Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[madillini4]

Absolutely despise Fennessey. Will die on the CR hill however.

 

[AlwaysAnIllini]

As a UI alum whose son attends UNC, I can vouch for this.

 

[SixthandWhite]

I stand corrected and am embarrassed....for some reason I was thinking UNC was much lower than UIUC...but they are 5 and we are 9. I should have researched before eating this crow.

I had assumed you were making a reference to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_academic-athletic_scandal

 

[JBfor3]

Fland has a lot of hype / name value. He would vault us into the preseason top 10 IMO.

 

[IndyIllini2]

If the before noon prediction from whoever it was is to come true, they have 8 minutes left to be correct.

 

[WyattEarp]

Because JR still can’t Reid…/s.

- some A-hole Puke back in ‘89

I think that’s one thing behind that type of sentiment at least. When in doubt blame Duke. If at all possible…Michigan.

 

[Illini_Rich]

I stand corrected and am embarrassed....for some reason I was thinking UNC was much lower than UIUC...but they are 5 and we are 9. I should have researched before eating this crow.

 

[sdiver68]

Huh?

UNC is a very highly regarded school. Unless he wants an engineering degree, UNC is at least as good a school as Illinois.

Computer Science (unless you count that as engineering)

 

[Grandpa]

Hey Dude, get off the ledge. You could land on a little kid and hurt him or her bad!

 

[Zorak]

Building suspense.

 

[IlliniFan42]

I unironically think Coleman Hawkins would make a great coach and if we're gonna waste one of our coaching slots anyway I'd want it to be him.

 

[The Sprouting Divot]

 

[Zorak]

Y'all, Coleman is going to play professionally. Why do you keep suggesting other career paths like he's a high school dropout at a career counselor.

 

[ILL-Intentions]

 

[McGuppin]

The board has a new "Insider"....imposter illini0440

 

[Grandpa]

They don't allow their BB and FB athletes to go to class. Only practice. Where you been Juiceman?

 

[oldmanindian]

Gimme Boogie Fland if not Claude or Watkins. Big time scoring 2 guard, super athletic. Would greatly evelate this team.

The disrespect shown to Boz is beyond belief!

 

[madillini4]

The imposter has been banned, or deleted their account.

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[Illini B-Ball Fan]

Back in the day there was dude in here named Lucky Lefty I think, whoever he was, he was pretty locked into it from my recollections

WhitesoxFan
Kramer?
LincolnIlliniFan

There was also a judge from the state of MI that posted here regularly with good stuff, but it appears has since left the fold, not sure of his Illinois Loyalty name, others will remember.

 

[illinoispeak]

The disrespect shown to Boz is beyond belief!

 

[austinjabs85]

Mentally, probably. That likely skewed my overall perception of their academics. UNC still blows, though. I'll never get over the heartbreak.

 

[WolfpackIllini]

I had assumed you were making a reference to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_academic-athletic_scandal

Wow - I thought everything emanated from the Rashard McCants testimony, and yet it seems the scandals (plural, even excluding McCants!) were everything but. High academic ranking? Hah!

And the article says something to the effect that nothing became of McCants testimony because he couldn't produce any evidence (eg the transcripts of the other 2005 hoops players, which he would have no access to). IOW, nothing ever came of the hoops fraud from 2005, where none of the players ever went to any classes, according to McCants. I guess that explains why they didn't forfeit their title.

 

[Brosky]

We could have two short pgs. in the starting lineup, and considering how explosive they are I wouldn't worry about that for a minute.

 

[Idea Gardener]

I think the situation is pretty simple. Andre said he'll commit and we're negotiating the details. He's our big fish so we know we'll meet his price.

 

[djkirkpatrick22]

I think the situation is pretty simple. Andre said he'll commit and we're negotiating the details. He's our big fish so we know we'll meet his price.

I hope you're right, but I don't think any of this is "pretty simple" anymore, unfortunately.