Home
Forums
New Posts
Illini Basketball
Illini Football
Sports Talk
Log in
Register
What's new
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Sports
Illini Basketball
Mike Thorne granted 6th year
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Obelix" data-source="post: 1215034" data-attributes="member: 7292"><p>Lol... the playing out of position was a comment with respect to his play last year, nothing to do with his RS year. The decision to RS was taken right before their freshman season started, before they played a single game, so Leron had the benefit of coming in as the highest ranked player, expectations were in his favor, none had played an actual game at the time. As I said in my post,<strong> at that point</strong> the decision was a correct one, but that may not necessarily be true right now (Black better than Finke), or even at times last year. </p><p></p><p>The comment/fact that Finke was hampered by playing out of position at C was in response to comments that Finke's performance tapered off. That was highly influenced by running out of options once Thorne and Black went down so Groce played Finke at C. I think I'd sound as a broken record again repeating how I did not think that Finke was a C, and his game suffered by playing out of position. Before Black went down, they were actually a few games that Groce played Black and Finke in the same lineup, with Black playing the inside more than Finke. Neither Finke nor Black are traditional post players, but Black's game is still closer to the basket than Finke's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Obelix, post: 1215034, member: 7292"] Lol... the playing out of position was a comment with respect to his play last year, nothing to do with his RS year. The decision to RS was taken right before their freshman season started, before they played a single game, so Leron had the benefit of coming in as the highest ranked player, expectations were in his favor, none had played an actual game at the time. As I said in my post,[B] at that point[/B] the decision was a correct one, but that may not necessarily be true right now (Black better than Finke), or even at times last year. The comment/fact that Finke was hampered by playing out of position at C was in response to comments that Finke's performance tapered off. That was highly influenced by running out of options once Thorne and Black went down so Groce played Finke at C. I think I'd sound as a broken record again repeating how I did not think that Finke was a C, and his game suffered by playing out of position. Before Black went down, they were actually a few games that Groce played Black and Finke in the same lineup, with Black playing the inside more than Finke. Neither Finke nor Black are traditional post players, but Black's game is still closer to the basket than Finke's. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Sports
Illini Basketball
Mike Thorne granted 6th year
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn more…