Fan Since '70
- OBS, Florida
Yes at least or more . . He had 7 pts and assisted on 17 (some could have been 3s) all in 20 min plus 5 steals. Very active player.Edit- at least 41!
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I mean...the conference will have 18 teams. So you're saying it's more likely we finish 10-18 rather than 1-9...?
I have my concerns about the roster as well but that's...
I have my concerns about the roster as well but that's...
Joel Goodson
- dawgville
KJ kinda reminds me of some of Beilein's wings (the killers), except he's a better passer and distributor. really hoping this comes to fruition
Joel Goodson
- dawgville
Boswell was a five star
Fan Since '70
- OBS, Florida
He is very good in the open floor and Illini have multiple finishers
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Was around the top 15 range before he re-classed.
Ended up at 25 as 5*in the 247 (not composite).
Loyalillini10
- Urbana, IL
Where are you getting this from? Pay sites? A jump-to-conclusions-mat? I don’t think anyone has said anything one way or the other.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
There's not a single player on our roster who is absolutely certain to be a solid contributor toward winning basketball.
There are a couple who have good potential to be even more than that, but they have downside of a guy who doesn't contribute for various reasons.
That's just very different than any BU team since 2019-20. It's hard to define exactly who we're going to rely on, because we're not certain about relying on anybody.
We don't know what next year's roster is going to look like when all is said and done, nor how it's going to play.
We do know that we're not quite as much of an NIL alpha as we thought we were on April 1. Gaining accurate knowledge is a good thing so long as you learn from it and operate accordingly going forward.
Great! Here's my brand of cottage cheese:Most of y'all know where I fit on the generally positive vibes spectrum here.
With that said.....if this years team surpasses the 2005 or 1989 team as the greatest in Illini history.....I'll gift a pint of cottage cheese to everyone who likes this post.
*this offer ends with the closing of this thread.
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Fan Since '70
- OBS, Florida
The NIL part is disappointing how many players Illini had to back off from (regardless the logic). If Illini have a good season and it's promising players do well, will it be able to pay them the season after and keep all important ones to have an even better '25-26 season? (Or lose ground gained this year in next year's portal).
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I'm not hating because I haven't tried it, but humans will try anything to get drunk.
splitter
- and not Nebraska
It looks to me like all 3 European guards are lights-out shooters from distance. Just give me one. If it's Egor, so much the better. He seems most ready.
Wasn’t saying that Tre White will explode. Just that we don’t have the 16th most talented roster in the BIG or whatever the sleepers guys said. Prior to next year you can count on one hand the number of top 30 hs recruits Brad has had on the roster. This years team has multiple.
And didn’t say Humrichous is going to be great. My only point is that the “less talented” guys by ranking will likely still contribute. I am pretty high on Humrichous and think he could have Domask like impact. But even if he only gets 7 ppg on 35% from 3, that’s still a top 100 like contribution.
Edit: and of course HS rankings aren’t the end all be all. Too many examples to list. But there is of course a correlation between HS ranking and being a difference maker at the P5 level. So the more highly rated kids you have the higher the likelihood you land a difference maker. Again, my only point is we do not have a bottom tier BIG roster talent wise.
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The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Boswell is certain to be a solid contributor toward winning basketball. Why? Because he already did it last year. And he doesn't have the downside of a guy who doesn't contribute because, again, he's already done it. If he makes zero progress, he's still a 10 and 4 guy for a top 10 program and I would bet a whole ton of money that the 18-year-old moving closer to his family and that stability is only going to get better with another year under his belt.
I also don't see a way Tomi doesn't contribute. He's a professional. He's got the size and will force a whole heck of a lot of mismatches with his shooting ability. Granted, he hasn't done it in college, but, frankly, it's more impressive that he's already done it against grown-a$$ men.
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A lot of people were very excited about Domask. He would have been flirting with scoring 2,000 points at SIU if he wasn't injured as a sophomore.
I would counter this by saying Brad doesn't run nearly as many sets as Hurley(though he's proven the ability to adapt).
Also, offensive balance wasn't really what made UConn special though all those guys could play. Clingan completely erasing opposing teams inside is what made UConn special.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I think some of the stuff Arizona fans said about him down the stretch was the totally overblown exaggeration of a fanbase that wanted another good player to take more of his playing time (we know how that goes), but there are Arizona fans who would disagree with you.
Eligibility, academics and translation issues both basketball and cultural make a guy like that inherently high risk. You're right though that from a level of development perspective, it's basically a joke that he's going to be a freshman.
You can't carve these guys in stone into a role the way you could with, yes, Marcus Domask.
If I had to bet my life on a guy playing 25 minutes a game for us next year assuming health it would be Ty Rodgers, but everybody is denigrating his role because we are familiar with him and know his flaws. "Optimism" is pretending guys we haven't watched in O&B will never disappoint us.
Can someone explain why we think he'll be so much better than his brother? Not trying to be a jerk, just truly curious why his floor is so much higher.
Fan Since '70
- OBS, Florida
Hurley could run plays for the whole team because you had to respect each one as a scorer. Brad can and will adjust to having multiple scoring weapons. Having great playmakers like Boswell and Kasparas on the floor will help stir the drink as well. The other players on the court have also shown they can pass. Opponents will have to respect all 5 players Brad puts out there.
Well, there's also the optimism where the high school recruit we just signed in November will be better than the freshman who still hasn't played a game.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
I mean, Arizona fans might have wanted more, but that's not the discussion. You set the bar at contribute and he, inarguably has done that. He started 35 out of 36 games and averaged 27 minutes. He's totally and completely a known quantity at this level. It's verging on absurd to argue otherwise.
And yeah, Ty will likely find a way to be on the floor at least 25 a game this season, but he's also never done it before, unlike Kylan.
You saw that in games when TSJ was first out. The ball movement was superb.
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