Recent content by Illini65418

Certainly seems like a talented NBA contributor. Crazy to think that the scouting on him just a year prior to Santa Clara was that he was getting burned on the defensive end daily and not going to be an offensive contributor. Either the Illinois scouts/inside info was way off or he had one...

Lots of PTSD from the previous AD's basketball hire on here, most fear going back to those dark times. But we have a fantastic AD now that truly gets how important winning is. Let it all play out and have faith in Whitman!

Excellent post, and specifically agree with the bolded. I do think a lot of people (especially on this board) do have a lot of homerism, but you're right in that there are a lot of us who also do see the heights that can be reached and aren't quite content with the status quo due to this...

I'm a bit confused, we need to donate our clothes to the team? :ROFLMAO:

Need some Te'Jon Lucas!

Good points. I agree with you and I would also trust Person A over Person B. Maybe we are driving at different things, but I guess my point is more so why we didnt have a backup plan for a solid PG given what happened this past year. It seems like the coaching staff had almost every egg in...

Wish I was as optimistic as you are! I will say I think we will still be a decent team next year as is with lost of potential and a good coach. Just sucks missing out on a stud PG as that seems to be the missing piece to making this team elite. I guess I don't think opinions on this forum...

Underwhelming pickup for sure. Would be happy to be proven wrong though.

Who is our PG now? Moretti will not be better than Epps last year, look at what the insiders are saying, let's not kid ourselves. Good guard play (specifically the PG) wins close, tough games. The rest of the roster is better, sure, but we don't have a PG right now. I can agree with you...

Your takes/info have been on point, but it is hard to see with what is currently out there in the portal.. hoping for a pleasant surprise when some names are released!

The rest of our roster is better, but our PG situation, as is, is considerably worse. Not that I expect it to remain as is, but we really need to land a PG

Agree - his stats definitely don't scream PG but more main scoring option. This would be a bit disappointing honestly.

Well that deserves a "JFC"... sorry you have to deal with those type of people...

Just frustrating, many posters were told to stop questioning and that RayJ was a guarantee a month ago.. shows nothing is a guarantee and how fluid recruiting truly is when it comes to D1 recruiting. Really gotta hope plan B pans out if in fact he is going to Utah because as you say, 22-23 was...

Agreed with the above - insiders have been extremely confident in where he will end up, going so far as saying to not worry about it/stop questioning where he will end up multiple times. I don't care as much about the timeline given their confidence that he will end up here, and that's really...