The Deuce: Went to Arizona first so it's not that Georgia Tech beat us out*

May College Basketball - BT opponents are out. Purdue, NW, Wisconsin twice. - assassin May 12, 2026, 12:27:24

GAH - Fake Twitter - GRRR * - aimlessillini Today, 11:01:59
Looks like Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn is spewing Brad hate online and wants revenge.* - gullit May 23, 2026, 14:58:01
- The good news is that we always defend well against smaller, quicker guards * - biclops May 23, 2026, 18:00:53
- So he's not coming back I take it.* - illini222 May 23, 2026, 17:44:18
- Link?* - JFG May 23, 2026, 16:17:37
  - Link Here - aimlessillini May 23, 2026, 16:28:00
    - Doesn’t need to put on social media but this seems like pretty normal motivation. - OB25 May 23, 2026, 18:14:30
    - Maybe he worked at McDonald’s in high school or something.* - JFG May 23, 2026, 16:33:16
- Mom must be back in the fold.* - voiceofreason May 23, 2026, 16:01:23
- *yawn** - Ron McDon May 23, 2026, 15:57:36
New NCAA guidance on eligibility and professional team involvement - biclops May 22, 2026, 11:05:54
Brad's bonuses - jdl May 21, 2026, 17:54:28
Twitter saying Dre is cancelling workouts, so I would assume that's a good sign for his return.* - JFG May 21, 2026, 8:05:33
- Goodman said that in his stay-or-go-back video - he also mentioned an injury * - aimlessillini May 21, 2026, 8:56:47
  - That would be less than ideal* - uofi1998 May 21, 2026, 9:21:21
Werner on his podcast today said he’s hearing UNC & HOU in play for two more non-con opponents * - biclops May 20, 2026, 17:26:23
- So no marquee non-con at home this year? - Dilbert May 20, 2026, 19:35:55
  - That's why they do the renewals in April before the schedule is known* - illini222 May 20, 2026, 20:24:06
  - I find it odd. Werner said that TV networks are willing to pay more for neutral site games - biclops May 20, 2026, 20:11:36
    - Nevermind. I get it now. This is $$$ right to the schools outside normal conference TV deals* - biclops May 20, 2026, 20:24:54
      - It’s such a slow death march of everything gradually being made worse for the actual fans.* - OB25 May 20, 2026, 21:25:59
        
        Seems like playing a loaded slate of marquee non-con games is pretty good for fans* - Herman Blume May 20, 2026, 23:11:23
        
        I meant this thing starting to happen now where teams can’t or won’t play on campus sites… - OB25 May 21, 2026, 9:12:32
        
        Yeah feels like having any HM non-conf home games on the horizon is a positive change.* - Carl Spackler May 21, 2026, 7:14:32
- Also said probably neutral sites not home & homes * - biclops May 20, 2026, 17:27:17
  - well we haven't gotten a game in MSG yet. - ijustkrushalot May 20, 2026, 17:29:03
I can’t believe I’m drawing a blank here. Did Mihalo Petrovic land anywhere yet? - biclops May 20, 2026, 17:06:45
- ooo - jdl May 20, 2026, 17:14:17
  - WTF is Toni Bilic?* - bbonb May 22, 2026, 16:36:21
  - Thanks. Is that on 247 somewhere?* - biclops May 20, 2026, 17:23:00
    - Yes - jdl May 20, 2026, 17:24:44
LOL @ IU's inclusion here - jdl May 20, 2026, 16:43:16
- Over MSU… maybe UM blocked them.* - cpsteine May 20, 2026, 19:29:51
- so the brilliant idea is to basically just do the same thing as the Maui invitational. - ijustkrushalot May 20, 2026, 17:28:34
- "...made-for-media college basketball franchise built to redefine the regular season." Oh. - osklister May 20, 2026, 16:59:14
  - Zona?* - cpsteine May 21, 2026, 9:10:52
I’ll give Goodman credit for not holding back on this one - OB25 May 20, 2026, 12:22:57
- I'll bet he has a previous video saying what a great hire it was * - jdl May 20, 2026, 14:50:48
We’re at Georgia Tech’s basketball arena and I memory holed that they made the 2004 Final Four - ATL May 20, 2026, 9:26:37
- Crane's own Will Bynum was on that team - Sammich May 20, 2026, 11:09:59
  - Went to Arizona first so it's not that Georgia Tech beat us out* - RVA May 20, 2026, 11:27:17
  - Also Jarrett Jack, BJ Elder, and high flyer Ismail Muhammad* - OB25 May 20, 2026, 11:15:49
    - Maybe that's the guy with hops that i was thinking of* - illini21 May 20, 2026, 12:15:53
  - oh yeah. That dude had some hops* - illini21 May 20, 2026, 11:13:20
- Luke Schenscher is the first name that came to mind - illini21 May 20, 2026, 9:45:38
  - I need to replashe the Schenscher on my thermoshtat* - Sammich May 20, 2026, 11:07:16
    - I love the Dutch * - ATL May 20, 2026, 12:05:29
Morez is staying in - assassin May 19, 2026, 12:40:45
- man, that's great* - cpsteine May 19, 2026, 12:53:36
- Mara being projected even higher, along with Lendendouche. - JFG May 19, 2026, 12:48:11
  - People are watching Wemby and thinking how they could possibly oppose that. - Warrin'_Illini May 19, 2026, 12:51:46
    - Man, would love him with the Bulls second pick but agree that he is borderline top 10 at this point* - illini21 May 20, 2026, 11:09:50
      - If the Bulls stand pat that will be fine with me; they'll get a gamechanger at 4 and really good - Warrin'_Illini May 20, 2026, 11:31:55
        
