skyIdub
Illini Basketball 2017-2018
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I've got to believe Smith had a triple double.
And blocked 10 shots, if you're gonna make it up, do it right:thumb:
Kenpom is pointless until January at the earliest. You need a large sample for stats to be accurate.
Kenpom is based mostly on returning stats from last year. We lost about 3/4 of our points. Need to let it play out a bit with so many new players.
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Ken Pom is entirely based on last years defense and offensive efficiency and returning player production. A purely statistical model.
With few returning players and new offensive and defensive systems, his system has very little validity for our team specifically.
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Sounds like JT will be as good as we hoped he'd be for us, but some things never change.
https://basketballrecruiting.rivals...es-college-debut-in-missouri-kansas-scrimmage
Just sayin......
Wow....that's giving Northwestern a lot of love IMO....they will be pretty decent but 18?????:huh:
Meh... people act surprised that pretty much all of the pre-season rankings (human or computer based) have us pretty low. It is no surprise. Pre-season rankings will favor teams that:
a) Were pretty good last year and return a fair amount of major contributors
b) Have highly ranked recruits, McD AAs, 5* talent, top 30 players, etc., coming in, especially if they have more than one of those
c) Team with both a) and b)
We have none of those. Much of what we have is returning players who could or should improve, and young talent who could surprise and overachieve their rankings. We can still have a good season if those things materialize, but being low in pre-season rankings is not really a surprise.
a) Were pretty good last year and return a fair amount of major contributors
b) Have highly ranked recruits, McD AAs, 5* talent, top 30 players, etc., coming in, especially if they have more than one of those
c) Team with both a) and b)
We have none of those. Much of what we have is returning players who could or should improve, and young talent who could surprise and overachieve their rankings. We can still have a good season if those things materialize, but being low in pre-season rankings is not really a surprise.
Will be stopping in at practice this week, I will try to give a brief summary of some things going on at this point. Will be interested to see how things are progressing.
eMitch
- Quincy, IL
Here is some Dennis Douglas - I'd vote for quite a bit bigger than THT, wider anyway
https://youtu.be/Goxa4z6RQzs
https://youtu.be/Goxa4z6RQzs
Dan
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Indiana State edged Illinois in scrimmage over weekend. Jordan Barnes had 26 and 10 assists for Sycamores, LeRon Black 18 & 7 for Illini.
https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/922467416923344896
https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/922467416923344896
ILL in IA
- Iowa City
If we can dress these scrimmages up as "relief efforts" for the best cause at that current moment to allow people to see the games, cant we amend the rule and put them on tv or sell tickets and profits go to charity from the start? A lot of good can be done, and fans can get to see games. Everyone wins.
That's strange. I heard directly opposite information elsewhere. So have some on Twitter, apparently.
Hopefully they pin down major flaws through this process
Exactly. We've also seen the other side in past years where we scrimmaged someone who we perceived as modestly to significantly better than us and we beat them/kept it super close (supposedly) and assumed that we'd be better than we were that year.
Scrims are all about ironing out kinks.
Captain Bubbles
- Fairfield, IL
Indiana State Roster
6 freshman
3 sophomores
2 juniors
3 seniors & 1 graduate student
Looks like a young IS team. I don't put too much stock into these scrimmages. Coaches will preview film to find out the positives and negatives. It's only pre-season.
6 freshman
3 sophomores
2 juniors
3 seniors & 1 graduate student
Looks like a young IS team. I don't put too much stock into these scrimmages. Coaches will preview film to find out the positives and negatives. It's only pre-season.
Captain Bubbles
- Fairfield, IL
The post no one quoted and I don't know why. Please do!
Nice little article about Da’Monte.
http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/...17-10-22/all-systems-go-damonte-williams.html
http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/...17-10-22/all-systems-go-damonte-williams.html
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Thanks for sharing! Really excited to see this group of freshman in action.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
Its foolish to write us off as a team outside the top 100. We are going to come out and play tough ball. For the first time in a long time, I think we are going to be playing our best basketball when it counts this year.
t7nich
- Central IL
Same here. But doesn't really matter. Score means almost nothing in these scrimmages.
There are lots of stoppages and plays/situations being set up so coaches can teach. A lot of work to do to get the offense gelling. But a new coach, new system, lots of new faces... This is to be expected. Gives them a chance to see what/who needs improvement.
KrushCow31
Former Krush Cow
- Chicago, IL
This is the reason they don't tell people about the scrimmages. Coaches try all sorts of weird formations and defenses and lineups and try new things and they goal isn't to win, but people see a final score and assign a winner and a loser and judge the teams on that. It's unfair, and it's a scrimmage for a reason.
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