Illini in the Pros (Basketball)

spillini · 2026-04-25T23:23:44-0500

Highest True Shooting Percentage By A Player In A Playoff Game With 40 Points | StatMuse

Terry Porter has the best true shooting percentage with 40+ points in a playoff game, at 101.7 percent in Game 2 of the 1992 Western Conference Finals versus the Jazz.

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Fly Illini Fly! · 2026-04-25T23:24:12-0500

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048240435940991327

Fly Illini Fly! · 2026-04-25T23:25:12-0500

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048241969999011946

Fly Illini Fly! · 2026-04-25T23:28:34-0500

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048250565696631134

Fly Illini Fly! · 2026-04-25T23:30:20-0500

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048241589785374976

band camp · 2026-04-25T23:46:23-0500

Im glad the world now gets to see what we knew Ayo had in him the whole time.
Sportscenter with a nice piece on our guy.

hooraybeer · 2026-04-25T23:52:02-0500

no one deserves it more than Ayo

Deacon05 · 2026-04-26T00:02:49-0500

Absolutely amazing! Go Ayo!

Thaillini22 · 2026-04-26T01:19:40-0500

Indonesian: Means "come on," "let's," or "let's go" (often written as ayo), used to encourage or urge action.

"Ayo, Ayo!"

IlliniWu · 2026-04-26T01:21:53-0500

Fly Illini Fly! · 2026-04-26T01:59:06-0500

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048265373338726530

Joel Goodson · 2026-04-26T05:47:48-0500

if only Nick Irvin had coached him up

BretMyBeachHouse · 2026-04-26T06:26:06-0500

Joel Goodson said:
if only Nick Irvin had coached him up

Meanwhile, Talen Horton Tucker is in Turkey.

SescIllini · 2026-04-26T06:33:15-0500

Ayo going to get paid....80 Mill over 4 years... starting PG next year. IMHO

SuperintendentChalmers · 2026-04-26T07:11:34-0500

When Ayo hit the last three and got the "BANG!" from Mike Breen, I thought for a second that he might make the injecting ice water gesture. I think Illini fans would have caused the interent to collapse if that happened.

Illini_Jack · 2026-04-26T07:14:05-0500

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048264357348274630

Illini_Jack · 2026-04-26T07:18:20-0500

https://twitter.com/x/status/2048259781836607759

HereSoIDontGetFined · 2026-04-26T07:21:31-0500

I don't think I've ever seen Ayo play with this level of confidence. His downhill speed is blistering.

pruman91 · 2026-04-26T08:00:35-0500

Illini_Jack said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2048264357348274630

Nohops 73 · 2026-04-26T08:19:06-0500

Bulls front office: “Oops, we did it again!”

skyIdub · 2026-04-26T08:31:28-0500

Is “flow state” this generations “the zone”?

Our boy was in the zone.

Roundball Sage · 2026-04-26T08:56:58-0500

HereSoIDontGetFined said:
I don't think I've ever seen Ayo play with this level of confidence. His downhill speed is blistering.

I'm on record on this blog saying some time ago that Ayo had All-Star potential. He still has untapped talent - and most of all, the drive and desire to bring that talent out.

And it certainly helped him to get away from the toxic environment of the Bulls. It was nice that he got to play for his hometown team. But he was never going to thrive here.

SescIllini · 2026-04-26T09:08:54-0500

BretMyBeachHouse said:
Meanwhile, Talen Horton Tucker is in Turkey.

Believe THT still has him beat in career earnings due to leaving college earlier and getting an overly generous 2nd contract.

Ayo will eclipse him by a ton with his 3rd contract and possibly ser a 4th one as well.

SescIllini · 2026-04-26T09:12:58-0500

Ayo whose knock was that he lacked NBA athleticism has turned into a pretty fast downhill guard. Not only fast, but match that with positional height/muscle abd he us a force.

DiVencenzo tore his achilles, Ayo going to play a ton in playoffs and next year. Looks like TWolves starting PG.

phats22 · 2026-04-26T09:13:11-0500

after last night, his post season stat like is ridiculously videogame like-

through 4 games- 22.8pts on 64/53/95 % splits along with 2.8 rebs and 4 assists.

unreal

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