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Topic: Shaka watch is reminding me of Groce Watch

Topic: Shaka watch is reminding me of Groce Watch

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OU_Country
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Shaka watch is reminding me of Groce Watch

Posted: 4/2/2015 8:40:14 PM

Leafing through my college hoops feed on Twitter tonight, I see these tweets about the flight status of the Texas AD flying to Richmond, and the optimism of them getting Shaka. It just takes ya back to three years ago.

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RE: Shaka watch is reminding me of Groce Watch

Posted: 4/2/2015 9:06:06 PM

Too bad with one more okay year Groce is gone. He is an awesome recruiter and us coaches respect him greatly but rumor is he's on the hot seat. I still think Illinois fans are a bit greedy. Groce is great for kids

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RE: Shaka watch is reminding me of Groce Watch

Posted: 4/2/2015 9:13:56 PM

THey were over there talking about him not living up to their expectations, tourney every year, FF every five years or so....interesting FF in 89 and 05. Before that you got to go back decades. Not sure why they think he is going to turn that program over following Weber's dismantling in a few years. Weber is doing the same thing at K State presently and the folks in Topeka seem surprised.

I think he will land on his feet and do well if that happens. If he survives I think he will open up a pipeline to Chicago and be there for a while. Pivotal year for him, Illini fans have been the same since my pops was a player and consistent throughout my time in Chicago 4 decades ago.

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RE: Shaka watch is reminding me of Groce Watch

Posted: 4/3/2015 10:58:57 AM

Shaka officially gone. He played for Bill Brown at Kenyon and then coached at Cal PA with him.

OU_Country
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RE: Shaka watch is reminding me of Groce Watch

Posted: 4/3/2015 11:41:10 AM

The folks in Champaign-Urbana --or anywhere else not named Kentucky, Kansas, or Duke for that matter-- that think they should be going Dancin' every year and heading to annual Sweet Sixteens need to look at just how damn hard it is to do that. Look at the list of teams that have managed five years in a row currently:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Bask...

A Small List of ELEVEN teams. Here's another that shows more teams after 5 years in a row. Add 13 teams that have been to 3 straight or more.

http://mcubed.net/ncaab/strkr64c.shtml

So...24 teams out of 351 have been to three consecutive tournaments or more.

EDIT: And that list doesn't include KENTUCKY.

I agree with borna, John will get them up to a higher level given the time to build the Chicago recruiting base. That stuff isn't done overnight, and reportedly he's made big strides in that area. You have to believe full seasons from Rice and Abrams would have meant 3-4 more wins this year too, easily getting them in the field.

Last Edited: 4/3/2015 11:41:52 AM by OU_Country

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