Well, news on the Illini recruiting is not good, at least not good from the perspective of in-State players Liggins, Humphrey, Dunigan and Shumpert, who all say they are going elsewhere for college. Which is fine by me, as long as they have their priorities in place and are committing to one of the NCAA powerhouse schools like UCLA, North Carolina, Duke, Kentucky or Kansas.
But perhaps the most distressing news is coming from Michael Dunigan, who always wanted to stay close to home. Michael, I hate to tell you this, but according to Google Maps Eugene Oregon is 2,229 miles from Chicago! That doesn't bode well for Mom, or maybe they got into my United Premier Account. It gets worse, because Michael Dunigan chose his college for the academics, not just basketball. Not sure what Michael is planning to major in, but I'm sure he could get a nice degree in Champaign.
But Iman Shumpert is yet another story. Iman wants to play in the ACC, rather than the Big 10 conference. That's understandable, since the ACC always beats the Big 10 in the ESPN ACC/Big 10 Challenge each year. But then a rumor comes out that Iman drops Illinois from consideration but leaves some ACC schools along with Bradley and Marquette on his list??? Now that story has been retracted, so did someone make that up, or was it true?
At least DeAndre Liggins committed for Kentucky, who looks like a sure thing now that they have coach Billy Gillespie recruiting and coaching for them.
2 comments:
Heck, Billy can always share a drink with the recruits.
Looks like maybe Matt Roth is the right fit for the motion offense. If Weber takes him right away, he will come to U of I.
Scot
My guess is they will offer a guard from Champaign whose stock is rising quickly, especially if he gains weight!
I don't know much about Roth except he is a shooter, which is always handy, remembering Andy Kaufman from years ago.
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