Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Proof positive that ANYBODY can have a podcast these days.
Hoping for the same deal out of KY people with Jasper

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The 89 team was still only 6 deep with Smith and Kaufman that were them good later.

I don't know if the top end talent on this year's team is as good as 89 or 05 but this team looks more talented from 1-10 than any team I remember (realistically 11 with Davis).
The only team I can remember with this type of depth was the '85 team - they had Norman, Meents, Schaefer, Haffner and Tony W off the bench - 3 guys who ended up playing in the league and a couple of solid multi-year starters (Shaef at Iowa State)
 
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Man am I ready for some summer workout videos. Im willing to bet hes already on a Fletch diet. Probably the Tisdale diet

Fletch doesn't even know what he's doing man ... Will is probably gonna look the exact same at the start of the season as he does now ...

Seriously - whoever made fun of Fletch and said he wasn't elite at what he does ... I will never let that go and I am not sorry ... Too funny ...

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"Some dweeb was trying to tell me he's going to Illinois because they have OA there...I don't care OA is there..."

"That's not why he'd go to Illinois...he'd go to Illinois because he'll get playing time and their backcourt sux"

"Yeah that's why he'd go to Illinois...not because of OA..."

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CoalCity

St Paul, MN
Why does anybody care about what ESPN has to say any more? They're horrible at college basketball
 
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So, ummmm, I feel extremely confident in saying we won’t be playing any 38-33 games.

The offseason could not have gone any better. The staff absolutely crushed it. Just as importantly, everyone will be here by July so that gives everyone several months to work with Fletch, practice, and get comfortable with one another. That is HUGE to have several months to mesh as a group.
 
#295      
Sleepers logic:

Illinois needs a star wing so bad and Tre white and humrichous have huge questions.

Also sleepers:

Is Illinois gonna crash and burn with a 5 star taking up all of white and humrichous time and their floor is lower now with him. 🤡🤡🤡🤡
Both can be true. Both of those guys are huge question marks and yes, an 18 year old is going to have a jump on them, which could ruffle some feathers.

When you rebuild your entire roster through the portal and with a couple of high profile recruits...this is what you get. Brad has one heck of a task at hand.
 
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altgeld88

Arlington, Virginia
Fletch doesn't even know what he's doing man ... Will is probably gonna look the exact same at the start of the season as he does now ...

Seriously - whoever made fun of Fletch and said he wasn't elite at what he does ... I will never let that go and I am not sorry ... Too funny ...

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I didn't say he isn't elite at what he does, compared with the competition. I said the bar in S&C in D-1 sports is pretty low and coaches leave a great deal of performance on the table in basketball. ;)
 
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Will this be the most talented roster Illinois has ever had?
This team won't start the season in the top 25 and that's not a knock. There's just no way of us knowing anything at this point. This is a roster full of guys with a TON of upside, but we have no clue what they can actually do at the level, especially when you take expectations into consideration.
 
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