Stuhoo

Agreed. And they won't.

Oh wow. I watched a little of Will Wade and it was pretty uncomfortably schlocky. "I want to thank my wife, Lauren. She's my best recruit! (giggles)" Yeesh

Ordering pizza. Dishes not unpacked yet. Too noisy to hear pizza guy on lower level.

Means he's got eyes on the situation.

You're wrong.

Think Archie could beat this guy in a shooting competition?

Yes, he did. For those of you who aren't watching the stream, FG just said that the only two things he'll say about the search process are that Archie was on the short list from the beginning Archie was the only one who was offered the job (i.e; screw you Dak and Alford)

Bye bye oversigning!!!

"Dan Dakich, ESPN: Archie, Steve Alford is a done deal and you aren't him. Why?" j/k

Killing it softly.

Substance over style. That's the ticket.

Damn...looks like Delaware State and Houston Baptist are gonna be off our schedule. They're gonna be pissed.

MUCH better take on it by Dak. Smart, funny, reasonable, "truthy."

ccg: Would also love to know if there is potential with Jeremiah Tillmon, and if generally, the Illini are going to hold onto their current class.

Full disclosure: I am a Dakich fan. He's direct, interesting, entertaining, and knows plenty about basketball from a real insider's view, infused with complexity and substance. However, I heard his take on things via his appearance this morning on Mike & Mike, and I was not impressed or amused: After Greeny asked him why Alford turned the IUBB job down, Dakich must've felt like he shouldn't perpetuate that myth, and said he wasn't sure why Glass didn't offer it to Alford and that the whole thing was strange. Dakich knows why; he just didn't want to tell it like it was re Alford's past, coaching record, and Alford's apparent fairly divisive personality. Dakich then went back to his mantra about how it shouldn't have mattered because he wouldn't have let Crean go. He then said the only reason he could think of to have let Crean go was that IU needed to recruit the state of Indiana better, and that this year there were five big-time kids in Indiana and Crean never even had them on campus! At that point it was clear that Dakich was just flat out proactively lying (unless you want to call it hyperbole, but usually hyperbole has an element of the audience understanding that you're exaggerating to make a point, and the Mike & Mike audience has no such thing). He!!, Wilkes and Scruggs practically lived on IU's campus and at AH during high school, and Malik Williams made more than one visit. I'm pretty sure we gave it a go with Jaren Jackson too. Not even sure who was the fifth in-state player he was referring to; Bowen, Brunk, Gunn (if so, he also lived at AH). The real point here, and Dakich knows it, is that the kids and coaches who knew Crean best, the in-state people, did not want to play for Crean. Period. Anyway, this was Dakich at his worst; using his effective and entertaining presentation skills to perpetuate what he knew was bullshirt, and I found it very disappointing.

Holy crap that's funny!!!

We lose Hartman, OG, and at least two more, and pick up the three we had plus the Greek Freak 2.0? Heaven. Don't think there's much of a chance it will be that clean though.

There's an unsigned kid named Clifton Moore that I REALLY like.

I like him. High quality human being.

I think that FCTC is a helluva good tv analyst.

Regardless of what the dirt is or isn't, I think it is very safe to say that we are not going to be poaching any assistant coaches whom are associated with Steve Alford's staff.

FYI: seems to me that we are going to be playing Kensucky again, and soon: http://www.coachcal.com/40156/2016/09/miller-time/

Annnd... this cements that Billy D was never in Bloomington.

This is a GREAT article! A must read for all that want to know how the real story of the Archie hire went down.

Not much of a shooter though. Think slightly less athletic Troy Williams with more control and less ganja.