        I think the thing I'm most excited about this offseason is finding out how much Ayo gets paid, which - Herman Blume May 20, 2026, 11:43:22
        
        I'm not sure who beyond the Bulls have cap space. Unfortunately I think it is teams - Warrin'_Illini May 20, 2026, 12:22:47
        
        Randle and Donte for Ja maybe?* - JacobRDaugherty May 20, 2026, 17:10:23
  - They had 3 absolute freaks on that roster. Generationally good team.* - OB25 May 19, 2026, 12:50:03
Will Wade is such a scumbag, he’s the reason you need actual governance. - OB25 May 19, 2026, 9:30:23
- Just took a commitment from another guy who was drafted in last year’s draft - OB25 May 19, 2026, 18:20:02
- I feel like we don't have too many stones to throw, but the whole "I played in the G League" thing.. - JFG May 19, 2026, 10:24:14
  - Petrovic is the only move we made that was pretty questionable. - OB25 May 19, 2026, 10:30:17
    - I don't disagree. But we're probably on the list of programs that can't throw stones. - JFG May 19, 2026, 10:36:49
      - We're a program that now wins and we can throw stones at the losers. It's great.* - Warrin'_Illini May 19, 2026, 10:42:57
      - I get what you’re saying, but both of these examples from Wade are directly against the rules - OB25 May 19, 2026, 10:42:20
        
        Yeah, Wade sucks. You gotta wonder if the NCAA is ever going to win a court case.* - JFG May 19, 2026, 10:45:17
- Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill.* - Warrin'_Illini May 19, 2026, 9:47:38
- This is the guy from Europe. What are the waiting on to implement the age limit? - gullit May 19, 2026, 9:38:51
  - It also seems like he....kinda sucks? - assassin May 19, 2026, 12:45:47
Recruiting realization - we've so very rarely gotten players from northern cities - RVA May 18, 2026, 14:14:21
- Most of the modern era we were chasing the Chicago market - jdl May 18, 2026, 15:24:54
- What about Curbelo? Puerto Rican, but had been in New York since he was 13* - Blazer May 18, 2026, 14:33:21
- FYI - Dain started at Baylor, Craig Tucker was a Juco guy, Kipper was Tulane* - bulldogmba May 18, 2026, 14:19:07
  - oh duh, thanks, I'll chump, was trying to not spend all afternoon digging through bios* - RVA May 18, 2026, 14:23:47
    - I should also look at the past rosters for Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, to see their composition - RVA May 18, 2026, 14:29:58
Illini ladies apparently adding a center from eastern Europe - OrangeSox May 17, 2026, 10:40:39
Iowa is going to install the Houston regional court at Carver Hawkeye - ATL May 16, 2026, 5:58:10
- nice of them to give us home court advantage* - memyselfandillini May 16, 2026, 12:20:13
  - Boom! * - Tuscy May 16, 2026, 12:36:08
Purdue got a 2027 5-star big man from Indy: Isaiah Hill. Bastards.* - Warrin'_Illini May 15, 2026, 11:44:17
- Highest rated recruit ever for them - Tbag May 15, 2026, 12:23:07
  - It's like Glenn Robinson never existed or something.* - MojoJojo May 19, 2026, 10:03:51
Brad getting paid - jdl May 14, 2026, 14:31:09
- I guess Tyler's still an assistant or something like that? - osklister May 14, 2026, 18:18:20
  - What the fuck are you talking about* - assassin May 14, 2026, 21:41:44
    - Yeah so the guy who has shaped an offense that is consistently rated at the top of the sport? - biclops May 15, 2026, 12:59:22
  - I’m sure detlef and gullit will tell us when when we should be outraged - Blazer May 14, 2026, 21:29:30
    - that's a massive pay raise - Poldark May 16, 2026, 13:07:32
      - Meh* - Blazer May 16, 2026, 19:41:38
    - Detlef and Osklister are basically the same person* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes May 15, 2026, 10:27:56
      - Do you regret believing Sunny Smollet?* - Poldark May 16, 2026, 13:07:46
    - Had to look it up; we now have five assistant coaches (or at least 5 guys with that title). - osklister May 15, 2026, 9:03:22
      - I think Tyler is doing just fine, don’t think we need to be worrying about his career aspirations* - OB25 May 15, 2026, 10:11:28
        
