>He just landed the first Illinois Mr. Basketball since 2010
>for the Illini. Is that not enough? Of course it isn't. You're
>ThaTruth. You'll move the goalposts further.
>
>If Tilmon re-commits, you have to recuse yourself from ever
>discussing college basketball again on this board. It's a coin
>flip imo, because Cuonzo is a beast of a recruiter and he's
>got his claws in deep, but Underwood will sell his incredible
>PnR offense to Tilmon and work hard to get him to stay,
>especially now that he has next year's PG in place. So if
>Tilmon stays? Yeah, you're done talking college basketball
>here. For good.
>
>Everyone already knows that you don't watch college
>basketball. That's a given that everyone on this board
>accepts.

But that's a lie, I'm pretty sure I watch more Illinois and Mizzou basketball games than you and know a lot more about those programs than you.


>And if that doesn't happen (like I said, coin flip), then when
>Underwood makes the NCAA Tournament by Year 2 with the Illini,
>you get to have an Underwood avatar for a year with the
>signature "I was wrong, I don't know college basketball."
>Tourney by Year 2 for a young team isn't even the arbiter of
>success for a new coach with a young team, but I just don't
>think Underwood will need a full four to get the Illini to the
>Dance.

I wouldn't be mad at that at all.

>And if, after three years, Underwood hasn't made the
>tournament, then I'll make my avatar for a full year the
>homoerotic Boston image (or some other homoerotic sports image
>you inevitably have saved on your desktop) and make my
>signature "ThaTruth's posts in OkaySports are both witty and
>insightful."

What you fail to understand is that I'm an Illini fan and I hope Underwood IS successful even though I didn't think he was the right hire at the time so if I'm proven wrong about that I'll be more than happy to take that L.