Recent content by sulli

It’s a bad idea full stop. It further devalues the regular season. If you have a guy injured in January no reason to try to get him back playing since there is no threat to not make the tourney. It’s a money grab because the NCAA makes money on the tournament and the individual...

Lot's of straw man arguments being made on this thread. The people that were dissappointed that blackwell didn't come here were hoping we had a chance to be preseason #1, which hasn't happened in a long time, if ever. I don't think any of those people are saying the team isn't good. It's just...

When we played zone this year it was very good. If they take the year of continuity to run the 2-3 Syracuse style zone more it could be elite. Especially since this team is going to be even taller than last years team.

Also, the point about Illinois being 2nd tier is a valid one. Illinois made the Final Four this year, which was great! But, they weren't really a final four team all season. With a week to go in the regular season most were worried they'd lose in the 2nd round. I don't think Michigan fans...

The offensive rebounding skewed our stats a lot. It made our offensive efficiency look much higher and our pace look much lower than it was. Not saying we were fast or not efficient, but we were a rare combo of very good first shot efficiency with incredible offensive rebounding, which made...

Is "no news" "good news" on the retention front? Seems like the lack of anyone announcing anything makes me think they are working out everyone and announcing at once (which only makes a lot of sense if everyone stays)?

I don't think that the Montenegro pro league is a higher level than the Big Ten. There are 3 NBA lottery picks playing in the Big Ten this year with another 2-3 first round draft picks. Sure, they are older, but the Montenegro league doesn't have athletes like Lendenborg and Morez Johnson.

It's complicated. 1. this might not be sustainable given that it is rich guys donating and not revenue from the sport paying these salaries (eh, nil deals for student athletes). That market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent (Buffet). 2. A 25th pick overall gets $5M+ over...

If you are Cooper Flagg i think that argument is a very good one. Cooper Flagg is 100% going to retire with $100Ms so the money doesn't matter. His legacy is what concerns him and even if he wins 6 championships and is one of the best of all time, Michael Jordan will still have a National...

AJ Storr went to Kansas and sucked. I'd be very nervous about paying big time money for Blackwell. Illinois could REALLY use a super-elite two way player. Like lendenborg (or TSJ). I don't follow closely enough to know who that might be, or if it is realistic. But I think Blackwell would be...

Blackwell isn't worth $5MM. That's crazy talk. I think he is similar to Stojakovic. A better shooter, similar defender (shorter), similar passer, worse off the dribble. If we can have one or the other i'd probably opt for Andrej simply out of consistency and loyalty. I'm assuming the tweet...

Was Wagler in foul trouble or something? He only played 14 minutes, but prior to that he was playing like 30 minutes a game and after that he was playing like 35 minutes a game.

A lot of the bad matchup fear was officials based. if we had officials that were gonna call touch fouls on Illinois and let them hammer us like we’ve had a few games it would have been trouble. As it was, the officials were mostly good. They missed some fouls on Houston but we got away with a...

I’ve been arguing for more of this all year. The first game thy really tried was vs Michigan and it didn’t go well. Maybe they shouldn’t habe started against their best opponent. They’ve been doing a little more of it as of late and must be working on it in practice because it was great this fame.

You can always get better, and a lot of their offensive efficiency has come from how well they rebound the ball off the offensive glass. They'd still be 6'8" in a motion offense as well. I don't think the poster was implying they should change their scheme on March 17. More so they have run...