Maybe we should pay a courtesy phone call to Cayden Boozer. See if he'd like to clean the Dook stench off himself from that disastrous E8 game and start fresh in the O&B perhaps?
He has the Missouri visit lined up (after Illinois).
The best set of names in the portal by a country mile this year.Luke Wilson entered the portal
I dunno, I kinda see him as a poor man's Brad. He can always be relied upon to keep getting good players and tends to put those good players in a position to succeed.
Brad, Orlando, and Geoff will not wait around. Nor should they. Wait too long and you run the risk of missing out on other great fits.
I can't believe the freshman class they have... Gates has been pretty blah there so far imo (he inherited a pretty good team his first year)
Bryant and Crowe both looked impressive in the McD game last night, so hopefully next season is a full-on Rutgers/Bailey/Harper experience
My favorite so far:
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Smiley can shoot the three too. Had a real nice game against Oregon St in WCC tourney as well as SF’s second game against Beavers in regular season once his role had become more consistent. I think between those two games he was like 10 of 15 from three.I can't believe the freshman class they have... Gates has been pretty blah there so far imo (he inherited a pretty good team his first year)
Bryant and Crowe both looked impressive in the McD game last night, so hopefully next season is a full-on Rutgers/Bailey/Harper experience
My favorite so far:
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We need to know what that school has coming in through the Ozarks...
Yeah, not great. Watched his "highlights" from the Tourney game against Prarie View, and he looked like he had no idea what he was supposed to be doing on defense. On offense just camped around by the basket and waited for the ball, missed a bunch of layups, finally got an offensive rebound in perfect position to dunk it, which he did. He looked OK in that specific situation. But if he doesn't receive the ball close enough to reach up and slam it in (which I think he can do without even jumping) he is incapable of getting closer and he is really bad at getting the ball in the hoop unless it's a dunk.
Good question for Indy
Yep, Walmart money. Deep pockets.
I think you jumped the gun my friend. The good news is that we're on cusp of our Final Four game, so the avalanche of questions, waiting and anxiety is focused somewhere else.
Hmm, how much does Cody Campbell care about basketball?
Any way Illinois can match/keep up/outbid Texas Tech at the moment?
The question isn't really what we're capable of doing at the maximum, we don't go crazy in bidding wars and are always willing to wait it out for other players. Or at least that has been our practice in the past.
Not worried at all about recruiting. Illini are in on so many good players. Plan F will be good enough.
