Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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FightinIllini30
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It’s a lock
 
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FI_890526
ChiefGritty said:
I mean that staff was habitually receiving wrong information, or misinterpreting the information they were receiving. The staff being certain they had the player sewn up was objectively not that conclusive of information. (We hadn't learned that quite yet when DJax happened of course)

BU and staff getting similarly deceived is not totally unprecedented (and clearly has happened here to some degree, even if it has a happy ending), but it's way, way less common.

And even all of THAT said, real over-the-table money, professional agents, and these kids being transfers who have gone through this process before just makes it apples to oranges to compare it to HS recruitments of the old world. It produces similar feelings because we're still Illini fans on this same message board, but the mechanics of it are just not similar.
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I don’t think anyone was deceived. I think they give media types information to create buzz. Some of that information is lost in translation and / or manipulated to get clicks.
 
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2X2L
And this got me thinking about Vada Pinson. Don't ask why.
 
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Vinegarben
I think Andrej is going to commit to North Carolina. What happened to our buddy Miller? Did he commit to Eastern Illinois?
 
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jezzadownunder
BashCtIllini said:
did he come back home to visit family? Peoria is much colder than Arizona.

If I had to randomly guess, I'd say he was ready to commit to someone and the offer was taken away. I still don't know why he's eligible to play in the first place. He's already played 4 full seasons. This 23+ year old college player thing has to stop.
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I wonder if that was us?
 
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IlliniFan42
BashCtIllini said:
did he come back home to visit family? Peoria is much colder than Arizona.

If I had to randomly guess, I'd say he was ready to commit to someone and the offer was taken away. I still don't know why he's eligible to play in the first place. He's already played 4 full seasons. This 23+ year old college player thing has to stop.
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His freshman season was 20-21, the free year that doesn't count for eligibility, so he has one year remaining.
 
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Steelyunk
ChiefGritty said:
An all-timer episode, and I believe the source of the now ubiquitous "saying the quiet part loud" bit?
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Can’t say. Can say that I haven’t watched the Simpsons in more than 20 years because it got unwatchable in the ‘90s - but those old episodes hold up very well. Conversely, South Park newer seasons keep getting better. And that’s all I have to say about that.
 
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joeybcrazy13
Bring Ace Wolf home give him the same 300grand offer you guys deal gave Ben.... It is a cold, cold World one day your being offered a mil then play stupid games and get stupid prizes.... but we here In Champaign give second chances just not for the original coin
 
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