Recent content by MDchicago

I've had every one one of these thoughts thinking about this thread.... 🤔 Suppose it's good for PR and recruiting profile, but will be earned/decided on the court ... (hopefully in Detroit in April, shortly before Brad and crew are cutting down nets!). Let's just do it.

Interesting, was curious what actually transpired the next season. Short answer is no academically ineligible players in the next season, though Pelphrey was a lot more forthcoming about what he inherited years later. Pelphrey: 12 Hogs were ineligible after 2007 season That is ~11 more than...

Also worth noting that Altman had been a former assistant to Lon Kruger at KSU (who reportedly was advocating for him to Illinois), and that one of the Creighton assistants that Altman had on the staff he wanted to bring over was a young Darian DeVries. Given how loaded the Illini roster was...

Wondering if there is song played at Farm Aid that would work well. If you want an Illinois connection, could greatly expand by the playing field by including artists from Illinois generally (Survivor, Styx, etc.), with Illinois connections/affinity (Joe Walsh comes to mind), or by expanding...

My daughter is a freshman at Florida, so I found myself at the Swamp for the first time this weekend for UF's beatdown of #4 Ole Miss. The lack of any concourse walkways between lower and upper rows really makes it feel like a 90k+ sea of humanity. Loved their tradition of the whole crowd...

Todd Golden probably belongs on that list (would like a longer track record), at least if the focus is identifying and developing great college players. E.g., Thomas Haugh (3* outside of 247 composite top 200), Alex Condon (lightly recruited 3*). He's also done a good job elevating the games...

New policy this year to improve our rim conversation % surrendered metric.

Good stuff. Easy to see the value Jake brings slowed down like that.

Suspect it will end up being a multi-headed monster (in a good way). Hoping for more of the above than the below....

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/gonzaga-pg-mario-saint-supery-signs-massive-deal-with-euroleagues-valencia-leaves-bulldogs-in-limbo/

Same reaction on the source, but saw he was followed by several familiar names (Orlando, Cam, Kedric, Carson Gourdie, Woj)...

Izzo doesn't sound happy here....