Bruce Weber team was 8 points away from a perfect season but they weren't able to do it... Remembered as bum that couldn't recruit by many!!! Gotta love this fan base ILL!!! I pray every night for you guys!!!
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Man, that's hard to watch. I don't think that many of us were/are fans of the ACC bias, especially back in the day.
He's such a great advocate for the sport, for the kids and for all of the good things that live within the game despite the changes that many of us don't like.
His dedication to the Jimmy V Foundation has remained strong and his promises kept.
What we're seeing now is the winding down and degeneration of the human body. Hopefully, he can beat this (again) and give the country a few more years of fun and his true enjoyment of the sport we love.
Maybe we are paying him market value
illini0440 
Well so how was everyone's day??
We are going to find out shortly. When does the portal doors close?
Cancer is hobbling in the ring begging for the towel to be thrown against Dickie V
Remember watching that. Frank was a magician.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Young people may not realize it, but many of the terms we take for granted these days were coined by Dickie V back in the 80s. Terms such as…
The Big Dance/Goin’ Dancing
Cinderella
Bubble
Cupcake
Diaper Dandy
…Just to name a few. At his height, we was an exciting firebrand for college basketball and his catch phrases almost always caught on. If Divie V was doing your game, it was a big deal!
pruman91
- interviewing new NL's daily....I really really am
I usually take a wait and see mentality this time of the year but coming off our FF season and already getting a quality portal addition has got my attention big time here in Paducah...................adding Blackwell would be outstanding along with the Balkan Bunch returning too.................I'm very happy to see such an excellent 2026 recruiting class with ton's of potential..............
it really really really really is a great time to be an Illini Nation Fanatic...............................
it really really really really is a great time to be an Illini Nation Fanatic...............................
T.O. BABY!!!
Blackwellovic.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
The funniest part of that video is Lucas Johnson jumping up and down on his one good leg.
Johnoslav Blackwellovic
people can hate it, and he was definitely biased towards Duke, but there was no one better than prime Dickie V.
Imagine our team doing a Key & Peele esq skit but it’s just their real names that sound made up
"Flying Illini"
Jake will get paid in Europe. Misko will take care of him
LadyLoyalty
- Indian Wells, CA
I wish the kicks were part of the required uniform. Self expression with hairstyle, good. Footwear, not so much.
He’s going to pick Utah State - the way it goes now, go there and play from day one and in a year, maybe two at worst your averaging 12 and 8 and your getting paid to move up to power 5.
Sometimes guys just don't pan out, sometimes they leave their team for dead in a car in the middle of winter during school break, sometimes they get bad advice and try the draft or a different school. Weber did really well with at two school so he can coach.
And let’s not forget PTP’er!
He was great in his day! He loved the Flying Illini. Met him in a bar in Champaign back in the day and he couldn’t have been nicer. Prayers for him.
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