My appreciation for Grandison outweighs how I feel about Duke, which is high praise indeed
Illini Basketball 2022-2023
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My appreciation for Grandison outweighs how I feel about Duke, which is high praise indeed
Bohiem is not wrong. The B1G has been poor in the tournament for two decades.
Illini in Indiana
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From my very limited view of the world. as a 50 year Illini fan.
I think we can now say we are a Basketball, Football, Golf, & Volleyball school.
Excited to see this years BB team play a "pre" NBA style
I think we can now say we are a Basketball, Football, Golf, & Volleyball school.
Excited to see this years BB team play a "pre" NBA style
Illinois men's gymnastics have gone to the NCAA tournament 47 times and have won 10 National Championships. The number 10 is the 2nd most in the NCAA next to PSU's 12.
Joel Goodson
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How can I watch Big Ten +. Can it be streamed ? Does it cost extra, if you have BTN ?
Ilini first game (exhibition) is on Big Ten +
Ilini first game (exhibition) is on Big Ten +
It can be streamed and it is a subscription service. The cheapest package is $9.95/mo.
Dan
Admin
It's online only on B1G+, you need to sign up for the Illinois Monthly School Pass option at the link below for $9.95/month. (It doesn't matter if you have BTN or not, still have to pay.)
Illinois only has two B1G+ games this season and they're within a month (Oct 28th & Nov 25th) so I'd recommend you sign up on the morning of Oct 28th and then immediately turn off the auto renew option.
Thanks Dan.
billybaroo
- Pebble Beach, CA
Would make a helluva walk-up song.
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
Latest Ken Pom has us at 33 and 7th in the BIG. What does he base his ratings on preseason?
Was just about to ask this. Big difference from Bart Torvik which has Illinois at 14 behind only Indiana from the BIG.
With the Transfer Portal statistic based rankings can be thrown out the window. Last year we had nobody go pro. We get two possible pros in the portal and a 5 Star PG. Now our ranking takes a nosedive. On the court will tell. This team has more depth and talent than last year.
Kinda hard for a statistical engine to determine a teams ranking when realistically only 3 players on the team have any significant statistics.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
It's hard to trust freshman.....and until they are proven.....we will have at least 2 freshman playing big minutes for us, including one at arguably the most important "position" on the floor....making it a tough prediction for most.
We could have some early bumps, but history shows BU gets his teams rolling after the midpoint.
We could have some early bumps, but history shows BU gets his teams rolling after the midpoint.
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
I saw that and the first thing I thought of to compare apples to apples is the big/acc challenge, which we have won the last three. Is that not a direct comparison where are clearly winning?
Lies, damn lies, and statistics!
Seriously though, I don't think computer models can do college basketball justice, especially in a world where you have such a high level of turnover in the off season. Using averages for how good freshman are based on rankings, or how much improvement a player makes, is going to be crude at best. That said, they're probably more of an indicator than having nothing, and I think with online betting as big as it is, people want them. To answer your question, I believe KenPom uses a player based model, with freshman getting stats based on rankings. Pretty sure he did a blogpost about it at one point.
IMHO, this team will be good, maybe top-10 level. Not sure about putting anything higher than that given how loaded some of the other contenders are on paper. And you never know how the season will go with the schedule and player's staying healthy.
Dan's going to have to put the prediction's thread up soon.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
*freshmen
lol
Self correcting post...................great job ....................show's awareness of one's ability to make a mistake and the maturity to bring that said mistake to the forefront......kinda like being your own grammar police............
I think we are going to very similar to last year's Arizona team. Torvik had them ranked 36 preseason, they had a lot of new faces and nobody knew what to expect, but they hit the ground running and quickly shot up the rankings. They had lots of options offensively, liked to play fast, had good length/athleticism, and by January everyone knew they were legit and nobody wanted to play them.
While decompressing after that exciting win over Minnesota yesterday, my mind went to a place we would all expect — this year’s Illini bball team. What makes this upcoming team interesting and exciting is that all the pieces are there for a very good to great team. But no one really knows how exactly all those pieces fit together, which makes trying to assign ppg or mpg to each player kind of crazy. So here’s a few of my thoughts — general for that reason.
1. There will be no more than 3 from the group of TSJ, Mayer, RJ and Skyy that average double figures in scoring for season. And I don’t think it is out of the question that there are only 2. That’s not to say they all aren’t capable, but I think there will be quite a few different combinations throughout the season for top 3 scorers in a game.
2. I think it is unlikely that CoHawk and Dain combined average more than 20 ppg.
3. TSJ ends up team’s leading scorer.
4. I really have no idea stats wise what to expect from Goode and Epps, but each will have at least one BIG game where we say, Illini would not have won that game without him.
5. Ty is the real wildcard and could be the difference between a good/very good team and a special team. If his rebounding, defense and passing transfer well to college and through those 3 areas he creates more/better offensive opportunities, this team will be special. I certainly expect them to some degree to do so, but it is to what degree that will have a big impact on season. I’m also glad we have a pretty tough nonconference schedule, because Ty strikes me as kind of player that will learn and grow from those types of games even if he struggles initially.
Can’t wait for the season to start.
1. There will be no more than 3 from the group of TSJ, Mayer, RJ and Skyy that average double figures in scoring for season. And I don’t think it is out of the question that there are only 2. That’s not to say they all aren’t capable, but I think there will be quite a few different combinations throughout the season for top 3 scorers in a game.
2. I think it is unlikely that CoHawk and Dain combined average more than 20 ppg.
3. TSJ ends up team’s leading scorer.
4. I really have no idea stats wise what to expect from Goode and Epps, but each will have at least one BIG game where we say, Illini would not have won that game without him.
5. Ty is the real wildcard and could be the difference between a good/very good team and a special team. If his rebounding, defense and passing transfer well to college and through those 3 areas he creates more/better offensive opportunities, this team will be special. I certainly expect them to some degree to do so, but it is to what degree that will have a big impact on season. I’m also glad we have a pretty tough nonconference schedule, because Ty strikes me as kind of player that will learn and grow from those types of games even if he struggles initially.
Can’t wait for the season to start.
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
I am getting a vibe that this team may be a throwback to BUs first year in the BIG when everyone hated to play us because we were so tenacious on defense. Turn that knob down from 11 to maybe 6 or 7 and add a much better offense and I will take that.
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