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Except if you actually follow Piper and what he is saying you'd realize it's not as simple as that ever

We were, all over the country

Timme (in no way a back up plan) is another big that we have a shot at. Tre Mitchell as well. However, we will start hearing about more options as we go along. There are always guys that are being recruited we dont hear about.

Widely known fact plus having a foot injury doesn't help

You realize you are posting on a message board that's sole purpose is to discuss these kids ad nauseam and are complaining about giving them attention when they ask for it...

Agree with the above but with the caveat that direction of a program matters too. Last year was partially a large result of the direction the program was headed. This year we need to show that that direction has been significantly reversed. So while you say that we can't be satisfied with NIT...

Ok was trying to agree with you and say that truly being successful can only happen if you are in the NCAA tournament, and anything less automatically isn't a successful season but guess that was a problem... Anyway, I believe that success for Illinois historically and success for Illinois in...

Being how many close games we lost, it's not hard to imagine that "more success" would be the difference between wins and losses. That being said, for our team and what we lost, being a bubble team would be a significant upgrade based on our youth. Most people would consider that "more success."...

O I agree, and honestly never said we were making the NCAA (not saying you said I was). Guess my point is that the 4 isn't the issue if we have Kipper playing it. The 5 is going to be our biggest issue. If we get a reliable presence at the 5 and can actually run the offense, we should be much...

Depends on the offense. Last year it was ran pretty poorly overall. If it's actually run correctly, its true that a classic 4 is an outdated term on this team. However, defensively, it still hold's up pretty well that you need someone with length at the 4 who can play against other teams 4s who...

Wow... we can find a way to make anything negative on here can't we? This is next level

The thing is that people that followed Illinois basketball for any meaningful amount of time know Illinois is not a bad program. The issue is we are not recruiting players who are old enough to have followed Illinois during that span. No one really cares all that much about history if it isn't...

actually getting one definitely increases our chances of getting another in that group

Yep, will be a massive weekend with 3 huge recruits on campus. Thinking we get 1/3 but truly hoping for 2/3 this weekend.