Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (November-December 2016)
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wILL-INI
- Charlotte, NC
I contend that that shot made that team better. Woke them up for the tourney and the NCAAs.
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Yeah Tilmon is still wearing an Illini jersey in his twitter photo. Anybody but us would be a real poke in the eye... not that that's never happened before. But I don't get that vibe here.
Agree, otherwise we probably wouldn't have seen such a great IL/AZ game.
Some of the best moments I remember
AZ Elite 8
Eddie Johnson hits last second baseline jumper to beat MAgic's #1 MCU Saprtans
Nick Anderson half court to beat Indiana
Beating #1 GA Tech at the Assembly hall
Destroying Wake Forest
Improbable run to the BTT finals
2001 (?) Marcus Griffin touch basket off the inbounds to beat Wisconsin.
Paul inbounds to Griffey to beat the Hoosiers
beating Duke at Cameron Indoor to end some outrageous home win streak. Ill players slap the floor on defense mocking the blue devils.
Flying Illini beating Syracuse in the Tourney
Sergio's Fro
Watching guys like Luther Head, Jerry Hester, Warren Carter, Arch, Auggie all grow from awkward underclassmen to good and great players who brought it every night
AZ Elite 8
Eddie Johnson hits last second baseline jumper to beat MAgic's #1 MCU Saprtans
Nick Anderson half court to beat Indiana
Beating #1 GA Tech at the Assembly hall
Destroying Wake Forest
Improbable run to the BTT finals
2001 (?) Marcus Griffin touch basket off the inbounds to beat Wisconsin.
Paul inbounds to Griffey to beat the Hoosiers
beating Duke at Cameron Indoor to end some outrageous home win streak. Ill players slap the floor on defense mocking the blue devils.
Flying Illini beating Syracuse in the Tourney
Sergio's Fro
Watching guys like Luther Head, Jerry Hester, Warren Carter, Arch, Auggie all grow from awkward underclassmen to good and great players who brought it every night
Sure they do. This isn't a commitment press conference, where someone can change their mind at the last minute. The LOI is in. If a school has it, they know. If a school doesn't have it, they know. The only people that don't "know" are the fans, so we have to rely on hints and winks and nudges from people who should know.
There are lots and lots and lots of hints that Illinois has it.
Our coaching staff has to know
No news is good news.
*crawls back into hole after Iowa game beat down*
*crawls back into hole after Iowa game beat down*
Illinifanatic4ever
- Orange & Blue Blood in my Veins
Andy Kaufman's shot to beat Iowa at the buzzer.
89illinigrad
- Chicago
IIRC, that Duke game also included Chris Collins (or was it Wojo) with their face buried in a towel on the bench.
Augie was far from an awkward underclassman IMO. Actually, it was very surprising how good he was right off the bat as an underclassman. Speaking of Augie, he is currently playing at the highest level outside of the NBA. Not a star or starter but a solid role player for Euroleague champions CSKA.
I feel like it was Wojo. The only thing that would have made that win better was if he had played air guitar on camera earlier in the game.
he was quite decent, you are right, I feel like he was the only guy to could do anything when they were all freshman VS providence in MSG. he got so darned polished though.
Luther was the biggest spaz ever as a freshman. he looked like he had some out of control rocket strapped to his back most of the time.
Um...Kaufman says goodnight to Iowa?
Somebody already got it. Another one about that win at duke was Jerrod Gee's monster slam. I have a hard time linking the dunk but I found it last time it was mentioned.
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Brandon Paul at the Maui Tourney was fun to watch.
Best moment I have seen live was the Ray Rice step back to beat Missouri.
I would not say spaz, but Luther did undergo a drastic transformation. He was recruited as a PG from Manley (I never thought he had PG skills) but he was just an athletic leaper as a freshman.
Luther never developed the PG skills, but he did develop his outside shooting, something that he never had at Manley.
Everybody always brings up the elite eight game vs. Arizona when discussing all-time hose jobs we've been associated with, and that was a bigger stage than the UW game, but I agree. I've never been as angry at officiating as I was during that UW game. It was absolutely ridiculous. And we were in total control of that game.
ILL in IA
- Iowa City
I've been a JFG guy from the start. But this is what I miss the most. It hasn't felt this way, probably since Frazier was the pg. God this team needs to get some attitude and swagger back. Take that step today at 1pm!
I second the Rayvonte Rice's step back in STL! Now that you brought up Brandon Paul, I got reminded of his awesome game against Gonzaga in Spokane. He was on fire!!
BananaShampoo
Captain 'Paign
- Phoenix, AZ
As absolutely fantastic as that moment was, it is not a Cubs moment. A Cubs moment would have been them pulling off that game in the National Championship. Now THAT would have been a Cubs moment. Hopefully we'll get ours someday. :thumb:
ILL in IA
- Iowa City
Watching Jon 3Key beat Iowa live is up there. Also because I was sitting between the 2 most annoying Iowa fans I know. My wife and my mother in law. Still puts a smile on my face.
BananaShampoo
Captain 'Paign
- Phoenix, AZ
-You forgot Juice almost single-handedly beating #1 Ohio State in their stadium in 2007. That's the game that essentially got us into the Rose Bowl that year.
-Illini tennis under Tiley winning the National Championship, going undefeated.
-The McCamey Illini comeback against Clemson
-Beating Nebraska last year
-Pounding Northwestern at Wrigley
There are some good positive moments, but most of them didn't mean much in the scheme of things. If they did at the time they only set us up to losing on a bigger stage in a more depressing way later. The only ultimate victory was the Men's Tennis, but I think we'd all trade 10 tennis championships for one men's basketball NC, or a BCS title (or heck, even a Rose Bowl win).
sdfidaho
- Boise, Idaho
Flying Illini victory in St. Louis (89?) against Mizzou in Border Wars game
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