seems to me that Morez's trust and faith in the staff was broken when he didn't get the playing time over Ben that he felt -- and most on here agree- Morez deserved for much of the season. On that basis I understand Morez's decision -- what do you...