Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
he might be pretty good:
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Really depends on my mood. Doritos are my go to, but lays plain chips or cheese its are just as good.Question for the cottage cheese fans. Does the spice or addition you add to the cottage cheese change depending on what you are eating the cottage cheese with? Edit...not meaning with a fork or a spoon but meaning pork, fish, beef etc
This is why a lot of Illinois fans get mocked from the outside. A discussion about cottage cheese. Embarrassing.
jmwillini
- Tolono, IL
He’s very routinely associated with weird twitter moments. I think a few weeks back he called Keaton a top 2 freshman ever.
I do know growing up he loved and idolized Illinois (particularly the 05 team).
Geoducks!
Sure, but I suspect these are skills they have all been actively working on prior to this summer. You can’t tell me OA hasn’t been working with Z on developing a back to the basket game. To your point, he may not have felt great about it yet.
I think expecting Mirk’s shot to get a little more consistent and his handle to get a little tighter isn’t some pie in the sky expectation. The skills are there. I think he’s going to drop some of that baby fat too.
Tomi just needs to play like he did in the tournament consistently. Seems like he lost confidence in his low post game at some point. He seemed to have found it again in March.
Defensively, they were so much better in the tournament collectively. They know the effort it takes. They know what to do. The twins are running out of time to prove they can play at the next level. I would hope they realize how important it is to get in on tape consistently.
Having the whole front court together all summer is going to pay dividends. If they all focus on doing whatever Fletch asks, we will see guys who get bullied less, and who can sustain effort longer. Those things alone will make them markedly better players.
Well said! I think this board still have scars from Greg Egboiden and Matic Vessel (sp on both). These players aren’t those guys.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Vaaks
Boswell
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi
Coleman
Z
Davis
Morillo
Boswell
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi
Coleman
Z
Davis
Morillo
He’d be THE high use guy there? Is their talent down next year?
If usage is the issue at Illinois because there are so many scoring options I wouldn’t have guessed Duke is the destination.
I’ve known a few people that sprinkle sugar on their cottage cheese.
Matt Mayer was good. It's not his fault that he was forced to operate in a role and take tough shots because he they had no guards on the roster.
Skyy Clark quit in December, Jayden Epps got progressively worse and then basically quit on the team towards the end, Sincere Harris was atrocious on offense.
That team was basically entirely Shannon and Mayer. Coleman was not good that year, Melendez sucked, Ty was a freshman, and so on.
Mayer would have been a monster if you put him in the Guerrier role the next year or if he got to play with as the 4 next to Kofi.
but this years team was incredibly fun to watch and I can’t wait to watch em do it again next year 
They have some studs, as usual, coming in.
Agreed. We should play 9-10 guys double digit minutes especially in the non conference. Having only 8 guys who played, we got hurt when Bam and Andrej went down to injury. I would love us to play deep rotations and wear teams down with multiple looks. Plus getting clock for Brown and Morillo will pay off in 27/28.
Fair pushback. Reason I left that out, it was reported (I think by @Indy Illini Fan ) that Brad & co really wanted Blackwell. So I assumed if they made him a priority, they were good with the chemistry fit. And I trust them!
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
I put sugar on my cottage cheese......Am I the only one ?..............asking for a friend...............
Blend in a little French onion dip. Very tasty.
We have a ton of promising freshmen coming in. Hope one of them breaks out. Mirk and Wagler will forever be remembered as one of our best frosh classes. I know some others came in more heralded. But in terms of output, maybe have to go back to Dee and Deron? But they didn’t drive the team to a Final Four in 2003 with a senior Brian Cook.
Mirk and Wagler GOAT’ed.
Mirk and Wagler GOAT’ed.
Mullins returns for UConn. Would love to beat them in Chicago in 7 months time. Would be a sweet, sweet win. But Hurley is a beast. You know his team will be ready to game. But I hope Mirk 2.0 is ready for revenge.
Shot a 91 today and I thought about Stefan Vaaks a lot
Yeah but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense. And there's lots of times, you don't even run don't court. And that you don't really try, except for the playoffs.
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