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Here's my break down of the 12 players from this team that have a chance to play this year: - Akol Arop 6'6 Fr F: An undersized, athletic forward who possesses great length. Needs to work on his shot from deep, if he does that he may be a viable option at the three or four spot as a three and D forward. Missed the Italy trip. My pick for a redshirt. Can he help in the front court this year? - Cam Mack 6'2 So G: Advertised to have elite level quickness and speed with the ball in his hand. Has no problem getting to the hoop or dishing it out to teammates. Needs to work on his three point shooting and defense. Also interested to see if he possesses multiple gears with his speed/quickness or is it all or nothing. Did not participate in most of the summer workouts and the entire Italy trip. How does he adjust to D1 from JUCO? - Charlie Easley 6'2 Fr G: A walk-on? Yes, a walk-on! He is a decent athlete and a great shooter. He has proven that he at least belongs in the mix. What can he bring something to the rotation that scholarship player on the team cannot? - Dachon Burke 6'4 Jr G: Another lightning quick guard. Known for his ability to get to the rim and play defense. Needs to improve his three point shooting. Can he be effective and efficient at the P5 level? - Haanif Cheatham 6'6 Sr G: A big guard and wing defender who can shoot the ball well from deep. Also brings a veteran, mature presence to a team that will need it. Can he stay healthy? - Jervay Green 6'3 Jr G: The only guard that we have with a B1G body that will actually play at the guard position. He can light it up from deep. Can he bring anything else to the table aside from shooting? - Kevin Cross 6'8 Fr F: A skilled big bodied forward that can pass, bring the ball up the floor, and shoot. Is he physically ready to bang against B1G front courts? - Matej Kavas 6'8 Sr G/F: One of the best three point shooters in college basketball over the past couple seasons. Also brings another veteran presence. Can he defend well enough to stay on the floor or shoot well enough where his defense does not really matter? - Samari Curtis 6'4 Fr G: May be the best overall scorer in regards to the three phases of the game. Can he beat out some of the older, more experienced guards on the roster? - Shamiel Stevenson 6'6 Jr F: Has the size and athleticism to compete in the B1G and has proven himself already in a P5 league. Will provide much needed size/muscle on the wing and in the front court. When will he be eligible? - Thorir Thorbjarnarson 6'6 Jr G: Only returning point scorer from last years team. Does a lot of things well but is not really great at a specific thing. Can he find a role on this team? - Yvan Ouedraogo 6'9 Fr F: The only true body we have that is built to play the 5 in the B1G. He will be needed immediately regardless of if he is ready or not. Missed all of the summer workouts and the Italy trip. Is he ready?

I could see Frost wanting to address it publicly before removing him from the roster. Im not a PR kinda guy but that seems like the PR thing to do.

His comments on Arop scream RS to me. Im also biased bc I think he is someone who we could develop into a nightmare for the opposition in this system. I also think Easley could be a sneaky RS option. I know its not common for walkons to RS if they are healthy. But he definitely has some tools. Maybe we could entice him with the opportunity of being on scholarship for 1-1.5 years. Its not uncommon for the completion of college to exceed 4 years now anyway.

After Wk 8: 1. LSU 2. Ohio State 3. Penn State 4. Alabama 5. Clemson 6. Baylor 7. Oklahoma 8. Auburn 9. Oregon 10. Notre Dame 11. Florida 12. Georgia 13. Utah 14. Wisconsin 15. SMU 16. Minnesota 17. Wake Forest 18. Appalachian State Notes from this week: - Michigan, Boise State, Arizona State, and Missouri were all eliminated this week - WISCONSIN WHAT THE HELL??!?!??!?! - Teams 8-12 were hard to rank because there are some head to head victories involved but large gaps between resumes - Penn State and Baylor with very strong undefeated resumes - Lots of big match ups to watch next week

That win will go a long ways in Lovie Smith keeping his job. We think we have a long road ahead of us? If anyone is going to turn around Illinois its gonna take a solid 6-7 years to do so.

