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Jartavius Martin getting some mid season ESPN Love! The 2022 college football midseason All-America team S: Jartavius Martin, Illinois Illinois and Bret Bielema have something special brewing in Champaign, and it starts with a defense ranked first nationally in scoring defense (8.9 points...

Yeah, realized my mistake as soon as I posted and immediately edited. At least we can understand why Skyy went down - not simply because he committed to Illinois.

Is this real life? (Almost ) All Illinois commits went up in the rankings?!? In all seriousness, I believe this speaks to the respect Underwood (and Whitman) has brought to the BB program.

Makes no sense. Dickenson is not even among the 5 finalists for Naismith Hall of Fame 2021 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. https://www.hoophall.com/news/naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-announces-five-finalists-for-2021-kareem-abdul-jabbar-award/

Good to get the presumably unbiased perspective of an SEC guy. Is Ayo Dosunmu the Player of the Year? I honestly have no idea how he’s not on par with Iowa’s Luka Garza in the National Player of the Year discussion. It’s possible Dosunmu wins Big Ten Player of the Year and Garza wins the...

Well Done!

Dave Downey played at my home town high school, Canton, IL. He was the 30th player selected. Salaries must have been really low at that time, as only 16 of the top 30 played in the NBA. https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1963.html

Wouldn't a better way to compare classes be to compare the rankings of this years class (12 commits, or 15 if you want to include the transfers) to the top 12 (or 15) for other years? This makes sense to me as a previous class may have had a better top 12, but the lower ratings of the rest of...