The Deuce: Tough to compare. New game with NIL. Clearly we spent for the prep class of '26

July College Athletics * - biclops July 3, 2026, 12:04:04

New list of guys suing for a 5th year, a few notable names in here. - OB25 Today, 11:52:31
DJ Smirk 3rd best preseason odds to win the Wooden award. - EffinIllini Today, 10:51:33
- I was going to say that feels a bit much but then I saw the rest of the names on the list. - OB25 Today, 11:02:47
- Having 3 guys in the top 25 and 4 in the top 50 is a good thing, right?* - Illiniphil Today, 10:54:41
- Vaaks 11th * - assassin Today, 10:53:49
5 years ago Bobby Roundtree died. #RIP97* - Poldark Today, 8:20:13
congratulations to Tommy DeVito on getting engaged * - Poldark Today, 8:19:47
Multi-year extension on tap for Whitman - assassin Yesterday, 11:56:09
- Wisch… - illini21 Yesterday, 22:33:12
  - Pay that man his donuts * - meanjeans Yesterday, 23:27:58
- $31M deal... can't leave for another college gig... that's gotta be top 5% AD pay* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 14:23:22
  - I assume this lets him move to a commissioner gig, though* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 18:54:20
  - pay him - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 14:25:01
    - Dam straight. * - harb Yesterday, 14:35:53
      - Hell to the effin' yes. - osklister Yesterday, 15:33:15
- Arguably the best AD in the country.* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 11:58:33
  - here is an actual list, where he comes in at 20 - Sounder Yesterday, 14:26:24
    - I am not paying attention to any list that thinks Wisconsin is in the SEC and doesn’t know how - biclops Yesterday, 17:44:19
    - Yeah... that list is shite* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 14:27:01
      - How do you even go about ranking - Sounder Yesterday, 14:28:31
        
        My gut and coin flipping mostly.* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 14:40:26
- Good.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 11:57:41
Another Bret-signal? - tvillini July 15, 2026, 22:31:45
Babe wake up, heavily edited summer pickup highlights just dropped - assassin July 15, 2026, 21:09:04
- Love it* - Philo July 15, 2026, 22:48:59
  - I’ve watched it like ten times * - assassin July 15, 2026, 23:00:50
Offseason Illini talk with LaTulip - jdl July 15, 2026, 12:45:01
Bert picks up another corner, this one actually top 1000! - assassin July 15, 2026, 12:10:29
- skyrocketing up to #16 in the B1G! - ijustkrushalot July 15, 2026, 12:50:50
  - These commits we've seen recently seem a lot better than many of the bad years - Warrin'_Illini July 15, 2026, 13:05:35
    - Tough to compare. New game with NIL. Clearly we spent for the prep class of '26 - UofIL6 July 15, 2026, 13:12:02
- Bert's on a roll! He better cool it now.* - AintHatin July 15, 2026, 12:45:40
Donovan Dent retired from basketball in May, now going to try his hand at getting a 5th year. - OB25 July 14, 2026, 12:01:11
LOLnardi has Illinois as a 1 seed * - jdl July 14, 2026, 11:32:31
Following I-Bone's lead - - - LTC #1 got all moved in over the weekend, cleared all of her medical - LovetheChief July 14, 2026, 9:39:21
- Still seems super early, but I guess that's what happens with a fall sport. Short summer.* - illinibone July 14, 2026, 11:10:12
  - Crazy short summer and sad to have so little time with her. But we got a vacay in. This is - LovetheChief July 14, 2026, 11:19:33
LJ Cason from Michigan portaling. - OB25 July 13, 2026, 20:37:27
I guess this can go here (LAMK) - illinibone July 13, 2026, 17:51:25
- your tldr was longer than the post. :fartface still it was all a good read - Nobster July 13, 2026, 20:07:14
  - but not longer than the whole story that I didn't type. * - illinibone July 13, 2026, 20:12:03
    - color me intrigued...i like the backstory - Nobster July 13, 2026, 20:14:26
      - it's a roller coaster that all starts with the house ruling - illinibone July 13, 2026, 20:54:20
- ^5* - ATL July 13, 2026, 18:27:06
- Dynamite!* - RVA July 13, 2026, 17:59:41
  - I believe you meant... - Tuscy July 13, 2026, 18:46:09
  - I see what you did there... - illinibone July 13, 2026, 18:39:49
    - Indeed, but alas flipping through the Homefield collection for a vaulting burro came up empty - RVA July 13, 2026, 19:55:51
      - Thanks claude! (that's actually pretty great) * - illinibone July 13, 2026, 20:11:38
        
