Recent content by Illinicpa14

They have us as a 3 seed right now - which is the same seed as the last 4 in on the same website. If we don’t win the BTT and neither does Nebraska - you have a bid thief into the mix. I will give you off my own comment it seems if they lose they will be squarely on the bubble and not...

I think the general consensus is they need to win the BTT still to get in. They’d probably be on the bubble outside looking in - in consideration but well far from a lock. They don’t have big wins out of conference and didn’t play Nebraska (the only other big ten team consistently in...

We’re not gonna replicate it with anyone but an item not in TSJs stats is both the fouls drawn putting certain guys on the bench and the pure stress it put on other teams to alter game plans (if you crash the offensive glass - risking huge runouts by TSJ, guys having to waste energy sprinting...

Even stranger when you thrown in that there are schools like Eastern Michigan that had back to back CWS appearances in the 70s and a finals appearance.

Love torvik once we’re in season - but that projection has JJ (redshirt) and Redd (walk-on) in our production and doesn’t have the new center. Those 2 guys aren’t seeing the court and missing a guy whose playing 25+ minutes a game. You add Kaluma or Watkins to that and it’s around 40th even...

Just a question off of your first sentence for overall discussion - How do you factor in that the coach is dictating the number of guys he has to replace? He partially created that situation because he augmented the team last year with 3 1-year old guys. Going into next year if things go well...

I would argue last year our #1 target once it wasn’t clear they were first rounders was convincing TSJ and Coleman to come back to school and not be second round picks or two-way undrafted guys. Same with prior years of Brad convincing Ayo to come back and kofi when he joined the portal.

The 4 mega teams were playing all are in a similar situation to us. Different levels of reloading and talent coming in but all go into the year with a new best player and returning only a few key contributors. No Sears, Griffen, Knecht, Aidoo, Vescovi, Filipkowski, Roach, Sean Est (and...

agree - especially as looks like the big ten on paper isn’t going to have a ton of top 10-15 teams to get obvious Q1 home games.

4 mega games + Emerald? + Gavitt games? Let’s hope we’re ready

Can we just take a minute and appreciate how back Illinois basketball is the past 5 years. Consistently now in marquee games against marquee brands - You think Duke schedules us for the MSG showcase game (I’m sure on ESPN or CBS or FOX) 6 years ago?

I think He made a comment on some interview over the past year watching this teams success to the extent of wish he spent one more year.

I know it hasn’t been that intense lately but UI/IU and UI/Purdue have had some really great rivalries as well. The positive with NW is for the standings that we are historically much better and that “away” game becomes a home game that Chicago fans take over.

What you see right now is baseball free agency all on 1 year contracts and with more teams. So by definition without a cap, you have to overpay the field to get your guy unless there’s other circumstances. And despite their histories, the Yankees have to overspend too, they just have more money...

No issue taking the punter if we didn’t only have 4 picks and have drafted no defensive guys. Gonna have to find some undrafted help or scraps from other teams to fill out the roster.