Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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That boy can shoot.
would we have pursued without this? (although he probably wouldn't have been available without this)
if we were involved could've just recruited him and taken the commit only when his situation was dropped (like Dayton). Not sure how much we were interested.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Double lol. I'm having a difficult summer, and had a horrible day. Thank you for making me laugh. I'm sorry I beat you to the punch.
I was actually thinking when I screenshotted it "I bet altgeld88 wasn't expecting to have 2+ year old post resurface today but there we are." I almost and probably should have tagged too. I'm happy it brought some levity to your day.
Illini in Italy
- Illini HQ, Florida Panhandle
Keegan Murray over TJD is insanity. Garza and Kofi are both too low, but if you can only put one center on a team that's about the best you can do.
My first thought was Murray & TJD need to be swapped
Wagner and Queen do not belong there, murray should not be over TJD, Jalen Pickett, EJ Liddell should be 3rd team. They're going by position so Garza can't be 1st team unless you put him over Edey.
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Yeah, I mean having two 2x NPOY, and a first team AA who was a legit candidate for NPOY all at that position in such a short amount of time, Big Ten centers were crazy in that 5 year span.
I'm old enough to remember when a huge chunk of this board thought TJD was bad at basketball, lol.
Agree 100% about TJD.
I love Kofi, but there is nothing other than abject homerism that could possibly make anyone think that either Kofi or Garza should be ranked ahead of Zach Edey.
We were just spoiled watching Kofi. We got to witness a GOLDEN era of Big10 centers. Pretty crazy to think as an upperclassman TJD was maybe the 4th best center in the league.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
I'm getting old and my concept of time has become warped, damaged no doubt by the COVID period of enforced isolation.Hope your weekend makes up for the bad day brother!
I recall making that post and citing Miss Dickinson; however, if I had to guess when I did that I would have said some time last summer or fall, not two summers ago. Anyway, thanks for citing it. It made me feel good to know that I provided some further levity two years after the fact.
As I noted, I'm swimming through molasses lately, at work and in life generally. That post reminded me that this, too, shall pass. I'm resolved that by the end of the month I'll be in a better place all around. Just in time to enjoy our football season.
And @Illini in Italy , you're spot on with that GIF. Thank you. Our 18-month-old rescue beagle (below: Caio, which is Portuguese for "Joy") makes life better no matter what. We had to put his predecessor, 16 years old and having suffered with an inoperable tumor for most of 2024, to sleep at 2 a.m. Sunday morning last Sept. 8 immediately after the Illini beat Kansas in that thrilling comeback. I arrived home from enjoying that at the bar with @Retro62 to find that Lucas could no longer get himself up off the floor and was in great distress. We lay there trying to comfort him for hours before acknowledging what we had to do. Just gutted me. He died happily, however, having enthusiastically lapped up a can of cat food I fed him (using a tongue depressor) that the vet provided.
Beagles are now inextricably linked in my heart with the Beloved.
It's off season for basketball. I'm allowed to go off-topic.
Joel Goodson
- it's all ball bearings, nowadays
agree:
I know he didn't play long but when he did Hood Shafino was damn good.
He reminds me a little of Kasparas.
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