altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
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Guerrier and Harmon both enrolled in summer courses at their previous schools.
They may be taking summer courses at their current schools to ensure they graduate with the required courses so they can get the grad transfer.
Well, I think we all understand what he means by hardware. By your definition there are lots more. I bet various invitational tournaments have them. I remember our teams standing at center court at assembly hall getting a trophy for the illinois invitational
I also believe regional winners in tourney get a trophy .
And our 89 team had final four rings.
In February as CoHawk brings the ball up, begs his teammates to set a pick, then either bounces a pass off the play by play announcers head or chucks up a 35' 3 ball??
BU hasn't addressed the 2 main issues from last year. 1. Our lead PG will be either a maybe qualifier with a bum leg or a freshman. 2. He didn't bring any new coaches in that have a clue how to teach/run his offence...... (And yes , I know how to spell offense)
The Insiders know the facts better than we do. If BU and staff can't pull a PG out of their ar$e here late, the Illini will have a very talented team that will be rudderless and will frustrate players and fans alike!
I think most folks that have led people understand there's a fine line to walk when exercising leadership. If he did as you suggest, we could assume a losing season by which he would be judged by his leadership and promptly placed on a Performance Improvement Plan, or shown the door with a boot embedded in his backside. We can guess on the performance factors that JW is evaluating him on, but I can bet you my beach house in Nuiqsut that winning is right up there in the top three.
I agree this is one way to enforce your will and requirements on those players not following the game plan, but it's also one way to lose a locker room, and lose a job too.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I interpreted that comment as Paul wants to go somewhere he can "win big." I think as far as that opportunity goes at a program that also wants Paul, we would absolutely qualify. So, my main point is that it seems an odd assumption (if that is all it is) that he would immediately cross the Illini off this list for that reason alone.
I can't argue with most of your points, but I think the fact that a handful of these guys will have played together for over a year now will naturally allow the offense to run a little more smoothly. Our guys had so few minutes and no time together heading into last season.
And I can't help but wonder if Ty Rodgers might be a pleasant surprise handling the rock from the PG position at times. I'm no insider and don't know if it'll work out or not, but in high school he seemed to orchestrate quite well as the PG. And if Williams is healthy he seems like a pretty unselfish PG. I know these are still "ifs" but if either become true I think we'll be really really good! And if neither become true and we have to go PG by committee I think we'll be solid with the core returning and bringing in solid transfers and potential freshmen that could contribute. And don't forget with Luke Goode healthy it'll be a difference maker. We are very very deep! Foul trouble and fatigue won't be an issue for this team. I'd like to see us play really really fast! Not saying this team is as good, but Flying Illini style anyone?
USA defeated Canada 118-36 in the FIBA U16 Americas Championship yesterday. Wow. That group of 2007 born American players looks awfully impressive. Won't be surprised to see a number of those guys bypass college all together for G League Ignite or what not.
Tevo
- Wilmette, IL
Best way to beat a press is by PASSING, not trying to dribble it up. Watch some old Lou Henson teams. With some basic strategy and practice, a good team should be able to kill a full court press for easy basket after easy basket. But it may require that more than one player on your team is adept at thinking and passing, which last year's team left us wondering...
I hope your scenario plays out. I really, really, do.
The problem with Ty bringing the ball up, is it will hinder him from being an absolute beast on the boards.
Absolutely hoping this Illini is more coachable than last years.
The few times Ty tried to bring the ball up the court last year, his handles looked pretty bad.
I too think this years team will be better than last years even as it stands today. I guess we will see how much and if that meets the bar though. I’m certain that unless it ends in natty, it won’t meet the expectations of most on here!
Our expectations were probably too high last season
- 1 returning starter (Coleman)
- 2 sophomores who saw very limited time RJ and Luke (who missed most of season)
- 3 transfers - TSJ, MM, and Dain. TSJ and MM were role players at TT and Baylor. Dain was effectively a freshman.
- 4 freshman - Skyy (coming off injury), Jayden, Sencire and Ty
20/20 hindsight getting to 20 wins and NCAA tournament was not bad.
Unfortunately after we beat UCLA and TX we got delusions of grandeur. Too many guys playing for themselves instead of the team.
I am think this team is more hungry. I like the idea of Ty, Sencire, TSJ, Coleman and Quincy pressuring our opponents all over the court. I also think Marcus and Luke are very underated and may significantly improve our offense. Finally don't underestimate how much Dain can improve if he loses another 20 lbs and learns to do more than play drop coverage on defense.
- 1 returning starter (Coleman)
- 2 sophomores who saw very limited time RJ and Luke (who missed most of season)
- 3 transfers - TSJ, MM, and Dain. TSJ and MM were role players at TT and Baylor. Dain was effectively a freshman.
- 4 freshman - Skyy (coming off injury), Jayden, Sencire and Ty
20/20 hindsight getting to 20 wins and NCAA tournament was not bad.
Unfortunately after we beat UCLA and TX we got delusions of grandeur. Too many guys playing for themselves instead of the team.
I am think this team is more hungry. I like the idea of Ty, Sencire, TSJ, Coleman and Quincy pressuring our opponents all over the court. I also think Marcus and Luke are very underated and may significantly improve our offense. Finally don't underestimate how much Dain can improve if he loses another 20 lbs and learns to do more than play drop coverage on defense.
Even during the UCLA and Texas wins, the warning signs were present. We were down double digits in both and had to claw back. That was the team’s M.O. the entire season. Sometimes we’d comeback and win, sometimes we’d comeback and fall short. A few times we never came back at all. But the format of the season was there all along.
Can't agree with this, and the main reason is, in almost every game we had at least a 10 min stretch where we looked like the best team in the nation.
The team didn't appear to like each other, they certainly didn't gel on the court, the offense looked horrible because it wasn't being run properly, but the talent was absolutely there. That really can't be denied.
To be real honest, they looked like a poorly coached team.
I am surprised they took Nico if they did not think he could contribute. He is the only true PG on the team plus it sounds like he has a reasonable outside shot.
JMO but PG has to have decent handles and ability to feed others. We have solid offense talent on this team. Dain in the paint. TSJ and Luke can hit open 3 pointers. Ty is a beast on the offensive boards. Marcus averaged 17 ppg at SIU. If Nico can run the offense and get people open shots he should play.
JMO but PG has to have decent handles and ability to feed others. We have solid offense talent on this team. Dain in the paint. TSJ and Luke can hit open 3 pointers. Ty is a beast on the offensive boards. Marcus averaged 17 ppg at SIU. If Nico can run the offense and get people open shots he should play.
I had to double check to make sure you weren’t pruman for a sec…. You just need to post some Christopher Walker gifs and your transformation will be nearly complete.
Realistically we only beat UCLA because Shannon went postal and went 8/9 from 3.
Similarly we beat Texas because Mayer got got hot and carried the team to OT where Shannon took over.
The team could have been very good but it was way too inconsistent because they never had a consistent way to get create good looks. They were capable of beating anyone but it was reliant on Shannon/Mayer getting insanely hot and hitting contested shots to carry the offense which is why they could lose to anyone too.
Realistically the offense would get way too stagnant and they would just run lazy dribble hand offs for 30 seconds and hold the ball on the perimeter until someone launched a 3. Also, I know it's illegal to say bad things about Hawkins but he absolutely killed ball movement by holding onto the ball for seconds after catching it, pump faking a bunch, and then throwing an ill advised pass or taking a 25 ft three.
I dont know what happened and I like Brad but I'm still a little dumbfounded that he never just started running non stop two man games with Shannon and Mayer.
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pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
I think he was fine, are you thinking of Shannon?
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