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<blockquote data-quote="Newman" data-source="post: 1238231" data-attributes="member: 528847"><p>And what about the players that don't end up like Malcolm Hill? Most players that plan on graduating from college would benefit from a redshirt but that doesn't necessarily mean that the team benefits that much. We'll have Trent Frazier, Willams, and we'll be recruiting a few high ranked point guards during Lucas' time at Illinois so there will be competition. It seems silly to have them potentially graduate all in the same year. That likely increases the chances of one of them transferring out, which is another incentive he would have as a 5th year.</p><p></p><p>Besides, like other people have posted, he has more value now then later due to Illinois' situation. Tracy may stay healthy the entire season but it'd be like playing Russian Roulette to have Lucas redshirt and just have Tate as the backup. We could redshirt Lucas and burn it if there's an injury, but then we would be throwing him in with no game time experience and that might not go so well. The few minutes he can get as a freshman will go a long way. If Lucas can gradually gain minutes as he matures this season, that will help him and the team tremendously for 2017-18.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Newman, post: 1238231, member: 528847"] And what about the players that don't end up like Malcolm Hill? Most players that plan on graduating from college would benefit from a redshirt but that doesn't necessarily mean that the team benefits that much. We'll have Trent Frazier, Willams, and we'll be recruiting a few high ranked point guards during Lucas' time at Illinois so there will be competition. It seems silly to have them potentially graduate all in the same year. That likely increases the chances of one of them transferring out, which is another incentive he would have as a 5th year. Besides, like other people have posted, he has more value now then later due to Illinois' situation. Tracy may stay healthy the entire season but it'd be like playing Russian Roulette to have Lucas redshirt and just have Tate as the backup. We could redshirt Lucas and burn it if there's an injury, but then we would be throwing him in with no game time experience and that might not go so well. The few minutes he can get as a freshman will go a long way. If Lucas can gradually gain minutes as he matures this season, that will help him and the team tremendously for 2017-18. [/QUOTE]
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