Christian. Illini. Engineer. Father. Drummer. Never sleeps.
Joined April 2023
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Welcome home!
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Your heart always leads you back to Illinois.
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May 22
The NCAA essentially wants to go back to having NO international pros in CBB.
All they need to do is set a strict age cap & make staying in the draft sacrifice your college eligibility.
The timing is awful post recruiting cycle first off but revoking eligibility for ALL overseas pros across the board is dumb. Sounds nice but the kids that are 18-20 are college age underclassmen - they should be allowed to play CBB coming from overseas.
Sure - the 23 year old players coming over for the first time need fixing. AND any international guys who go through draft process and don’t withdraw by the deadline should immediately be ineligible just like Bediako & RJ Luis here.
It’s just wild after letting EVERYONE come play CBB to now flip mid offseason & say now no one can come play. We’ll see how this goes…
May 21
New guidance issued by the NCAA to schools earlier this month opens the door for a crackdown on the tidal wave of international pros hoping to head to college basketball. Players from top leagues could face added scrutiny.
Statement from NCAA enclosed:
si.com/college-basketball/ne…
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Cowboy Mirk Ivic retweeted
It only makes sense. Come home, Andrej! #Illini
🏀 @GoodmanHoops with the latest intel on Andrej Stojakovic 👀 #illini
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🏀 @GoodmanHoops with the latest intel on Andrej Stojakovic 👀 #illini
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May 19
ESPN's Jeff Borzello placed #illini Andrej Stojakovic in "Trending toward returning to college" over NBA Draft category.
He could be a 2nd round pick if he stayed.
Other players in that category: MSU's Jeremy Fears, Duke's John Blackwell & Louisville's Flory Bidunga
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Cowboy Mirk Ivic retweeted
May 11
Our in-depth film session with Keaton Wagler is now live on the League Him YT channel. Enjoyed learning more about his evolution and instinctual style of attack. Clearly sharp and capable of rapid learning experimentation. Problem-solver. youtu.be/5ZPtkxpcJr4?si=uz52…
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May 10
🏀 Tyler Underwood teaches this “Ball to Screen” concept used by Illinois.
Instead of sprinting into every ball screen, the screener holds position and reads the defender’s feet and reacts accordingly.
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May 11
Notable that #illini Andrej Stojakovic is not participating in 5-on-5.
May 11
Here are the current rosters for this week’s combine scrimmages, including G League combine call-ups. Appears Noam Yaacov has been added, in addition to others previously reported by @DraftExpress and others (Kaufman-Renn, Cofie, Castro, Nkrumah, Hopkins)
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Cowboy Mirk Ivic retweeted
Sweet 16 polling is over! Tomi over Kylan was the biggest surprise/upset here, with all the 1 seeds (as expected), moving on.
Elite 8 matchups are filled with program builders vs program raisers and will be interesting to see how strong recency bias is. Vote below!
Round of 32 polling is finished! No surprises here
- Marcus Domask takes down fan-favorite Giorgi
-Executive power used to break Jake/Leron tie, siding with Jake for the viewers and new fans
- Kylan vs Tomi in the Sweet 16🍿🍿
Sweet 16 polls in the thread below. VOTE NOW!
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Apr 22
My Illini roster thoughts a thread…
First things first you gotta understand Illinois offensive philosophy, at its core it’s about creating advantages and playing out of those advantages. An advantage could be many things, a mis-match, rotation, spacing, etc.
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Apr 22
Starting lineup of:
Vaaks
Colemam
Andrej
Mrik
T
Bench
Morillo (for vaaks/coleman)
Jake (for Andrej/mirk)
Z (for T)
Brad liked andrej on the bench since it gave him a true guard sub, this is why I think we will role as noted below, gives a true sub at any spot.
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Apr 24
@LaTulip_Mike thoughts on the thoughts in the thread? Listened to your pod with @JWerner247 and enjoyed the point guard monologue
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Cowboy Mirk Ivic retweeted
Round of 32 polling is finished! No surprises here
- Marcus Domask takes down fan-favorite Giorgi
-Executive power used to break Jake/Leron tie, siding with Jake for the viewers and new fans
- Kylan vs Tomi in the Sweet 16🍿🍿
Sweet 16 polls in the thread below. VOTE NOW!
(DADDY) BRAD UNDERWOOD ERA PLAYER’S MADNESS THREAD 🔷🔶🔷🔶
- Polls open for 24 hours
- Vote for players using your own discretion
- RTs appreciated!
Seeding based on:
1. Overall contributions to winning/program
2. Longevity in program
3. Team success
4. Whatever I felt like
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