Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[Amelot]

Hey hey hey buddy... Central Illinois is pretty beautiful in its own right!!! Won't take none of that!!

Having just returned from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro, I have two responses.
1. We need to have a recruiter posted permanently in the region. At 6', I was frequently towered over.
2. All of those regions are gorgeous. Central Illinois, not so much.

 

[MadtownIllin]

Having just returned from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro, I have two responses.
1. We need to have a recruiter posted permanently in the region. At 6', I was frequently towered over.
2. All of those regions are gorgeous. Central Illinois, not so much.

After and recently returning from these countries, I can verify the observations and can add that the women's team might also benefit..

 

[RollChief]

Having just returned from Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro, I have two responses.
1. We need to have a recruiter posted permanently in the region. At 6', I was frequently towered over.
2. All of those regions are gorgeous. Central Illinois, not so much.

Hope you enjoyed your trip! As someone from Central Illinois, when I visited Montenegro, I couldn’t believe a place like that existed. Absolutely stunning.

Croatia is also beautiful, funny enough a lot of westerns in the 60s were shot in the mountains around Zadar because it was cheaper to do it there than in the U.S. (or so a tour guide told me). The country is incredibly clean, respectful and welcoming in my experience, and it didn’t feel like you were tripping over other tourists the whole time like in parts of Italy.

Going in between Croatia and Bosnia was crazy because of all the reminders of the Yugoslav wars, it’s crazy to think there was a hot war like that so recently in that region.

 

[Battle89]

I wanted to argue that Izzo would be more Slytherin than Cronin, but I think he's more of the goblin banker than a wizard...

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C'mon, it's been well-documented that he is an elf

 

[QCUIGrad0512]

Gotta say… I’ve never been so uninterested in ongoing discussions on this site as I have been with these two. So in order to get things on a better track, here’s a picture of a pizza I made at home. #homemadepizza

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Quad Cities-style? Or just not a fan of triangles?

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

In honor of this ridiculous conversation, I submit for your consideration my nominee for the best 9th man in program history - Damir Krupalija .

Damir, appeared in 27 games averaging 5 points and 4 rebounds in 10 minutes on a B1G champion, 1 seed, Elite Eight team.

Many other players were considered but Damir stood out for his balanced and efficient contributions on a high level team.

Any other names come to mind for this truly elite achievement? Let's hear 'em.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2065124555165761701

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

I don't remember needing a heart monitor while watching him dish out 6 assists with 0 turnovers at Breslin:

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But yeah, I get it... dude be crazy (no more underhand, full court softball pitches, please)

He wasn't near as helpful the following game against Wisconsin (when we needed anyone who could dribble the ball besides Keaton; both Andrej and Boz out).

 

[Combo]

He wasn't near as helpful the following game against Wisconsin (when we needed anyone who could dribble the ball besides Keaton; both Andrej and Boz out).

Yeah, even though he does have good handles for a PF, you don't want him to overhandle. In that regard, Jake and Ben were really smart last year - they just didn't put the ball on the floor that often. Sometimes not dribbling at all is the best option.