Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[Brosky]

me too. Is Dale Brown still their coach?

 

[Brosky]

How bout this: Catchings or Riley, whoever decides first.

 

[Goldtop]

I choose to believe insider blackout is a sign of good things to come.

 

[jezzadownunder]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1799532207024812243

Yeesh

 

[WyattEarp]

Good luck to him, but it’s time to move on.

Yep, let it go Sleepers.

 

[Uihoop2023!]

Ridiculous take

 

[PepeSilvia]

The sleepers guys alluded to how NIL works at Purdue in one of their videos that it’s pooled and players share it equally? It’s going to be really hard for them to compete for talent in this new world in that model - for transfers or HS recruits

It will be interesting to see their trajectory going forward

I don't know if it's true or not and sharing a pooled NIL doesn't mean you can't get more from other opportunities but it's an interesting concept.

Yeah you're probably not going to win a bidding war for NIL and may lose out on some super highly touted recruits.

However, if you hit on the right guys and they buy in then you're going to have an extremely unselfish team that plays together.

 

[FrankNitty30]

The Big 10 was down because Illinois had a generational team.

There was 1 team that could beat Illinois is a National Championship game that year. Unfortunately, we played them.

 

[Kinkyfish]

Coleman who?….

 

[MULEDOG35]

Agree on your three teams. I'd add northwestern.

I'm not sure how much people realize this but our historic season in 2005 was helped by the fact that it was a pretty down year for the big ten.

Knowing that I'm sure really takes some of the shine off it, doesn't it?

Nope

 

[RockfordIllini]

Agree on your three teams. I'd add northwestern.

I'm not sure how much people realize this but our historic season in 2005 was helped by the fact that it was a pretty down year for the big ten.

Knowing that I'm sure really takes some of the shine off it, doesn't it?

You mean the year Wisconsin made the elite eight and Sparty made the final four, and we beat both of them on the road? Yep. Not impressive at all.

 

[derrick6]

2005 was the last year high school age could enter the nba draft and there was a mad dash across the NCAA to the draft that year, iirc.

2005 was a great team but the ncaa was young.

 

[RML]

Agree on your three teams. I'd add northwestern.

I'm not sure how much people realize this but our historic season in 2005 was helped by the fact that it was a pretty down year for the big ten.

Knowing that I'm sure really takes some of the shine off it, doesn't it?

I want them all to be great, so long as we are always a little bit better.
Well, maybe not Michigan. Its OK by me for them to suck.

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

I want them all to be great, so long as we are always a little bit better.
Well, maybe not Michigan. Its OK by me for them to suck.

My goal, every year, is for Illinois to win the B1G. Failing that, I want Iowa to NOT win it.

 

[morrILL-INIquity]

My goal, every year, is for Illinois to win the B1G. Failing that, I want Iowa to NOT win it.

 

[sharpshot16]

 

[SeattleSlim]

I don't know if it's true or not and sharing a pooled NIL doesn't mean you can't get more from other opportunities but it's an interesting concept.

Yeah you're probably not going to win a bidding war for NIL and may lose out on some super highly touted recruits.

However, if you hit on the right guys and they buy in then you're going to have an extremely unselfish team that plays together.

If players become employees this may be how it all plays out, $-wise (i.e., equal pay from the employer (school) plus whatever additional money they can solicit on the side … if that’s allowed).

 

[Noblesville Illini]

Sharp, please self interpret this gif. Not familiar. No habla Snoopa baila.

 

[Loyalillini10]

Sharp, please self interpret this gif. Not familiar. No habla Snoopa baila.

Well, obviously, Snoop is celebrating.

 

[Ryllini]

I like the Sharpshot crip walk signal

 

[FinallyMadeAnAccount]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1799603136879014055

This is down there with the worst possible outcomes

 

[KingWolf11]

Was not lying about wanting to watch good football

 

[PepeSilvia]

Agree on your three teams. I'd add northwestern.

I'm not sure how much people realize this but our historic season in 2005 was helped by the fact that it was a pretty down year for the big ten.

Knowing that I'm sure really takes some of the shine off it, doesn't it?

Was it really it a down year or was it just viewed that way by the media?

Because Illinois was the best team in the country(I will die on that hill), Michigan St went to the final four, and Wisconsin lost in the elite 8 to UNC(by 6).

 

[CoalCity]

Was not lying about wanting to watch good football

Except that's not what he said

 

[chrisRunner7]

Was it really it a down year or was it just viewed that way by the media?

Because Illinois was the best team in the country(I will die on that hill), Michigan St went to the final four, and Wisconsin lost in the elite 8 to UNC(by 6).

IIRC, there was a perception the Big Ten was down that year-- and definitely a media perception-- but perceptions back then weren't based on KenPom or Torvik.

ACC won the challenge 7 to 2 that year and Big Ten apparently finished the #5 conference in the much-maligned RPI. I swear ESPN would never miss a chance to say the Big Ten was down, either.

Rank	Conference	W	L	Pct	RPI	SOS	RPI
1	ACC	106	26	0.8030	0.5757	0.4999	0.5797
2	Pac-10	78	25	0.7573	0.5718	0.5100	0.5676
3	Big 12	103	29	0.7803	0.5664	0.4951	0.5694
4	Big East	107	29	0.7868	0.5623	0.4874	0.5697
5	Big Ten	96	41	0.7007	0.5581	0.5106	0.5594
6	SEC	107	40	0.7279	0.5520	0.4933	0.5606