I retract my previous statement!
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My, my. How the turntables.
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- itās cool that heās 7 foot 4
- itās cool that he was just this random kid in the 300s and became one of the best players in the country
- i donāt have a third reason, heās just cool
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His nickname is Big Maple.
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thatās reason 3! reason 4 is he played hockey as a kid!
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Iād like to point out that Minnesotaās last 3 wins are against OSU, Chicago State, and UAPB.
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The legend grows. Edey couldnāt catch passes a couple years agoā¦
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Loyer has that Wojo, Collins, Schreyer vibe. Good for Purdue, but it will be insufferable by 2016.
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Better grab the DeLorean
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The Big Ten has gone an entire week without a game being decided by single digits. Twelve games.
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I think that by the end of the year, Illinois is going to be pretty good again (I think theyāre pretty good now, but all the numbers will bear it out)
I think the numbers already do show that. They are in the 2nd tier in EM, 2nd group in KenPom, etc.
Defense is great. Offense is a stinky mess that sometimes gets right.
I guess Iām thinking that they end the season closer to #20 in torvik/kenpom than #45
Maybe thatās a lot of work to do in terms of moving the overall number at this point, but theyāve been top-20 quality int he last 10 probably.
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They are ranked 22nd now!
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Wowā¦Torvik has them #40. I feel like the two donāt vary that much!
Peripherally - is RJ Melendez a top tier defender? Heās a serious anchor offensively and Iām having a hard time explaining why he plays as much (if not more!) than Mayer.
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Heās really their only backup wing, so thatās why he plays a lot. Mayer plays more minutes than him though except when he was sick (IU) and when heās been in foul trouble (3+ fouls and 2 foul outs in the last eight games other than that sick game).
Torvik RosterCast is in shambles.
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How much better can Illinoisā numbers get when they only have one game left against Minnesota, and none against Wisconsin or Nebraska? Rutgers, Iowa, and Michigan all have three such games left.
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Well, I think Illinois is better than Iowa and Michigan at least by a pretty solid margin. Them being similar to Rutgers, at least in my head, makes sense?