2017 Basketball Transfer Thread

#186      
We will not get a kid that has those kind of offers. We NEVER win these type of recruitments. And Mike Thorne doesn't count.
 
#189      
We will not get a kid that has those kind of offers. We NEVER win these type of recruitments. And Mike Thorne doesn't count.

Why wouldn't Thorne count? We did get him. Just because he ended up with unfortunate injuries means he doesn't count?
 
#191      

Rob07

San Francisco
Coach O played his college ball at Pitt. Not sure if that is something that got us in.
Nice. Johnson's father Gilbert played at Pitt 1988-1990, Antigua played at Pitt 1991-1995, it's likely they knew each other.
 
#194      
We will not get a kid that has those kind of offers. We NEVER win these type of recruitments. And Mike Thorne doesn't count.

Mike Thorne is an instructive example, actually.

Transfers look at the process differently than high school recruits in a way that advantages Illinois.

Not saying we'll get this specific kid, but I don't just write off a transfer when he gets a "better" offer the way I would a HS kid.
 
#195      
He was also on staff at Pitt from 03-08 I think. Not that the timeline overlaps there but Orlando definitely has connections to Pitt
 
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Deleted member 10676

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For those, like me, who aren't familiar with Johnson.
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