Illini Basketball 2024-2025

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2024-2025 Illini Basketball

DateOpponentTime/TV
Mon, Nov 4Eastern Illinois7:00pm B1G+
Fri, Nov 8SIU-Edwardsville7:00pm Peacock
Wed, Nov 13Oakland8:00pm BTN
Wed, Nov 20Alabama
(Birmingham)		8:00pm SECN
Sat, Nov 23Maryland-Eastern ShoreB1G+
Mon, Nov 25Little Rock8:00pm BTN
Thu, Nov 28Arkansas
(Kansas City)		3:00pm CBS
Fri, Dec 6at Northwestern8:00pm BTN
Tue, Dec 10Wisconsin8:00pm Peacock
Sat, Dec 14Tennessee4:30pm FOX
Sun, Dec 22Missouri
(Braggin' Rights, St. Louis)		12:00pm ESPN
Sun, Dec 29Chicago State1:00pm BTN
Thu, Jan 2at Oregon9:00pm FS1
Sun, Jan 5at Washington3:00pm BTN
Wed, Jan 8Penn State8:00pm BTN
Sat, Jan 11USC11:00am BTN
Tue, Jan 14at Indiana6:00pm Peacock
Sun, Jan 19at Michigan State11:00am CBS
Thu, Jan 23Maryland8:00pm FS1
Sun, Jan 26Northwestern2:00pm BTN
Thu, Jan 30at Nebraska7:30pm FS1
Sun, Feb 2Ohio State12:00pm CBS
Wed, Feb 5at Rutgers7:30pm BTN
Sat, Feb 8at Minnesota5:00pm BTN
Tue, Feb 11UCLA7:00pm Peacock
Sat, Feb 15Michigan State7:00pm FOX
Tue, Feb 18at Wisconsin7:30pm FS1
Sat, Feb 22Duke
(New York)		7:00pm FOX
Tue, Feb 25Iowa8:00pm FS1
Sun, Mar 2at Michigan2:45pm CBS
Fri, Mar 7Purdue7:00pm FOX

All times CT
 
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pruman91
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NarrowJ
I mean lets be honest, its not that crazy is it? He said this 3 years ago when he was a freshman. If he plays 5 years... 35 games per year x 5 is 175 career games... He doesn't even have to average 9 points per game to get to 1500. Its not like he was saying Luke was the next Wilt Chamberlain.

Just kidding. We all know Brad's hyperbole is simply ELITE.
 
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aaeismacgychel
Alma 19 said:
Brad likes to pick big numbers to make his point. A few years ago he "would be shocked if Luke Goode isn't a 1500 point scorer". So 20-25 threes, sure why not.
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While seeing us drain 25 threes in a game would give us all dominant eruptions and calls that we're going to be national champions, I'm not sure I feel all that confident hearing this right before the season starts. As if Brad thinks we're going to be making 20-25 threes in a game at some point this year, exactly how many threes a game does he see us shooting? 40? And that's still shooting a scalding hot 50%-63% from three on volume.

Last year we played pretty fast, 66th fastest tempo in the nation and averaged 70 possessions per game. 38.5% of our field goal attempts were from 3. If we're shooting a 3 40 times a game, we're talking anywhere from about 47-63% ( considering offensive rebounding) of our field goal attempts from three. That's just an absurd number.

So yes, hoping this is hyperbolic Brad saying this team has great 3pt shooters rather than realistic Brad.
 
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TChief
aaeismacgychel said:
While seeing us drain 25 threes in a game would give us all dominant eruptions and calls that we're going to be national champions, I'm not sure I feel all that confident hearing this right before the season starts. As if Brad thinks we're going to be making 20-25 threes in a game at some point this year, exactly how many threes a game does he see us shooting? 40? And that's still shooting a scalding hot 50%-63% from three on volume.

Last year we played pretty fast, 66th fastest tempo in the nation and averaged 70 possessions per game. 38.5% of our field goal attempts were from 3. If we're shooting a 3 40 times a game, we're talking anywhere from about 47-63% ( considering offensive rebounding) of our field goal attempts from three. That's just an absurd number.

So yes, hoping this is hyperbolic Brad saying this team has great 3pt shooters rather than realistic Brad.
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To be fair, he said in a game. If team shooting is as good as suggested, there could be a game with a lot of possessions where we shoot well. I can see a game like the following from 3:

Ben H gets on a little heater, 5-8 from 3.
DGL with some instant offense, 2-3 from deep.
Carey Booth goes 1-3 in some spot minutes.
Kylan goes 3-5.
Will Riley 3-7.
Tomi goes 2-5.
KJ 3-7.
Then Tre White or maybe Jake Davis sighting, one of them hits a 3.

That is a high volume with at least 39 threes taken, possibly 40+ as you state. But thats 20 made threes. I see it as a little bit hyperbole, but also at least a decent probability it could happen this season.
 
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jjv0004
Looking at the schedule I see 8-3 when Christmas hits. I think they get pounded by Alabama and lose to Tennessee and Arkansas.
 
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ILLI die hard
I'm not sure I understand the "Financial Repayment" part of the decision for allowing Tomi eligibility. If someone can let me better understand what it means.
 
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BalloonsTheElephant
TChief said:
To be fair, he said in a game. If team shooting is as good as suggested, there could be a game with a lot of possessions where we shoot well. I can see a game like the following from 3:

Ben H gets on a little heater, 5-8 from 3.
DGL with some instant offense, 2-3 from deep.
Carey Booth goes 1-3 in some spot minutes.
Kylan goes 3-5.
Will Riley 3-7.
Tomi goes 2-5.
KJ 3-7.
Then Tre White or maybe Jake Davis sighting, one of them hits a 3.

That is a high volume with at least 39 threes taken, possibly 40+ as you state. But thats 20 made threes. I see it as a little bit hyperbole, but also at least a decent probability it could happen this season.
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We've moved from divvying up player's minutes to divvying up player's share of three pointers shot and added in an attempt to "do the math" on if it's possible. Let's start the season already.
 
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Calvin
TheGMan said:
I mean, they COULD make 20-25 threes.
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Pretty sure I heard him cough *quintuple overtime*. Seems reasonable.

Oh, and who was the poster that was skewering Underwood over Tomi's eligibility?
 
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JFGsCoffeeMug
ILLI die hard said:
I'm not sure I understand the "Financial Repayment" part of the decision for allowing Tomi eligibility. If someone can let me better understand what it means.
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I think it's similar to when Kofi was suspended after selling some of his gear on The Players Trunk a month before NIL became a thing and before he decided to return to college. Part of his punishment was donating any money he made off of those sales to a charity of his choice. So if the NCAA determined that Tomi made any money that would impact his eligibility, they are asking him to donate that same amount to charity so we can all pretend like it didn't happen.

That's just my guess.
 
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illinitiger
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Looking at the schedule I see 8-3 when Christmas hits. I think they get pounded by Alabama and lose to Tennessee and Arkansas.
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And.....Missou is when we break the SEC sweep...at least we have that to look fwd to.


Not excited about alabama "pounding" ...I'll be one of a few orange and blue in sea Of crimson tide in the stands that night.
 
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FeelYourPaign
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JKR
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Honest question . . . I have no idea how NIL works physically. I love my Illini basketball and I'm willing to contribute to make it better. Who distributes the money? Who do I give to?

The University? Someone else? The player directly?
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Illini4Christ
FeelYourPaign said:
Honest question . . . I have no idea how NIL works physically. I love my Illini basketball and I'm willing to contribute to make it better. Who distributes the money? Who do I give to?

The University? Someone else? The player directly?
Help !
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