        ai will never match the charm of quickly whipping something up in mspaint - RVA July 13, 2026, 20:25:03
        
        true. gemini gave me this monstrosity - illinibone July 13, 2026, 20:31:47
- Congrats. Glad to see hard work pay off* - OWWDig July 13, 2026, 17:56:53
There's nothing in the rulebook that says a dog can't play defensive end - RVA July 10, 2026, 20:00:56
- ooo - Sammich July 13, 2026, 18:25:54
Mike Boynton Jr has interim tag removed, is now Michigan Basketball coach - assassin July 10, 2026, 12:05:06
- ad might be gone before boynton* - Nobster July 13, 2026, 20:11:03
- 2 year deal. Meh, this is for recruiting purposes only. Doubt he’s even there 2 years.* - voiceofreason July 10, 2026, 13:08:46
- Bill Cubit approval * - Poldark July 10, 2026, 12:32:44
- I mean he couldn’t really recruit effectively with the interim tag. So if he was going to be the - DocWalk20 July 10, 2026, 12:28:04
  - I have to imagine any recruit and his support group would see right through this* - Carl Spackler July 10, 2026, 20:27:51
    - a reasonable person would assume so - Sammich July 13, 2026, 18:26:46
- Hopefully it goes as well as it did for him when he replaced Underwood at OK St in the same manner* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 10, 2026, 12:06:46
Wichita, KS is the new First Four partner site w Dayton - assassin July 9, 2026, 20:32:54
Could Brad be holding the last spot for this guy? - LeatherneckIllini July 9, 2026, 17:45:12
- Brad once again building a team with too many good players.* - Warrin'_Illini July 9, 2026, 18:35:26
- Whoa, whoa, whoa,the NCAA lost a lawsuit? I'm as shocked as Susan Collins is most of the time - illini222 July 9, 2026, 18:26:30
UCLA allegedly paid a Serbian kid $12M / 2 years...... - bulldogmba July 9, 2026, 15:51:13
- lol. No* - opossum jenkins July 9, 2026, 16:33:01
- I hope he puts on a good show for the 9 fans that attend their games * - biclops July 9, 2026, 16:04:09
  - Whoa, counting on them doubling their attendance this year? - osklister July 9, 2026, 18:25:20
Was vs. UConn at the United Center on Dec 4th previously discussed? * - Jersey July 9, 2026, 13:58:08
- Yeah was announced informally a couple months ago* - OB25 July 9, 2026, 14:11:11
Paige Shiver suing scUM* - Poldark July 8, 2026, 18:24:10
- Caul Shivers killing scum. * - Tuscy July 9, 2026, 14:11:35
  - acknowledged* - assassin July 10, 2026, 13:30:34
Looks like Kansas is going to have some crypto brand as their jersey sponsor - biclops July 8, 2026, 17:07:06
- ooo - IlliniSax05 July 9, 2026, 14:34:10
Illinois hosts Winthrop November 23* - Poldark July 8, 2026, 14:33:59
- School named after an ancestor of Louis Winthorp III, commodities trading savant. * - osklister July 8, 2026, 14:56:30
- Illinois hosts Sam Houston State November 13* - Poldark July 8, 2026, 14:43:44
  - Probably during the UCLA football game. Blech* - Phytynlini July 9, 2026, 16:33:05
  - Both finished 2nd in their respective conferences last season - biclops July 8, 2026, 18:10:34
Monster Energy and the Big 12 have entered a multi-year sponsorship agreement - biclops July 7, 2026, 18:58:12
- we need RO-TEL Big Ten Football* - ECEIllinois July 9, 2026, 14:07:35
- Yikes.* - KingTalkyTiki July 8, 2026, 14:43:10
- I hate it - IlliniSax05 July 7, 2026, 19:02:30
  - So does the Big 12 schools lol* - KCWildcat July 7, 2026, 20:14:59
    - I read that they're only getting $20 million for this. Chump change to embarrass yourself. - Warrin'_Illini July 8, 2026, 14:41:39
      - Yeah it’s an absurd deal, I’d have thought it would be $20M per school. $20M total is nothing* - OB25 July 8, 2026, 15:29:18
        
