Recent content by Turn N’ Burn

Castle likes to use all of his fouls. Will be interesting to see how the refs call it with SGA and his embellishments. He has a privileged whistle and don’t think Castle has earned that treatment yet. Gotta be able to stay on the court.

This is reminding me of the ILL vs UCONN game from 2024. Just keep going to the basket to get rejected. Good news is they have avoided the 30-0 run. See if they can pull it off the upset. Unlike college, the mid-range game is where they need to take advantage right now.

Doris Burke was chomping at the bit to ensure the viewers knew that TSJ was struggling on the defensive end of the floor and that is why Finch didn’t play him much. Silence on good help side covers and defensive rotations but as soon as someone had to rotate to help him, she was all over it...

In an attempt to spark a healthy and thought provoking conversation, I want to get the boards thoughts on the following prompt: If Illinois lost to Houston in the Sweet Sixteen, and our offseason went exactly how it had gone so far, would you still be as excited about the retention of last...

Coming from a guy who’s last comment was about how CONFIDENT he was…. You know what kinda toll that takes on a guy?!? /s

Baby Jokić in the making! The potential (at the college level) is off the charts.

Insiders have been very active with information this offseason. Everybody is juiced up after the 2025-2026 season! Excited for some more tidbits this week

Blackwell isn’t getting a Balken Bloc post so I am leaning towards locking in Mirk for next year 🤞🏻

Guess he is attending classes via zoom for the rest of the year 😉😂

Seems like he played a role similar to Ben at Duke so probably not looking to come do that here. But would be a great piece to have!