Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Tangent: when did it get so sabermetric in here?

Are you guys not all Boomer Peoria Dads anymore?
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To the extent of being matchup proof, I feel like our halfcourt offense is about as good as it gets.

If a bigger “combo guard” is what keeps our edge on the glass elite, I’ll happily sacrifice some ball handling. Even though I really don’t think it was an issue anyway
 
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I don't remember needing a heart monitor while watching him dish out 6 assists with 0 turnovers at Breslin:

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But yeah, I get it... dude be crazy (no more underhand, full court softball pitches, please)
Nitty gritty truth triumphs over hyperbole once again.....well done J................
 
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Sure. "They" enhance and monetize the intrinsic entertainment value. To an extent, it's done with recreational sports too.
lol............kudos mr. nichi........well put , as always......

listen . if anyone has not figured out by now that life is a transactional experience where the give element by one party satisfies the take element by the other party, then I feel sorry for your lack of understanding how human nature works regarding emotional , financial and various other states of what motivates us to live in our own confines of what makes each and every one of us tick and live our life in a certain way...........

I do certain things to bring certain enjoyment to me and trade seconds , minutes and hours of my precious lifetime experiment to experience those enjoyments.......I really really do..........JMHO and ramblings of a fleeting soul speeding across my O & B landscape at such a high speed of light now...............enjoy the journey and stop trying to redefine every aspect of life........

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Gotta say… I’ve never been so uninterested in ongoing discussions on this site as I have been with these two. So in order to get things on a better track, here’s a picture of a pizza I made at home. #homemadepizza

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I have been doing chicago tavern style more recently
 

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#532      
I have been doing chicago tavern style more recently
You make your own dough or do you acquire from somewhere? I making a pizza tomorrow. Typically get my dough from Frankie’s Deli near me.

This years team is shaking up to be one for the ages in my opinion. Relax, barring injury, this team should be a wagon.
 
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Tangent: when did it get so sabermetric in here?

Are you guys not all Boomer Peoria Dads anymore?
Advanced analytics have been around for a while now.

Millennial Peoria Dads think it’s the new hotness. Gotta get with the times. There’s still some Boomer Peoria Grandpas in here who don’t know what TS% or eFG% are.
 
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Gunars Grinvalds (G/F, Latvia) commits to UCLA

Also updated with final 2026 RSCI

It's super encouraging that we're leading B1G in roster Power Conference Minutes, and Box Plus/Minus, and 3rd in Win Share...

That said, scrolling over to your "Other" tab, Florida is an absolute wagon in those categories. Yeesh!
 
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It's super encouraging that we're leading B1G in roster Power Conference Minutes, and Box Plus/Minus, and 3rd in Win Share...

That said, scrolling over to your "Other" tab, Florida is an absolute wagon in those categories. Yeesh!

Forgot I even had that tab in there! I have Aberdeen on their roster but most now seem to say he will not be eligible.

Also I messed up on the BPM & WS... those should be weighted per minute and I've just used a simple sum for those. For example, Coopers Josefsberg has the highest BPM on the whole spreadsheet at 16.1 but has played a total of 9 minutes his entire career. Should have fixed, but thought "oh well" at this point.

Interesting thing about Illinois & Florida: they each have only 3 total RSCI top 100 players

Aside (Duke-related): Was looking at some Torvik things this morning and noted that Duke is 332nd in "Projected Effective Experience" and 302nd nationally in "Projected Production from Transfers"
 
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