Illini Basketball 2024-2025

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PepeSilvia
One Man Fast Break said:
Indiana has a good roster on paper.

6'9 F Malik Reneau - returning 15 PPG starter
6'2 G Myles Rice - was Pac-12 Freshman of the Year last season
6'5 G Trey Galloway - returning 11 PPG starter
6'8 F Mackenzie Mgbako - returning 12 PPG starter, Big Ten All-Freshman team last season
7-0 C Oumar Ballo - First Team All Pac-12 and Pac-12 All Defensive Team last season

6'3 G Kanaan Carlyle - 11.5 PPG player at Stanford last season
6'7 G/F Luke Goode - 39.9 % on threes in 20 MPG playing in Big Ten last season
6'6 G Bryson Tucker - Top 30 Recruit in Class of 2024

I could definitely see them being a force even if you're not super high on Woodson.
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The question is fit. Not talent.

Reneau and Ballo are both interior players that will create lane congestion when they share the floor together.

Mgbako has a ton of talent but should be a college 4. He's pushed to 3 by roster construction. None of Galloway, Rice, or Carlyle shot the ball well last year and Tucker is a freshman so never know what you're going to get there.

They are going to need those guards to really improve shooting 3s or else it's going to look like a team built 20 years ago.
 
#77      
Brosky
Our beloved will be very good. Just a question of what blend and how soon. This team will get better and better as the season progresses.But the BIG is going to be a meatgrinder for every team.
 
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