Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Are you sure? I thought he was wearing a Cook Jersey on a visit to Duke before doing the hat switch from Illinois, to Kansas, to NBA?! Or Duke?
Illini92and96
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I haven't read anything on this board to suggest the coaches went all in, and why would they need to cater to him? He wants to be an accounting major, and we are tops in that area. Boom.
I think we would have a good chance of making the sweet sixteen with our roster as it stands. If we get Riley, final four is possible.
Yes, two of biggest misses: Shaun Livingston, who never played a minute at Duke, and Cliff Alexander, who didn't play much more than that at KU. Cliff Levingston, on the other hand, was a super good guy, and a Chicago Bull for a few seasons.Are you sure? I thought he was wearing a Cook Jersey on a visit to Duke before doing the hat switch from Illinois, to Kansas, to NBA?! Or Duke?
Mayer is not a terrible comparison (though I'm sure there's someone more similar). He was actually a pretty good player, even if his attitude and inconsistencies were hard to deal with. I think combined with our problems at PG that year it didn't work out as well as it could have. If Mayer had quality PGs to play with, it would have helped a lot.
I wonder how the careers of Kahlil Whitney, Cliff Alexander, Sherron Collins,would have played out if they committed here
Matthew Mayer won some big games for us...When he was hot, he was really hot....He just seemed to kind of disappear at the end of the season.
He's a 6'9" guy who can shoot threes - that's where the comparison kind of starts and stops
Riley has so much more to his game and will likely have a lot more impact on winning
Agreed. Mayer made those around him worse. Riley makes those around him better. Totally different players.
He's feeling guilty...
Mayer is certainly a lazy comparison. But I think they were talking about what recent Illini player he reminded them of. And in that sense, Mayer's probably the most similar.
I do agree that Riley has way more skills than Mayer. Mayer could (inconsistently) shoot from 3, but beyond that his offensive skills weren't that well-rounded. Riley looks to score in about every way possible. I saw a comment somewhere to the effect that he has every offensive move in the book other than a sky hook.
Mayer was a key piece of a national championship team.
He was just miscast on the Illini because we had atrocious guard play. He was forced into being the primary option in the halfcourt far too while that wasn't his game.
Mayer would have been a stud in the Quincy Guerrier type role where he could provide defense and rim protection while shooting open 3s and slashing to the basket.
Levingston, along with Austin Carr, were the most impressive pair of forwards I have ever seen play in person in college. They were virtually identical twins relative to the way they played and the skills they possessed. They played a couple of years with Randy Smithson, the son of WSU's head coach Gene Smithson. Gene's brother was also a great player and was my 8th grade coach. It was a special night for me to see all three at our HOF induction in Feb.
That WSU team was good enough to win it all in 1982 but lost to LSU in the Elite Eight. I was able to see them play in the regional that year and was very impressed.
sounds like riley is coming
Austin Carr??
Love me some BT, so I'll take that how i'd like, neatWhat I plan on doing …
Which you can interpret however you’d like …
Antoine Carr
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