Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[hangdog]

Living in STL and a frequent listener to 101.1
Sports radio here. (Side note, Illinois’ own Carey Davis has an afternoon show and is still very pro Illinois in the heart of Miznoz country).
I’ve heard Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt interviewed a handful of times. He’s very active in DC in an attempt to have legislation passed to better college athletics.
Remains to be seen what the outcome might be, but he at least has a solid perspective.
(One that would align with the majority of opinions expressed in these threads)
Hoping that he can make headway because most of us would agree that at this rate, this is the beginning of the end of all we love about college athletics.

As an ILLINI fan, I can't help but think college basketball is finally headed in the right direction.

 

[DICKnaggie]

If Kentucky lands Momsilovic, that's still a pretty fabulous roster given all the negativity.

But what will they do with it? They spent about what Duke did last year and...

 

[Curbelo Fanboy]

has was also not the best player on his HS (Lanphier) team.

True. Certainly by his sophomore year Iggy passed him by.

 

[pruman91]

Did we move on from 1980’s recruiting already?

1984 Illinois Loyalty was 9 guys in a garage outside of Monticello arguing over Loren Tate articles and the latest issues of Hoop Scoop, Blue Chips, and Street and Smiths Basketball Yearbook…..while the wives and girlfriends had a Mary Kay party and made homemade cottage cheese from the neighbors cows milk.

my favorite reading material was The Sporting News as I was downstate then................