November 16, 201213 yr QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 16, 2012 -> 01:05 PM) Yep, if you qualify for collegiate sports, Duke will take you. Phil Henderson wanted to transfer from Duke to Illinois, but Illinois wouldn't accept him. That says all you need to know.
November 16, 201213 yr QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 16, 2012 -> 01:04 PM) Stanford is the hardest to get into for an athlete, as you have to be admitted there as a regular student I believe. Not sure if that's changed the last few years. IIRC, when Matt Lottich went to Stanford in 2000, I heard he had a 26 on the ACT. Basically, they just want you to show that you're reasonably intelligent, but you don't have to be up to their regular admission standards.
November 16, 201213 yr QUOTE (farmteam @ Nov 16, 2012 -> 09:30 PM) IIRC, when Matt Lottich went to Stanford in 2000, I heard he had a 26 on the ACT. Basically, they just want you to show that you're reasonably intelligent, but you don't have to be up to their regular admission standards. I know their current star, Dwight Powell, waited until he was accepted their before choosing them.
November 16, 201213 yr QUOTE (farmteam @ Nov 16, 2012 -> 02:30 PM) IIRC, when Matt Lottich went to Stanford in 2000, I heard he had a 26 on the ACT. Basically, they just want you to show that you're reasonably intelligent, but you don't have to be up to their regular admission standards. Matt Lottich? That name sounds familiar, wasn't he like a 3-sport superstar? New Trier was it?
November 16, 201213 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 16, 2012 -> 08:37 PM) Matt Lottich? That name sounds familiar, wasn't he like a 3-sport superstar? New Trier was it? Yep, had a very good career at Stanford.
November 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (fathom @ Nov 16, 2012 -> 02:42 PM) Yep, had a very good career at Stanford. Yeah, then he played overseas some. I think he was first team all-state as a QB, and had a 90+ fastball too. His senior year though (the first year New Trier won a championship in ANY of the Big 3 sports), he couldn't locate it well and New Trier had enough good pitchers that he just played First Base because, surprise surprise, he could hit the crap out of the ball. The basketball team that year also had Todd Townsend (who later played at Marquette; the Lottichs adopted him [or the Dad was the legal guardian, something like that] after he played his first year or two at Morgan Park); they could have been the only basketball champion in New Trier history, but they ran into Darius Miles and East St. Louis in the quarters.
November 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Nov 16, 2012 -> 11:22 PM) Time for some late night Illinois/Hawaii streaming action The pregame stream isnt working well for me, hopefully better during game.
November 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Nov 16, 2012 -> 11:33 PM) The pregame stream isnt working well for me, hopefully better during game. It's basically working for no one. All the Illinois fans are crashing it.
November 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 17, 2012 -> 01:23 AM) Wow, Illinois is terrible. Their offensive scheme is a complete joke. Leading now. This team is going to struggle occasionally, but this team is much more fun.
November 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Nov 17, 2012 -> 08:09 AM) BUZZER BEATER FTW HOLY s*** Even outside of that, it really was quite the exciting game regardless of how bad Illinois played. Love College Basketball. So glad it's back. Edited November 17, 201213 yr by Buehrle>Wood
November 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 17, 2012 -> 02:14 AM) Even outside of that, it really was quite the exciting game regardless of how bad Illinois played. Love College Basketball. So glad it's back. And exciting trying to piece together everything with the buffering. Just epic all around.
November 17, 201213 yr SIU gets Dantiel Daniels back for Loyola today. baby steps. More like premie steps, but whatever
November 17, 201213 yr Twitter is so awesome. I didn't stay up for the game, but this morning just going through my timeline, I got a blow-by-blow recap of all the game action, buffering issues, and fan reactions. Fun stuff. Illinois may still not be a tourney team, but it seems as if they will be way more fun to watch after the last few years of CorpseBall under Weber.
November 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 17, 2012 -> 07:54 AM) SIU gets Dantiel Daniels back for Loyola today. baby steps. More like premie steps, but whatever Not Loyola, Benedictine-Springfield. Hooray division 2 schools.
November 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 17, 2012 -> 08:46 AM) Not Loyola, Benedictine-Springfield. Hooray division 2 schools. I read the top line on saluki talk, it must be another sport going to Loyola
November 17, 201213 yr Still lots of sloppy play for Mizzou on defense. Poor rotations. But I guess that comes with more time together. But I'm amazed at how much trust Haith already has in Negus Webster-Chan as a frosh. He was putting him at the 1 last night (I'm guessing the Keion Bell at the 1 experiment is over?). Really looking forward to dixon coming back, but I respect Haith sticking to his guns on this.
November 17, 201213 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Nov 17, 2012 -> 11:00 AM) Still lots of sloppy play for Mizzou on defense. Poor rotations. But I guess that comes with more time together. But I'm amazed at how much trust Haith already has in Negus Webster-Chan as a frosh. He was putting him at the 1 last night (I'm guessing the Keion Bell at the 1 experiment is over?). Really looking forward to dixon coming back, but I respect Haith sticking to his guns on this. It's hard to say anything about positions and rotations until we see what it looks like when Dixon is back. Bell is a phenomenal athlete, but not much of a basketball player. Hopefully they can find a way to utilize him, but he's not very impressive.
November 18, 201213 yr Well f***, Illinois missed out on all the exciting recruits this year, hopefully after being around for a season we are on the otherside of these.
November 18, 201213 yr Honestly thought we were getting KBD, local kid and relationship with Parham going in. Hopefully Groce has something else planned because I think a lot if people were counting on him coming to Illinois.
November 18, 201213 yr Author Losing KBD is a big blow to UI and Purdue. Both were on him for a long time. Shocked everyone by going to OSU.
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