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Illinois 85, The Citadel 57 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Make some illiNOISE" data-source="post: 1499395" data-attributes="member: 746703"><p>long time reader, first time poster! I just wanted to bring up a fun conversation I've had with some friends recently. I remember missing out on oscar tshiebwe to west Virginia...i was especially excited about his strength and rebounding abilities. When we missed out I was super bummed. I was like we need a brute to crash the boards. Time went on and we signed a BIGGER GIANT but lesser rated (not by too much) Kofi Cockburn...my excitement returned, and in retrospect, I think we came out with the better deal.</p><p></p><p>Oscar is nearly averaging a double double at west Virginia thru 3 or 4 games...and he did have a 20 point 15+ board game himself, but he's either been dominant or relatively quiet. Kofi on the other hand doesn't seem to even be doing as much as he can and last time I checked dude was averaging 15 and 12 (don't think that's factoring in lastnight). Anyway...its like picking apples over oranges and I'm sure oscar turns up the gears as the season progresses but I think I'm extremely happy we got kofi over oscar. Again speculating what he would be doing in an illini uniform is pretty pointless, but just worth showing the side by side comparsion of the start of each respective freshmen and their start to the season is a feel good realisation that we may have lost the 5 star oscar, but we gained what we were initially looking for AND tHEN SOME with kofi Anyway.....not hating ooscar...not trying to say anything besides based on strictly numbers kofi has turned out to be the better deal. I also say it because I would see all over kofi high school highlights after he committed to Illinois these W.V. fans saying Big O. is the better and stronger big lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Make some illiNOISE, post: 1499395, member: 746703"] long time reader, first time poster! I just wanted to bring up a fun conversation I've had with some friends recently. I remember missing out on oscar tshiebwe to west Virginia...i was especially excited about his strength and rebounding abilities. When we missed out I was super bummed. I was like we need a brute to crash the boards. Time went on and we signed a BIGGER GIANT but lesser rated (not by too much) Kofi Cockburn...my excitement returned, and in retrospect, I think we came out with the better deal. Oscar is nearly averaging a double double at west Virginia thru 3 or 4 games...and he did have a 20 point 15+ board game himself, but he's either been dominant or relatively quiet. Kofi on the other hand doesn't seem to even be doing as much as he can and last time I checked dude was averaging 15 and 12 (don't think that's factoring in lastnight). Anyway...its like picking apples over oranges and I'm sure oscar turns up the gears as the season progresses but I think I'm extremely happy we got kofi over oscar. Again speculating what he would be doing in an illini uniform is pretty pointless, but just worth showing the side by side comparsion of the start of each respective freshmen and their start to the season is a feel good realisation that we may have lost the 5 star oscar, but we gained what we were initially looking for AND tHEN SOME with kofi Anyway.....not hating ooscar...not trying to say anything besides based on strictly numbers kofi has turned out to be the better deal. I also say it because I would see all over kofi high school highlights after he committed to Illinois these W.V. fans saying Big O. is the better and stronger big lol. [/QUOTE]
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