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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    Sure, but I'm talking about NATIONAL player of the year, which Mirk has currently really strong odds toward right now in the summer. It's 9 months until this is all awarded, but again, if LvilleILL1 is saying he's a contender for national player of the year, and the betting markets identify...
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    If you look at previous POY stats, 4 of the last 5 were 20 and 10 guys and almost everyone averaged 20 pts in the last 25 years. If Mirk is considered a top 5-10 guy preseason, he's going to be averaging close to 20. LvilleILL1 said "improvements have been made" which tells me he's either...
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    I think a great comp for Mirk is actually Luka Garza in terms of style, play and potential output. Luka had a similar freshman year, then his sophomore year dealt with some injuries and setbacks, so I think looking at Garza's junior year as what we could hope for Mirk. I imagine if he has...
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    This is awesome. Thanks! Any update on a premiere non-conference home game this year? These other games are great, but missing out on North Carolina, UConn, and Duke this year at home kind of stinks. I understand these are part of other agreements and a big non-conference game is better than...
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    I saw the Braggin Rights game is Sunday December 20th. Any official confirmation of that on here?
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    I don't care if the information is stolen or not. I'm just here for the updates.
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    Where is the rumor coming from?
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Not official yet, but this is where it is going to land. So no hope of bringing Boswell back for one more year.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Renewals are due May 15th. If we get Blackwell, assume there will be no one giving them up.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I wouldn't overlook Pat Kelsey at Louisville. He's won at a lot of levels, had a great season in 24-25 in his last, and how they are supercharging their basketball NIL, because they see an opening with Kentucky floundering. It'll be Louisville and Duke atop the ACC next year. What they can't...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I have no inside knowledge, but my guess is that Andrej and Blackwell's decision is related and connected to their NIL requests and how they relate to each. We've heard time and time again that the money is there if need to spend it, and while Blackwell is trying to get a large pay day by teams...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I'm having a hard time thinking where all these minutes are going to go and if we get the retention we want, plus another transfer, why would our freshmen want to come here. I know it's the world we live in and people get recruited over, but we have 2 freshman (Morillo and Coleman) who people...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Important to point out to our future geographically challenged people: Vaaks is from Estonia, which is nowhere near the Balkans, but I can't wait for people to just assume he's another Lithuanian player.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    It's got to be either Brandon Lee or Ty Rodgers
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I agree in theory and if I was in that position and someone put the numbers of lifetime earnings in front of me, it's hard to argue with them. But for guys in the NBA, if you get to your second contract, you're making tens of millions, if not 100+ million. I know when you consider taxes, agents...
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