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Illinois 86, Mississippi Valley State 67 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Obelix" data-source="post: 1431878" data-attributes="member: 7292"><p>Meh... It has nothing to do with preference. Given the chance to get one-and-done players, we would gladly do it as most programs in the country would. Problem is that we can't get these one-and-done players and reality is that recruiting is not going that well either for players ranked below one-and-done level. Not sure what others see but it is a highly pretentious statement to say that "We ARE going in the right direction." Based on what? We have serious gaps in the frontcourt, performance on court has not been that good, we finished one of the worst seasons in 20+ years (if not more), and recruiting is not going well. That is reality. Yet, we think we are going in the right direction.</p><p></p><p>Now, even the multiple posts in the off season that we will overachieve this season and attract recruits by winning seem to have disappeared. What happened to those? Seems some posters have already given up on THIS season, saying that "signs look good for next year and the year after." We had been an NIT program pretty much the entire previous coaching regime and we all thought it was not enough. Taking an NIT program and expecting NCAA appearances is not an unreasonable expectation, neither does it necessitate driving the program to the bottom before we "supposedly" start a great ascend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Obelix, post: 1431878, member: 7292"] Meh... It has nothing to do with preference. Given the chance to get one-and-done players, we would gladly do it as most programs in the country would. Problem is that we can't get these one-and-done players and reality is that recruiting is not going that well either for players ranked below one-and-done level. Not sure what others see but it is a highly pretentious statement to say that "We ARE going in the right direction." Based on what? We have serious gaps in the frontcourt, performance on court has not been that good, we finished one of the worst seasons in 20+ years (if not more), and recruiting is not going well. That is reality. Yet, we think we are going in the right direction. Now, even the multiple posts in the off season that we will overachieve this season and attract recruits by winning seem to have disappeared. What happened to those? Seems some posters have already given up on THIS season, saying that "signs look good for next year and the year after." We had been an NIT program pretty much the entire previous coaching regime and we all thought it was not enough. Taking an NIT program and expecting NCAA appearances is not an unreasonable expectation, neither does it necessitate driving the program to the bottom before we "supposedly" start a great ascend. [/QUOTE]
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