You'll probably remember this then - Efrem used to slide a stick of Spearmint gum down the side of one of his socks before a game - an idiosyncrasy of his.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Speaking of socks, my screen name is inspired by what big George wrote on his.
Leron Black would've been fun on this team.
There was speculation he and BD would declare for the draft after their sophomore seasons. If he had, I think Efrem would have gone in the first round based on his performance that year and physical ability. He never quite got back to that level unfortunately
ESPN top 100 seniors 2002..didn’t realize Deron Williams and Augustine were ranked that low…some big names on this list
http://www.espn.com/recruiting/s/010815top100.html
http://www.espn.com/recruiting/s/010815top100.html
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
I recall Deron was 50ish or something like that. I never thought he was fringe 100.
Deron wasn’t the highest ranked guy on his own team
That’s back when ESPN was just starting in the rankings. They weren’t very accurate. Deron was 40-50 in the other services.
ESPN rankings are heavily biased towards pro potential IMO. I believe Deron was roughly 50 RSCI, which still grossly understated his impact (both college and pro) but was a lot closer in predicting his impact.
Are they better now?
Just imagining the amount of trash talking there's gonna be when Harris and Hawkins are on the floor at the same time.
Yes. But just because they hired away the other guys. I kind of miss the early 00s for the Internet chatter on basketball
Absolutely!
HS season in full swing. Be tough to get them in on a Friday night when they have games of their own.
Ty Rodgers and Morez Johnson both played last night. I think Ty had a triple double. They have their game against each other tonight at 4:30.
If you can't get a quadruple double, why are we even recruiting these guys?
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
do you have a channel to watch this game on ?????
asking for myself and my NL cheerleaders
Its must see for us fans but I doubt its going to be televised. The only way to see it is going to the old UIC Pavillion (I forgot what they are calling it these days) Anyone in the Chicago area should go, it is a wonderful lineup up teams
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
ok thanks
I'm trying to remember about the S. Harris game today against Lebron's son out at the Staples arena but I can't find where it is televised at...not on Hulu , as I alrewady checked there
9:00 PM CT on ESPN2
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
thank you
I forgot about that one.. its a good day for basketball. I hear that Amari Bailey is back for Sierra Canyon. It will be good to see Sincere up against some top competition. I love to hear Paul Biancardi and the other analyst mention Illinois and say "Illinois Signee" when describing players we got coming in. Tired of hearing about the blue boods
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