Cuz two 5-stars and a 4-star just ain't gonna cut it.
It would be really sweet to beat UK for Smith...my brother in law is a big UK fan and I need something to be smug about for a change.
Cuz two 5-stars and a 4-star just ain't gonna cut it.
I'm not sure how many times you've seen Smith play, but while Damonte has a chance to be a very good player for us, Smith has a chance to be one of the best to ever put on the jersey. He's that good and has "it"
Steal our Mr BB?
It would be really sweet to beat UK for Smith...my brother in law is a big UK fan and I need something to be smug about for a change.
Seen JT play a couple of times at ESL...finally hit me...you old timers may recall Pervis Ellison from Louisville...circa 1986
It would be really sweet to beat UK for Smith...my brother in law is a big UK fan and I need something to be smug about for a change.
I'm not sure how many times you've seen Smith play, but while Damonte has a chance to be a very good player for us, Smith has a chance to be one of the best to ever put on the jersey. He's that good and has "it"
And who does the nation have to thank for that?I live among the big blue nation. They are entitled elitists. Good people until basketball becomes the topic.
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Seen JT play a couple of times at ESL...finally hit me...you old timers may recall Pervis Ellison from Louisville...circa 1986
And who does the nation have to thank for that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Rupp
And who does the nation have to thank for that?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Rupp
Guys, barring some Illinois fan, we aren't winning 5 star Chicago kids. Basically Illinois is not even in the conversation until they have a good coach and proven success. These Chicago high school coaches, man when kids make it in the NBA, they come back with thousands of dollars and drop them in their old coaches pockets and give them game tickets among other things. I mean, why wouldn't you send your kids to a program that has a proven record of getting kids to the NBA? We have a way to go to consistently attract top tier talent. That or we just give someone Dad one of the vacant assistant coaching jobs and 400k... that would probably do it too.
I live among the big blue nation. They are entitled elitists. Good people until basketball becomes the topic.
I'm not sure how many times you've seen Smith play, but while Damonte has a chance to be a very good player for us, Smith has a chance to be one of the best to ever put on the jersey. He's that good and has "it"
While I like Smith and hope he chooses us, I definitely think this is an exaggeration. Smith isn't head and shoulders above Damonte if Damonte can recover from his injury and return to the form he had right before he got hurt. The question with Damonte has never been his talent. It's been his consistency and it seemed like he finally figured it out right before he got injured. In this Mark Smith hoopla it's easy to forget just how good Damonte looked right before he got hurt.
Mark Smith will be a first team All Big10 guard at the University of Illinois.
I find it odd, people saying Damonte's "consistency" issues are resolved while at the same time acknowledging the small window with which he may have displayed said consistency...While I like Smith and hope he chooses us, I definitely think this is an exaggeration. Smith isn't head and shoulders above Damonte if Damonte can recover from his injury and return to the form he had right before he got hurt. The question with Damonte has never been his talent. It's been his consistency and it seemed like he finally figured it out right before he got injured. In this Mark Smith hoopla it's easy to forget just how good Damonte looked right before he got hurt.
Kiir with a CB to the Illini
Tilmon has 67% CB's to Mizzou