Recent content by soupy17

It must be some combination of having one year lost due to the old transfer rules and another lost completely to injury, with the COVID season being his forced sit. So his case is "you forced me to sit the year that would have been free so I would like it back" combined with a medical redshirt...

I don't have much by the way of info outside of what's shared on this board, but it seems like Watkins is the top priority of the bunch, and there's been some smoke for Kasparas lately. Lathon is a more recent add to that bunch, seemingly once admissions concerns for Wells arose. For what it's...

Top names to watch in the portal right now are Jamir Watkins from FSU, Miles Kelly from Georgia Tech, and Jordan Lathon from Morehead St. Also involved with Kasparas Jakucionis, a 17 year old Lithuanian guard who is currently playing with FC Barcelona.

Portal tracker got a bit of an update this morning - some commitments I missed have been logged and updated the formatting to more accurately reflect our current targets. Orange text tags for Waktins, Wells, Kelly, Monsanto and Mongolian Mike. Couple of minor Crystal Ball updates (JT Toppin...

I mean I think it's pretty clear he's not a top target in terms of being a starter / impact pickup. We have 3 open spots - one seems earmarked for a starting 2 guard type. The others are a matter of if/how we choose to fill out a bench with additional size or ball handlers.

Let's also remember that despite everything about the NIL state of college basketball, this Coleman situation is extremely unique in the sense that if we do get lucky enough to have more 4-year Illini like him, we will not have to worry about this scenario occurring again.

Looked it up out of curiosity - Ivisic has 441 career points in the Adriatic League (3 seasons, 22-25 games per season). Not trying to take away from your point though.

Just when I thought I could relax with the portal tracker...

Yup

Our current punter

I can understand a little of shading Bronny for getting invites or accolades based on his name, but he was a top-20 prospect in high school largely based on his talent. And in terms of his performance this season, do people forget that he missed the entire summer and the better part of the fall...

With the portal effectively closed now, we aren't likely to see many new names enter the spreadsheet. May see some names of guys currently in the portal suddenly become targets, especially as people pull out of the draft, but the pace of names adding will certainly be much slower. Crystal ball...

Can no longer enter their names. As far as I know there isn't some other arbitrary deadline for players to pick their new schools beyond enrollment deadlines and the like.