Illini Basketball 2022-2023

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billybaroo

Pebble Beach, CA
Take this with a gigantic grain of salt, but I heard it's not looking good for him to be able to enroll. Honestly, i hope my source is wrong.
Dean Winchester What GIF
 
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I really think the confidence issue came from his immaturity of skills. How many times have you seen him take the ball to the basket by himself or after the P&R? He did improve on that by the end of the season but that was not good enough for Houston. He was trying to put it together but still needed time. Same token for his 3 pointer. It’s there but not quite arrived yet. Have you seen Ayo’s mid range pull up and Goode’s 3 pointers? That’s what I call skills. The skills you have not put together aren’t real skills.
Immaturity of skills???? The skills that you have not put together aren't real skills???? You must of been Socrates in another life!!!
 
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derrick6

Illini Dawg
Seattle
He began doing that in late Feb/early March. A clear, discontinuous increase in his game occurred. Hope it continues this fall.
Now your profile name is coming to light…
”discontinuous”.

Are you affiliated with altgeld?

I graduated math @UI in 88.
 
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sacraig

The desert
What I heard could be wrong. But there's a reason he's not on on the official roster as of yet

https://fightingillini.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster?path=mbball
There's also a whole bunch of hoops involved with getting visas, and the process can take a long time right now depending on the local rules and conditions. I am in the process of sponsoring a VISA for someone coming from a similar country and getting an in-person appointment to have the visa issued has been like a 45-60 day wait time because of staffing and COVID protocols.

I suppose I wouldn't be surprised if Perrin experienced similar issues given how last minute his recruitment was.
 
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billybaroo

Pebble Beach, CA
There's also a whole bunch of hoops involved with getting visas, and the process can take a long time right now depending on the local rules and conditions. I am in the process of sponsoring a VISA for someone coming from a similar country and getting an in-person appointment to have the visa issued has been like a 45-60 day wait time because of staffing and COVID protocols.

I suppose I wouldn't be surprised if Perrin experienced similar issues given how last minute his recruitment was.
Frustrating, but makes sense. I’ll go crawl back into my bubble now.
 
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There's also a whole bunch of hoops involved with getting visas, and the process can take a long time right now depending on the local rules and conditions. I am in the process of sponsoring a VISA for someone coming from a similar country and getting an in-person appointment to have the visa issued has been like a 45-60 day wait time because of staffing and COVID protocols.

I suppose I wouldn't be surprised if Perrin experienced similar issues given how last minute his recruitment was.
Given the number of international students attending the university we have a veritable army of folks working to grease the skids. As you noted, though, this recruitment was very last-minute and the kid was out of his home country for a chunk of the time since his commitment.
 
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sacraig

The desert
Given the number of international students attending the university we have a veritable army of folks working to grease the skids. As you noted, though, this recruitment was very last-minute and the kid was out of his home country for a chunk of the time since his commitment.
I work at a similarly sized university. Depending on the type of visa and country of origin, there is only so much skid-greaaing you can do. Although I imagine he's coming on one of the faster visas to get, it's still last minute.

It also may not be the problem at all. Who knows?
 
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I work at a similarly sized university. Depending on the type of visa and country of origin, there is only so much skid-greaaing you can do. Although I imagine he's coming on one of the faster visas to get, it's still last minute.

It also may not be the problem at all. Who knows?
We should all know in a few days.
 
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altgeld88

Arlington, Virginia
Now your profile name is coming to light…
”discontinuous”.

Are you affiliated with altgeld?

I graduated math @UI in 88.
Lol. The hazards of studying engineering for six years. (BSME ‘88, MSME ‘90.) My only affiliation with Altgeld Hall is having enjoyed studying in the library for many an hour, and having had a memorable upper-level math course in a basement classroom my first semester freshman year. “In over my head” suddenly became a very clear term that September 38 yrs ago.

BTW, I visited campus in late July for the first time since 2000. Wandered the halls of Altgeld extensively. Loved seeing the Ricker UI symbol mosaic again. Glad to see the building will undergo a renovation soon. It’s a wonderful, quirky old place. Built in 1895 IIRC.
 
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