Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Wow, that's super fun!
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
I wanted him bad (left nut) as a prep. Now? Not nearly as much. Yeah, he'd check some boxes, but would he be happy with a 20-25 mpg role? Just to be clear, we could do massively worse. He's good, just not nearly as good as I thought he'd be.
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TheFameProtector
- Champaign
Basically what Idea Gardener (great name) said: he behaves like a really good, general basketball analyst 90% of the time but then will occasionally troll Illini fans. Seems to be in part b/c we're possibly the easiest fanbase to get a rise out of on the whole internet and b/c of the Illinois-Michigan basketball antagonism of these last couple years. Hate when he does it though since it really takes away from the rest of his work.
As has been said before in various ways... We want guys who WANT to be here. Period.
Illini basketball is a gem of a program and Blue Blood-level fan base. Not taking second place to anyone, anywhere.
Yes, it stings that we haven’t taken that Great Big Trophy back to Our Prairie like we all want. But we need to step back and not rise and fall with every tweet, rumor, transfer, and recruit that comes along.
Good coaches tell their players: Know your worth and act like it.
And when you succeed: Act like you’ve been here before.
Whoever puts on that special uniform with Illini colors is going to be a good to great to elite player who is in on a righteous mission to bring The Big Trophy to the Land Where Roundball Is Loved Like No Other.
One day soon, we’ll all be sipping champagne in Champaign... wherever we are on the Planet.
And all you recruits and Portal guys everywhere... come join up with The Best if you dare.
Illini basketball is a gem of a program and Blue Blood-level fan base. Not taking second place to anyone, anywhere.
Yes, it stings that we haven’t taken that Great Big Trophy back to Our Prairie like we all want. But we need to step back and not rise and fall with every tweet, rumor, transfer, and recruit that comes along.
Good coaches tell their players: Know your worth and act like it.
And when you succeed: Act like you’ve been here before.
Whoever puts on that special uniform with Illini colors is going to be a good to great to elite player who is in on a righteous mission to bring The Big Trophy to the Land Where Roundball Is Loved Like No Other.
One day soon, we’ll all be sipping champagne in Champaign... wherever we are on the Planet.
And all you recruits and Portal guys everywhere... come join up with The Best if you dare.
Ramey committed to Louisville before Pitino got canned. They would make sense again here.
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Nappy I_L_L
- Northern Indiana
sacraig
- The desert
Never fall for fake Twitter accounts with this one simple trick!
I ended up muting him because the drama wasn't worth the cake.
There's other, less trolly, sources out there.
madillini4
Ozamataz Buckshank
- Millywaukee
Wrong
But we're insane!
sdfidaho
- Boise, Idaho
Rumor has it Lieb will be only one on the team next year.
Or the real Illini Inn either. There just aren't enough dives anymore.
Newmark4thFloor
- Houstown
True. But did you hear Brad Underwood is headed to the coaches' portal? Apparently, his mom didn't like Josh. We didn't need him anyway...
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I’m a long time lurker who, except for the depressing and disgusting game thread posts, has been enjoying the roller coaster rides on this message board, particularly on the recent hoops recruiting threads. If I were a grad student in social psych looking for a dissertation topic or if I were still doing research, I would be shouting, “Hallelujah! I’ve hit publication pay dirt!
“How social media can create mass hysteria: A case study of three weeks of postings on a university sports fan message board.”
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“How social media can create mass hysteria: A case study of three weeks of postings on a university sports fan message board.”
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Fan derives from fanatic. Trolling when fans are acting crazy seems entirely reasonable.
He still looks raw to me. I think this kid is going to be a monster when it all comes together for him.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
So that was 9 pages of false information and hysteria I just scrolled through. Some of y'all really gotta start verifying sources before you post bunk-a$$ tweets. Just because you see something, doesn't mean you gotta post it.
Not arguing, but raw in what way?
Can he shoot?
Or his game so far mostly limited to the paint?
Not yet fully cooked
If we don’t post misleading tweets here, how are we supposed to get riled up?
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