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  1. The Galloping Ghost

    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Really glad he graduated. I've made peace with this. Hawk will go down as one of my favorite players ever. I absolutely can't wait to see what he does next. I hope it's in the league, but even if it's at another school, I'm gonna cheer like heck for him. Unless he plays us.
  2. The Galloping Ghost

    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Biggest commit in a long time deserves the big gif...
  3. The Galloping Ghost

    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    If you want to criticize the roster construction on May 11th, be my guest. Personally, I think it's kind of foolish. Yes, we currently have a hole that we are all very aware of, but Brad's shown he's a heck of a problem solver. There's still time and options for him to solve this problem. And I...
  4. The Galloping Ghost

    Illini Basketball

    We reached the pinnacle of the sport only to slide into irrelevance. Staying on top is hard. We've seen how easily it can all go away. Thankfully, now the administration and coaching staff have their eyes on the prize in every single facet. We have the best assistant coaches money can buy. We...
  5. The Galloping Ghost

    Illini Basketball

    Really appreciate the staff finding ways to play in MSG year in and year out. Those games get a lot of eyes and it helps show we are a national brand. Not to mention, it probably helps OA recruit the NYC kids when he can point to us consistently playing there.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I like Dain and Amani a lot. I think both are going to have really solid seasons. Now that we know our front court, though, it's pretty obvious why we were fine with them walking. We got significantly longer, better shooting, more versatile, and just plain better fits for what we want to do...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    When Brad was spotted in Europe, you just knew this was his mindset... Now can he pull the double?
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    So we went from the players not being able to get a single cent over the table to full-on world soccer, uncapped teams paying transfer fees to pro clubs, huh. Wild. I can't wait to see if this works and am fascinated to see how it possibly blows up in our faces. The off-season is never dull.
  9. The Galloping Ghost

    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I wish follows were as binding as LOIs. Oh, the number of players we would have had.
  10. The Galloping Ghost

    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    And if he does come back, we have to be the ones giving him the most money. Not doing so would be an unthinkably poor, fan-crushingly bad allocation of resources.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    For me, personally, there is no player or combination of players that would make up for losing Hawk to another school. I doubt it'll happen, but we're also in a world where anything feels like it can and will happen.
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    Illini Women's Basketball

    She averaged 2 or more blocks a game in three separate seasons. Yeah, that certainly fills an area of need.
  13. The Galloping Ghost

    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    It feels like we've waited 10 years to see Morez suit up in the orange and blue. If we only get him for one year, please be because the following season he's in the league. If he transfers out after all of this, man, that will be killer. No matter how good Poopy McGee is. Yeah, my rabid fandom...
  14. The Galloping Ghost

    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I have a close friend who's a diehard St. John's fan. I ended up watching most of their games that season between that and Belo being there. It was shocking how Mike Anderson was fumbling that clearly talented team. A truly dreadful coaching job. And count me in on Posh if he's a possibility...
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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