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Advanced analytics have been around for a while now. Millennial Peoria Dads think it’s the new hotness. Gotta get with the times. There’s still some Boomer Peoria Grandpas in here who don’t know what TS% or eFG% are.

Sadly, it’s the (no pun intended) state of HS basketball in Illinois. Top guys are leaving for prep schools and by top guys I mean something like 75% of 4/5 stars. Maybe higher. It’s a real shame, the CPS has produce some of the world’s finest basketball players. Heck even downstate had its...

That roster had way more question marks than this years does. We have 4 no doubt starters (assuming health holds) in Vaaks, Tomi, Mirk, and Andrej. I would argue last years team had two in Boswell and Tomi, I could be convinced on Rodgers and Andrej but neither of those two had as few question...

Really hard to not be super excited for this season. Still crazy to me we are coming off a final four and are essentially a consensus top 5 team in the country.

I think Millers defense was really good for a freshmen but he also played alongside some of the best defenders we’ve had recently. That helped him look a lot better on that side of the ball. I think it’s entirely possible QC is a better individual defender than Miller was. Vaaks we need to just...

I thought the eligibility the NCAA gave out was some what arbitrary. I remember a lot of folks thinking Petro would be classed a Junior but he ended up a Sophomore IIRC. I’m obviously extremely bias considering how our team has been constructed, but i think the only rules on eligibility I care...

Maybe Michigan without morez doesn’t win the ship, but I don’t think replacing Mirk with morez last year wins us a ship.

With Morez officially staying in, I think we objectively won the made up trade of Morez for Mirk.

You want to be the best, you gotta beat the best. Being tested in conference play (and non con) is never a bad thing. And frankly the big ten is always going to have premier, top of the NCAA talent. It’s unavoidable. Now, if you want to to send to illest regardless to individual teams (my...

This is exactly it. Fears/Blackwell/other 2nd rounders have essentially zero reason to jump to the nba this year. Anyone scared needs to think of it this way: they are interviewing for a job. Why would anyone come out and say “I’m just here for the combine experience”. Of course they’re...

Give me one UC game and one traveling neutral, otherwise I agree they blow. But they are super helpful for NET rankings. Duke will almost certainly be a Q1A at SFC in 27, but most teams that’s not a guarantee. Neutrals help bump the range of teams that can be considered Q1 at a neutral vs a...

Looks like I’ll be a Boise st fan next year

In what sense? The talent in the McAA is objectively better collectively.

The minute it officially passes, I’m setting the line at 5.5 minutes until some senior sues the ncaa for another year.

Andrej entering the draft while maintaining eligibility doesn’t mean anything. The chances he goes maybe jump from 0% to 5% and even that’s probably too high. There’s an off chance someone guarantees he’s a first round pick but given that I don’t think he’s even in a top 75 list it would be...