Illini Basketball 2026-2027

#328      
bavanga3
Fly Illini Fly! said:
Nope, Vaaks is PG.

Did he have the ball in his hands this year? Again, taking his exact ppp rate from this past season, we end up at 17/game (just by upping our pace and his minutes):
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That's all well and good, but to think you can just calculate it all out like that is pretty naive.

Also, Coleman is our point guard, Vaaks is our shooting guard. It's indisputable.
 
#331      
Illinisnake
1. Vaaks
2. Coleman
3. Andrej
4. Mirk
5. Tomi

First man off the bench is Jake.

Easy GIF
 
#333      
illiniwil
March2TheArch said:
It’s indisputable and self-evident. So no need to explicitly. /s
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i think matchups will determine who's hands the ball is in.
as the season progresses you might see one or the other
possess the ball coming down the court or penetrating more
than the others. Vaaks is a tremendous shooter, we might see
him spotting up or taking someone one of one late in the clock..

the offense will evolve, change depending on the match up, but
with this roster, we'll be a nightmare. we can go big, small, 5 ball
handlers. it'll be fun to watch.
my only reservation is how/who is going to defend.
 
#339      
Bigtex
Fighter of the Nightman said:
Nothing too substantive to add, but I honestly think us making the Final Four last year will lead to my least stressful season of watching our Illini I’ve had in years. I was so desperate for us to be relevant again until 2020, and as awesome as this run has been … there seems to have always been one more “legitimacy” checkmark left unchecked that I’ve yearned for. Winning the Big Ten, making the Second Weekend, getting back to the Final Four, etc.

Do I want to cut down the nets? Duh. However, we’ve reached a height that SO many great teams fail to reach. So much pressure is off this program, IMO, at least from my “fan perspective” or whatever. I’m so pumped to enter a season with high expectations and not feel like it’s some make-or-break chance to prove we’re “for real” … whatever doubt there was evaporated with the Final Four run.

Anyway, all that is to say I finally feel like I did as a seventh grader circa 2005 again. We’re a great program with nothing to prove to anyone, and the goal now is just to keep it rolling and achieve even more greatness! Feels great!!!!
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agree - It doesn't feel like we are going to have to wait 15 years for another F4 with 1) coaches firmly locked in. Hopefully the coaching stability in turn leads to sustained program success. Look at the other trips to the F4 and it was always surrounded by significant changes. My orange colored glasses are blocking out this Texas sun.
 
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