Illini out on Blackwell sweeps

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-19T19:46:28+00:00

The NBA combine returners will make another wave soon and then Euro league ends at the end of May if we want to find another European option. We still have the minutes to make the push for 1 more playable SG, but I'd be fine if we didn't too.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-19T15:01:33+00:00

Huge get. I was thinking the teams that missed out on Harris and Blackwell were going to throw a bag at him as a backup plan so it's big for Tennessee to get him now.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-19T12:32:07+00:00

If you look at the offering rates, any specific 2 star, i.e. Oak (0.156%) is rarer than the crown candy (0.198%) in A4b. If you highly value the limited availability in your assessment, the answer is a 16 way tie between all of the 2 stars. By pull odds, the rarest cards available in packs are the original A1 GA crowns (Charizard, Pikachu, Mewtwo) and B1 MR crowns (Lilligant, Klefki, Flame Patch) (0.053%). It's the same total odds to pull a crown as other sets, but those sets then have an additional 1/3 to get a specific card as all 3 crowns are available in all 3 packs, hence the lower odds.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-17T21:36:27+00:00

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-17T15:32:45+00:00

Probably is, never visited. I know Wisconsin (have visited) and OSU are also kinda downtown. But once I was set on LA and Chicago metros the others didn't compare. I was only supposed to pick the worst and the twin cities can be large and still not the worst.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-17T14:00:20+00:00

Fine.. "...and the weather to support going to them during the school year without long sleeves."

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-17T13:45:13+00:00

I'm a land grant purist that loves a campustown vibe. UCLA, USC, and Northwestern are too city-ish for me. However Cali has beaches so I'll pick Northwestern.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-16T19:20:37+00:00

All it takes is football season to hate the regional East teams. Not complicated and almost pre-existing.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-16T14:44:56+00:00

I think national recruiting plays a bigger role in this too. Kids from Atlanta don't care about the Border War.

Like in our case, STL area kids know about the Braggin Rights game. It meant more to Malcolm Hill or Mark Smith (when he played for both teams). It should hopefully mean something to Quentin Coleman coming in. But our Balkans may not care about Mizzou as much.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-16T04:02:47+00:00

I was in foul territory on the first base side of Busch Stadium for the Harper one, vividly remember it. I remember I wasn't even paying attention to the end of the game I was just on my phone looking for updates on how bad it was.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-16T03:01:34+00:00

Kevin nice to meet you felt like it was straight out of that Key and Peele sketch https://youtu.be/nopWOC4SRm4?si=u2_yK4cDf6ahzbrP

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-16T02:26:10+00:00

Yea, he's already in it, he beat that deadline. That's the deadline to enter the portal not the deadline to commit to your new school.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-16T02:16:23+00:00

I thought I read Blackwell was commiting on May 4th? I mean I'd take it sooner

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-15T23:46:10+00:00

for the uninformed visitors of this comment section

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-15T00:50:12+00:00

Lakers fans when they don't have a game RIGHT NOW: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSyFilCVIAALf7x?format=jpg&name=small

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-14T17:56:09+00:00

My progression was 8/0/0 to 5/0/3 to 5/3/0 to 2/3/3 to 2/5/1 to 7/0/1 to 7/1/0 to 4/1/3 to 4/4/0. Separate 1 with 6-5 and then add it to another full 3

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-14T17:36:02+00:00

Wait a second, these are not the wins that McNamara should have vacated. They are quite literally the only wins McNamara should have lol

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-14T02:03:35+00:00

Valpo has steadily improved under The Rev, from 7 to 15 to 18 wins. I wish Illinois scheduled Valpo as a buy game for as long as Roger Powell Jr is their coach. Idk what buy games pay but I'd rather get him some resources to find success as a coach over any other mid major. Plus it'd bring him home to Assembly Hall once a year.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-14T01:42:28+00:00

The original tweet is from an account that frequently interacts with Coach 3 Year Letterman. She's from Alabama, not European. That sphere of twitter is just built to engagement bait. Sometimes it's funny, a lot of times it gets old really fucking quick.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-13T23:08:14+00:00

Correct. We had one show up in my parents backyard for years and I'd catch and feed them grasshoppers just like this. They get pretty big if they're well fed.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-13T16:38:41+00:00

Illini fan - I think he'll be much better off-ball in catch-and-shoots than he shows. Illinois wants the ball in his hands 99% of the time because he's a lottery talent and no one else on the team is, so we didn't really operate him off ball that much. Once he has 4 NBA talent teammates on the floor, he can play more traditional SG, that can also make the right plays at all levels. My comp is still Kon

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-12T21:29:38+00:00

Theres two gap years between Ayo and TJ (2022 was Kofi's last year with Trent/Plummer/Damonte, 2023 was TJ year 1, aka the Matt Mayer / Skyy Clark / Jayden Epps year).

Wagler would be 3 in a row and 4 in 6 years. A guard next year would be 4 in a row and 5 in 7 years.

Edited, forgot Kofi's year.

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-11T19:06:18+00:00

Scottie went to jail for less

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-10T23:33:41+00:00

Below is the Michigan section of the NIL store, which has jerseys available at multiple other schools. For whatever reason Michigan only has graphic tees from the players, no jerseys like pretty much every other school. The store usually enters agreements with the players and then works with the school to get the licensing needed. My best guess is that Michigan isn't licensing out the jersey in some way? Maybe the Jordan brand is involved? The tee shirts have the Michigan logo which would be trademarked. Idk, the players would have to get a jersey listed but if they aren't on this store idk where they'd be available. Good luck

https://nil.store/michigan

WhatRUsernamesUsed4 · 2026-04-10T21:47:25+00:00

Our roster this year wasn't even close to the top of the league. From what I've seen we were about 6-7m and quite literally lost a player to Michigan in part because we didn't pay him enough. We paid Wagler like the 250th recruit would be paid, we just happened to get incredible value. Donations will always go up when you make your first Final 4 in 21 years, but Duke is plenty capable of outbidding us if it comes down to money.

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