DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
Don’t lose sleep over it
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Meh….. equal shooters that can actually guard at the Big 10 level still out there.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
We would have never gotten the infinitely superior AD AND football/basketball coaches we have now if we “learned” the lesson you’re suggesting here, though.
Huggieis likely on his last ride …
Maybe his best friend is Bill Self.
Decent list of good players out of Bloomington. Who have we ever gotten? Is Ken Gibson the best? We lost Ron Curry and Okoro. Bet others can add.
We recruit nationally as we should
The only way Juwan is on the same bus as Izzo, Self, and Huggy is if he is driving it as his new job after being fired
Wanting to make Underwood look bad is not a good look.
Didn’t Pitino get fired for giving NIL to HS kids —oh wait, that was NL (night ladies) he was giving them
I played in the same conference as certa in high school let’s just say a guy like Amani Hansberry would avg 50 in that conference
Small school guys underperform??
You mean like Myers Leonard, Mike Tisdale, Brian Cardinal, Ethan Happ, Keita Bates-Diop, Ryan Kalbrenner, LARRY BIRD??
Always good to ask oneself before posting, is what I'm writing actually true or just an unfactual bias? Fact of the matter is there just aren't many small school players at this level.
Yeah, I didn't say all. I said routinely meaning it's common. Which it is.
Do you have names? I've seriously been thinking of recruits that were reasonably touted out of small schools and the list I provided are the only ones I can even think of. I mean a couple more obscure names went midmajor, Carlton Fay (SIU) and Shawn Jessup (ISU), a long time ago, but as I recall they also had fabulous college careers. So who has underperformed? Matt Chastain I guess.
Tevo
- Wilmette, IL
My daughter is a sophomore at KU right now. She texted me that Hunter is coming to KU, with smiley party emojis. I told her, "He's good. But he's also kind of a douche. Unlike a guy like Ochai, who was good and opponents would just acknowledge he's good. Hunter will have opponents booing him and hating him."
Just another reason to hate Kansas.
Oh my.... I am so sorry to hear your daughter goes to school there. Please accept my condolences.
Tevo
- Wilmette, IL
She ruled out Illinois for being "too close", and was down to Mizzou, Iowa, and Kansas! I mean, what the hell did I do to deserve that?!
I told her, "College is over-rated. Just don't go."
It’s likely those were the only ones you could think of because those were the small handful of such players who actually overachieved.
For the learning aspect, I certainly agree.
And more seriously - I still agree. I believe that most students would be better off doing a 4 year, unpaid, apprenticeship.
In 2-3 years when shrews gets a better job and a D1 developed Certa hits the portal maybe he’ll be a nice replacement for Goode’s shooting.
Hey…. college is where I learned to do laundry.
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