Illinois was not the preseason favorite by most.
Ok....but the predictions were spot on---Right? Ever occur to you these predictions are based multiple things----and not just one thing, or two.? I mean IU returns roughly 80% of their production....other teams lost a lot, i.e. Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa.....IU did not. Aside from what IU returns, they borught in a Top 10 class---highlighted by two Top 25 kids. Only question with IU is-----shooting. If that improves, well IU becomes a very difficult team to deal with. And even if it doesn't, they'll still be a solid club.
Never said Reneau was a good three point shooter----nor JHS. You said IU has bunch of bigs that cannot shoot. This is one of the many takes on Reneau:
I’m basically the only one that consistently posts and I’ve had a pretty busy summer with very little news going on on the MSU front.
You were loaded with basically two First team dudes in Williams and Edey...Gillis and Furst were simply more physically ready, and probably better.
Fwiw I really like Gibbs-Lawhorn and think he and Royal at tOSU are gonna be a pain in the ass for the rest of the B10.
Def am pumped for DGL. Myles Colvin will be another who should hopefully be a pain in the ass haha.
So now we wanna move the goal post.....Gotcha. And to be fair, its not as if their predicitons were that far off----sans 2019.
Illinois is difficult to predict. I think they have B10 talent to contend. But lost a lot. Ya'll will depend heavily on freshman, and transfers. Good news is, those frosh and transfers are pretty darn good.
Woody is certainly recruiting to run an NBA style approach, sort of a 4/1. BUT.....XJ did shoot 39%...Kopp 36%. I think Bates vastly improves as I feel he'll see more time, surrounded by better players, and won't be on the floor where he's the primary scoring option. I thnk that will help him tons. Gunn is a terrific shooter, but could get lost in a deep b/c. Geronimo shot looks good, and hope for improvement there.
Very skilled. Worked a few of his games. At times, just pure dominant. At times, totally disappeared. Motor is the question on him. But no doubt, kids a big time talent---and get.
I’m not a huge fan of a freshman being depended on as much as we are with Skyy. Plus he’s coming off an injury. Our next PG is probably Rodgers…another freshman.
I like Shrewsbury at PSU a lot, too. Wouldn't surprise me if has them consistently in the top half of the conference going forward. Might need to strike gold in the portal though, their recruiting continues to be subpar.
I have them top 5'ish or so this year---I like, him. LIke what he's doing. I think they'll surprise a lot of folk this year.
Charley Walters is a ******. Just look at the crap he churns out. Koko the gorilla could right a better "column."
So I posted this last summer. Are we agreeing to not allow those coastal elites from USC/UCLA in here?
