Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[Deacon05]

Don’t say “all time” or everyone from the 1980s will get all “BACK IN MY DAY” on you. Trust me… (P.S. The 80s were 40 years ago in case you didn’t notice. That’s basically before time.)

Ahhh ageism, never gets old!

 

[PepeSilvia]

It's the same barstool type of sports reporting. I don't really understand how both are popular but here we are.

 

[john1952]

A very good read. For years ESPN tried to avoid the "star system" and paying astronomical salaries, in part because, they were literally build from the ground up and it took several year for them to get off the ground.

 

[Brosky]

Don’t say “all time” or everyone from the 1980s will get all “BACK IN MY DAY” on you. Trust me… (P.S. The 80s were 40 years ago in case you didn’t notice. That’s basically before time.)

No it's not, it's only yesterday.

 

[Brosky]

Posters have written about the 8-man rotation. Man, that's going to be hard for BU, but probably necessary. Consider these 8 players:
Ivisic
Morez
White
Kasparas
Boswell
Ben
Riley
Rodgers

That leaves some quality guys out. DGL, Davis and Booth for instance. Underwood's job will be to mix, match, and blend. It won't be easy. Some of these will transfer out, others will enter NBA draft. But I'm too old to worry about next year. We should all sit back and enjoy what should be a fascinating season.

 

[combes]

Our bench will be better than at least half of the B1G’s starting 5. #Elite

Really doubtful. Fans overrate their depth based on familiarity of the names. I’m hopeful that we can develop a great 8 or 9 man rotation.

 

[Brosky]

I'm pretty sure BU will want it to be 8. Most coaches would.

 

[pruman91]

Pru knows.

What is the meaning behind Strawberry Letter 23?

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Strawberry Letter 23 - Wikipedia​

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This is because the premise of the song is that a couple is exchanging love letters in musical form. The singer is creating "Strawberry Letter 23" as a reply to the song he has received from his lover, and he refers to her previous message as "Strawberry Letter 22" when replying.

tripping the light fantastic so Keep on truckin...............................It really really is.....................

 

[Ga65]

Posters have written about the 8-man rotation. Man, that's going to be hard for BU, but probably necessary. Consider these 8 players:
Ivisic
Morez
White
Kasparas
Boswell
Ben
Riley
Rodgers

That leaves some quality guys out. DGL, Davis and Booth for instance. Underwood's job will be to mix, match, and blend. It won't be easy. Some of these will transfer out, others will enter NBA draft. But I'm too old to worry about next year. We should all sit back and enjoy what should be a fascinating season.

The part that infatuates me is all but Ben have at least 2 years of eligibility left. Sure we will lose some to transfer but 25-26 should be a National title run. This team very different than last year as doesn’t have age but has time to develop.

 

[hodgesonfire]

Genuine question: why do people get upset over pre-season rankings? Is it a respect thing?

Because, this team will be good, but wouldn’t be surprised if it takes a month to be great and I don’t hold it against the media for not recognizing it yet and the team is a total rebuild.