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Gabe Brown was their leading scorer at 11.6. Christie tied for second at 9.3 with Marcus Bingham.

I was at an Illinois practice this summer. Illinois is loaded. Based on early viewing, their 10th man was the highest ranked recruit in Ohio and the 11th man (although he may not stay there) was the star of the French U-18 national team this summer.

You have Illinois only playing UCLA and Texas. The UCLA game is the first of a four team tourney. Illinois will play either Baylor or Virginia in the second game.

I’ll say it now since it’s not sour grapes. Pierce was really bad last weekend. Several schools dropped off of him after the weekend. Not saying he might not turn out ok, but you did not lose a must-get type.

I think Minnesota will get Pierce.

Many coaches are leaning towards having 12 and leaving one scholarship open. Mid year transfers are a bigger thing now and open scholarships are valuable. Dainja is an example.

I am hearing that Minnesota is an early leader for Christie. Long way to go but Minnesota should be in it until the end. Pierce may be hard to pull out of Oklahoma. I don’t think Illinois will be a factor. They are all in on Amani Hansberry at that position and are probably taking only one...

He says nice things about every team except Northwestern. It’s a tough league.

The Big Ten really wants Georgia Tech (among others). GT would put the Big Ten in the lucrative Atlanta market.

Bates had no viable high major offers. Michigan, Illinois, Louisville , etc. were never taking him. Too much baggage. He had no choice but to go to the EMU level.

The NBA has changed a lot in 20 years. 20 years ago Kofi is a lottery pick. But today the NBA does not use traditional post up bigs. Kofi will have trouble guarding in space. His lateral speed is marginal out on the floor. This was the third time Kofi put his name in so he couldn’t come...

No team since 1991 has finished under .500 in league play one year, then won the Big Ten the next year. Indiana had a 2 week hot stretch but was pretty bad the rest of the year and lost by 30 in the NCAA tourney. They don’t have many shooters. If they find a couple, they will be good, but I...

The Big Ten is loaded with great coaches. No one should count on their coach being superior to or out coaching their peers. It still boils down to talent.

Mayer got rid of his mullet when he did the pro evaluation. Dain Dainja is another highly rated transfer. He has lost 25 pounds since joining the team mid season. Very skilled. Good chance to start at center. Illinois has the #2 ranked transfer class and the #9 ranked high school recruiting...

Our coach (Illinois) overuses the word “elite.” Matthew Mayer is an elite passer. RJ Melendez is an elite athlete. Skyy Clark is an elite point guard. Coleman Hawkins is an elite defender at 6-11, 230. Terrance Shannon is an elite competitor. Dain Dainja has an elite skill set. Luke Goode...

Illinois isn’t done with the portal. At least one more. Maybe two. They are waiting on specific players to withdraw from the draft.

According to Rivals, Illinois has four top 100 recruits. Clark is the highest ranked, and the three others are the top ranked players in their states: Jayden Epps(North Carolina), Ty Rodgers (Illinois), Sincere Harris (Ohio). That is a top ten ranked class without including transfer Dain...

I don’t think Illinois will offer him. He’s a good player, but they evaluate him as a step too slow for the Big Ten to be successful with the style he plays. Not sure who Illinois will get, but their top targets (after getting Terrance Shannon) are Matthew Mayer and Pete Nance.

Dainja is doing well academically and has shed 20 pounds in the conditioning program. Super talented kid.

Technically, the automatic qualifier in the BT and most conferences is the conference tournament champion. Illinois is not the “automatic” qualifier, for example. If I misread your explanation, I apologize.