Illini public scrimmage today (10/15)- standout player is.....Sammy M.

[Braves4Life]

Lots of guys with prolific scrimmage numbers today.

Sounds like Weber may need to spend some time teaching defense.

[Old Coach]

Sounds like Weber may need to spend some time teaching defense.

Yeah... That was kind of my point. There were A LOT of guys lighting up the scoreboard this afternoon in U-C.

[real fan]

Sounds like Weber may need to spend some time teaching defense.

you hit it on the head, no defense, Sam should fit right in as he had trouble guarding anyone, no doubt he can shoot but does not get enough assists for a point guard.

[Future Walk-On]

you hit it on the head, no defense, Sam should fit right in as he had trouble guarding anyone, no doubt he can shoot but does not get enough assists for a point guard.

Illinois' offense is assist friendly.

[Da Coach]

Here is more on yesterday's scimmage by the Illini-

http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/102311aaa.html

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/x888175329/Illini-putting-the-pieces-together

Sammy was 5-9 from three for 17 points.

Video

http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/video-index.html?vid=1234379600001

[tornado]

Sounds like Weber may need to spend some time teaching defense.

but Sammy hits those 30-ft buzzer beaters - hard to defend those...

anyway - in answer to an earlier question -- nobody considers Illinois a Top 10 team...
They lost a lot of scoring and senior leadership...but....just who in the Big Ten is clearly going to be any better???
I think this could be a relative down year for the Big Ten -- with several of the perennial leaders losing very key players....Leuer, Diebler,

Of course Wisconsin, Ohio State, and Michigan should be strong but after that everyone else also has big losses and questions...then there are around a dozen near-automatic wins if you can just stay focused and knock off Indiana, Iowa, Penn State, Nebraska, Northwestern, Minny...

So I think if Sam stays healthy and can lead the Illini to 4th place in the Big Ten then they go to the NCAA