I just want to see progress. Which in terms of record, we will more than likely see. But the team that played the last 6 games of 2018 was much better than the team we have seen so far in 2019. But its too early to tell if its talent, scheme, development, experience or anything else imo.

Maryland is also awful rn

Had football pegged at 8-4 with the possibility of 9-3 now im just hoping for 6 or 7 wins. I think bball will be under .500

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North star without him and Donavon. Thats a tough break for a team that looked primed to compete for a state title. Dont they have one other player who is committed to like UMKC?

Maybe he comes in to play now. Lights out shooter and has good size for a combo forward

Guessing we use it on a RS transfer. We are pretty set everywhere else assuming Cross, Walker, Ouedraogo can be developed.

I originally thought Alabama and Clemson would be much lower before I started digging in. But they both have four or five wins against teams .500 or better whereas Oklahoma only has two. That was my reasoning behind it. They definitely looked the part though yesterday.

Good morning all, We are 7 weeks into the season and CFP contenders are starting to emerge and resumes are starting to take shape. Below is a list of CFP contenders. I consider every undefeated team and all one loss P5 teams. I rank teams by this years results and do not consider brand names or percieved talent levels. I will update my rankings every week as teams get eliminated and resumes improve/diminish. Feel free to add in your own thoughts, questions, and opinions. 1. LSU 6-0 2. Ohio State 6-0 3. Clemson 6-0 4. Alabama 6-0 5. Wisconsin 6-0 6. Oklahoma 6-0 7. Penn State 6-0 8. Florida 6-1 9. Auburn 5-1 10. Oregon 5-1 11. Georgia 5-1 12. Notre Dame 5-1 13. Baylor 6-0 14. Michigan 5-1 15. Boise State 6-0 16. Arizona State 5-1 17. Appalachian State 5-0 18. SMU 6-0 19. Minnesota 6-0 20. Wake Forest 5-1 21. Utah 5-1 22. Missouri 5-1

Worth noting that 8 of their conference losses were close; either in OT or by 2-3 possessions. I could live with a similar first season.

I get so nervous everytime there is new posts under this thread...

I almost get the feeling its a consensus amongst media members that Thor will be in the rotation, at least to start the season.

I have low expectations. We are undersized across the board really. We may have a couple lightning quick guards but not many that have B1G bodies. And the ones that do will be forced to play the 3 or 4 bc of how undersized we are. I think we will get blown out alot in conference play with a few magical moments sprinkled in. And im already annoyed with the future critics who will question Fred frickin Hoiberg in YEAR ONE. However, this year is going to be vital in laying the foundation for Fred's tenure. We will come out of this year beaten and bruised but with a lot of experience and another influx of talent via transfers and freshmen. If you can keep your expectations reasonable, this will be a very fun season to watch unfold.

The coaches had said earlier on they felt good about his chances of being eligible for the beginning but have since changed it to "we are not going to comment on players' eligibility"

They get two scrimmages/exhibitions and teams can use any combination they would like: - Two closed scrimmages - Two exhibitions - One of each Iowa State must have chose to go with two scrimmages.

I will always advocate for Hulu Live TV its 49.99 a month and you get all of the ESPNs, ACCN, ABC, NBC, CBS and CBS Sports, Fox, FS1, BTN, and TNT. (Plus other non sports related channels) The only thing from a sports perspective that it really lacks is NFL Network and NBA TV.

Hopefully they will keep a boxscore and release it... I still feel robbed from Italy lol

Cassius Winston is the only B1G basketball player I can name (aside from our guys)... but I also only really follow Nebrasketball.

I predict a double digit finish, but not last place.

What is the purpose of this post lol? Are you advocating we should have kept Mike Riley? I hope not. Who else would you have liked to hire? We went out and got one of, if not the hottest, coach on the market. Oh and by the way he is 17 games into his coaching tenure here. You sound like one of these millennials (I am probably MUCH closer to actually being one than you) who wants everything now. Frost is attempting to flip this thing around. Idk if he will be successful or not but give the man a fair shot. It sucks getting boat raced on national tv in front of the entire country. But guess what? Ohio State is gonna do that to alot of teams and do it to teams that are much better than us. Just the way it goes sometimes.