Have a really great friend who is an Arkansas fan and he is sick about this... Is Muss pretty much a done deal to USC you think?? Thanks in advance!Muss ...
No one voluntarily moves to ArkansasUh oh! Daddy Brad to the 'Backs!
Obviously you've never visited. Don't sleep on the North-Central and Northwest areas of the state.No one voluntarily moves to Arkansas
Arkansas is growing like crazy, beautiful landscape. I hope to see BU retire as the Illinois coach!Obviously you've never visited. Don't sleep on the North-Central and Northwest areas of the state.
I lived there for three years. The Autumns were beautiful, the scenery majestic and the racism casual.Obviously you've never visited. Don't sleep on the North-Central and Northwest areas of the state.
This definitely sucks - they have some really good transfers in the portal - Javon Small would have been a great get- smart move by May
He elected to stay at the superior job the first time, and I think he will again!If tang goes to Arkansas do we worry about Brad going to his Alma mater?
Will Wade then?Beard … Brad … Tang …
And I don’t think they get any of them …
Strong-@$$ prediction!Will Wade then?
If tang goes to Arkansas do we worry about Brad going to his Alma mater?
Great stuff!Just wanted to take a moment to post a (barely) semi-OT list of Big Ten schools who have ever plucked a coach from another Power Five school (as currently defined). For simplicity's sake, I only looked back to about 1980 or so, to keep it at least a little bit "modern." Also, this is limited to instances where School A presumably WANTED to keep its former coach and failed to fend off advances from School B, rather than a coach jumping ship because he thought he was about to be fired (like Steve Alford, lol). And it gets murky when you include schools like Butler (my sister graduated from there, love the Dogs!), which didn't have ANYWHERE near the prestige when some of these guys left there that they did after Brad Stevens, plus they have barely been in the Power Five, etc.
ILLINOIS
Brad Underwood from Oklahoma State (2017)
Lon Kruger from Florida (1995)
INDIANA
Tom Crean from Marquette (2008)
Kelvin Sampson from Oklahoma (2006)
IOWA
Todd Lickliter from Butler (2007) ... *Butler was not Power Five at the time
Tom Davis from Stanford (1986)
George Raveling from Washington State (1983)
MARYLAND
Kevin Willard from Seton Hall (2022)
Mark Turgeon from Texas A&M (2011)
Gary Williams from Ohio State (1989)
MICHIGAN
John Beilein from West Virginia (2007)
MICHIGAN STATE
Never
MINNESOTA
Never
NEBRASKA
Barry Collier from Butler (2000) .... *Butler was not Power Five at the time
NORTHWESTERN
Never
OHIO STATE
Chris Holtmann from Butler (2017)
Thad Matta from Xavier (2004) ... *Xavier was not Power Five at the time
Jim O'Brien from Boston College (1997)
Garry Williams from Boston College (1986)
PENN STATE ... *Only became Power Five in 1992
Never
PURDUE
Never (but they've had two coaches during this entire time, lol)
RUTGERS ... *Only became Power Five in 1995
Never
WISCONSIN
Never
All things considered, I would actually say Illinois and Maryland have had the most impressive hires here, considering (A) they both had one very recently and (B) the relatively good basketball tradition at schools like Seton Hall, Oklahoma State, etc.
Have a really great friend who is an Arkansas fan and he is sick about this... Is Muss pretty much a done deal to USC you think?? Thanks in advance!
Will Wade then?
Not true ... His agent did but Brad did not speak with anyone from USC directly ...
Well, the 5-star PG could follow him to wherever he ends up.People think Brad is about to leave when he has a five star point guard lined up to join what should be a loaded roster next year. At his age? Come on now.
He could, but to Manhattan Kansas? I am not worried at all. That ship sailed when they went after tang imo.Well, the 5-star PG could follow him to wherever he ends up.
I'm not saying he's leaving for this job, and the age certainly is a factor that hopefully helps us along with I assume Brad has to be thrilled that Tyler was able to coach right with him and be promoted here, but also get the some of the same vibes of Bill Self putting his name out for Arkansas and other jobs even before he ends up going to KU. It's not like there weren't the same rumors last offseason about BU and Texas and such. Nobody should assume he's just staying at Illinois until he retires. Maybe he does, great, but I'd say that's far from a done deal.
Hope it's just BU being smart to maximize his next raise at Illinois.
But it certainly adds another layer to this whole stretch while we're trying to figure out next year's Illini roster, and players like Ty and Luke trying to figure out what's best for them, if the coach also is trying to figure out what's best for him, how could Ty and Luke know for sure what's best for them.....crazy time for everyone, fans included.
Lol Brad's agent is hungry. I couldn't even fathom how much it would suck if that happened. Very glad we shouldn't have to worry about that possibility.Not true ... His agent did but Brad did not speak with anyone from USC directly ...