Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (April-June 2016)

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Joel Goodson

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Needless to say, a Tilmon commitment will be huge. Really hope it happens soon. Pretty please.
 
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Hoppy2105

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Newman said:
Great, maybe we can get two silent verbals from him.
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The double, silent verbal is a rare specimen, indeed. It ranks higher even than "Moms really love Groce" and recruits creating Twitter buzz to toy with Illini fans by posting pro-Illini things.
 
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Foggy Notion

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ILHoff said:
Good idea. If one falls through we can fall back on the other.

Tilmon does seem to be on campus a whole lot.
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How do the mechanics of giving a silent verbal work? How can a person be silent and verbal at the same time? Is lip-reading involved? Deep thoughts.
 
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Joel Goodson

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Foggy Notion said:
How do the mechanics of giving a silent verbal work? How can a person be silent and verbal at the same time? Is lip-reading involved? Deep thoughts.
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Lip-reading is an option, but smoke signals are standard protocol. Personally, I favor miming.
 
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unimaroon

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Hoppy2105 said:
The double, silent verbal is a rare specimen, indeed. It ranks higher even than "Moms really love Groce" and recruits creating Twitter buzz to toy with Illini fans by posting pro-Illini things.
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Geez, kids today. Back in my day the only "double" we got was double secret probation. And we were darn glad to meet you.
 
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Retro62

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Foggy Notion said:
If a verbal happens in the forest, but no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?
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The silent "verbal" is preferable to other silent utterances...or should I say issuances.
 
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Joel Goodson

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TCTORNADO said:
My guess is unofficial. If and when a Tilmon official happens, the staff will leak such for PR purposes.
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2nd that. Another visit is very good news. Tilmon's building a rapport w/the school, the program and the staff. Wouldn't be happening unless he was very interested.*

* - does not mean Tilmon is a lock, mortal or otherwise.
 
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Retro62

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Joel Goodson said:
2nd that. Another visit is very good news. Tilmon's building a rapport w/the school, the program and the staff. Wouldn't be happening unless he was very interested.*

* - does not mean Tilmon is a lock, mortal or otherwise.
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I have an uncanny ability to never hear anything anyone says after the word "but," or to see anything after an asterisk.

So, I am taking this as an affirmation from you that we have Tilmon in the bag.
 
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TCTORNADO

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A lot of 2017 direction will be determined by where staff's presence is July 6-10.
Nike Peach Jam, Adidas Gauntlet Final (S.C.), and Adidas Invitational (Indy). Still an awful lot of offers out there.
 
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Chris Yates

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Michigan
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Foggy Notion said:
How do the mechanics of giving a silent verbal work? How can a person be silent and verbal at the same time? Is lip-reading involved? Deep thoughts.
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Just have to give that telling 'sup nod to the hot dog vendor. :D
 
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mattcoldagelli

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The Transfer Portal
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Hoppy2105 said:
The double, silent verbal is a rare specimen, indeed. It ranks higher even than "Moms really love Groce" and recruits creating Twitter buzz to toy with Illini fans by posting pro-Illini things.
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I'm pretty excited for the following post and ensuing narrative:

Originally Posted by Poser Insider
Illinois was in great position, and - from people I trust - actually had Tilmon in the fold, he just wasn't ready to go public. Unfortunately, he wasn't excited that word of his "secret visit" got out, and the wheels kind of fell off from there. The staff really did everything they could do on this one, just an instance of factors beyond their control getting the best of the situation. Also probably a reminder for all of us internet fans to maybe think twice about what we post - if the coaches and us insiders are keeping quiet about it, maybe there's a reason?
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Illiniguy13

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Hypothetically, if Tilmon pulls the trigger, we know that helps our chances with Goodwin, and vice-a-versa. Are there any other recruits we're chasing after that would be particularly influenced by these two committing? Thought I might have seen someone post something about Nojel Eastern mentioning he'd like to play with Goodwin. Any others that come to mind?
 
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DMan42

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Newman said:
Has it been confirmed that Tilmon was actually in C-U? No offense, but we just had two pages of discussion from people that thought DJW was Hill or Kipper so I'm going to remain skeptical until there's more evidence than just a guy on a message board saying that he saw Tilmon.
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Sturdy had an article on the visit on Rivals (headline only, I don't have a subscription). There are other confirmations.

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