Illini Basketball 2026-2027

BlueFlag said:

What's a "blitz" in basketball? . . .

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NarrowJ said:

Seemed like it must’ve been 100 at least, just on OOB plays alone.

Obviously that’s an slight exaggeration, but I just don’t share your concern. Remember the MSU game when we attacked Fears relentlessly with Mirkovic? He finished with 18 points 6 rebounds 6 assists and zero turnovers.



He did this a lot last season. You expect him to get worse at it?

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Yeah, you’re off just a little bit. Probably closer to being off by 100 than the other way. An OOB play isn’t within the offense and we all know Illinois OOB plays probably didn’t convert anywhere near that many all season long.

As far as him getting worse in bringing the ball up the court, I sure hope not. The same way Coleman ripped him in the video, that same thing happened against MSU, Minny, Maryland, Wisconsin, and Penn right off the top of my head.

HouTexIllini said:

Yeah, you’re off just a little bit. Probably closer to being off by 100 than the other way. An OOB play isn’t within the offense and we all know Illinois OOB plays probably didn’t convert anywhere near that many all season long.

As far as him getting worse in bringing the ball up the court, I sure hope not. The same way Coleman ripped him in the video, that same thing happened against MSU, Minny, Maryland, Wisconsin, and Penn right off the top of my head.

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MSU was the game I noted where he repeatedly picked on your quick handsy Fears to the tune of 18 points 6 assists and 0 turnovers. Odd that you’d use a game where he didn’t even have a single turnover as an example of him not being reliable with the ball.

It doesn’t seem like you’re watching the same games the rest of us are watching. David needs to be a secondary/tertiary ball handler, but to be concerned about that is odd to me because he did that last year and was phenomenal.

Grandpa said:

Mirk brought the ball up when the defense was tight on Wagler. Then we set a screen in the offense and got Wagler the ball.
If the little guy is tight on Mirk in the backcourt he will pass to the guard, who will bring up the ball.

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Yup, not that complicated. You'd rather have Keaton/Boswell (or Vaaks/Coleman) handle the ball. But it's nice to have a PF like Mirk who can do some things when the D is tight on the main ball handlers. And probably more important than Mirk's handles is his passing - he really sees the court well. Poor man's Jokic.