Big Jack
- Decatur
Yes the Quincy game is included with all full season ticket purchases
Illini Basketball 2022-2023
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madillini4
Ozamataz Buckshank
- Millywaukee
He may be a contrarian or just plain woefully inept at his chosen profession but gosh dang he sure is a dapper, debonair cuss. I mean come on. Fuggghitabout-it.
Ask yourself: who of the 5 looks the most like a cartoon character? Coincidence? I think not.
I can say all this because I, myself am an adonis…btw…lol.
viking6888
Greeley, Colorado
Big Ten expert picks 2022-23: Bold predictions, most overrated and underrated teams, top players
Led by junior forward Coleman Hawkins, Illinois edges out Indiana as our experts' pick to win the Big Ten
www.cbssports.com
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Mildcats at 40.........................lolololololol............................This stat lays to rest who is the state of Illinois best team.........nuff said............
TJD the best player in the country?
Filling the stat sheet does not make someone the best in the country. They typically also have to win something. No one gives a poop about a miracle run to a Big Ten Tournament Championship. Unless you are Indiana during TJD’s tenure and you need that run just to make your only NCAA tourney to date.
And what has he done to elevate Indiana so far during his time? They were a .500 program before he got there and they are a .500 program since he’s been there. Illinois fans know what that means, we saw what Ayo did and Kofi maintained.
TJD’s a great player sure and has an NBA skillset and NBA size, but best in the nation? Cant say that right now. Maybe he takes the next step this year, but not yet.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
my constant take on TJD is he's very overrated and i still think that...........I request whoever thinks he is best in the nation to watch his games this year and count how many bunnies he misses from 5 feet in to the basket .....He throws the ball at the rim instead of shooting with any touch at all.............
he could be better in the NBA than in college , but i wouldn't bet on it .......no shot from 10 ft on out........no shot from 5 ft in ........scores and rebounds in meaningless situations in games and poor FT shooter .......Does that add up to a POTY candidate ????.....not in my mind.....................JMHO
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Yeah, there's a reason he's come back 2 years in a row. The NBA is decidedly not impressed.
TJD...best player in the country??? My thoughts on this are equal to TJD's play on the court most of the time......disinterested
Listing PedoU at 83 is laughable, for 75 of those years they were only playing teams like Lehigh and Drexel.
Norlander is usually not bullish on the Illini so nice to see him have them high
Homecoming 2019
- Chicago
I love being top list, but give me percentages!!
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Illini guard Skyy Clark's summer included Spider-Man, gaining confidence after ACL injury
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball guard Skyy Clark is fully cleared and back from his ACL tear in the summer of 2021.
- By Anderson Kimball Decatur (Ill.) Herald & Review
It was the last day before he and the team headed back home from summer workouts, but it also was an important moment in his return from his ACL tear.
He remembers hitting a three and then getting a steal and bursting through the paint for a layup. It had been some time since he felt that way.
"I probably could have dunked it ... nah, I'm playing," Clark said. "But that was the moment and it was our last practice, so going back home after that just feeling like, alright, yeah, I think I'm getting back to my old self.
"It was a big thing confidence-wise — just seeing all the work that we put in all those summers is paying off."
Clark was cleared a couple of days earlier on his birthday in late July. Illinois getting the healthy version of Clark back is vital as an option to replace point guards Trent Frazier and Andre Curbelo.
He was a five-star recruit before his injury and went down slightly to a four-star and top-50 recruit while he was out. He had been ranked so highly in part because of his explosiveness and burst, as well as his ball-handling skill set.
It was a challenge in rehab to get to that point, with mental hurdles sometimes being steeper than the physical ones.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Overall record? Conference record? Surely not Big Ten record because the new schools would have much lower numbers.
Agree that TJD is overrated, and any suggestion he's the best player in CBB is laughable. But he's not so bad at close shots. I think your perception that he misses a lot is influenced by the fact he simply takes a lot of shots near the rim (second only to Kofi, it looks like). In conference play last year, he was 66.4% on 143 attempted close shots. Kofi was 65.3% on 170 attemps. The best in B10 play (among players with 50%+ minutes) was Diabate at 84.1% on 69 attempts.
They could say the same about Kofi. And Kofi is way better than TJD!
I think your humble opinion is shared by many. I think he is soft.
What was the approximate starting year for the calculation of this?
At least 100 years ago
Illinois has been playing basketball for 117 years. Purdue slightly longer at 122 years.
Epsilon
M tipping over
- Pdx
Just set a date in your calendar for early April and tweet this back at him.
I don't think he is the best player in the country but I can't argue with the attached list. There just aren't very many great college players out there this year. Look at the NBA mock drafts for next year. The top 10 is all g-league and freshman this year.
The top 25 returning men's basketball players for the 2022-2023 season, ranked by Andy Katz
After the NBA draft withdrawal deadline, Gonzaga has two of the top 25 returning players in the sport, according to Andy Katz.
www.ncaa.com
I'm surprised Terrance popped in at 16. That's great for him to get that recognition!I don't think he is the best player in the country but I can't argue with the attached list. There just aren't very many great college players out there this year. Look at the NBA mock drafts for next year. The top 10 is all g-league and freshman this year.
The top 25 returning men's basketball players for the 2022-2023 season, ranked by Andy Katz
After the NBA draft withdrawal deadline, Gonzaga has two of the top 25 returning players in the sport, according to Andy Katz.
theNewGuy
- Dallas, TX
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