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Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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I’m assuming he means when there is a consensus on wanting a recruit, then they win. Do you consult others on your women?
I’m still here! But I’ll be the first to say that if they get Riley, that’s a grand slam of an offseason. Program-changing prospect.
I guess I missed the consternation. I did notice that during brief lulls in recruiting this Spring there were a tiny number of wild, the-sky-is-falling posts by visitors from the outer rings of the solar system. In reaction to those posts (which I thought were honestly pretty amusing), there were buckets of posts suggesting that the extraterrestrial doomers should learn to trust Brad and, further, that critiques in general should be muted (which I again found amusing.)
That was last year though. I think they (especially TSJ) would get a lot more this year.
I’d rather be first than in the middle. (We all know the inherent value of “first”)
You get to set the standard by which the rest will be judged. I don’t know how many of you watched the Charlie Villenueva recruiting video, where he talked about Self nailing his initial visit, 1st time on a private jet, etc… leading to his immediate decision to commit to Self. The rest of his visits were similar, thus less remarkable. He was all in on Illinois until self left.
Regarding Hawkins, again, the kid has a black belt in Underwood basketball. No one is going to ask Coleman to be a primary scorer. Best case for him is that a good team takes him late in the 1st next year. Proving he is adaptable may be more important than proving he can score. He’s a role player in the NBA. How quickly they think he can contribute may be the difference between late first or second round.
You get to set the standard by which the rest will be judged. I don’t know how many of you watched the Charlie Villenueva recruiting video, where he talked about Self nailing his initial visit, 1st time on a private jet, etc… leading to his immediate decision to commit to Self. The rest of his visits were similar, thus less remarkable. He was all in on Illinois until self left.
Regarding Hawkins, again, the kid has a black belt in Underwood basketball. No one is going to ask Coleman to be a primary scorer. Best case for him is that a good team takes him late in the 1st next year. Proving he is adaptable may be more important than proving he can score. He’s a role player in the NBA. How quickly they think he can contribute may be the difference between late first or second round.
Kentucky has Jaxson Robinson, Koby Brea, and Oweh so I don't see it happening but they are Kentucky. Alabama, it seems like he is competing minutes with two freshmen, one 5 star and one 4 star so I can see it. My guess is between us and Bama is he reclasses.
I noticed that this board immediately changed from much doom & gloom to much gleefulness upon the KJ commitment. Kind of wild how one guy silenced the naysayers here. Just my humble observation.
Bigtex
- DFW
agree that inflation has impacted NIL amounts. However it was mentioned that the staff wasn't willing to give 2nd team all B1G player the same amount or more than TSJ.
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GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
To be honest, transferring from anywhere to a Kenny Payne led team would probably have me full of regret, too, lmao.
I assume you're referring to Storr? If so, I think he's a big step down from TSJ, and apparently the staff agreed (despite a lot of Storr hype on this board). Plus that was early in this recruiting cycle- inflation wasn't just year-to-year, but month-to-month.
I can still agree that 2M for Hawkins seems high (edit: just not outrageous as it would appear when compared to last year).
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"Projected scholarship count (as of May 29, 8:45 p.m. CT): 13 (NCAA limit is 13)"
0 scholarships open?
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Definitely. What seemed ridiculous two months ago doesn't now. If Storr had waited, he might have gotten even more. And the other thing is little of the info out there is verified. Nobody knows for sure what player x actually got or will get.
Yeah I've wondered about their scholarship count, too. If he does in fact reclass, would Alabama just make Riley (or I guess someone on their roster, maybe doesn't matter exactly who) a preferred walk-on and cover the $$ difference with extra NIL?Alabama men's basketball 2024 transfer portal, NBA draft tracker
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"Projected scholarship count (as of May 29, 8:45 p.m. CT): 13 (NCAA limit is 13)"
When you have one glaring hole and that hole get's filled it tends to leave folks happy.
TheDukeUIUC
- Twin Cities, MN
Maybe so. Even if that's true, I think Tre White needs to be one of our wing starters. We need a lineup that includes at least one starterrwho's been through the wars (other than Boswell) for a couple of years against tough competition.
I agree, but don't forget these 18 year old kids have agents.
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