        Eh, it's the off season. What else is there to talk about?? * - osklister May 15, 2026, 11:19:08
        
        But what will Oklister and Detlef fixate on if not that?* - Dilbert May 15, 2026, 10:13:54
- Thank goodness. I was concerned he might be living paycheck to paycheck.* - DocWalk20 May 14, 2026, 14:50:32
  - *snicker* - MtHoodIllini May 14, 2026, 21:44:41
If anyone is planning a vacation to beautiful Lubbock, Tue 11/10 announced as date for our game* - OB25 May 14, 2026, 12:58:31
- Good music scene* - MtHoodIllini May 14, 2026, 21:46:02
- Moment in board history that remains forever etched in my brain - arguing about the Lubbock airport - RVA May 14, 2026, 18:27:11
- My wife grew up in Lubbock and my MIL still lives there. I'm quite annoyed this is on a Tues * - meanjeans May 14, 2026, 14:41:25
- I've been to Lubbock three times. Only redeeming quality I can think of is that there's a Torchy's - ATL May 14, 2026, 13:52:38
Wow. Coleman shot all the way up to #13 player overall in 247's final rankings - illini21 May 14, 2026, 10:53:06
- Just need Andrej not to fuck this whole thing up.* - OB25 May 14, 2026, 11:44:17
  - I'm copacetic about it. If Andrej comes back, it's great vibes, great narrative - Blazer May 14, 2026, 14:48:24
    - Yep... and that backup plan is probably Morillo. - uofi1998 May 14, 2026, 15:59:01
    - I wish I was there with you, but I can’t envision a scenario where there’s a great backup plan - OB25 May 14, 2026, 14:56:50
      - Yes you can... because we've done it before... - uofi1998 May 14, 2026, 16:01:37
  - luckily he still can’t shoot at an NBA clip. He can learn that in Champaign this summer though* - LeatherneckIllini May 14, 2026, 12:11:33
  - srsly* - Tortillini May 14, 2026, 12:08:39
- #2 all time recruit now (2003 and later) on 247 * - ijustkrushalot May 14, 2026, 11:33:38
  - The portal era makes this look so strange - jdl May 14, 2026, 12:38:08
    - Seems like Juh-reem was higher than some of these guys* - Blazer May 14, 2026, 13:40:08
      - He's #10 on the list - jdl May 14, 2026, 13:49:50
        
        Got it. Definitely some recency bias too - Blazer May 14, 2026, 13:52:46
    - 8 Underwood, 1 Weber, 0 Groce* - OB25 May 14, 2026, 12:54:30
- Also Zens is now a 4 star, top 150 guy at 124, 103 composite.* - Carl Spackler May 14, 2026, 11:23:01
  - Is he our starter at the 3 if Andrej doesn't come back?* - Warrin'_Illini May 14, 2026, 12:51:54
    - Jake or Morillo* - assassin May 14, 2026, 13:04:10
      - Or unknown Euro guy * - jdl May 14, 2026, 13:19:15
        
        Probably ^this* - EffinIllini May 14, 2026, 14:42:16
  - Ebossi said on Werner’s podcast that he was one of the people they were taking another look at - ATL May 14, 2026, 11:30:58
    - They got the well known Illini bump that has definitely existed forever* - JacobRDaugherty May 14, 2026, 11:33:07
- RSCI already posted their final numbers - jdl May 14, 2026, 11:02:36
  - I think that (would have been) highest all time in the RSCI era? - Blazer May 14, 2026, 14:31:38
    - (Per roughy, Will Riley is highest at 13, Coleman now at 14, then Dee at 19)* - Blazer May 14, 2026, 14:46:33
- Did we know he got that 5th star? That's awesome. - uofi1998 May 14, 2026, 10:55:28
  - Believe he was a 5-star in the composite but 247 was a little behind in rankings updates* - illini21 May 14, 2026, 10:59:22
Wagler results from combine. - gullit May 14, 2026, 5:53:46
Home and home with Duke announced - illini81887 May 13, 2026, 10:55:24
- What do you think you have to donate to Illinois to get tickets to that game? - ATL May 13, 2026, 16:28:32
  - Schools usually get like 50 or so tickets for basketball - ijustkrushalot May 14, 2026, 7:29:18
  - kidney * - jdl May 13, 2026, 17:46:30
  - Investors Society and Loyalty Circle. - Ron McDon May 13, 2026, 17:20:13
    - Loyalty Circle starts at $12k/year and up: can't find info on Investors Society - osklister May 14, 2026, 11:44:42
      - Investors Society is separate from IFund contribution. Minimum $50k commitment - Ron McDon May 14, 2026, 14:23:03
        
