Kofi Commits to Illinois

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Kofi made it very clear on Instagram weeks ago he had no interest in coming to UConn. This is not surprising

I can't believe you waited this long to tell us.

 

[Dooley]

Illinois?!? Wonder how big of a sack of cash he got.

 

[AdamaNation]

Do we prioritize Precious since we need bigs?

That ship had sailed to African American studies.

 

[JB75]

Illinois sux. Let’s stop with those who are saying overall it’s a better choice than uconn-
With uconn;
Close to home
Not some godfursaken place in the midwest
Numerous championships
Plus he was buddy buddy with boukknight/gaffney
It even took them by surprise
I kno we ll lose recruits but this one was surprising. Illinois? Really?

 

[Ts5034]

Ive read this entire thread and im surprised nobody has brought up the AAC vs Big 10 as a reason he chose Illinois.

 

[Stainmaster]

Let’s stop with those who are saying overall it’s a better choice than uconn-

Is anyone saying this?

 

[Adios]

Ive read this entire thread and im surprised nobody has brought up the AAC vs Big 10 as a reason he chose Illinois.

Thats sorta insinuted between $ and being clean.

 

[JB75]

I’ve had this conversation on BY before. They are not even better than Maryland as a program if u take into account football and hoops. Like I said before, besides that one good year in 05 with deron Williams - they have been a non factor since the early 90s.

 

[whaler11]

Oh well then I'm in agreement with you about cheating if they don't get caught. Obviously you do whatever it takes if it means not hurting anyone and if there are no repercussions. That goes for anything in life I would say.

But that's not how it works. You can get caught for cheating.

Yet you seem to understand that many are cheating and pretty much nobody gives a damn and nothing ever happens.

 

[imno1]

I'm gonna sorta hijack this depressing thread. How about Shabazz! He's been playing really good lately and getting more minutes. Being a UConn, Giants, and knicks fan I've adopted the Nets as a team to root for.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Aaaaaaand boom goes the dynamite.

 

[AdamaNation]

We

Eh I think we have as good a shot at Precious as anyone, tbh.

It's just that any time you get to top-10 guys, there's the NBA and anyone at anytime can step in with a need they didn't anticipate having and now you're in super competition central. It's just like successfully navigating a mine field. And heck, that's even how it was when we were landing those types of guys. It's kinda a crap shoot.

I think Mitchell/Wahab have to be the guys they're on like white on rice. I'm not sure we're at a point where we're back to getting guys like Precious. Yet. We could, but i'm not counting on it.

We were leading all summer and fall and are looking at unc from behind. Akok was the steal. Precious has been stolen.

 

[Towney007]

We lost a recruit one time so we should cheat now is peak idiot boneyard.

 

[superjohn]

Yet you seem to understand that many are cheating and pretty much nobody gives a damn and nothing ever happens.

Unfortunately we get dinged for it.

 

[formerlurker]

Does this mean the dam's been repaired?

 

[whaler11]

We lost a recruit one time so we should cheat now is peak idiot boneyard.

LOL says the guy who said Kofi should weigh the imaginary marginal value between a UConn and Illinois degree in his decision.

You’ve invented quite a stance here too. We should be cheating because that’s what it takes to win, not because we happened to lose one recruit to cheating that has been magically invented by posters who don’t get that 99% of the world considers the AAC to be a pointless mid major conference.

 

[whaler11]

Unfortunately we get dinged for it.

We are also still trying to convince the world that women’s basketball matters. This isn’t exactly a program/school/fanbase that ‘gets it’. It could be why we field the single worst football team in college football history.

 

[Towney007]

LOL says the guy who said Kofi should weigh the imaginary marginal value between a UConn and Illinois degree in his decision.

You’ve invented quite a stance here too. We should be cheating because that’s what it takes to win, not because we happened to lose one recruit to cheating that has been magically invented by posters who don’t get that 99% of the world considers the AAC to be a pointless mid major conference.

Huh?

 

[UofCT]

The biggest disappointment here is that this was one guy that you can simply post down low, dump it to him and let him work. I was already preparing for Dan Hurley to do his Calhoun “Hit him you MF’er”.

With this ship sailing, I’d personally prefer Mitchell for an overall offensive 5.

When Kofi showed no interest in UC

I can't believe you waited this long to tell us.

I did? You follow all of my posts you know I’ve talked about it in other threads.

 

[Robertelamin]

I existed for about 6 months before 1988.

That said, I don't think anything could compare to any given week in the conference realignment -show.

Hmm not sure about that. I’m pretty sure you are a robot that operates on windows 3.1. Maybe some day you will become self aware but I wont hold my breath.

 

[The Viking]

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I doubtttt it
I doubly doubt it

 

[CL82]

Expectations for next season just dropped exceptionally low.

I haven’t felt quite this bad since Kasongo...lol.

Look, I would’ve loved to of had this kid, but I’m happy with the three guys we already have coming in for next year and I suspect we’ll pick up one or two more.

Still, I find myself going “Illinois? WTF?”

 

[AllAbout5]

LOL says the guy who said Kofi should weigh the imaginary marginal value between a UConn and Illinois degree in his decision.

You’ve invented quite a stance here too. We should be cheating because that’s what it takes to win, not because we happened to lose one recruit to cheating that has been magically invented by posters who don’t get that 99% of the world considers the AAC to be a pointless mid major conference.

No one here has agreed with you. Cheating is just plain dirty and so uncalled for. We, as a school with a great history, shouldn’t be known for that.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

No one here has agreed with you. Cheating is just plain dirty and so uncalled for. We, as a school with a great history, shouldn’t be known for that.

Kansas and Arizona have basically been nailed to the wall for paying players. No one gives a ____.

 

[zls44]

We are also still trying to convince the world that women’s basketball matters. This isn’t exactly a program/school/fanbase that ‘gets it’. It could be why we field the single worst football team in college football history.

When a local columnist is shaping fanbase opinion by arguing that, actually, the architect of the worst defense in the history of college football DIDN'T deserve to maybe be fired, then you can understand how the fanbase lacks a clue.