Coleman-Lands transferring confirmed.

Today Dosunmu gets to throw the Illini hat down.

Today Dosunmu gets to throw the Illini hat down.

Smith and Dosunmu are going to look real good together next year.

I spent the last few moments trying to figure out who Brad Underwood is

The Horton Tucker situation is a good example of why it will be really hard for a coach to have sustained success at Illinois.

A guy from a couple classes ahead of me in high school (my brother's class) just donated $150 million to the school. They are naming the business school after him.

We are about to take over.

That is cool. Better to be known for business than basketball anyhow.

The Horton Tucker situation is a good example of why it will be really hard for a coach to have sustained success at Illinois.

The Horton Tucker situation is a good example of why it will be really hard for a coach to have sustained success at Illinois.

This could be a massive disaster. They'll regret the decision they made. No recruit should be able to do this to you.

Sounds like Underwood chose the Mac Irvin Fire over Simeon. Given recent history, not sure that was a mistake.

A guy from a couple classes ahead of me in high school (my brother's class) just donated $150 million to the school. They are naming the business school after him.

We are about to take over.

This will be used to negatively recruit against Illinois. Letting one guy run the show before he even enrolls. Why would you want to be part of that?

And fuck Simeon. Sure they deliver the "B" players to Illinois, guys like Tate and Williams who belong in the MAC, but when a real player like Rose or Parker comes along it's, "Hey Illinois, go fuck yourself."

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Also, Horton Tucker and his family didn't bash Illinois.

I'm interested in LTG's take on this one.

Underwood should have chosen the Irvins over Simeon. Simeon has provided junk since Nick Anderson. Kevin Turner was ok but not elite and really just a throw in for Notree years ago.

The best players in the state tend to play for the Fire anyway. Robert Smith has used leverage when believed that he had it so why shouldn't the Irvins?

I don't blame Smith for Rose and Parker because the family handled the recruiting in both situations.

I do blame him for forcing ILLINOIS to take kids that were not Big Ten players however. He used the Simeon brand to force Ilinois's hand on guys like Tate and D.J. Williams. Stan Simpson too. Promised better players down the road and it never materialized.

I actually see Talen Horton as one of those kinds of players. He is only about 6'3 tops and not athletic. He'd have transferred out at some point anyway.

The Irvins didn't do business with Grove because they were mad that he chose Paris over Chin for the assistant coach job. It's one of the reasons that they missed on bright lights and to a lesser degree Charlie Moore. They didn't want to deal with Illinois or Paris in particular. Probably one of the reasons, albeit a slight one, as to why they missed on Brunson.

Chin is their guy. This means that Illinois will be in play for every player that comes through the Fire program. Doesn't mean they will get them but they will have more of a chance.

Problem with that is that the Fire haven't been all that good the last 3 years. They have been getting blasted on the circuit since guys like Okafor and Alexander have departed.
Their talent has coincided with a general drop in talent in the Chicago area. If Chicago isn't good then they aren't either.
Ayo isn't an NBA prospect though he will be a help to the program.

Yeah what exactly is Horton-Tucker? He looks kind of like Q Richardson with more baby fat. Yet Kansas & Michigan State offered him, among many others.

He is an undersized 3. He has long arms which makes him appear taller than he is. He has a decent skill set but he doesn't wow with it.

Some of the stuff I've read suggests that he will put on muscle and be an undersized power player in the Dantley/Aguirre/Calvin Natt vein.

Lost to Eastern Illinois tonight.