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when is John Groce on the hot seat in Champaign?
Posted on 3/17/15 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 3/17/15 at 8:46 pm
A bama team who lost their coach earlier in the week is dismantling the illini in the 1st round of the nit. This is the second year in a row they have failed to make the dance. I cannot believe illini alumni are pleased with his production...
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Posted on 3/17/15 at 8:48 pm to Jawja_Joe
Good question. Illinois is a basketball school that sucks at basketball. With Maryland joining the Big 10, they are really down the current totem pole.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 8:52 pm to Jawja_Joe
They have a good recruiting class coming in, that's his saving grace, but another shitty year and he gone IMO
Posted on 3/17/15 at 8:56 pm to TheWalrus
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They have a good recruiting class coming in
Kind of but of the ESPN top 100 there's 6 from Illinois and they got one of them. Nebraska got 2. They struggle a lot recruiting instate and it's one thing if KU, IU, and UK are taking them but Nebraska, that ain't good.
This post was edited on 3/17/15 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 3/17/15 at 8:58 pm to Jawja_Joe
He was Hot Stuff about this time three years earlier in 2012. Now, not so much. I say he has one more year of suckiness and to quote the Hawk,"He gone!".
This post was edited on 3/17/15 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 3/17/15 at 8:59 pm to saintsfan22
True but their top guy is from northwest Indiana which is essentially the Chicago area.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 9:31 pm to TheWalrus
They're TERRIBLE in the actual Chicago area though.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 9:39 pm to saintsfan22
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Kind of but of the ESPN top 100 there's 6 from Illinois and they got one of them. Nebraska got 2. They struggle a lot recruiting instate and it's one thing if KU, IU, and UK are taking them but Nebraska, that ain't good.
Nebraska joined B10 to get to recruit Chicago basketball. I heard their AD say that.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 9:56 pm to sassyLSU
The 2011 instate class should give them nightmares. Included:
Anthony Davis(best player of a national title team)
Ryan Boatright(2nd best player on a national title team)
Wayne Blackshear(got heavy minutes on a national title team)
Chasson Randle(2 time All-Pac 12)
Frank Kaminsky(possible national POY).
Anthony Davis(best player of a national title team)
Ryan Boatright(2nd best player on a national title team)
Wayne Blackshear(got heavy minutes on a national title team)
Chasson Randle(2 time All-Pac 12)
Frank Kaminsky(possible national POY).
Posted on 3/18/15 at 12:14 am to saintsfan22
good lord. that's a ton of elite level college talent
Posted on 3/18/15 at 4:46 am to WinnPtiger
Most people in the Chicago land area hate University of Illinois. Schools like Illinois and Indiana will never be basketball powers because of students not caring, perception of the school and in state alumni being delusional
Posted on 3/18/15 at 5:39 am to TheWalrus
quote:I agree. And I'm a big John Groce fan for what he did at OSU, then Ohio.
They have a good recruiting class coming in, that's his saving grace, but another shitty year and he gone IMO
Posted on 3/18/15 at 5:56 am to emoney
IMO What hurts Illinois is that the university is located in Champaign, IL. There is no connection from the players in Chicago to Champaign. I think this truely hurts Illinois in sports. Chicagoland has what 8 million people and is the 2nd best basketball city in America. If Illinois could somehow get these guys to stay in state, Illinois would be a basketball blue blood.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 6:58 am to Jawja_Joe
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I cannot believe illini alumni are pleased with his production...
They aren't.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 7:27 am to hoopsgalore
Chicago recruiting is notorious for the existence of middle-men. I disagree that the location of Urbana/Champaign is a problem. It's about two hours away depending on traffic and there is an Amtrak train that routinely like daily to and from Chicago.
Kids from families who eschew the middle-men are so sought after it's difficult to recruit Chicago cleanly.
Some coaches like Tom Izzo and the coach at Duke won't even bother with guys who are middle-men represented.
Grace needs to consider going the Calipari or Boeheim route if he wants to keep his job which sucks.
Kids from families who eschew the middle-men are so sought after it's difficult to recruit Chicago cleanly.
Some coaches like Tom Izzo and the coach at Duke won't even bother with guys who are middle-men represented.
Grace needs to consider going the Calipari or Boeheim route if he wants to keep his job which sucks.
This post was edited on 3/18/15 at 7:28 am
Posted on 3/18/15 at 7:53 am to msudawg1200
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He was Hot Stuff about this time three years earlier in 2012
seems to happen fairly often, coach goes on a run at a small school in the tournament, big school hires him away as the next big thing, goes on to do jack shite.
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