Recent content by thefalcon5

Should’ve gotten temple by that measure. They’re like 6th.

Feel like they throw a decently good opponent in one of the early games

The worst thing Keaton Wagler did to me was make be start believing in off-season hype again. Alex Legion to Austin Hutchinson and everyone in between broke my caring about offseason reporting on practices. Now its got me thinking Mirk is the best player in CBB. Still unsure if I’m happy or...

TTU had a pretty bad offseason (IMO). The talent just isn’t there without Toppin. I’m excited to see what DGL can do there I thought he was close here but he will have plenty of opportunity on that tech roster. Agreed that the noncon is awesome. It’s reflective of our teams status too (no one...

I choose to view our guys playing in these games as a major net positive. Injury risk and lack of practice time domestically are the two massive negatives. But brand exposure is real and strengthening the euro pipeline can only be beneficial. I’d love for the Illini brand to flourish in...

We’ve got a great track record of second year transfers taking a leap forward. I expect Z and Andrej to follow in the footsteps of guys like Jake, Ben, TSJ, etc

UNC currently ranks 53rd in torvik (were 4th). I can’t recall the exact Q1 cutoff for neutral sites but I think that’s pretty close. Hopefully they outplay their ranking. Don’t want to risk a Q2 loss. I’m not complaining in the grand scheme, that’s just a nitpick. Considering the places this...

That be my vote, if only because there could be no hire that would be riskier. You know Wade would cheat his butt off there. Might as well continue the cheater U tradition.

Kentucky would be high on the list I assume. Honestly I think the interim hire saves the big players. I would set the line for total transfers out at 1.5 and bet the under.

Has to be the single greatest needle mover for Illinois that doesn’t directly impact the team. Dusty was already a top 5 coach in the country. The largest thorn in our side will be gone. Think enough time has passed to give Juwan another swing ;)? I assume it’s Boyntons job this year.

Probably the biggest news drop of the offseason.

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.