Recent content by OrangeNTude

#9th man. In all honesty, I know it’s not realistic, but I wish we could see a lot of all the freshmen. I believe Coleman is going to start but I wish some of the others would be breakout players so it’s impossible to not play them.

This looks like a fun team to follow and root for. For a fun exercise, here are some player comps for our newcomers--trying to find a previous Illini to compare to. Some of these might seem like hot takes--we have the next less athletic Larry Bird on our roster, etc. If they seem too...

Quentin Coleman Landon Davis Stefan Vaaks

Illini Newcomers Lincoln Williams Zavier Zens Lucas Morillo Ethan Brown

Zens and Williams already look jacked. And Lincoln’s shoulder width measurement looks huge.

Imagine if Wagler had chosen Minnesota before getting the Illinois offer. Minnesota could have made the tournament and we would have had to rely on Bam + Lee or Petro at pg for most of the year.

Being Wisc mr. basketball, and his order of visits… Utah St. (Apr 10) Illinois (Apr 12) Wisconsin (Apr 13) decision Apr 14 …would cause me to speculate that he may be planning to wrap things up on Tuesday by announcing for Wisconsin. Sometimes the last visit is scheduled for the favorite...

Mingo doesn't look like he shoots at all. Pass.

It’s not monopoly money, but at the end of the day anyone who wants to try being a donor should have some understanding of the reality of the situation, which is there is only so much control you can realistically expect to have when it comes to 18-24 year olds on a college sports team. There...

I'm curious as to why you say there are only 8 really good teams. I can kind of guess why, but some might include one or two more. For example, we are in the top 8 in the NET rankings, but Iowa State and UConn are 9 and 10, respectively. Do you consider those two teams to be overrated...

This is where it is good to try rotating in/developing an extra player over the course of the season, instead of trying to force a 6 man rotation (7 man rotation at best) when key players have to be out for a stretch. Just try to bring someone along into the schemes—Lee, Petro, Fagbemi, anyone...

Thanks for the update, Tyler

Petrovich sighting!

11:00 left and up by 40 points

What will BU’s postgame presser include … “I expected us to be a bit flat tonight because of how we practiced this week…” “credit to Colgate…” “Colgate is well coached…” “(player name) is elite at…” ?