Illinois vs UIC (Exhibition), Wednesday, October 28th, 7:00pm CT, B1G+

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Appears the twins have taken the last game off.

Great, because these games are for tinkering with lineups and other tactical litmus tests. If Baylor wants to play 8 guys and go extra hard, then good for them (and good for us to get smacked in the mouth... coach said as much).

We saw everyone play hard last year when it mattered. If people are upset they didn't go out there and die on the court for you in a game that doesn't even count, I really don't know what to tell you. Tomi and Z have given their all for this program. Tomi handled a step down in usage gracefully and played extremely well in our F4 run last year and Z was easily a top 3 backup center in college basketball last year.
 
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Great, because these games are for tinkering with lineups and other tactical litmus tests. If Baylor wants to play 8 guys and go extra hard, then good for them (and good for us to get smacked in the mouth... coach said as much).

We saw everyone play hard last year when it mattered. If people are upset they didn't go out there and die on the court for you in a game that doesn't even count, I really don't know what to tell you. Tomi and Z have given their all for this program. Tomi handled a step down in usage gracefully and played extremely well in our F4 run last year and Z was easily a top 3 backup center in college basketball last year.
Ehhh I love Z but calling him a top 3 backup center in the country might be pushing it a little. There were quite a few games he couldn’t stay out of foul trouble or hit a jump shot.
 
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Ehhh I love Z but calling him a top 3 backup center in the country might be pushing it a little. There were quite a few games he couldn’t stay out of foul trouble or hit a jump shot.

Name 3 better ones

And foul trouble? His season high in personal fouls last year was 3 and that only happened in 3 games out of 37 total (you could at least do a simple Google search before confidently pushing back on something).
 
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Name 3 better ones

And foul trouble? His season high in personal fouls last year was 3 and that only happened in 3 games out of 37 total (you could at least do a simple Google search before confidently pushing back on something).
He also scored 5 or less points 16 times. He played a combined 29 minutes in the UConn, Iowa & Houston tournament games. He also went 7/43 from three from January 21st onward, and didn’t make one in the tourney run. He’s a good backup- but he’s not consistent.
 
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