Illini Women's Basketball 2024-2025

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derrick6
EyeoftheIllini said:
Media day and if kid has already told Shaun’s she’s announcing tomorrow, no harm in mentioning.
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Didn’t mean to imply harm, just interested in how different it appeared to me. Media day would explain it. I think on social media coaches tend to have more fun with it,
 
#230      
ILLHoopsterFan
I enjoy listening to Coach Green and am looking forward to the season, especially the opener vs. Florida State. My biggest concern from the press conference was Lety's “not being healthy.” I hope it is not a medical issue, but in most cases, it is code for a significant orthopedic injury (ACL, etc.). We could use her this year to add some size to a small front line.
 
#232      
AZILL
And neither will I be disappointed. In fact, I'd be ecstatic! We need some size, we need some International flair, bring her in!!! I'd love to develop a Brazilian/South American pipeline !!! A top 100 4 star 6'3" player is exactly what we need to keep building the program.
 
#236      
Fan Since '70

Illini women's basketball land Australian wing Erica Finney​

https://www.news-gazette.com/newsle...cle_abb7125c-8765-11ef-9fb8-cf23ea8eb795.html
The 6-foot-1 wing from Australia is the second commitment in the 2025 class, joining five-star guard Destiny Jackson from Whitney Young in Chicago.
Green and Co. remain in the mix for several top-100 recruits in the 2025 class, including the likes of center Layla Hays (Wasilla, Alaska), wing Naomi Benson (Streetsboro, Ohio) and point guard Addi Mack (Eden Prairie, Minn.). Four-star 2025 forward Manuella Alves-Fernandez (Kissimmee, Fla.) also made an official visit to the Illinois campus earlier this week.
 
#241      
Champaign Toast
I think Parchment could be the last '25 commit of this cycle. We might now back off on Naomi Benson and Manuella Alves-Fernandez, or Parchment's commitment causes them to look elsewhere.

I look at our roster outlook and think that for 2025-26 we could only be looking to add via transfer portal another ballhandler and possibly another F/C. Upper class, one-year transfers at both spots could be logical. Obviously won't fully know till the end of this season.

Projected 2025-26 (my classifications):
Point Guard/Ballhandler (1): FR Destiny
Guard/Wing (5): JR Gretchen, JR Cori, JR Brown-Hagger, SO Berry, FR Finney
Forward (3): SR Shay, SO Noya Catoira, FR Cearah
Center (2): JR Lety, SO Hayven

Anyone think we keep pushing for class of 2025 high school recruits?
 
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derrick6
Champaign Toast said:
I think Parchment could be the last '25 commit of this cycle. We might now back off on Naomi Benson and Manuella Alves-Fernandez, or cause them to look elsewhere.

I look at our roster outlook and think that for 2025-26 we could only be looking to add via transfer portal another ballhandler and, depending on how Lety and Hayven perform/develop, possibly another center. An upper class, one-year transfer at both spots could be logical. Obviously won't fully know till the end of this season.

Anyone think we keep pushing for class of 2025 high school recruits?
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If she’s following the Underwood playbook, she will keep pushing for them all.
 
#247      
Illini92and96
ptgrd23 said:
If Shauna is able to recruit well and build a B10 champion program at Illinois there is no reason for her to go elsewhere. Taking over at a WBB blue blood that was build by somebody else only puts you in somebody elses shadow. Unless she badly wants to move back to IA I think we are safe. JMO. She is a midwesterner so chance of being hired to SEC or school in TX is low. I think Jay would match $$$ for anybody trying to poach her. She was at Dayton for 6 seasons despite making NCAA 3 times in first 4 years so I am confident she had opportunities to move earlier.

Illinois badly managed opportunity when they lost JM and BS. Mackovic got a 50% raise going to Texas which is a historical football power - Illinois did not try to outbid them. Oklahoma native Bill Self got major raise, joined blue blood where he had been an assistant coach, He took over a 30-8 team that lost in NCAA finals year before. Illinois did not try to outbid KS.

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/12/12/Champaign-Ill-Mackovic-switching-to-Texas/3353692514000/
https://www.espn.com/ncb/news/2003/0420/1541578.html

Shauna is 11th highest paid WBB coach. big drop off after NCAA champes Mulkey, Geno and Staley.

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That's an impressive commitment to the program. It also shows that no one, other than a couple programs, is going to outbid us by millions. Seems easier to match another offer if it's only a couple hundred thousand/half a million above what we are already paying.
 
#250      
splitter
Brad's recruiting has been cooking and now Shauna's is baking.
 
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