Sherron Collins
Ayo has been re-tweeting out Wake news for the last few hours. Doesnt look good.
That is in large part because our best recruit (Olivier Sarr) was an international and was not ranked. Had he been ranked he would have been a guaranteed 4 star, and probably borderline 5 star. He would at least have been ranked around 40-60 which would have jumped our class significantly.
My favorite part of what I read on the wake board was, Illinois is acting like Ayo is a savior, he's only a borderline All-American. Ha.
First off, I've never seen anyone call him a savior. Second, yah shouldn't get too excited about local 5 star talent.
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You could make a similar argument about Mark Smith for us last year, only in this case, he isn't European, but a player who was focusing on baseball until late in his senior year. He managed to work his way up to a 4-star in that short time but the fact that he won Illinois Mr. Basketball and we had to beat out the likes of Michigan State, Duke, Kentucky, and Kansas to get him ought to tell you what you need to know about him.
EDIT: I added Kansas in there but now that I think of it, I am not sure they were actually that involved. The others were, though.
The kids on the Wake board are hilarious. They act like they are a blue blood program.
Regardless of what school Ayo chooses, he's a class act young man.
The kids on the Wake board are hilarious. They act like they are a blue blood program.
Regardless of what school Ayo chooses, he's a class act young man.
This is right on. Imagine if Mark Smith had been focusing on basketball since 8th grade...
I'm not sure hilarious is the word I would choose so much as "East Coast elitist dips**ts". They're sitting there referencing all the Midwestern rubes while also talking about how much they want a Midwestern recruit.
They aren't wrong, though, about Ayo's Twitter follows. He does not appear to actually follow any of the Underwoods.
Double post, but oh well.
Ayo follows all those people on Instagram, not Twitter. Instagram imo is more important than Twitter, but whatever.
On Instragram Ayo follows several Illini players plus one of Underwood’s daughters I believe...which is why all this social media speculation is pointless.I'm not sure hilarious is the word I would choose so much as "East Coast elitist dips**ts". They're sitting there referencing all the Midwestern rubes while also talking about how much they want a Midwestern recruit.
They aren't wrong, though, about Ayo's Twitter follows. He does not appear to actually follow any of the Underwoods.
Double post, but oh well.
Ayo follows all those people on Instagram, not Twitter. Instagram imo is more important than Twitter, but whatever.
I'm not sure hilarious is the word I would choose so much as "East Coast elitist dips**ts". They're sitting there referencing all the Midwestern rubes while also talking about how much they want a Midwestern recruit.
They aren't wrong, though, about Ayo's Twitter follows. He does not appear to actually follow any of the Underwoods.
The kids on the Wake board are hilarious. They act like they are a blue blood program.
Regardless of what school Ayo chooses, he's a class act young man.
Seriously, kicking their !!! back in '04/05 was one of my favorite memories of Illinois basketball, but after reading that board, that game will absolutely pale in comparison to how awesome it will be to do it once again this year.
That's a bit of craziness right there. Let's not forget how big that win was in '04 when they were the consensus #1 and we absolutely throttled them, even after taking our foot off the gas for like the last 5 minutes of game time. That win really propelled us into that season and should have really helped propel our program forward on a sustained basis. Then Bruce Weber, the human slow-motion death penalty, worked his magic...
Taking unjust shots at Mark Smith for whatever reason, acting like Manning is the Bear ******* Bryant of basketball and the Messiah at the same time whilst Chin Coleman is an under the table dealing, money shuffling, slimy bagman... I mean, what the hell is that. He's literally been a college coach for about 6 months. It's all baseless and they need slapped in the face