Illini Basketball 2026-2027
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NCAA version of Andrej S.was very good. Keep it up during the year and he is a AA level player.
Does anyone recall when they posted the TV schedule last year?
I saw Vaaks and Andrej at the Target in Champaign last Saturday. A girl approached Andrej for a picture and asked Vaaks to take it. Big time assist. I think we can stop worrying about his ability to help a teammate.
Wife and me sitting at the Anchor Bar in Oswego and just couldn't believe what we were watching.
Oswego bars can do that to you.
To be clear I'm not arguing against playing UNC in Nashville, it's a great opportunity, my point was purely on where it lands on the schedule, in the middle of three very tough opponents coming to Champaign. I would have been nice to have the UNC game at the beginning or the end of the stretch so they could have had an uninterrupted homestand for three tough games. They are upping the degree of difficulty by squeezing in a UNC neutral site game on the road during that stretch vs. before or after it
Tournament simulation (preparation)
I wonder how long some of these ratings will hold throughout the season.
With how good the top of the B1G was last year, I think it's underappreciated how much of a nosedive some of the teams at the bottom took;
I know I'm comparing apples (EvanMiya) to oranges (KenPom) a bit here, but here are some of the biggest losers last year between preseason and season-ending rank (on KenPom):
- Penn State: Dropped from 95 to 139 (-44)
- Maryland: Dropped from 34 to 119 (-85)
- Oregon: Dropped from 37 to 101 (-64)
- Rutgers: Dropped from 85 to 125 (-40)
- USC: Dropped from 22 to 77 (-55)
3 point girl
- texas
I don't know if this is the right place to put this, but does anyone have a list of ex-illini players playing at different schools this year?
Not sure if this is comprehensive: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/good-morning-illini-nation-remember-144700980.html
Joel Goodson
- 9th man conundrum
Surprised to see both the twins that high. Hope they both can put it together in possibly their last seasons.
That's what I thought too... Big Z is a top 20 overall player, nationally? Or I'm reading the graphic completely wrong...
you're not reading it wrong. he is #19 on the model.
they talked about it on the podcast as one of the "surprise" outcomes.
Sleepers State of Programs
Dan
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Single game public tickets will be available in October, no specific on sale date has been announced yet.
Time & TV info was released on October 7th last year.
Boricua Illini
- Puerto Rico
Obviously this model is worthless... It should have 8 or 9 of USCs players in the top 5 if it were any good, right?
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