I don’t think it’s going to happen this year…they will get just enough wins to make it to the tourney but that’s it. Expect them to lose in the first or second round.
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That was Ty’s decision … He wanted to improve his game …
The TA stuff didn’t help …
Hard to expect a bench guy (and I know we all love MJ) to out perform the big front court that MD brought to play. Setting him up for failure, and I hope he is able to brush it aside, 'cause we'll need him in the post season.
Ryllini
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He definitely could've and should've played more in the second half. The calls against him in the first half were egregious.
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- Rockford, IL
hooraybeer
- Peoria, IL
perhaps the writing was on the wall with the TA/Ty stuff going down right before the season started. whatever it is that went down
no fight. ben is useless. DGL > boswell. Half the guys they got in the portal cant play in this league. Riley isnt a big 10 player either, 1 good game out of 10 does nothing for me
Knowing what you know and seeing what you’ve seen what would his role have been on this team and who would you have played him over? Any chance he comes back?
Not yet. He isn't strong enough. He will get there, but he will likely be playing elsewhere by then.
Look at the talent we got out of the portal. It’s really not that impressive. 1 player in the top 100 is hardly a high quality portal offseason portal.
This was kind of the fear coming into the season. I think this is why we've seen a lot of teams have this kind of inexcusable loss.
I think what helped quite a bit last year though was our 2 best players staying and unifying the group around them. TSJ and Coleman were the culture.
Maybe if KJ, Tomi, and Kylan all stayed we could get that next year, but obviously that’s not going to happen.
I think Ty would have made it a 5-8 point loss.
They said on Sunday that this was strep throat and he was on antibiotics three days before. It's either not strep or the Illinois doctors gave him Tylenol and not antibiotics. Strep doesn't put you on your butt like this seven days after antibiotics start.
If he's got the flu and is puking, that happens. Can't get around that. Been there, done that. We all have.
If he doesn't play Sunday, this is a much bigger issue than is being let on. Any parent can attest to this.
If he's got the flu and is puking, that happens. Can't get around that. Been there, done that. We all have.
If he doesn't play Sunday, this is a much bigger issue than is being let on. Any parent can attest to this.
I worry about Tomi leaving once KJ goes to the league. Finding a starting PG in the portal next year with experience, dawg attitude, and someone TI wants to play with…gotta drop some coin on whoever that dude is.
Exactly. Brad said in postgame Booth didn’t have the strength to play in this league. Then why recruit him?
This was poor roster construction. This team HAS to spread the court and drain threes to win. (And get offensive rebounds). That has to be why Brad has been so adamant about playing Humbrichous. It’s very limited.
You have two big guys on the squad. That’s it. No depth. When Ivisic went down during the Eastern Illinois game, it looked bad. And I thought wow this would be huge. Even then it was clear we had no interior depth.
Can’t really play Morez and Tomi at the same time bc there’s no one else to play inside. I don’t know what we paid anyone, but I’d love to have Dani Dainja instead of Booth and Coleman instead of Ben.
And Willard owns Brad. Hurts to say it.
You have two big guys on the squad. That’s it. No depth. When Ivisic went down during the Eastern Illinois game, it looked bad. And I thought wow this would be huge. Even then it was clear we had no interior depth.
Can’t really play Morez and Tomi at the same time bc there’s no one else to play inside. I don’t know what we paid anyone, but I’d love to have Dani Dainja instead of Booth and Coleman instead of Ben.
And Willard owns Brad. Hurts to say it.
You can't recruit 11 starters. I'm sure the idea is to bulk him up with Fletch. If he doesn't want to put the effort in, then he's going to sit wherever he goes unless it's the OVC. A guy can tell you everything that you want to hear, but when it's time to dedicate yourself, hit the gym early and give a balls out effort everyday.....it's not there.
There's a reason that he gets no tick and I can guarantee that it's all work ethic related. He'll be gone.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
I was bulking together the entire recruiting that came about after the season ended as "portal". It is very clear we brought in a lot of high-end talent during this timeframe (Jakucionis, Ivisic, Riley, Boswell, and White to name a few). The rankings are somewhat suspect for international signings, as Jakucionis shows up as 3 star on some sites, and he is way up on the NBA draft board. A lot of high-end talent was brought in, but it hasn't fully gelled consistently.
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I like BU but maybe he’s not going to be able get us to final fours or national championships during his tenure.
This team definitely is not as bad as the 2022-2023 team, but really need to win 4 of the next 5 at minimum to still feel good for March.
I feel like the first is intertwined with the second.
TheDukeUIUC
- Twin Cities, MN
If I'm a head coach serious about winning my league, I'm finding an immunologist to give my whole team the flu in September so we don't have this nonsense in the heart of the season every freaking year.
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