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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1300347" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>Illinois was 9th this year and loses its best all around player, only back-to-the-basket offensive presence, and best 3 point shooter. Malcolm, Mav and Tracy were the top three scorers and arguably the best three players on the team. </p><p></p><p>Even with this nice recruiting class coming in and some expected incremental improvements from the sophomores and juniors, I don't possibly see how this team can be a whole bunch better without some out of nowhere type of jumps in performance. </p><p></p><p>Illinois is going to really struggle to put the ball in the basket. In particular, it looks to have few or no options on the low post in a half court set. To score, Illinois is going to have to get out and run. Which makes it so good that they got the coach they got. When teams are able to keep Illinois in a half court offense, it will get ugly. </p><p></p><p>When JCL, Finke and Black are seniors and Kipper and TJL are juniors, with the new class and a couple other pick ups... 2018-19. That's when I see things getting exciting again. As for next year, coming out every game looking like they're ready to play would be a good step in the right direction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1300347, member: 26283"] Illinois was 9th this year and loses its best all around player, only back-to-the-basket offensive presence, and best 3 point shooter. Malcolm, Mav and Tracy were the top three scorers and arguably the best three players on the team. Even with this nice recruiting class coming in and some expected incremental improvements from the sophomores and juniors, I don't possibly see how this team can be a whole bunch better without some out of nowhere type of jumps in performance. Illinois is going to really struggle to put the ball in the basket. In particular, it looks to have few or no options on the low post in a half court set. To score, Illinois is going to have to get out and run. Which makes it so good that they got the coach they got. When teams are able to keep Illinois in a half court offense, it will get ugly. When JCL, Finke and Black are seniors and Kipper and TJL are juniors, with the new class and a couple other pick ups... 2018-19. That's when I see things getting exciting again. As for next year, coming out every game looking like they're ready to play would be a good step in the right direction. [/QUOTE]
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