Illini Basketball 2026-2027

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Frank
Combo said:
It's notable that some people thought he'd be our best player going into last season. FWIW I'd like to see him do more than nailing 3-pts (though that's nice).
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Agreed, the 3-pointers are the cherry on the sundae. I want to see Ivisic do more of what we saw during Iowa. If the standard offense gets stale or has stalled out, be more willing to immediately go to Ivisic down low and let him work for a shot or make the smart pass out for an open look (I realize he does the latter often, the former seemed a rarer beast this past year).
 
#277      
Rusty
stevej64 said:
10 cent Sunday night draft beer at Kams in the summer. No foam in those though.

Thursday Lil Kings buckets at Cochrans. Can’t remember prices. But we set the world record twice. Fought it out with Buckeyes. Opened up at 9am for those 2 events.

Mid 80s
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25c Little Kings, was there most Thursdays, played darts for buckets. Used to go to Cochrane's with $5 and my buddy and I would usually go home with money left over....lol
 
#278      
OrangeBlue98
whatahack said:
If you're drinking pitchers of LIIT, chances are you can't remember anything..
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#279      
Username
Fly Illini Fly! said:
I don't think people realize how good Andrej could be.

This past year, he averaged 13.5 points on 26.3 minutes per game. The totals come out to 459 points in 895 minutes.

If we take that exact points per minute rate (0.513) and just multiply it by 31 minutes, he's at 15.9 points per game. Add in the fact he'll make improvements to his game, get more usage... that's very realistically a 17 point per game scorer next year (or more).
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Agree. Also, let's recall he got here late. I remember all the times BU bemoaned the fact that he didn't have time to make Andrej learn how to defend and work hard. Well, he'll have that this year. If he improves his 3pt shot so that it's approaching 30% and becomes close to a lock down percentage combined with all the things he already does well - that sounds like All American potential to me.
 
#280      
altgeld88
bdutts said:
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I remember that. Thank goodness I rarely partook of those.
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I imbibed once. Spring '85, IIRC. Once. I learned that evening.

As I type the memory of that cloying, syrupy taste, liquid velvet concealing the sledgehammer beneath, surfaces.

I need the GIF of Bart Simpson shivering as Aunt Selma demands that he trim her corns.
 
#281      
doowink
Fly Illini Fly! said:
If the question is asking whether it’s more likely than not? Within the next 10 years? The smarter bet would be no.

I don’t think we’ll be that great defensively. To win the whole thing nowadays, you need to be ELITE on offense AND defense (top 5). We’re in the era of super teams; a decade ago that was probably a little different. SEVEN of the 8 one seeds the past two years have had +35 ratings on Kenpom. That’s completely unprecedented historically, and the top of the sport is operating at a different level.

I think our formula is good for multiple Final Fours; however, you’re inevitably going to run into that juggernaut team on both ends (Michigan, UCONN two years ago, etc).
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....I don't know...if we keep making final 4's...what's the old sayin....even a blind squirrel will eventually find a nut...:LOL:
 
#282      
Calvin
Joel Goodson said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2057600170003439676
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At this point, he's very low risk, high proven ability, but I still think it's better to have a lot of retention comp to keep the base down. Others:
Keep it rolling!
 
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