Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Oldskoolkoach
Joel Goodson said:
Butch Lee was a stone cold baller. He put up some insane numbers for PR in international tourneys. If the acorn is close to the tree, he's a take for me.
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15 year age gap, but...

Antigua played in Puerto Rico AND grew up in the Bronx.

Butch Lee played in Puerto Rico and grew up in the Bronx.

Their paths have crossed, I pretty much guarantee it!
 
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battle
Butch was one of my favorites. for 76 Olympics (back when only college players), Butch was not selected for US Team and so played for Puerto Rico - his play was incredible during the Games and he nearly single handily beat us scoring 35 points on 15/18 shooting as US won 95-94. He was F4 MVP of Marq's 77 championship team
 
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madillini4

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Deacon05
Is the consensus that we are out on Jasper? If so , do we know any details? Or he just thinks he is a better fit at Bama or UNC.
 
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LvilleILL
Boozer is a legit option. A couple of other top prospects as well. The plan is to return a good core (at least 7-8 guys), add one or two freshman, and a couple of high tier transfers

The nice thing about this team is that everyone outside of Humrichous will be eligible to come back. Obviously someone will likely transfer and KJ/Riley could be drafted but they will return a really nice core. Not only is this team built to win this year, but also setting us up for a really fun following year
 
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illiniswish09
Are we recruiting Dietrich Richardson? If so how seriously?… Saw DePaul offered today.
 
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Fly Illini Fly!
LvilleILL said:
Boozer is a legit option. A couple of other top prospects as well. The plan is to return a good core (at least 7-8 guys), add one or two freshman, and a couple of high tier transfers

The nice thing about this team is that everyone outside of Humrichous will be eligible to come back. Obviously someone will likely transfer and KJ/Riley could be drafted but they will return a really nice core. Not only is this team built to win this year, but also setting us up for a really fun following year
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Will he be visiting?
 
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ptgrd23
Love to re-open the Peoria Manual pipeline. Hated to see Phoenix Gill go to NW.
 
#73      
illini Nation Lets Ride
Fly Illini Fly! said:
At first, really wanted it to be between us and Pope for Jasper (throw in BAY as well)...if that ended up being the case, we probably have him, despite him only being 20 min. away from their campus...just a little bit different scenery from the KY from just a few months ago lol. But Bama and UNC scooped in - if those are indeed the top 2 - and their offer/sell for whatever reason - can't exactly pinpoint why - seems to be a lot more intriguing to him than ours.

Can they live with getting no five stars? And more so...literally seeing their boy in a Bama uniform in the SEC? Can they live with it? Uhhhhh...I wouldn't bet so... 😂

Def. looking like Pope is the leading candidate to be the next one and done to come out of Lexington...😂😂😂
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I don't really understand this. Just because they missed out on one guy you think they can't land a 5 star.
 
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