Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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NCIllini10

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rtbritt said:
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? 🤔
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ptgrd23

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OB positive said:
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.
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Wow - given we have Ty 6 ppg 5 rbg and DGL 2 ppg coming back plus 7 transfers (Tre, Kylan, KJ, Cary, Davis, Humrichous, Ivicic) and 2 freshman (Morez, Janks) that is expecting alot. I would be thrilled if we are in top 5 of B10 and peaking by end of season for the NCAAs.
 
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WyattEarp

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PepeSilvia said:
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.
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Mayer would have prolly been effective in a straight wing type role. I understand what you are saying there. But not a Guerrier per se.

Even still, his greatest asset by far was his shooting…and more to the point…it was specifically his ability to get his shot off against just about anyone. He had a higher, quick release which allowed for that.

But he wasn’t a good defender, periodt. If anything he was a weak link in our D more often than not. He wasn’t a formidable rim protector really. He got some blocks sure, but that was generally after he got beat.
He didnt generally finish with authority like Guerrier did when he wanted to. I suppose anyone can go back door. But I don’t see him being a stud at it.

Mayer was basically a quicker, ganglier, more spastic, better shooting Goode…unlike Goode he had a step-back as opposed to mere catch n shoot.
 
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jamarvelous31

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SkyysNotFalling said:
Sleepers guys think Riley goes to Illinois…. Said he reminds them of Matt Mayer… think if we can land this kid that solidifies us as a lock tourney team and competitive for a double buy in the B1G tourney.. I’d consider that a huge success. If we can hold onto the likes of Booth, Kylan, White, Davis etc. than 2025-26 we are a top 10 team with Fears.
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Their redeeming take is them saying if Underwood stays here for 10 years we're a top 10 team of those years.
 
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PepeSilvia

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WyattEarp said:
Mayer would have prolly been effective in a straight wing type role. I understand what you are saying there. But not a Guerrier per se.

Even still, his greatest asset by far was his shooting…and more to the point…it was specifically his ability to get his shot off against just about anyone. He had a higher, quick release which allowed for that.

But he wasn’t a good defender, periodt. If anything he was a weak link in our D more often than not. He wasn’t a formidable rim protector really. He got some blocks sure, but that was generally after he got beat.
He didnt generally finish with authority like Guerrier did when he wanted to. I suppose anyone can go back door. But I don’t see him being a stud at it.

Mayer was basically a quicker, ganglier, more spastic, better shooting Goode…unlike Goode he had a step-back as opposed to mere catch n shoot.
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I disagree, if you watched him much at Baylor you would have seen that he was very capable of being a good defender.

That Illini team was a mess and I just don't think Mayer(along with plenty of others) was necessarily giving a 100% on the defensive side of the ball.

He was long, athletic, elevated well, and could shoot(was actually shooting 36-37% from 3 on high volume until a horrid shooting streak of 1-20 in the last 3 games). Think he couldve been a far more dynamic version of QG.
 
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