Recent content by Mobi

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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Sounds like we need to triple our NIL budget.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Will Riley coming down? If that happens in 2024, I will have to ask: where in the world do we find the money for him?
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    KJ will probably be as good as Demin as a college ball player but I believe Demin is the staff's and most people's first choice. He is simply out of our price range. Storr most likely the same. I have concerns about Storr but we should have given him $1M were him only gotten $750k from KU. (I...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I don't know. They were down on Domask last year and then admitted wrong.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    They can't really model us with basically no stats/data from the two heavy usage European players.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    They are for entertainment (i.e., hyperbole) rather than accuracy. They are basically fans gathering information from places.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Am I the only one who thinks KJ can block DGL a little bit? (not entirely since DGL is likely to go from the bench anyway) If we have gotten Demin or Storr, they are more like threes. KJ is more like a two. However, in this positionless era, I know I am splitting hairs...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    This team is closer to the 2003-2004 team than the 2004-2005 team. Nevertheless, most people will probably be happy if it ends up like the 2003-2004 team. However, I recall the B1G was not as competitive in those days.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    He can be right but watching games is almost irrelevant when it comes to evaluate a brand new team with all new players. IMO, everybody are just giving their crap shoots when ranking us. For me, if we can find the manuals for like 4 or more starters by mid season, we good (top 1/3 or B1G). If we...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    It is not accurate right now. I assume they are going to update the projection after we are done recruiting?
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    Illini Basketball

    To me, this is a fun topic so I spent a little bit time digging out the T-rank at preseason and at the end of the regular season (till the game before the playoff) for a comparison. I exclude the NCAA tournament games b/c I think it has a lot to do with the draws. T-rank Preseason...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I thought he committed to WVU?
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    So we spent so much time discussing a player like Domask... Move on and I am glad Brad focuses on Watkins but there is also a not bad chance we end up with Monsanto.
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    NBA Draft

    He is a NBA 4 unless he plays for the Golden State.
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    NBA Draft

    "The lone concern regarding Hawkins’ game may be on defense." - quote from the article. If that is true, he will be in NBA.