mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (November-December 2016)
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redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
Its a great day for Illinois! Can't wait to see these guys on the court!
Honestly I would take Verge as a partial qualifier like Lovett was
Clearly too late
Tugs Bowen - Undecided
Kris Wilkes - UCLA
Paul Scruggs - Xavier
Jacob Epperson - Undecided
Not stirred up at all
Here's the list of Indiana prospects we've ever been tied too! haha
Social media has made it worse but many of our current Illini legends came with much angst before and after they arrived on campus. What would Illinois be if stars like Kendall Gill, Frank Williams, and Dee Brown left after there sophomore year? It almost happened.
Lowell Hamilton, Marcus Liberty, Deon Thomas all were not easy commitments and highly pursued by major power programs.
Deron Williams liked Illinois but it became a clearer decision when spots at UNC, Maryland, Tennesse, and GT got filled.
There were also others that selected Illinois but had to go the JC route and then re-recruited.
I disagree. I think the kid has perfect comedic timing.
ILLINIFAN2
- Des Moines, IA
Press Conference Link:
www.fightingillini.com/watch/?Live=701
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Such a good feeling. Congrats JT!
sacraig
- The desert
EDIT: Just realized my "Coffee is for closers only" gif had swearing in it. Dang.
frozenrope9190
- Aurora, IL
And no dad on the side trying to hog the spotlight, a la Cliffmas. Nice. Glad this part is over, and look forward to seeing him play for the Illini. Welcome, and welcome.
ILLINIFAN2
- Des Moines, IA
You say this like this isn't Illinois loyalty. Saying without saying is stirring it up as much and just saying around here lol
IlliniOX08
- Bucktown, Chicago
Tilmonsgiving >>>> Cliffmas
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Yes. Recruiting has always been like this for the big fish, but before social media and increased media coverage only coaches had to go through the agony. I read an article once that the most gut-wrenching recruitment was Wilt Chamberlain (as one would guess). Kid from Philly who ended up at Kansas (and back then he'd probably never seen a Kansas game in his life) and Indiana was expecting him to show up at admissions when they got a phone call from a reporter telling them Wilt was in Lawrence signing up for classes. There had been about 5 other schools who thought they had him. Can you imagine thinking you had Wilt in the bag and then losing him at the very last second?
And I'm all for Verge. He may have to sit for a year but I love that kid's game. Someone said they hadn't seen him play for 2 years. It took a couple of sessions of AAU ball this spring for him to shake the rust off of not playing since January, but he was dynamite for Meanstreets in June and July and I'm guessing he'll have a super senior year at Thornton. Haven't read MOB's article about him yet but I know both he and Joe Hoops raved about him constantly his sophomore year.
Why do I think Jeremiah career will be so much better than Cliff's at Kansas. Thanks Cliff, our staff can now use you as an example of where not to go.
Nationally there have been some good ones. How about Sampson committing to Kentucky and then choosing Virginia after Sam Bowie committed to Kentucky as well. He announced his decision on signing day as "I'm going to Kent-Virginia". How about Olujuwon flying to New York to meet with St Johns from Africa and then St John's fails to link up with him. He then ask a Nigerian baggage handler which place has weather like Nigeria and the guy says Houston.
With that gif, the ghost of cliffmas can be laid to rest
Illini_1979
- Oregon
Thanks.
Well I mean he'd have to try to be worse
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