Recent content by bavanga3

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    Illini Basketball 2023-2024

    That's very impressive from Dain. Gotta respect all the work he's put in. Let's hope he reaps the rewards this year.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Mrs. Fears is gonna be making a lot more money than big daddy Brad 5 years from now the way it looks. Pass up an in state McDonalds All American pg for what exactly? Hopefully Dra Gibbs steps up.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Apparently you weren't reading this board back then.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Jeremy Fears is looking pretty darn good now. But no... y'all insisted the Clark brothers were the way to go. How comical it's all turning out to be.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Be able to be honest about where the program is at and not get so offended over constructive criticism. There are fans on here that love our success over the past few years but still recognize that we need to be better to get to a championship level.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Jon Scheyer has coached one season. The jury is still out on him. There are countless examples of programs that rose from nothing to compete for championships. Gonzaga, Houston, Baylor etc. It all started somewhere. How are the blue bloods average? They have multiple championships. That's the...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    This is positive, you perceive it as negative. Its called ambition.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Maybe you need to reevaluate your screen name if this is your true opinion. I appreciate where Underwood has taken us, but he needs to be better if he's gonna stick around. There's nothing wrong with appreciating him for injecting life into our program but still acknowledging that he needs to up...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    John Scheyer said a long time ago. Why go to Illinois to compete for BIG championships if I can go somewhere to compete for national championships. Well he was right apparently. When is our fanbase going hold our program to higher standards? We act like we are a blue blood, but defend our...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I mean I would take Derrick Rose over Skyy Clark. Might not be his Kentucky level recruiting, but he was still drawing top talent when at Memphis. And he'd be a much better recruiter than Underwood because of his track record.
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    Illini Basketball

    Last time I checked Karl Anthony Towns and Willie Cauley Stein aren't signed up to play in Champaign next year. We've got no rim protector to bail a guy like that out.
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    Illini Basketball

    Mayer had career best numbers last year in a lot of categories. At what point do we blame ourselves for unrealistic expectations?
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    Illini Basketball

    Larranega is also 16-10 with 2 final fours. Underwood is 4-7 with zero. Not exactly the same. We can live with rebuilding years if it's offset with deeper runs. Until Brad proves he can do that, the seat will only get hotter.
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    Illini Basketball

    Which means there should be more opportunity for quad 1 wins and we got zero in the Big 10. Kind of embarrassing. Look at Clemson. They got those extra wins and didn't make the tourney because they had less opportunities and more chances for bad losses. Works both ways.
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    Illini Basketball

    Big 10 and ACC have 2 completely different problems. ACC has performed well and the commissioner actually noted that as a reason they should get more teams in. That's not a bad arguement. Big 10 is the exact opposite. I think the ACC commissioner sounds like an idiot talking about going off the...