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Anyone know what happened to Kyle Wilson?? He was a 4 star product recruited by Bill Self. Anyone know what happened with him???

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:37 PM) I'm upset, and I was nearly in tears after the game tonight. But your post was a joke. I know you are venting, but to say you can't give a team that went 37-2 and was basically one of those wide open threes away from winning a title any props is ridiculous. I said I'll give them an applause, but I don't think they deserve anything more than MSU or Louisville received.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:17 PM) 200+ homeruns will not be enough for you this year? How many our we on pace for after today? Oh yes none. God, someone disagrees with the style of play and they get flamed. It's not like we're another team's trolls. We all want the Sox to win. We just feel the style of play boring.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:27 PM) Yeah, after that squeeze I just ran for my room and cried. I loved that team so much and they were gone. As Hawk would say, 'Poof.' Hey, not fair, NU has no available scholarships this season! Everyone is coming back! Not Tj Parker for some stupid reason.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:07 PM) You are an idiot, that is all. Nice constructive criticism. You get stuck with a bad english teacher??? A Final Four is nice, but unless you get a couple in a row or 3 in 4 or 5 years, you really can't get your program rolling. Does anyone think this team is going to make it that far next year with the losses of Powell, Luther and DeRon??? I certaintly don't. I'll give them an applause for making it that far, but at the end of the day, it won't do much for this program. That's not the sadness in me talking, it's the realism. I'd be surprised if the Illini start next year ranked in the top 10. I think Brock will replace Luther's scoring as he's 6-4/5 and is supposed to be known for his explosive scoring, but who's going to replace Powell and Deron??

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:20 PM) Did Shaun Pruitt become a terrible player overnight? Have the Illini given up on him? Apparently, Bruce thought so as he didn't want him to play this year for some reason. I know he was hurt and even when there was a possiblity of him coming back, Bruce didn't even want him to try.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:16 PM) Lon Krueger brought in higher rated recruits than Bill Self. 3 McDonald's AA for Krueger, only 1 for Self. Your right, we will start having recruits like the ones from scandal to the Lon Kruger area. Self was starting to get the All-Americans(Wright and Villanueva come to mind). Anyway, we're probably going to have our worst recruiting in some time under Weber. We might steal a couple of 4 star recruits, every here and there, but nothing consistant like a IU or MSU.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:11 PM) Because recruiting rankings are always right. Signed, Shavlik Randolph Charles Jackson amd Jamar Smith will be good players Rigggggght. You are high my friend. Shavlik has played well. He's too finesse so he was never going to translate well in the NBA, but he definately would help any team vastly. He gets overshadowed alot on Duke. They just have tons of players. Even guys as their 12th man probably would be our 7th or 8th man off our bench. Rankings aren't far off from what I've seen. The only time rankings are wrong about a player(we are talking from mediocre/average to blue chipper) is when the guy has been known to have a mental problem. That's it. Jackson and Smith won't be anything more than decent bench players. Illinois needs Rush(I heard that he was leaning to Oklahoma with Illinois being in 2nd). If not, they have no one. They also need DeAndre Thomas.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 10:07 PM) Other teams will get stronger an Ill doesn't have anybody coming in. With a wife and kids, I'm gone. Absolutely true. They are only ahead of MSU and Northwestern in recruiting in the Big Ten. They're all the way at 132 overall in the nation. Hell, Tim Floyd probably has a better recruiting class at USC than the Illini have. I don't remember the last time a losing team in the championship game getting blue chipper recruits in the next 2 years that wasn't already a huge program. I honestly, don't see Illinois getting better recruits than they did when they had Lon Kruger there.

Like MJ and the Bulls said after their 72-10 reg season in 96. It don't mean a thing without the ring. The same applies here. Even though I'm a huge Illini fan, you don't get a 37 wins banner or rings or trophy. The one game that mattered, they didn't win, so I can't give them propz. It's killing me too.

QUOTE(qwerty @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 09:58 PM) He ahs been a pimp all year and i wish the best of luck to him in the nba. I am not gonna blame this game on any one player. It was a team effort good or bad. I won't blame him. I think he just missed them. Everyone equates missed shots in the 4th with being a non-clutch player. He was clutch. The shot just didn't fall. If anyone I blame is Dee Brown for being wwwaaaaaaaaaaaay too damn passive in the last 5 minutes. He had two open 3's and didn't have the balls enough to shoot or even look to shoot them. btw, for the DeRon thing, I'm just saying, that's just me. And no, I'm not saying that because I'm mad he's leaving. If I seriously had his ability and came that damn close, I'm going for it all again, one more year.

Oh yeah, 12-38 from threes. 38 FREAKING THREES. That's not good.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Apr 4, 2005 -> 09:36 PM) Please, I would take the money too. The best thing he could do for HIMSELF would be to go pro and support his family IMO. He gains nothing from staying in college another year. He's on a free ride anyway? You're implying that his family is poor for some reason. Do you have any inside info?? Are they poor. Seriously, coming that close and knowing I have another year of eligibility left and that I could go one more year without living in a huge mansion or having that range rover, I wouldn't think twice. Unless my family was piss poor, I would stay. Maybe that's the competitive spirit in me.

I'm not going to school tommorow. I'm sooooo depressed.

Homecourt advantage and we couldn't get the job done. I wish DeRon would say, "F this, I'm coming back and we're going to win this" Too bad he wants the money.

Missed. Game over. They had a very nice look there too. Just for some reason it isn't falling. Congrats on a good season. Hopefully one day, they get the talent of UNC one day.

They need to let it go down to about 12 seconds and then get an open 3 unless there is a wide open 2. I have a feeling there will be a jump ball.

Told you they would F it up. OMFG. We all saw it once 4 UNC players were playing defense by looking at Luther's eyes.

Waste some time.

Illinois just can't hit a shot. They need to create somehow inside and unless the three is wideopen, you just keep it inside. You're only down by 2 with 50 seconds left, not by 5. I have a feeling they're going to "F" this possession up, hugely.

Tipped in by an Illini player from what I saw. Take some time.

So much for hold and getting a good possession.

Hold and get a good possession.

Get a stop. I don't know how. I just hope somehow it happens.

They need to continue to shoot the 3 from the top of the key against that 1-3-1 zone. That's going to be the best shot they have and time is ticking.