but made my room reservations in Indy for the ‘23 B1G championship game.

Barring injuries UI objectively has as good (or better) chance than anyone in the West. Fickell is getting all the press but melding all the transfers into an entirely new scheme won’t be as easy as everyone thinks it will be.

I’m not sold on Iowa’s O even with McNamara and they lost more than we did on D. Sucks the game is in Iowa City.

Nebraska and Purdue will take some time to get things rectified.

It will come down to UI and Minnesota with Fitzy left staring despondently into the Lake Michigan waves lapping against the northshore.

This weekend is the first spring evaluation period. The Illinois staff will be out on the road.

Geoff Alexander will bein in Phoenix for the Under Armour Association session.

Tim Anderson travels to Atlanta for the EYBL.

Chester Frazier will be moving back and forth between various events.

I'll have a preview late tonight or tomorrow.

Most ideas are not too good or unworkable... certainly mine. Nevertheless, here are some thought starters to help restore some semblance of normalcy to college basketball. Discuss amongst yourselves.

1) Only one "free" transfer before graduation. A free graduate transfer only applies to players four years out of high school. The lone exception is when the head coach either leaves or is fired.

2) All schools must make public the NIL deals of each player on their roster. If nothing else, this follows the spirit of openness in information.

3) Schools may name one school a leaving player may not attend and that school must be named within seven days of a player entering the portal. The theory is this will discourage programs from tampering with players before they enter the portal. (I know this will be particularly controversial)

Yours?

I read last night that he has withdrawn his commitment to Wisconsin. Was he on the radar for the Ilini? Point Guard with two years of eligibility left from what I read.

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Assuming Coleman Hawkins stays in the NBA Draft.

PG: Ty Rodgers / Niccolo Moretti
SG: Justin Harmon / Sencire Harris / Dravyn Gibbs-Lawhorn
SF: Marcus Domask
PF: Luke Goode / Amani Hansberry
C: Dain Dainja

* Ty Rodgers can play the 1-4

* DGL is combo-guard who can play 1-2

* Harmon could get spot duty at the 1.

* Goode will play 3-4

* Hansberry will play 4-5

* Starting point guard will likely be a transfer

* Expect them to bring in a backup big man

Saw on instagram that we are hosting the transfer DT from Minnesota. Was all Big Ten HM last year. Would be a huge addition.

Declaring for the draft but will maintain college eligibility.

Cargill is no longer with the team, per Bret Bielema on Saturday.

He's still enrolled in school and will finish the spring semester, then transfer.

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Did he just enter the transfer portal?

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors met for its regularly scheduled meeting at the IHSA office in Bloomington on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, where the Board approved a State Final hosting contract with Illinois State University (ISU) and the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (BNACVB) to host the IHSA Football State Finals at ISU’s Hancock Stadium from 2023 to 2027.