RayJ on last years team and we beat anyone but UConn IMO ... Which we probably would have faced them in the natty because we would've been a 1 seed ...
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RayJ on last years team and we beat anyone but UConn IMO ... Which we probably would have faced them in the natty because we would've been a 1 seed ...
That… is incredibly interesting.
Thank you again for your insight on this stuff.
sacraig
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Does anyone read these threads or do they just post?
Up 8 on a poverty DePaul team with 4 to go in the 1H ... Man how far we've come ...
As a certified Outsider, I share this belief. (Even though I am not THAT much of a RayJ fan --- just the missing skillset we could have used a FEW times)
sacraig
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I have to imagine if we played them any of the last several years we would be up 8 by the first media timeout.
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I have no memory of Illinois playing Depaul.
And we only won the dang game by 9 ...
Shot an ELITE 5 of 23 from 3 ... 18 turnovers ...
Mark Smith had 21 and Kipper had 16 ... No one else in double figures ...
Man was that first year with Brad ROUGH ...
Or down 8 before rallying by the 14 minute mark. (That’s kinda what we do.)
Any chance BU still goes after a bigger 5
sacraig
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Where do we stand with Storr?
In isolation, I think a quality PG (RayJ or someone else) would have helped us win a few more games. But you never know how another player would have affected team dynamics. This group really seemed to like each other, which IMO made the whole greater than the sum of the parts. Sometimes introducing another personality into the mix can change that.
No way to really know. But I'm 100% for adding a quality PG in the Portal this year, even if Domask is back (which seems quite unlikely).
Domask's stats are an interesting case. His TS% and eFG% both went down a touch, but his ORtg and offensive win shares/40 went up substantially. The only things I see that could explain this is that his turnover rate decreased, and that our high team offensive rebounding rate meant that missed shots hurt us less. His defensive metrics decreased along with everyone who transferred here, in part because everyone's steal rate decreased.
Interesting to wonder about increasing usage vs efficiency. I can see both sides to the argument, and it probably depends on the reasons why a player's usage or efficiency were low. I'll trust BU on this, but I'm personally biased against low efficiency high usage guys.
No more standing ...
Storr has requested Brad to sit down at the negotiating table per sources ...
No arguments about that year being rough, but that DePaul team had two future NBA players on the roster in Paul Reed and Max Strus compared to none for the Illini. I imagine Tim Anderson had something to do with bringing in that level of talent.
I remember watching the game and thinking Strus looked way too talented to be at a school like DePaul.
Basically sounds like “gimme the milly im asking for and i’ll be in Champaign”
If we don’t, somebody else will…eventually.
If we don’t, somebody else will…eventually.
I’ll take a shot. He wants to be here. Does he want to be part of a great team or be THE part of a good team. Everything I’m hearing is positive. Above 90% and a very real possibility he jumps in with us soon
So uh…. Where do we sit with Storr?
I know what our insiders in here have said and respect what they know 100%. But Aj Storr to Illinois is unlikely. At this moment in time.
This is in reference to him thinking Booth could be our TJD.
TJD took three 3-pointers in 4 years. Booth took more 3s than 2s. What am I missing?
Certainly a strong possibility
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