Recent content by PepeSilvia

Felt absolutely automatic from the free throw line and I don't think I've ever seen another player so clearly improve game after game in season. It always seemed like he made the right decision.

I think it's a lot more than decent. Hurley can coach but I don't think he could've drawn anything up to stop that team if they swapped Clingan and Hawkins. Castle did a good job on Shannon with Clingan behind him but that defense suffers without him and he was in early foul trouble. Shannon...

I say this with all due respect but I don't think there is anyway that Illinois approaches what Michigan did defensively last year(they had the number 1 defense by a good bit). I do think that Z can be a fantastic rim protector but he doesn't have the insane size and length that Mara did...

Those guys are definitely capable of making those shots but a lot of those aren't exactly easy conversions outside of two of the Boswell misses(wide open layup and putback). A lot of those Stojakovic attempts and the Mirk one are not easy conversions though. Yes, its definitely a different...

Lol he's saying takes 750 attempts to stabilize 3pt% to stabilize when looking at shooting ability and trying to decide if a player has improved. I don't need 750 attempts to tell you that a team is going to consistently shoot better if they get open looks in rhythm than relying on shooting...

That's kind of my point though. 3pt shooting doesn't happen in a vacuum. The quality of the attempts has a ton to do with how well teams shoot it from 3, which is why you see guys/teams often shooting it really well against low major competition. It's not surprising that they shot better in the...

6'3 Ball, 6'5 Demary, 6'6 Mullins, 6'8 Karaban, and 6'10 Reed with 6'7 Ross off the bench playing most of their minutes is certainly more equipped to handle the positional size of Illinois than Houston was playing 3 6'3 guards. Plus, UConn didn't trap a incredibly large team that arguably had...

But that's my point with Houston. They didn't really have the size to match up. 3 6'3 guards and an undersized big in Tugler alongside Cenac. Also, Houstons defensive style and insistence on trapping actually played into the Illini's hands. Illinois was big enough and skilled enough to...

That game exposed the achilles heel of the offense when playing elite teams that have the size and athleticism to match up with Illinois. The offense stagnated If Illinois was unable to force help defenders to come. If they could force help it created open looks and forced defenders to rotate...

Its a different offense and he will have far more talent surrounding him. He was also often playing off ball next to Sellers and Edwards too. Also, the big east whistle is very different from the Big10 so I wouldn't be surprised to see more free throw attempts just from how ticky-tack the big10...

I mean it's a highlight video. I hope he does pan out and his jumpshot looks pretty smooth. I think the expectation is that he can be a serviceable backup big that can play stretch 4. Ballhandling didn't really look like much of anything in that video. Then he needs to spend a lot of time...

Coleman and Williams are both freshman. Always going to be a question how they translate defensively especially early. Stojakovic is definitely capable and has good size/length but also isn't overly quick. He's a quality athlete but it's not like he's going to guard like Trent or Damonte.

Don't want to overreact before we actually see him play in an Illini uniform but this is the most concerning part imo. The roster doesn't exactly have a bevy of big athletic defenders that should be able to check him very well in practice. Would really worry much about most opponents but maybe...

Well the ACC conference schedule has basically been entirely made up of cupcakes since Scheyer has taken over. Like two solid seasons by UNC, one by Clemson, and not much else. Virginia went 15-3 in the ACC last year and I genuinely think they would might not have went .500 if they were in the...

Im not a Hurley fan but he's got a point. It's insanity to go through your normal portal and have teams build rosters and then just make an entire class eligible to return afterwards. I don't blame to coaches for taking 5th year guys but the entire thing is a mess.