I hope that we are all arguing late in the season over which of them made the biggest jump! I can see both of this guys making a significant sophomore leap. If we are having that discussion we are having a very good season!
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2nd year in the system for last year's newbies too.
What are you guys on about? Single game seats have not even gone on sale. If it’s important and something you’d like to attend just keep your eyes open for the single game tickets and buy them when they’re available. Right now the only seats on stub hub are season ticket holders trying to take advantage of the currently limited supply.
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Theres always last day or minute tickets much cheaper - its way too early to be finding reasonable seats from stubhub or places like that. I mean its not Duke / MSU so I'd expect much lower prices. Stubhub sellers have plenty of time right now so they're trying to see if someone bites at a high price.
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I'd guess the trip in general, and heat had some impact on our D. But we also didn't have AF - who is a big time defender, and we rotated a lot. Unfortunately, due to schedule AG and TJ didn't get as many minutes last year as we would have hoped to work through defensive rotations, spacing, etc. Clearly TF, AD, KN, AF, GB, DMW aren't going to suddenly get worse on D so its probably a matter of getting the young guys up to par since we're going to need to rely on them being in the game for their Offense.
We need the team defense to improve immensely. Know one bad cog can sink it but last year's defense won't cut it. Size in the front court was one problem with defense and rebounding but don't think it was the only problem.
illini80
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To be clear, it was the staff who was concerned about the way they played defense. Yes AF is a terrific defender and we all hope Kofi can learn to be in the right place at the right time. MY concern there is if guys are driving like they have in the past, they will go at a freshman big and get him in foul trouble quick. Need to stop them before.
I really think we will see some key differences in scheme this year on D.
More Zones, but pressure till then. We also for the most part have wingspan.
I think with Holyfield we’d be looking at an E8 team. As it is we should still easily make the tournament for the first time in years.
I still think Verdonk is going to be a factor at the 4 spot. Seems to have solid bball skills along with a big ten physique
I totally agree. I also went and looked ar the last couple NBA drafts and how many international players were selected. Many of whom never even played in the US.. I also wonder of those that did play and also those didnt play here that where selected in the draft ever rated as it pertains to college recruiting? I bet those that never played high school here like Verdonk were not. IMaybe some where but many were not and were never heard of by these websites. Maybe Verdonk.is one of those guys. I hope so.
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Joel Goodson
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As do I. Great recovery after losing Holyfield. That said, Holyfield will most likely have a much larger impact this season. And our failure to land him illuminates our current recruiting (i.e., not where it needs to be, lol).
I had/have a hard time seeing any realistic incarnation of this team past S16 (but I also think we get there). But so much of a tournament where you only need to win once to advance is matchups/injuries, so you just never know.
Yeah I think we’d all take that in a heartbeat
How are you evaluating his basketball skills? Are there tapes or stats somewhere?
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Kipper has an incredible skill set and has shown that he can dominate when he is focused. I am VERY optimistic that he will have the mental side of his game in order and surprise a ton of people this year. Could be the orange kool-ade, but I don't think so. Ayo + Giorgi are going to stay on his back / lead the team from a mental standpoint. Couple that with BU softening his approach a bit and I like the way the stars are lining up for him
Didn't know where to put this (or even if it needed to be "put" somewhere).
ANONYMOUS $2 MILLION GIFT ADDS TO UBBEN RENOVATION PROJECT
Former Illini basketball player apparently
Fund is now at 3 million, just short of the 30 million needed
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Sorry for the all caps but that was the way the headline was and I was too lazy to re-type
ANONYMOUS $2 MILLION GIFT ADDS TO UBBEN RENOVATION PROJECT
Former Illini basketball player apparently
Fund is now at 3 million, just short of the 30 million needed
.Sorry for the all caps but that was the way the headline was and I was too lazy to re-type
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chiefini
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Didn't know where to put this (or even if it needed to be "put" somewhere).
ANONYMOUS $2 MILLION GIFT ADDS TO UBBEN RENOVATION PROJECT
Former Illini basketball player apparently
Fund is now at 3 million, just short of the 30 million needed
Sorry for the all caps but that was the way the headline was and I was too lazy to re-type
Thank you, whoever you are! Guessing maybe Eddie Johnson enjoyed his HOF weekend! #IlliniForLife
Although i think everyone should improve with more experience in the system. I feel AG will improve but Tev is who i expect the most from. Him missing those 8 games hurt him but we saw what he can do in the Maryland game. I think he can do even more. Had i seen a glimpse of that from AG i would list him at the level too but i feel Tev is the most likely to make that jump on a consistent basis.
Good guess, I was thinking Deron or Meyers.
Luther Head pays for everything. Thought that was common knowledge around here
3 point girl
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I was there at Ubben saturday for about an hour & my thoughts are: Kofi is a BEAST, Giorgi is the best guy ever & hardest worker, Ayo will be a stud this year, & Griffin/Tev looked better to me offensively than anyone else. Williams' confidence in his outside shot looked to be nonexistent, sorry to say, as did Kippers'. Trent looked distracted but had his moments.
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This might be a hard question to answer if you have no previous observation for comparison, but does Kofi look leaner or move more fluidly than you expected?
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