Illini Basketball 2026-2027

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lstewart53x3
PleaseMakeABowlGame said:
KenPom’s HUMAN poll has Illinois at #5:

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Blog on what the HUMAN poll actually means:

kenpom.substack.com

The H.U.M.A.N. poll, part IV

Go forth and vote
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This is last year's HUMAN poll compared to the AP/Final KP, etc.

It really shows how difficult things are to predict preseason.

Here's each team's ranking in the HUMAN poll preseason compared to their final KP rank:

Houston (+3)
Purdue (-6)
Duke (+0)
Floirda (-2)
Uconn (-4)
St Johns (-10)
Kentucky (-22)
Michigan (+7)
Tennessee (-5)
Alabama (-2)
Texas Tech (-9)
BYU (-12)
Arizona (+11)
Gonzaga (-1)
Louisville (-4)
Iowa St (+9)
Kansas (-4)
Illinois (+13)
Auburn (-17)
Arkansas (+2)
UCLA (-7)
Michigan St (+12)
North Carolina (-9)
Creighton (-52)
Oregon (-76)

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#52      
Det_Illini_fan
Illini4Christ said:
Yeah, so don’t leave and wait for your dad to retire so you can be the next coach Underwood here at the U of I.
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His offensive scheming completely won me over this year, and if it keeps up and improving, plus us getting the right guys, I will be entirely sold on a transition from father to son.
 
#56      
Fly Illini Fly!
Joel Goodson said:
all well and good, but who's preseason 9th man of the year?
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To recap, Illinois:

• David Mirkovic was named preseason 1st team All BIG (2nd in POY voting)

• Andrej Stojakovic was named preseason 1st team All BIG

• Stefan Vaaks was named BIG preseason transfer of the year

• Quentin Coleman was 3rd in BIG preseason freshman of the year voting
 
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jayd
Wow, almost as many Peacock games (6) as BTN games (7) this year.
 
#63      
mysterio2525
jayd said:
Wow, almost as many Peacock games (6) as BTN games (7) this year.
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thankfully nbc sports is on YouTube tv and I don't have to get peacock like I did in the past.... especially since the $20 for the year black Friday deal for peacock is no more
 
#66      
Battle89
the juiceman cometh said:
The TLDR is that, based on methodology and a sample size selected by Evan Miya, Evan Miya has the best algorithm. So sayeth Evan Miya!
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Accurate but maybe a little harsh. Said all three methods have value, his and KenPom were a virtual dead heat in predictability, with Torvik a distant third. But the best model was a weighted blend of all three (yes with the highest weighting his own, as you say).

Article came off as more anti-Torvik methodology than pro-Evan to me. YMMV. The below is what gave me a laugh:

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