Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[PleaseMakeABowlGame]

Mirk is dating Sienna.

Did not know that…

 

[InDaAZ]

https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/player/_/id/5311746/sienna-betts

Mirk connection

Mirk is dating Sienna.

Be nice to her, Mirk!

 

[JKR]

Mirk is dating Sienna.

From 2000 miles?

 

[Combo]

Interesting to me that we hearing about very few bigs while good chance of losing our whole front court next year. Is it because we have European bigs lined up, we will wait for the transfer portal for upper class bigs, or we just aren’t hearing? Particularly important in that recent champions have all had a significant rim protector.

Had you heard of Coleman or Vaaks a year ago?

 

[hangdog]

From 2000 miles?

That's the best kind when you have plenty airfare .

 

[Noblesville Illini]

Mirk is dating Sienna.

 

[Guest]

Mirk is dating Sienna.

Oh, no. Now he is going to transfer to UCLA? Something else for us to worry about. /s

 

[Joel Goodson]

Oh, no. Now he is going to transfer to UCLA? Something else for us to worry about. /s

everyone wants to play for Cronin

 

[Red77sng]

Oh, no. Now he is going to transfer to UCLA? Something else for us to worry about. /s

More like she’s going to transfer to us

 

[Fish1960]

Mirk is dating Sienna.

Good job mirk.

 

[jamarvelous31]

Interesting to me that we hearing about very few bigs while good chance of losing our whole front court next year. Is it because we have European bigs lined up, we will wait for the transfer portal for upper class bigs, or we just aren’t hearing? Particularly important in that recent champions have all had a significant rim protector.

You're not wrong about height. But if anything it's become a bad thing for IL to telegraph their moves too far ahead, others will create a bidding war.

Dylan Betts is 7'4, and otherwise you have to trust the staff. Who did we think was coming this time the past 2 years?

 

[Illin618]

everyone wants to play for Cronin

He’s also tall and has a full head of hair

 

[Combo]

You're not wrong about height. But if anything it's become a bad thing for IL to telegraph their moves too far ahead, others will create a bidding war.

Dylan Betts is 7'4, and otherwise you have to trust the staff. Who did we think was coming this time the past 2 years?

Seems like they did that with Lincoln Williams.

 

[Noblesville Illini]

You're not wrong about height. But if anything it's become a bad thing for IL to telegraph their moves too far ahead, others will create a bidding war.

Dylan Betts is 7'4, and otherwise you have to trust the staff. Who did we think was coming this time the past 2 years?

Been following Illinois basketball since 1979 and I can’t recall a dating relationship like Mirk’s that drew an otherwise outside recruit towards Illinois. Sure, we had midwestern kids with the girlfriend attending the beloved, but this one’s new to me! If we get Betts, that will be somewhat hilarious! But that’s Mirk in a nutshell!!

 

[Mobi]

We’ve come a long way from 50% of the board going into the tournament (as a 3 seed) saying Brad should be fired or on the hot seat.

A final four sure helped. The sentiment can come back if we don't make F4 this year. /s

 

[Mobi]

I think our stint against UCONN, is a lot like UCLA's stint against Gonzaga.

2021 Final 4: Gonzaga win in OT 93-90
2022 Neutral Site: Gonzaga win 83-63
2023 Sweet 16: Gonzaga win 79-76
2024 Neutral: Gonzaga win 69-65
2025 Neutral: UCLA win 65-62

Yep. We will have to keep scheduling UConn until we beat them. Hopefully it is this year.

 

[EmeraldCityIllini]

A final four sure helped. The sentiment can come back if we don't make F4 this year. /s

This board had back to back mental breakdowns in wins against PSU on the road and home against Rutgers where we won by 8 and 26 respectively.

So I have little doubt that sentiment would show up long before a final four lol.

I still think the PSU postgame thread might have been peak Illini loyalty embarrassment for me. And I say that with love

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

This board had back to back mental breakdowns in wins against PSU on the road and home against Rutgers where we won by 8 and 26 respectively.

So I have little doubt that sentiment would show up long before a final four lol.

I still think the PSU postgame thread might have been peak Illini loyalty embarrassment for me. And I say that with love

For me it was Rutgers.

The game was wrapped up in the first 10 minutes, but the postgame thread was a mess because we “lost the 2nd half.” (led at halftime by 27 and won by 26)

I think the most outraged postgame thread from last year was Nebraska. However, when you lose, outrage is perhaps more justified than the Rutgers or Penn State games.

 

[NarrowJ]

This board had back to back mental breakdowns in wins against PSU on the road and home against Rutgers where we won by 8 and 26 respectively.

So I have little doubt that sentiment would show up long before a final four lol.

I still think the PSU postgame thread might have been peak Illini loyalty embarrassment for me. And I say that with love

Penn St had a nice 'close but no cigar' run in the middle of the season... of course we lost our minds beating them by 8 in a road game