        They've gotten $20mm of publicity just out of the hate generated in the last 2-3 days. * - osklister July 8, 2026, 16:14:40
Wagler/Clippers on ESPN Thursday night 10 CDT. Riley/Wizards on at 8 CDT that same evening.* - Philo July 6, 2026, 13:06:00
Dainja to Humichrous - OB25 July 5, 2026, 16:09:42
- Ben was 5/12 from three - RVA July 5, 2026, 18:57:07
Andres Feliz led all scorers as Dominican Republic nearly beat USA in FIBA qualifying - ATL July 5, 2026, 13:51:40
Petrovic to Seton Hall - illini21 July 5, 2026, 12:12:01
- Oof - jdl July 5, 2026, 12:32:53
  - lol* - Blazer July 8, 2026, 14:44:02
Got a football commit from 2027 3* ATH Darryl Flemister - biclops July 4, 2026, 18:45:39
- Another guy outside the top 1000 but with legit high major offers* - OB25 July 4, 2026, 18:46:04
  - Would be nice to be able to understand which offers are committable. Seems like most - UofIL6 July 5, 2026, 13:33:07
    - Yeah I don’t go by the offer list but by the late visits, for example Iowa definitely wanted him.* - OB25 July 5, 2026, 14:36:16
Kerr Kriisa arrested by FBI for role in multi-million dollar fraud scheme* - OB25 July 4, 2026, 17:31:55
- "Kerr Kriisa, who played six years in the NCAA for four different schools..." yea NIL !! - osklister July 5, 2026, 12:21:32
Madonna themed highlight package of Vaaks v Latvia - assassin July 4, 2026, 11:44:55
- I’ve been a little more hesitant on him than most - illini21 July 5, 2026, 12:16:39
- he might be good - biclops July 4, 2026, 12:56:19
  - Heaven help us. * - assassin July 4, 2026, 13:30:28
    - Let the choir sing!* - DocWalk20 July 5, 2026, 12:31:20
- His stroke is just gorgeous* - opossum jenkins July 4, 2026, 11:57:00
  - Those highlights reminded me of Brian Evans from IU - DT July 4, 2026, 14:11:00
Nikola Kusturica, a 17-year-old Serbian wing, received a two-year, $12 million offer from UCLA.* - gullit July 4, 2026, 7:27:29
- Maybe not - biclops July 4, 2026, 18:06:21
  - Mick Cronin must charming af one on one, because he seems like an enormous douche from afar* - Herman Blume July 5, 2026, 13:19:06
    - Some kids (and/or their parents) really get off on the hard-ass routine.* - Sammich July 5, 2026, 17:48:50
More Vaaks - assassin July 3, 2026, 14:06:12
- “20 pts, 7 ast, 4 ast” - so, 11 ast?* - bbonb July 4, 2026, 9:48:39
Mirkovic’s tattoos are something - biclops July 3, 2026, 12:04:41

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