The game before that Eddie Johnson hit a baseline jumper with just a few seconds left to beat #1 Michigan State with Magic Johnson. MSU went on to win the Natty that year. Illini lost to OSU the next game and never recovered.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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MSU was #1, we were #3. That is the game they should run on BTN classics.
But the injuries caused us to be one-dimensional, not inflexibility. W/o Curbelo, we had virtually no one who could penetrate and create for others. And he was no where near 100% virtually the entire season. RJ was starting to look good towards the end of the year, but his Covid, ankle injury and Appendicitus held back his progress. In addition, Grandison, one of our best shooters and passers, was very limited by his shoulder against Houston. Trent was obviously hurting much of the year, but especially in the Tournament.
When you're dealing with those problems, there's not much you can do but try to feed Kofi and hope your outside shots fall at a high rate.
W/o the injuries, last year's team looked very promising as of Nov 2021. I hope the year was a 100-year storm in that regard. But it's one reason you always try to add more quality depth.
Steve Lanter recently gave us $2.5 Million for Ubben.
I said Illinois was out when we got Mayer. A lot of that was on timme leaving and other schools offering more/not thinking they’d have to offer as much. I’d say Illinois is back in the drivers seat
Lol I was the first to put Gonzaga in the conversation a couple of weeks ago. I have to be somewhat be cryptic for the same reasons the Illinois insiders have to be. I mentioned 2 schools. Both feel like they are out.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
ignore the flak and keep feeding us, please.
So I read this as:
" (Bama and Gonzaga) both feel like they are out"
DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
Illin618
I forgot the last i in my username
- Southern IL
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
So with JJ Taylor dropping out of the top 30, seems more realistic he will end up going to college. Are we still actively pursuing him?
sacraig
- The desert
Can "students" at Donda Academy even qualify academically?
But with us landing any and every recruit & potential transfer that we want, do we really want to waste our time on a player outside of the top 30? /s
Doesn't seem like the kind of guy Brad is interested in.
What do you mean by that?
Zion Cruz should give us a clear picture.
You could say the same about oak hill academy and others, they just have the track record. I don’t see any reason to expect they aren’t until someone is declared ineligible
I believe you, I'm just wondering why others aren't saying anything about Nance right now. Is this a pretty quiet recruitment?
fun fact: Tyrese has a hibachi grill in his backyard. It's so ridiculous you gotta respect it
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