I really hope we land RayJ Dennis. But I couldn’t help but notice that the DENNIS System is a spot-on description of the portal era.
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Like anyone with eyesight, I see Ty is not a prolific jump shooter or FT shooter. But my eyes also tell me he is an extremely efficient and capable scorer who is sorely needed on this team for a myriad of other reasons. Love me some Ty Rodgers anytime but the last minute.
And I do not see any reason he cannot improve at the line if he gets the right coaching in the physics and physiology of the process.
And I do not see any reason he cannot improve at the line if he gets the right coaching in the physics and physiology of the process.
We’re Illinois… we have sand!Is that more or less difficult than if one "pounds sand"? Can one do both? Would you do that before or after you "go jump in a lake"?
Try going to 7U/8U baseball tournaments. A single team had a Brixton, Braxton, and Bruxton. It's wild out here.
IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
Depends on how many baguettes and cheeses he is eating back in France.Add Hawkins, Shannon and Dennis to our 2024 rostercast on Torvik and we move from 49th (currently) to 16th.
Granted, I don’t know how much weight Zacharie Perrin is still carrying
Do you have concerns that Hansberry may leave due to lack of PT? Losing 3+ years of Hansberry for a year of QG in win now mode would kill me.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
It’s possible.
It’s also possible he starts every game and still leaves.
Like Curbelo, Miller, Melendez, Epps, & Skyy.
This is exactly who needs to be. He's a stretch 5 that can hit an open 3 and has ball skills. That's what the NBA wants to see him do, not shoot 25' 3 pointers and pass outside when he's 5' from the basket.
IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
Obviously. I think the calculus should be to retain young highly-ranked talent even if some leave. We were saying that we are the #1 development program in the country. Outside of Ayo and Kofi, I think that shine is starting to wear off when we keep getting 4/5th year guys that don't improve their draft stock.
In my opinion, swap Domask for Ty for the starters. Dain’s skill set will be amplified with a real point guard. He can be a very efficient scorer if he gets the ball in the right spot. I also think CH can best take advantage of his height by coming from the perimeter.
Hawkins would play fewer minutes but have better numbers.
sacraig
- The desert
I wholeheartedly agree with you comment the if a down year for him is 20 wins, I'm on board. He replaced 4 seniors, an All American and 80%+ of all of his production and flipped it into a tournament team. Pretty darn good.
I also agree with your point that NIL and the portal have changed the landscape of everything.
It'd kill you? We haven't seen the guy play one second of college ball.
The question still stands. If the baseline is that he hasn't won a Big Ten regular season championship, tournament championship or NCAA Tournament championship every year...then the comment holds water. I'm not a big fan of second place, but 20+ wins year in and year out with our only complaint being that we haven't gotten to the Sweet 16, I'll take it. Do people remember where this program was at before he took over? Awfully short memories by some(not saying you).
Well BU closed on Domask really quickly for a reason. He is a 3x all conference player that shot threes at a high volume with a good percentage while being the focal point of defenses. He also does basically every skill well. Like I said I feel Ty will play 25 plus minutes but we will have our shooters on the floor. I feel its more likely Dain doesn't start if both Hawk and TSJ come back. If Dain and Ty both start with TSJ and Hawk who are the two shooters we can count on? Who starts isn't as important to me as having guys will roles we need to make defending the entire floor with spacing more difficult. Ty too will be better as will others with 2 or 3 of our new additions (im including a vet PG) or a healthy Goode on the floor with them that can shoot amd pass it better than last season.
I am not sure how winning 20 games and a 9 seed is a discombobulated mess. Also, 13.3% of the minutes went to final year transfers. Over half went to 1st or 2nd year players.
Look at it this way... When it's time for Amani to make that decision, he will be at the top of the depth chart. At that point, he will just have to worry about Mr. Johnson.
I guess instead of Kicking rocks, or pounding sand, they can shuck corn!
And CORN…MostlyCORN.
He can't hit threes consistently at a high level yet from the college range. I think his best year is 28 percent and the biggest reason he should come back. Which i hope he does. He vastly improved as the year went on. I think he can and will improve with not so much riding on him to make others better.
theNewGuy
- Dallas, TX
So hypothetically say we get RayJ. Hypothetically Coleman and TJ come back as well, filling up our scholarships. Hypothetically Hunter Dickinson wants to come here because National Championship aspirations, $$$, and TJ. What is stopping him from making an extra 50k per year and being a 'walk-on'? If he's already projected to make millions, couldn't the NIL collective cough up more to cover tuition? Besides tuition, what else does a scholarship guarantee student athletes?
Who is this we?
There have been over 1500 kids in the transfer portal this off-season. Most, if not all, the blue bloods have had multiple players leave. UConn alone lost five to the portal. This is the reality of the sport.
DGL believing that he will earn minutes isn’t a bad thing but most kids won’t know how they’ll react to lack of playing time until it happens. You gotta remember that college is usually the first taste of that for D1 athletes.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
I mean, the real question is, what's stopping Luther Head from paying for him to come here?
The starting five I think most of us can agree on:
1. Good, skilled, experienced PG
2. Skilled dawg
3. Skilled dawg
4. Skilled dawg
5. Skilled dawg
Brad‘s job is to throw that bone out on the court every day.
1. Good, skilled, experienced PG
2. Skilled dawg
3. Skilled dawg
4. Skilled dawg
5. Skilled dawg
Brad‘s job is to throw that bone out on the court every day.
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