Illini Basketball 2024-2025

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PepeSilvia
PasadenaIllini said:
Luther Head was a highly talented player with skills and athleticism that translated into a 7-year NBA career. Comparing Ben and Luther is like comparing apples to rocket ships.
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Well yeah but I'm not expecting this years team to go 37-2 and be the best team in the country.

Malcolm Hill was a 17-18 PPG scorer.
 
#33      
WyattEarp
IlliniFan42 said:
It's time for Keaton Kutcher to shine!
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sneaky buster keaton GIF by Laurelia

If he proves to be an effective flopper…I’m gonna start calling him Buster.
 
#36      
PasadenaIllini
PepeSilvia said:
Well yeah but I'm not expecting this years team to go 37-2 and be the best team in the country.

Malcolm Hill was a 17-18 PPG scorer.
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Malcolm Hill had 2 years of B1G Basketball experience by the time he became that level of a scorer for us. Ben has a single injury impeded season in the MVC. He was at Huntington University before that. The comparison is a bit closer, but still far from the mark.
 
#46      
NarrowJ
BalloonsTheElephant said:
Talent is a metric based on potential. Also, most of our talent is young and/or inexperienced at the college level.
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Humrichous - 5th year senior
Boswell - 3rd year, 30mpg on top 10 team
Rodgers - 3rd year, starter on E8 team
White - 3rd year, was starter both Fr & So years
Booth - 2nd year, started for ND as freshman
DGL - 2nd year
Davis - 2nd year
Jakucionis - already been playing at level above CBB
Ivisic - already been playing at level above CBB

We only have 2 "freshman", Johnson & Riley.

I think we're experienced enough to be very competitive. Do you agree with the bottom half of conference predictions? I don't, just wondering where you stand on this.
 
#48      
PepeSilvia
derrick6 said:
Edey might have been more dominant, but Kofi looked better doing it!
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Honestly it's wild to me that Kofi could have still played in college last year(honestly should have stayed in college if he had better advisors - could have made a fortune in NIL). Can you imagine what a 24 year old Kofi would have looked like against college kids? and he would have been one of the few players strong enough to guard Edey or Clingan.
 
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Battle89
#50      
ChiIllini75
PepeSilvia said:
Honestly it's wild to me that Kofi could have still played in college last year(honestly should have stayed in college if he had better advisors - could have made a fortune in NIL). Can you imagine what a 24 year old Kofi would have looked like against college kids? and he would have been one of the few players strong enough to guard Edey or Clingan.
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I recall a freshman Edey giving Kofi a lot of trouble on both ends. I think Clinton he could have banged a bit more, but Edey would have still frustrated him I think.
 
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