Illin618
I forgot the last i in my username
- Southern IL
Those two have yet to run it back…
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Decent shooting %? He was 4-20 from the foul line and shot 31% from 3.
BlindLoyalty
- FartNoiseMotivation
It is important to temper expectations and understand what Harris is now vs. what one hopes he can become. Right now what he is…is a player that excels providing energy, getting steals and giving great effort on defense. What he is not…is a player that shoots jump shots competently. He had the worst true shooting % (46%) of any rotation player on a poor jump shooting team. Harris made 52 shots, only 20 of those were made jumpers (7 2s & 13 3s) 32 shots were made shots at the rim/layups. Harris shot 32% on both 2 & 3 pt jumpers and 20% FT%. Those are poor non layup shooting stats. Right now Harris is an important complementary bench player that needs to greatly improve his jump shot making ability to start on a team with championship aspirations. There is no shame in that and his bench role is very important to team success next season. Unrealistic expectations aren’t helpful to player development or fan enjoyment.
I think that's reflective of a lot of the same nervous energy that we loved about him on defense as a freshman. I think he'll make a pretty dramatic improvement shooting wise next year, being on a more settled roster with more consistent leadership and getting in a summer of work as a veteran. Same with Ty.
I always looked at Moretti as a walkon level player. Losing low ranked guys like BBV, Lieb, Higgs, Hamlin, Vesel and if Moretti leaves is just churning the bottom of the roster of guys that will likely never play here. That’s to be expected every year.
It’s losing rotation/starter pieces like RJ, Epps, Miller, Curbelo that hurt. Bringing in 3-4 new starters each year is an impossible way to build a program. Even teams like Kentucky struggle with it using high end HS talent.
One can dream.
InDaAZ
- Eugene, Oregon
Optimistic beyond eternal?
madillini4
Ozamataz Buckshank
- Millywaukee
Sencire for a freshman was absolutely phenomenal defensively. The knock on him is he had issues at times with his awareness and recognition off-ball and larger guards would physically take advantage of him. But, those are both freshman issues. A year's worth of experience and an offseason of strength training, drills, and study will fix those issues. His ceiling defensively is probably that of Dee Brown with a longer body- quick, physical, high steal rate, big motor, self-igniter, and possibly a B10 defensive player of the year by the time he is an upperclassman. He has the skills and speed, just needs the strength and recognition development.
Disagree on several points. Miller hurt probably more than anyone on your list. High basketball IQ, solid defense and man felt he would have become a special Illini. Curbelo, ya crazy spectacular plays, but falling all over court, horrible jump shot, and I felt between the ears something wasn't there. It appeared in Houston game and St. Johns this year in huge manner. Rj. I have never got our boards love for him. Didn't play as freshman, had a decent game against Houston. This year, my goodness absolutely horrible! Where is the spectacular huge loss? There is None with Rj..
Epps breaks my Fan heart. Man is a baller, 300pts as a freshman, never been point guard. Simply would have gotten better and will be a huge pick up for some team.
I have accepted today's game is different, until something is done about instant transfer. A commitment is something special. Now It Means Nothing. 2000+ in portal, Horrible. Illini Nation always!!!!
A bunch of teams this year had huge success with Transfer portal player.
We simply forgot to recruit more than 1 point guard who hadn't Attended 6 schools/ Skyy!
Sencire seems to feed off emotion, which, in turn, feeds the team. I really hope he can improve offensively because he can already affect so much with his defense alone. A non rim protector really Impacting a game as a freshman is pretty rare, but he has. Plus, he seems to be all in as an Illini. In the portal/NIL, I think we’ll see less of that.
Let’s go with make 50k.
Yes. Decent, I didn’t say good, great, or awesome. His shooting percentage and 3 pt percentage were both better than Jayden Epps, for example. Obviously his free throw shooting needs work. I’d attribute that to the freshman jitters.
Mine came with a doctors prescription and some antibiotics. Oh wait… that wasn’t a tattoo….
Interesting stats from the season.
Syracuse gave up 3 triple doubles this year!!
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Syracuse gave up 3 triple doubles this year!!
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So what did you all think about this?…..
Dang. Where’s Ryan get his toilet paper? He knows they sell it at every grocery store… right???
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
I think Ryan is a clown and I don’t trust a word he says, good or bad. So I’ll wait on more official news
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
Not sure where to ask this, but coverage of our Illinois basketball team seems to fit here. Those tied into the program.. what are the reputations of the different media that cover the team? Who is the most reliable? Who is the best at what they do? Who should you take the info with a grain of salt? Etc...
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