I still believe that he would have been the difference maker last year. Continuity and grit is what that team needed.
Best of luck. Please stay out of the B1G.
Best of luck. Please stay out of the B1G.
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Crazy to think we don’t have minutes for a 5th year red shirt junior, who’s been in the program his entire collegiate career, was a starter on the elite 8 team, top 30ish recruit in his class, and an u18 team usa basketball selection and major contributor. Programs in a great place! Still sad to see Ty go tho
Sucks to see Ty go but that's life. Tough choices are made. All we can do is absolutely root for the guy. Kept the culture, professionalism, and was a leader. I call that an absolute success. Hopefully his body holds up and he get out there and do what he loves. Rooting for him always.
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Not like I know the guy personally or anything, but I would be shocked if he went to Michigan State or any other clear rival or direct competitor.
I may be in the minority on this, but we can appreciate his efforts, especially in 2023-2024, while recognizing this is not a critical loss. The decision to not tell anyone he was deciding to redshirt until right before the first game of the season is bailing on your team. I’m sure he was compensated greatly to play zero games for Illinois over the last two seasons. Best of luck at the next destination.
I can’t blame Ty. We are going to be loaded next year and he hasn’t played in a live game in two years. With our front court returning and potentially AS, it’s tough to see a world where he got more than 5-10 minutes a game
I’m sure he wants to shake the rust off quickly and he’s going to need live action minutes to accomplish that
I’m sure he wants to shake the rust off quickly and he’s going to need live action minutes to accomplish that
Ty got over a million dollars on the bench in the last 2 years. What a dream…
Happy for Ty. I’ll be in the camp of glad he made the right decision for himself. Coming off 2 years not playing and hoping to insert yourself somewhere in the rotation of a preseason Top 5 team is a tall order…Especially, when a lot of your game is predicated off being an explosive athlete and coming off a severe knee injury.
Best for both parties. Happy he’ll get a chance to play somewhere. Hoping it’s not MSU
Happy for Ty. I’ll be in the camp of glad he made the right decision for himself. Coming off 2 years not playing and hoping to insert yourself somewhere in the rotation of a preseason Top 5 team is a tall order…Especially, when a lot of your game is predicated off being an explosive athlete and coming off a severe knee injury.
Best for both parties. Happy he’ll get a chance to play somewhere. Hoping it’s not MSU
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Thank you TY !!! Best wishes for your future
Does Ty go join Morez at Michigan or go to MSU?
The Galloping Ghost
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This feels like the right move for Ty, but jeez, I was hoping he'd stay and force his way onto that court. I'm just a big believer in him. Alas. Wherever he goes, he'll always be an Illini. And I hope his next destination finds a way to maximize his strengths, and the fanbase loves him as much as we do.
Fan Since '70
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Hope Ty finds a place he can play starter minutes and play well enough to get Euro Pro interest if he wants to keep playing.
This makes me sad
FightinIllini30
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I’ll continue rooting for this guy. At the same time, I was having a hard time envisioning how he got the minutes here that he’ll get in a number of other programs. He’s good enough to start and be really good for a seriously good team. Best of luck to Ty
I'm higher on Lee than most people on here. It's just tough when you have a stacked roster like we do. He'd have been gold on Weber's or Groce's teams.
Nothing but respect for Ty in how he represented the team and University - epitome of EDG. I thought he could have played an important role on next years team with his defense and toughness, but I wish him well where ever he goes next
As a fan of Ty hope he goes to play for Izzo. As an Illinois fan, please leave the conference
I was thinking of the kind of bigs that out-rebounded us in the Michigan and MSU games, and the first UConn game.
So 3 games out of the whole year?
I’m not against that archetype as a whole, but we’re talking about a backup and not Morez/Mara, Kohler/Cooper or even Reed level players.
Basing it off the entire body of work of Ben Humrichous vs a guy who doesn’t do a whole lot other than be large and jump high.
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