Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS

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Re: 2019 Recruits - Kofi Cockburn
« Reply #120 on: December 15, 2018, 10:21:41 PM »
May not get Kofi but will have a legit shot with other 4/5 stars if we keep winning a lot this year which is a welcome change around here.

Re: 2019 Recruits - Kofi Cockburn
« Reply #121 on: December 15, 2018, 10:29:28 PM »
I remain an optimist until the bottom falls out—-like it usually does.

Re: 2019 Recruits - Kofi Cockburn
« Reply #122 on: January 06, 2019, 05:52:38 PM »
Per espn - has committed to Illinois. 

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Re: 2019 Recruits - Kofi Cockburn
« Reply #123 on: January 06, 2019, 06:26:49 PM »
Hahaha Illinois.

Uh, ok

Just pay these kids already

Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #124 on: January 06, 2019, 08:14:43 PM »
We don't need him.

Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #125 on: January 06, 2019, 08:32:57 PM »
When he’s ready to transfer home, we’ll be ready.

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #126 on: January 06, 2019, 08:44:28 PM »
Hahaha Illinois.

Uh, ok

Just pay these kids already

Are you suggesting that a school well known for not paying players is suddenly paying players?

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #127 on: January 06, 2019, 08:45:49 PM »
We don't need him.

What makes you say that?

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #128 on: January 06, 2019, 08:57:03 PM »
Are you suggesting that a school well known for not paying players is suddenly paying players?

Maybe modern day but under Lou Henson they got put on probation for just that.

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #129 on: January 06, 2019, 09:46:17 PM »
Antingua earning his keep, home run hire for Brad Underwood, who's up against it (18-29) in Champaign.
Section 3
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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #130 on: January 07, 2019, 04:05:21 PM »
No surprise here as we just landed two bigs but a HS potential 5 would have been nice.   

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #131 on: January 07, 2019, 04:26:03 PM »
Pretty sure he committed to the worst team in the Big 10 for academic reasons.

Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #132 on: January 07, 2019, 05:11:59 PM »
Pretty sure he committed to the worst team in the Big 10 for academic reasons.
Pretty sure he committed to the worst team in the Big 10 for academic reasons.
Does seem strange for him tp choose Illinois but FWIW was told by a former college coach that the Illini head coach Brad Underwood is a good one who got there last year from S.F. Austin where he did a great job.

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #133 on: January 07, 2019, 06:58:15 PM »
Does seem strange for him tp choose Illinois but FWIW was told by a former college coach that the Illini head coach Brad Underwood is a good one who got there last year from S.F. Austin where he did a great job.

Underwood coached at Oklahoma St for a year after Austin and is 18-29 at Illinois and Illinois hasn't had a player make the NBA since Dee Brown 15 years ago. I $u$pect this was not a basketball decision.

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #134 on: January 07, 2019, 07:34:47 PM »
Antingua was coach Cals bag man for years. That's what he does.

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #135 on: January 07, 2019, 08:59:17 PM »
Underwood coached at Oklahoma St for a year after Austin and is 18-29 at Illinois and Illinois hasn't had a player make the NBA since Dee Brown 15 years ago. I $u$pect this was not a basketball decision.

That’s not accurate. Dee Brown is not the last Illini player to make the NBA.

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #136 on: January 07, 2019, 09:00:41 PM »
Maybe modern day but under Lou Henson they got put on probation for just that.

Eric Gordon choosing Indiana cost Bruce Weber his job. Biggest mistake they’ve made in a long time.

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #137 on: January 07, 2019, 09:04:19 PM »
Pretty sure he committed to the worst team in the Big 10 for academic reasons.

It’s a Big Ten school. Big Ten schools get elite players. Even the poor teams do.

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #138 on: January 07, 2019, 09:32:37 PM »
YUP--Illini got that stud Adonis De La Rosa!  Maybe Kofi want s to follow him (he'll have to look better by comparison).  ;)

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Re: Kofi Cockburn - C - Oak Hill Academy - ILLINOIS
« Reply #139 on: January 08, 2019, 08:07:05 AM »
That’s not accurate. Dee Brown is not the last Illini player to make the NBA.

Second to last then. The point remains.