Sorry Illini Fans, hate to do this but I was checking college basketball scores tonight and noticed that Florida played a tough Arkansas team and prevailed tonight, 79-72. Arkansas is led by a freshman guard named Patrick Beverley from Chicago Marshall. Beverley was the leading scorer last year of all high school players in Illinois and was frequently telling reporters he wanted to attend the University of Illinois, and was waiting for a scholarship offer. I started following his game scores on the web, and found his story fascinating, since he was such a prolific scorer at the high school level. Well, he never was offered a scholarship from Illinois, was recruited by many schools and ends up at Arkansas. Arkansas looks to be a rising team this year, and Beverley is their leading scorer as a freshman. Some quick stats on him thus far at Arkansas:
14.2 Points per game
50.4% field goal percentage
43.5% three point field goal percentage
81.1% free throw percentage
4.6 rebounds per game
3.5 assists per game
I know we had other plans for our scholarships, but at this point in the season with no players at Illinois who can shoot and score, wouldn't it have been nice to take a chance on Patrick Beverley, even without having his transcripts prior to offering a scholarship.
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