47. "So 1 recruit and you win? lol..." In response to In response to 46
>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.