Recent content by tambo

An amazing amount of work was put in by a lot of people in order for this amazing donation! Thank you Gies Team!!

I think with each gut-wrenching transfer, in this new NIL era, I further convince myself that there isn't loyalty in any aspect of college basketball anymore. I would trade 10 years of Brad and Son's experiment for 3 more years of Morez Johnson Jr and players like him! In my uneducated eyes...

She is ready. She absolutely deserves to be on this Olympic team. There is precedent for having star rookies on the Senior Olympic team. You can also argue none of the current Olympic roster has ever played on a bigger stage than Caitlin Clark. This is a mistake of epic proportions not only...

The Season of Ayo As impressed as the Illini nation was this season with Trent Frazier, I feel as though this upcoming season will be about the introduction of a once in a decade or so basketball talent in Ayo. My expectations for him are through the roof. He has next level vision and ball...

Recruiting thoughts from an utmost optimist... No current recruit needs Dakich or anyone else in their ears to make them feel iffy on choosing to commit to Underwood. We have a coach that left a power 5 program after one year and almost immediately upon coming to Illinois his former assistant...

Special Talent This is one of the best highlight videos I've seen recently and not only for the elite skill displayed by Bryan. Immediate game changer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fq_4s8QMjQ

I have always admired Phil Jackson's coaching style.. ...in particular I have always liked Jackson's coaching style when it comes to rotating players in and out of games at the right time. Sometimes leaving a player in after one or even two mistakes may give that player a level of confidence to...

I love J-Till's all-around game. I am impressed with DaMonte's smoothness, pedigree, and ability to hit a dagger-shot under pressure. I love Javon's size and intensity. What I am most impressed with of all our '17 recruits is Trent Frazier's ELITE level basketball IQ, great court-vision, and...

Thought the board might like to see this... I figured it would be interesting to show how one of our recent opponents scouted us and how they planned on trying to defeat us.