        What contribution does it take to occasionally fly on the team plane?* - EffinIllini May 14, 2026, 14:43:53
  - better just to buy on the secondary market - assassin May 13, 2026, 16:45:58
    - There is no way I am spending ridiculous sums of money to go to that game. - ATL May 13, 2026, 17:23:54
- Possible exhibition game in Knoxville - jdl May 13, 2026, 13:35:12
- Hell yeah. That’s awesome. Particularly in a year we are returning so much - voiceofreason May 13, 2026, 12:18:04
  - Wish the Duke game was at home this year... but yeah, it's a great series... - uofi1998 May 13, 2026, 12:52:23
    - I did enjoy the good guys beating Duke last time they played there. But yeah, some of these high - voiceofreason May 13, 2026, 15:02:46
    - Rumor is Florida* - JacobRDaugherty May 13, 2026, 14:40:09
- So now we need a reverse with like, Texas or Arkansas* - assassin May 13, 2026, 11:43:17
  - Give me a reverse H&H with Florida* - Dilbert May 13, 2026, 12:36:49
    - Kansas. I wanna go to the Phog* - bjl63 May 13, 2026, 17:11:22
    - Kansas. I wanna go to the Phog* - bjl63 May 13, 2026, 17:11:21
    - That is indeed the rumor* - JacobRDaugherty May 13, 2026, 14:38:35
- so we for sure know @ Texas Tech, @ Duke, vs. UConn (Chicago) and vs. Mizzou (STL)??? - ijustkrushalot May 13, 2026, 11:23:25
  - Rumors of another game vs an RTP area ACC program * - jdl May 13, 2026, 12:51:06
  - Lot of teams setting up pretty tough non-conference schedules. - Chicago1995 May 13, 2026, 11:31:46
    - we've been scootching ourself up into that elite/elite-adjacent tier the last few years - ijustkrushalot May 13, 2026, 11:34:13
      - It's great. - Chicago1995 May 13, 2026, 11:39:08
      - We are there. All hail Undy.* - LeatherneckIllini May 13, 2026, 11:36:46
        
        it feels a lot like we're back to where we were in 2003-05ish with the "Are We Elite" discussions - ijustkrushalot May 13, 2026, 14:40:40
- Wow that’s impressive, Duke will rarely play true road games* - OB25 May 13, 2026, 11:14:19
  - Duke will play its first true road game in non-conference play since 1997.* - Poldark May 13, 2026, 11:57:18
    - Schtick? - Blazer May 14, 2026, 1:45:44
    - They played at Breslin 7 months ago* - ilinni11 May 13, 2026, 16:45:55
    - didn't they play at MSU last year?* - cpsteine May 13, 2026, 15:56:20
- Love that* - snipes824 May 13, 2026, 11:09:52
- I’m 95% sure I’ll be there* - TarheelIllini May 13, 2026, 11:02:41
- Nice. Better than 2 neutral site games.* - EffinIllini May 13, 2026, 10:58:08
Good interview with Illini hoops GM - jdl May 12, 2026, 17:24:06
What is the Plan B if Dre decides to stay in the draft? - aimlessillini May 12, 2026, 16:04:46
- Well, his shooting numbers didnt surprise anyone. * - Dilbert May 12, 2026, 21:19:44
- Or opting out of the 5-on-5 means he’s got the exposure and feedback he wanted and no reason to risk - DocWalk20 May 12, 2026, 19:29:36
- Getting picked in round 2 is a pay cut. Can’t see it happening* - snipes824 May 12, 2026, 16:16:43
  - Money may not be as much of a consideration in this case* - Herman Blume May 12, 2026, 18:17:08
- Hopefully Undy has a Euro in his back pocket. I can understand the allure of the NBA - Warrin'_Illini May 12, 2026, 16:11:28
Meh - jdl May 12, 2026, 13:27:57
- Double meh. - osklister May 12, 2026, 15:30:39
Seems fine.* - Warrin'_Illini May 12, 2026, 13:05:47
- in terms of entertainment value, seems a great home lineup* - assassin May 12, 2026, 13:06:37
  - and only 3 tough away games?* - Ari Gold May 12, 2026, 18:18:33

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