Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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That doesn't answer my question.
We’ll then … UNC it is!
Rumors on this board were that we came over the top with an offer to keep him?
Ryllini
- Lombard
Has MIF tried souring Ayo’s relationship with the school and program? The Irvin’s just seem like uncontrollable babies. Nothing surprises me anymore, but I get so disappointed in these AAU programs and one sided they see everything. Singular focus should be on all of the kids in all of AAU programs, not just the adults in your program and your name.
IC. Plain and simple. I think Kentucky helped us out there.
Don't believe so. My recollection is that all the negotiating was about Antigua. I think Chin was an afterthought for both schools probably.
I'm not a math major, so I can't properly express the exponential value of Tim Anderson over Chin.
JJB
- Chicago, IL
Answer depends on whether that effort was to keep Chin along or as part of OA-Chin tandem.
Illinivek23
- Gurnee
Tried to keep OA, offered OA 900k+ if you keep OA then Chin probably stays too.
Ayo and the School/ Brad and basketball program are great. Wouldn't worry about the Irvins messing with that.
Dan will never ban you. Half of the traffic of this board is to read your posts.
You’re almost untouchable
Unless you really think Miami alum have money burning a hole in their pockets, I think there’s a direct comparison to saying they’re more invested than ours if you think they’re outspending us. I think there’s a direct relationship with passion and investment into a program and while there might be some heavy hitters skewing that, I’d wager we stack up well.
Trent did a ton of NIL stuff, even Hawkins had some campaign. Heck Conner Serven got some in the tournament. Admittedly I don’t follow Miami basketball closely but I’d wager you don’t either and we clearly have had our guys get paid.
Well now I almost want to test it.....lol
This guy's stats are insane
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I have no idea if BU is actually pursing him or not. But I think it would be foolish not too.
Why would he? We've had Miller once and he played scared on offense, despite the fact BU started him about every game. Furthermore, I think Miller is rehabbing from serious knee surgery. And yes, I'm aware of Skyy Clark's knee surgery. Maybe Miller is a head case.
This from the news-gazette article: "The math works pretty easy. If you had 1,000 donors — basketball fans — give $50 a month that’s $5,000 a month that could go to the basketball program.”I thought I saw an article that said entire Illinois athletic program had couple hundred thousand in NIL last year but I cant find it. Only $ amount is $65k for campus ink t-shirts. I don't know how much Kofi got for OSF health care and TCCI mfg. These just don't seem to be type of companies that would be making 7 figure payouts to recruits/ahtletes.
You would need billionaires alums to step forward like - Tom Siebel, Larry Ellison, Shahid Kahn (owns Panthers) , Marc Andreesen, Martin Eberhard (Tesla cofounder). Jon Corzine (Goldman Sachs) Jeremy Stoppelman (YELP founder)
Kofi's decision and impact of Illini Guardians
Kofi Cockburn's decision about his basketball future is anything but simplewww.news-gazette.com
Granted it's a quote, so who knows who's having a hard time with math, but that don't add up!
Played scared? He was our leading scorer setting a freshman first game record. He started every game on a #1 seed too as a freshman. Plus also maybe he is not a head case? What do you base that statement on? I don't know him personally but I know some from here in Peoria that do and they say he is a good young man trying to make his mom happy. Maybe he left to make others happy. People make mistakes and sometimes deserve second chances. Just because someone left doesn't mean they have personal issues. If BU wants him back I'd for one would think he could have a big impact.
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sacraig
- The desert
And it shows, because this was a gross misuse of the word "exponential."
I really can’t understand why players give AAU team organizers/coaches such power. I understand that in some/many cases they help the player/family navigate the recruiting game, but when it comes down to actually choosing a school I’m amazed they hold so much sway. What really baffles me a player like TSJ would still have MIF involved in anything. Oh well, just one of the many things I don’t understand in this world.
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