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But still, it's in Illinois, closer to Champaign than Bloomington, and we had a decent product at the time. Just curious if we were in the discussion for him or not.

Completely agree and I've always thought the same thing. I'm jealous when I visit Wisconsin that you see their gear everywhere, even gas stations are stocked full of their stuff. Same thing with Iowa. I live in the Metro STL area (Illinois side) and its probably 50% Mizzou fans. I hate it...

What about AJ Guyton? Peoria kid, could've followed up Kiwane. I wasn't really old enough to be following recruiting at the time, but did we pursue him very hard? Him going to Indiana is an extra shot to the groin.

Pretty optimistic on Ebo and Matic. I'm hoping for Ebo to develop into a solid contributor. I'm not sure I expect much from Matic. If we are lucky enough to get Liddell and Okoro, I'm expecting at least 1, probably both to be starting over the guys currently on our roster in their first season.

Wow! I saw him at that same tourney as well and thought he was a really solid player. No chance he wasn't good enough to be on that team. Something funny going on. Criminal if he misses his senior season through no fault of his own.

So with the locker rooms located in the new Performance Center, is it strange that the team will have to leave the stadium to get to their locker room before the game and at halftime? Or is this something that other schools do as well? Obviously this is a much needed improvement for...

Check out SeatGeek. Quite a few tickets in the $20 range.

Corey Patterson (STL Trinity coach) tweeted that he's coming to Champaign tomorrow and bringing a bunch of players with him. https://scout.com/college/illinois/Article/Top-St-Louis-Trinity-Catholic-prospects-visiting-Illinois-Fighti-108820898

TJ Ivy to drop his list tonight. Not sure how many schools he is listing.

I would fully expect Gentry to be involved in which players they need to land to fit this system. And then he will communicate those needs to the guys that are in charge of landing them. There's no evidence that Gentry should be handling any more of a role than he has in the past. You say you...

So in your mind, it would've been better for Gentry to be in a position that needs to be able to recruit, even though recruiting is not his forte, instead of an x's and o's position, which by all accounts is his strong suit? Is it really too much to expect these assistants to relatively...

X1000 I generally like Frank, but that guy can't wait to pounce on any bit of news that is good for Mizzou/SLU and bad for Illinois. He was just tweeting the other day how incredible it was that Mizzou had a good chance to land Porter, Tilmon and Mark Smith. Eat it Frank.

Apparently our head coach didn't realize that it was necessary, because we all could see it long before Groce could that Lucas needed to be playing more.

Made the final 3 for Bobby Roundtree. IL, Indiana and NC State. Also, Logan Tulley-Tillman will be transferring as a 5th year grad transfer. No idea how he was playing last year of if Illinois would be in the picture.

I don't think there is anything that can ensure keeping a recruit. For me, keeping the 2017 recruits isn't a factor for me in finding a new coach. If you hire a good coach, he'll either keep them or get replacements soon. The only thing that matters to me is getting the right guy in here to...