Rumor/Illini

[tornado]

followup on the Illini topics..

Illini still apparently interested in adding ISU's Jon Ekey

also they want Tulane's Josh Davis...

and Joe Bertrand's surgery was indeed to repair a torn labrum - same injury thatlaid up Nate Funk for a year and often takes a long time to recover from...

http://herald-review.com/sports/illini/could-redbird-change-to-orange/article_d15672ba-a265-11e2-a7d7-001a4bcf887a.html

[tornado]

Illini do land transfer Aaron Cosby from Seton Hall...

Illiini fans acting like they just landed LeBron James for gosh sakes...
the kid came from Seton Hall - they were 15-18 and just 3-15 in the Big East!!!
Cosby averaged 12.6 ppg

[Chico]

Illini do land transfer Aaron Cosby from Seton Hall...

Illiini fans acting like they just landed LeBron James for gosh sakes...
the kid came from Seton Hall - they were 15-18 and just 3-15 in the Big East!!!
Cosby averaged 12.6 ppg

Sounds like a Bradley board sometimes.

[alczervik75]

Illini do land transfer Aaron Cosby from Seton Hall...

Illiini fans acting like they just landed LeBron James for gosh sakes...
the kid came from Seton Hall - they were 15-18 and just 3-15 in the Big East!!!
Cosby averaged 12.6 ppg

basically like landing a top 25 kid imo.

Averaged 13.5 in big east as a sophomore with high efficiency and Illinois gets his 4th and 5th year.

[tornado]

I guess I will wait & see and remain a bit skeptical he'll make much difference....
They already have Rayvonte Rice and other 2-guards coming in...and the Illini thought Marcus Arnold was going to play at their level...

anyway - what's "high efficiency"...personally I wouldn't consider a player who takes 10 shots a game to score 12 pts...turns it over 3 times a game, and for a shooting guard to only get to the FT 3 times a game, virtually never gets a steal, a block, or even a rebound.

[Old Coach]

I think he'll be a nice player. Groce is building really good guard depth at Illinois.

[Future Walk-On]

I guess I will wait & see and remain a bit skeptical he'll make much difference....
They already have Rayvonte Rice and other 2-guards coming in...and the Illini thought Marcus Arnold was going to play at their level...

anyway - what's "high efficiency"...personally I wouldn't consider a player who takes 10 shots a game to score 12 pts...turns it over 3 times a game, and for a shooting guard to only get to the FT 3 times a game, virtually never gets a steal, a block, or even a rebound.

6-6 12 points

6-10 12 points

60%

[tornado]

Hmm... which player is more efficient...

Player A- 6-4 SG who helped his team to the TOP 10 in the nation's best conference, shot 48% from 3-pt, 46% overall, has a 1.3 A/T Ratio, scored 14 pts/per 40 minutes played and avg 1.5 pts/shot taken

Player B- 6-3 SG who helped his team to next-to-LAST place in a weaker conference, shot 40% from 3-pt, 43% overall, has a 1.1 A/T Ratio, scored 14 pts/per 40 minutes played and avg 1.3 pts/shot taken

In just about every regard Player A is better than Player B - but we just had folks claiming A wasn't even a D-I caliber player while B is a hot commodity....go figure...

[lefty]

Hmm... which player is more efficient...

Player A- 6-4 SG who helped his team to the TOP 10 in the nation's best conference, shot 48% from 3-pt, 46% overall, has a 1.3 A/T Ratio, scored 14 pts/per 40 minutes played and avg 1.5 pts/shot taken

Player B- 6-3 SG who helped his team to next-to-LAST place in a weaker conference, shot 40% from 3-pt, 43% overall, has a 1.1 A/T Ratio, scored 14 pts/per 40 minutes played and avg 1.3 pts/shot taken

In just about every regard Player A is better than Player B - but we just had folks claiming A wasn't even a D-I caliber player while B is a hot commodity....go figure...

Well I'm not sure who player a or player b are.....but I would take Cosby over Abell any day.......

Not sure why people are so infatuated with Abell.......Cosby may be a bust too....but he played 30 minutes in a tough conference that had 2 teams in the Final Four.....so I'm not sure how much weaker it really was

[Chico]

Not up on all these names. Who did Cosby play with last season?

[lightsout]

Not up on all these names. Who did Cosby play with last season?

Seton Hall.

[Chico]

Seton Hall.

Thanks. Who is Lefty talking about who played 30 minutes in a tough conference?

[lefty]

Thanks. Who is Lefty talking about who played 30 minutes in a tough conference?

I think he is talking about Cosby from Seton Hall in the Big East

[Future Walk-On]

That's what I thought, but the Big East didn't have 2 teams in the Final 4.

wat?

Hmm... which player is more efficient...

Player A- 6-4 SG who helped his team to the TOP 10 in the nation's best conference, shot 48% from 3-pt, 46% overall, has a 1.3 A/T Ratio, scored 14 pts/per 40 minutes played and avg 1.5 pts/shot taken

Player B- 6-3 SG who helped his team to next-to-LAST place in a weaker conference, shot 40% from 3-pt, 43% overall, has a 1.1 A/T Ratio, scored 14 pts/per 40 minutes played and avg 1.3 pts/shot taken

In just about every regard Player A is better than Player B - but we just had folks claiming A wasn't even a D-I caliber player while B is a hot commodity....go figure...

Cosby has proven himself playing 30 minutes a game and being hounded as he was arguably the 2nd best player on Seton Hall

Abell came in for small spurts and was surrounded by great players and I doubt was a defensive priority

[Chico]

Sorry,FWO. You saw my post before I could delete it. Got my conferences mixed up.