Illinois 92, Arkansas State 53 Postgame

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It’s still early, and we haven’t seen him play like that yet against high major competition, but I think it’s gonna’ be tough to keep him out of the starting lineup.

Excited to see how he does tomorrow night.

I imagine by mid-season, we’ll be looking at a starting lineup of:

Belo
Trent
Grandy
Hawkins
Kofi

With Plummer, DMW, & Hutch getting a lot of minutes off the bench and Payne and BBV giving Kofi a breather as needed.
I agree with your starters. Although Belo came off the bench last year, and he was absolutely one of our 5 best players, so I guess it's possible.

I'm also hesitant to place Hutch in any rotation predictions until he actually plays a few actual games.
 
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I love that a lot of guys are getting to play and that Coleman Hawkins and Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk have played so well, but we haven't played a good team yet and all our games have been at home. We need to see what happens against better competition and on the road, and how we adjust when Kofi returns. Looking forward to it.
Name checks out. /s