Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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It's really this simple. The only reason some are conditioned to be against "recruiting over" players is because we haven't had a staff good enough to do it in the last 20+ years so we needed to justify our inadequacies.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Not recruiting-related.
Visited Atl over the weekend and saw this really tall family at the hotel breakfast. Then saw their son come down and saw him duck his head to come out of the elevator. On our way back to our room, got a chance to ride in the elevator with him and struck up a small conversation.
Turns out it was Zaccharie Risacher.
Visited Atl over the weekend and saw this really tall family at the hotel breakfast. Then saw their son come down and saw him duck his head to come out of the elevator. On our way back to our room, got a chance to ride in the elevator with him and struck up a small conversation.
Turns out it was Zaccharie Risacher.
Did you get his autograph?
I say who cares. Don’t worry about the preseason ranking. Make it impossible for them to deny you what you think you deserve once the season is underway. Earn it.The Illini media maybe ... LOL ...
We could add Luka Doncic to this team and the national media would put us at like #18 ...
I should have, got a picture with him instead.
Did we start ranked last year? I legit don't remember.
Oh this Illini team will shock the world. I don’t believe many truly understand how good this team is. It’s like an international all star team.
Go Illini!
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Not really. 25th on the AP and just outside on ESPN.
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...duke-and-purdue-lead-preseason-ap-top-25-poll
WTE Top 25: Duke or Kansas at No. 1 for the final edition?
With less than a month to go 'til the season begins, we're calling it: Kansas remains No. 1. The rest of the field sees some swapping around, but no new faces.
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What we'll do to teams that are ranked ahead of usNo.
And pretty sure this team won't either.
I agree, it does not matter. But, I think we will, Brad has earned some good faith.No.
And pretty sure this team won't either.
We were ranked 25th preseason last year. It was the 4th year in a row that we had been ranked in the preseason AP poll - the best such stretch in our history.No.
And pretty sure this team won't either.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
I got a feeling we will sneak in again this year in the late 20's , going for # 1 as the season progresses...........Yep , I said it............
I really really did......medded up and happy as the Cardinals win again today.............................
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Yup. You're right. My bad.
But KU being #1 sure aged well...so did MSU being #4...so did FAU being #10...so did Miami being #13...so did ARK being #14...so did USC being #21...so did Nova being #22.
That's SEVEN teams that either...
(a) severely underperformed preseason ranking expectations...
(b) or even worse - missed the tourney...
(c) or even worse - became downright laughing stocks...
pretty concludable that preseason rankings hardly mean much in terms of projecting how a team's season will go.
Pre-Season rank means nothing. It is usually based on Name and last year. Kansas was ranked #1. They bowed out early in the tourney. This year's Illini squad is the most talented Underwood has ever had. If BU can mold them into a team, they should be better than last years team. With a little luc, they could go to the Final Four. Like Loren Tate has said many times, keep knocking on the door and eventually it will open.
It has lost a little bit of its predictive value with the introduction of the portal.NCAA College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25 Basketball Poll
The official page for the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll. Keep up to date and view the latest NCAA men's basketball ranking updates each week for the 2023-24 season.
Yup. You're right. My bad.
But KU being #1 sure aged well...so did MSU being #4...so did FAU being #10...so did Miami being #13...so did ARK being #14...so did USC being #21...so did Nova being #22.
That's SEVEN teams that either...
(a) severely underperformed preseason ranking expectations...
(b) or even worse - missed the tourney...
(c) or even worse - became downright laughing stocks...
pretty concludable that preseason rankings hardly mean much in terms of projecting how a team's season will go.
But it's generally been pretty good at identifying the best teams. Even last year, 13 of 16 Sweet 16 teams were ranked in the preseason top 25.
Remember what Tim Anderson said on the Bardo Breakdown. If we really want someone, we do not lose. That was before Will Riley committing. If the Illini land Jasper Johnson, he is scarry right.
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