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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    My addendum to #4 on your list: The team with the most $$ will get the highest ranked players The team with the best evaluators will get the best players. The team with the best coaches will get the most out of the players they bring in. Not saying we're definitively any one of the three, but...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    You’re certainly entitled to your opinion, and I’ve definitely detected people try to “Miss Cleo” their way to insider status here. However, the four or five noted “insiders“ here have more than proven themselves throughout the BU years. I don‘t think anyone really thinks it’s TU or JW, but...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Maybe he learned a lesson.
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    Depends on how long he's waiting.
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    Richard Pitino? +700?
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    Agree to disagree. The bigger challenge would be to complete what you’ve been building here. Not to start over at a place with known built in advantages.
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    This is what frustrates me year after year with BU. He’s built his culture. He’s got his everyday guys. Everyone seems to have bought in. He has massive support from his AD. Great facilities; great staff budget. He’s building something year after year. He’s made IL basketball into a destination...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Solid advice.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I like it if true. Maybe losing a guard recruit opens things up a little for Sencire?
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    Coaching Carousel (Basketball)

    I feel like Tyler has a really solid basketball mind, is young enough that he can relate to the players really well & can be a great sounding board for his dad. He also probably knows how to approach BU with viewpoints he might otherwise be resistant to. It seems like kind of an ideal situation...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Curious why most seem to prefer Maddox over Hill. Obviously stats aren't everything, but: Maddox: 15.6 / 4.3 / 2.8 / 43.8% Hill: 20.5 / 5.0 / 2.6 / 44.3% Maddox has better 3P% and FT%, but Hill is (supposedly) 2" taller, and has ties to Storr.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Couldn’t love this more. Let’s make this happen!
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Iowa State, Thursday, March 28th, 9:09pm CT, TBS

    You mentioned "since 2010... other than 1 year we do not speak of". If that's not cherry picking, I don't know what is. It's fine, we're all looking for an angle that favors our team. I don't know who's going to win, or who's the better team. I think they're pretty evenly matched. I'd say: 7%...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Iowa State, Thursday, March 28th, 9:09pm CT, TBS

    Picking 5 random "best" years would be "cherry-picking". Picking the last 5 years, for both teams, doesn't really translate to "cherry picking".
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    Weekend of 3/15 Games Thread

    They’ve grown accustomed to the relocated goalposts.