Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Welcome to the Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread :illinois:

IL Returnees
1) Ty Rodgers
2) Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn

IL Signees
1) Morez Johnson (2024 PF) committed on November 4th, 2021.
2) Jason Jakstys (2024 F) committed on July 23rd, 2023.
3) Jake Davis (Mercer guard) committed on April 1st.
4) Tre White (Louisville wing) committed on April 9th.
5) Kylan Boswell (Arizona guard) committed on April 14th.
6) Carey Booth (Notre Dame forward) committed on April 16th.
7) Ben Humrichous (Evansville forward) committed on April 30th.
8) Tomislav Ivisic (Croatian center) committed on May 6th.
9) Kasparas Jakucionis (Lithuanian guard) committed on May 28th.


IL players who left or decommitted from the program
1) Dain Dainja entered transfer portal on April 1st, committed to Memphis on April 5th.
2) Jase Butler decommitted on April 8th, committed to Washington on April 23rd.
3) Sencire Harris entered transfer portal on April 15th, committed to West Virginia on April 21st.
4) Amani Hansberry entered transfer portal on April 16th, committed to West Virginia on April 21st.
5) Luke Goode entered transfer portal on April 22nd, committed to Indiana on April 26th.
6) Marcus Domask announced he's out of eligibility & declared for NBA Draft on April 25th.
7) Niccolo Moretti entered transfer portal on April 29th, committed to FAU on May 21st.
8) Coleman Hawkins withdrew from NBA Draft & announced intention to transfer to new program on May 29th.


2025 Recruiting
1) Jeremiah Fears (2025 PG) committed on January 22nd, 2024.
 
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FightinIllini30
derrick rose GIF
 
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DeonThomas
I've been away for awhile, but I view 2024-25 recruiting as now locked and loaded. We're not really pursuing anyone else are we?

Time instead to start building a cohesive unit!
 
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Indy Illini Fan
PasadenaIllini said:
Do we have a reasonable shot at landing this kid? He seems like a unique talent. And unique talents in this day and age cost a lot of coin in college basketball.

WILL RILEY
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We're gonna get him on campus ... O has really, really worked this one ...

Kid is an ELITE level scorer ... Tough shot maker ...

I've had multiple coaches tell me that he reminds them of KD when he was coming out of HS ...
 
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FinallyMadeAnAccount
Indy Illini Fan said:
We're gonna get him on campus ... O has really, really worked this one ...

Kid is an ELITE level scorer ... Tough shot maker ...

I've had multiple coaches tell me that he reminds them of KD when he was coming out of HS ...
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Is he set on reclassing to 2024?

If so,

PG: Kylan Boswell (6’2”) / Ty Rodgers (6’6”)
SG: Kasparas Jakucionis (6’6”) / Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn (6’1”)
SF: Tre White (6’7”) / Will Riley (6’8”)
PF: Ben Humrichous (6’9”) / Carey Booth (6’10”)
C: Tomislav Ivisic (7’1”) / Morez Johnson (6’9”)

Other/Redshirt: Jake Davis (6’6”), Jason Jakstys (6’10”)

This is good
 
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Fly Illini Fly!
FinallyMadeAnAccount said:
Is he set on reclassing to 2024?

If so,

PG: Kylan Boswell (6’2”) / Ty Rodgers (6’6”)
SG: Kasparas Jakucionis (6’6”) / Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn (6’1”)
SF: Tre White (6’7”) / Will Riley (6’8”)
PF: Ben Humrichous (6’9”) / Carey Booth (6’10”)
C: Tomislav Ivisic (7’1”) / Morez Johnson (6’9”)

Other/Redshirt: Jake Davis (6’6”), Jason Jakstys (6’10”)

This is good
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Bump Riley up to starting SF and Tre down to staring 4...

There's your starting five for next year (2025-26).

Might be wrong...but don't think Riley's a sure shot one and done either. IMO there's def. a possibility we get him for 2 years...no?

Assuming the staff is able keep the main guys...we're set for a really good 2 year run.
 
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jamarvelous31
FinallyMadeAnAccount said:
Is he set on reclassing to 2024?

If so,

PG: Kylan Boswell (6’2”) / Ty Rodgers (6’6”)
SG: Kasparas Jakucionis (6’6”) / Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn (6’1”)
SF: Tre White (6’7”) / Will Riley (6’8”)
PF: Ben Humrichous (6’9”) / Carey Booth (6’10”)
C: Tomislav Ivisic (7’1”) / Morez Johnson (6’9”)

Other/Redshirt: Jake Davis (6’6”), Jason Jakstys (6’10”)

This is good
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DGL is going to struggle to get minutes in this situation. Good problem to have.
 
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GoIllini123
Indy Illini Fan said:
We're gonna get him on campus ... O has really, really worked this one ...

Kid is an ELITE level scorer ... Tough shot maker ...

I've had multiple coaches tell me that he reminds them of KD when he was coming out of HS ...
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If he reclasses like many are speculating and gets added to our roster this year, what is our lineup? How do Rodgers and White fit into the fold given positional overlap? I’d imagine we wouldn’t be able to get Will Riley if we didn’t promise him a starting role / playing time.
 
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