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Would you be able to share the position? C or G?
Would you be able to share the position? C or G?
Harv really wanted Sikma, but he decided on a smaller school where he could develop with more guaranteed playing time. Doug Collins was a similar story, I believe.Jack Sikma
Plus he predicts the future, which may come in handy when drawing up defensive plays
Those two guys would have helped!Harv really wanted Sikma, but he decided on a smaller school where he could develop with more guaranteed playing time. Doug Collins was a similar story, I believe.
More on this. Pete Cunningham from Carver flunked out before playing a varsity game. Same thing happened to another CPL prospect from a previous class. The CPL ptb felt like UI did not take care of Cunningham and the other kid. Howie Braun, who did all the recruiting for Harry Combes, had no chance to land Cazzie Russel, who was also from Carver.Different situation. See Darius "Pete" Cunningham. https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=DIL19611129.2.63
Freshmen weren't allowed to play in Div. 1 in those days but they could play in NAIA which was a plus for Wesleyan.Harv really wanted Sikma, but he decided on a smaller school where he could develop with more guaranteed playing time. Doug Collins was a similar story, I believe.
Thad Matta?George Mikan
(We’re just throwing out names of old basketball players from our hometowns, right?)
This isn't true. Iguodala said on more than one occasion that he had to get away and out of Illinois to get away from bad influences.Yes on Iggy. He really wanted Togo to IL. Self saw him play twice, and he was awful both times. It was reported that one of the times, he shot multiple air balls.
Freshmen weren't allowed to play in Div. 1 in those days but they could play in NAIA which was a plus for Wesleyan.
[/QUOTECollins wanted to be an Illini Later Dawson transferred to Illinois.but Schmidt wanted Jeff Dawson. Collins didn't wait for Dawson to decide where he was going and committed to I S U. Dawson went to Duke.
I know that was the excuse. Collins picked Illinois State in 1969. They also beat us for Roger Powell Sr. a few years later.Harv really wanted Sikma, but he decided on a smaller school where he could develop with more guaranteed playing time. Doug Collins was a similar story, I believe.
This is why I didn't want to mention names, though I admit it is kind of interesting.This isn't true. Iguodala said on more than one occasion that he had to get away and out of Illinois to get away from bad influences.
Jeff Hornacek?George Mikan
(We’re just throwing out names of old basketball players from our hometowns, right?)
Sikma played at a DIII school and would have been able to play with lots of gtd playing time at larger schools.Harv really wanted Sikma, but he decided on a smaller school where he could develop with more guaranteed playing time. Doug Collins was a similar story, I believe.
In his Soph yearbook, he stated his dream was "to play basketball at the U. of Illinois." Now maybe he did want to get away from same bad influences, but that doesn't mean we wouldn't have gotten him had we wanted him earlier.This isn't true. Iguodala said on more than one occasion that he had to get away and out of Illinois to get away from bad influences.
Could be Dior...Would you be able to share the position? C or G?
I’m young. What’s a “Snacks”?Henson and Yates, Henson and Collins, overlooked a few too. I mentioned one. Didn't Self slow play Iggy?
That said, a lot of people were gushing over Van Vleet.
Weber consistently passed on or slow played prospects that planned out elsewhere, while chasing big name kids that weren't coming.
Things improved considerably with Snacks, we got some ranked in state talent, but evaluations and roster construction still weren't very good.
Jerrance HowardI’m young. What’s a “Snacks”?
Jerrance Howard a former player, assistant and current assistant coach at UTI’m young. What’s a “Snacks”?
Snacks is the nickname for Jerrance Howard ‘04, who played for Illinois as a point guard and was a hustler in every way, including winning the Kenny Battle Award. He then coached for Weber and then followed Self to Kansas as an assistant coach. Great recruiter who talked a good game and often played in the “grey” area. He got the name because he snacked a lot/too much. Could have also had the nickname “munchies.”I’m young. What’s a “Snacks”?
He's between Miss St., Pitt, Wash St.Could be Dior...
Then Howard overslept twice because one for sure was a morning workout he missed with Frank Kaminsky when he overslept. Kaminsky then went to Wisconsin.I, too, had read that Snacks overslept on the day he was supposed to go meet Fred. Being a high school teacher and sports fan in Rockford, I knew about how good Fred was when he was a sophomore at Auburn. I also had heard that his parents and he were hoping he’d go to Illinois. We were at an event in Rockford at that time where Bruce spoke, and he was very well aware of Fred. Not naming names, Bruce said he had just come from an open gym at Auburn where he was looking at a recruit, but he left way more impressed with the sophomore player on that team. From that day on, I sent every Rockford Register Star article (almost weekly) on Fred down to the Illinois Basketball office. It was obvious to everyone in Rockford that Fred was going to be very, very good. I firmly believe Bruce just blew it.