Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (April 2018)

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skyIdub

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It can't hurt that Ayo and Tev are doing some 'cruitin too!!:illinois::thumb:
 
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haasi

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New York
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Okoro birthday apparently not known. But some speculation that he is older, possibly too old to play high school next year. Could also explain why some local coaches aren’t as high on him as national folks- if they’re aware that he’s older and have seen his trajectory somewhat flatten


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Purdue needs a back-up to Haarms(probably a 20 minute guy anyway) and Oregon needs a back-up to Bol. Both are top 25 teams and will have guys that will push Okoro every day in practice, and give him moderate playing time at the 5. He knows we need him to be successful but he needs to be convinced that we'd have the tools and personnel to run the system as intended. If we can convince him that we are ready to compete right away with him, I think we can land him but if he suspects that we're a year or two away from success, I doubt he comes here. Our biggest weakness is that we have to sell a vision as opposed to results like the other two teams. My confidence will increase significantly if we actually get a visit though.
 
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FC Illiniman

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haasi said:
Okoro birthday apparently not known. But some speculation that he is older, possibly too old to play high school next year. Could also explain why some local coaches aren’t as high on him as national folks- if they’re aware that he’s older and have seen his trajectory somewhat flatten


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Well he's playing this weekend, so he should be 17 u, correct?:confused:
 
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combes

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Newman said:
Purdue needs a back-up to Haarms(probably a 20 minute guy anyway) and Oregon needs a back-up to Bol. Both are top 25 teams and will have guys that will push Okoro every day in practice, and give him moderate playing time at the 5. He knows we need him to be successful but he needs to be convinced that we'd have the tools and personnel to run the system as intended. If we can convince him that we are ready to compete right away with him, I think we can land him but if he suspects that we're a year or two away from success, I doubt he comes here. Our biggest weakness is that we have to sell a vision as opposed to results like the other two teams. My confidence will increase significantly if we actually get a visit though.
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In the current 2018 class, Purdue already has signed 6-9, 250 four star center Trevion Williams plus 6-11, 220 three star center Emmanuel Dowuona.
 
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Newman

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combes said:
In the current 2018 class, Purdue already has signed 6-9, 250 four star center Trevion Williams plus 6-11, 220 three star center Emmanuel Dowuona.
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And Okoro will be ahead of them on the depth chart so that won't matter. Williams is barely a top 150 player in the composite rankings btw.
 
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drewillini89

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If Antigua were to ever flex whatever "recruiting muscles" or "favors" he has left, he needs to use every last one of them if it means Okoro comes here.
 
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combes

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PlayAZ said:
Okoro has stated that the type of player mentioned at supposed position, actually is a plus as they are looking at more of a 4? for him...that said, I truly believe he will be an ILLINI next year.:chief:
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They just got Evan Boudreaux to play the four.

Okoro is a better fit at Illinois.
 
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Kramer116 said:
But does he have the core class credits yet?
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As a junior with that act score I’d assume he’s at least on the normal graduation track if not an advanced one. He could literally have all his credits but English 4 after this year for the NCAA. It’s probably more about meeting the requirements of his graduation plan at this point than the NCAA core courses.

For NCAA he needs...(and what he will probably by the end of this year)

4 years English (English 1-3)
3 years math (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2)
2 years science (Biology, chemistry, physics)
1 extra year in any of those 3 (covered by physics)
2 years social studies (US history, World History, probably Geography)
4 years “additional academic courses” such as any extra core class or a language (hard to say, completely based on what electives he’s taken)

This is assuming assuming he’s on a normal graduation track and not an advanced one. If he’s on an advanced one it’s possible he is further along in math, and has met more of the “additional courses.” It’s possible he was able to test out of language courses by taking a test in that area, but there are 3 (I believe) major dialects in Nigeria and it would probably be hard to find a test for that. This is all based on my knowledge if graduation tracks I have made for my students, and also going through this with our point guard currently over his NCAA courses.

Link to NCAA form with core area breakdowns. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/DI_and_DII_Worksheet.pdf
 
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FiveStar said:
As a junior with that act score I’d assume he’s at least on the normal graduation track if not an advanced one. He could literally have all his credits but English 4 after this year for the NCAA. It’s probably more about meeting the requirements of his graduation plan at this point than the NCAA core courses.

For NCAA he needs...(and what he will probably by the end of this year)

4 years English (English 1-3)
3 years math (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2)
2 years science (Biology, chemistry, physics)
1 extra year in any of those 3 (covered by physics)
2 years social studies (US history, World History, probably Geography)
4 years “additional academic courses” such as any extra core class or a language (hard to say, completely based on what electives he’s taken)

This is assuming assuming he’s on a normal graduation track and not an advanced one. If he’s on an advanced one it’s possible he is further along in math, and has met more of the “additional courses.” It’s possible he was able to test out of language courses by taking a test in that area, but there are 3 (I believe) major dialects in Nigeria and it would probably be hard to find a test for that. This is all based on my knowledge if graduation tracks I have made for my students, and also going through this with our point guard currently over his NCAA courses.

Link to NCAA form with core area breakdowns. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/DI_and_DII_Worksheet.pdf
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It's possible that they're still trying to confirm that his classes from his old schools are actually considered core classes. For example he could have taken a Journalism course in one school as an elective, moved to a new school that has it approved as an English course . A third school could have misinterpreted the class as one set for the track to graduate.
 
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illinitiger

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FiveStar said:
As a junior with that act score I’d assume he’s at least on the normal graduation track if not an advanced one. He could literally have all his credits but English 4 after this year for the NCAA. It’s probably more about meeting the requirements of his graduation plan at this point than the NCAA core courses.

For NCAA he needs...(and what he will probably by the end of this year)

4 years English (English 1-3)
3 years math (Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2)
2 years science (Biology, chemistry, physics)
1 extra year in any of those 3 (covered by physics)
2 years social studies (US history, World History, probably Geography)
4 years “additional academic courses” such as any extra core class or a language (hard to say, completely based on what electives he’s taken)

This is assuming assuming he’s on a normal graduation track and not an advanced one. If he’s on an advanced one it’s possible he is further along in math, and has met more of the “additional courses.” It’s possible he was able to test out of language courses by taking a test in that area, but there are 3 (I believe) major dialects in Nigeria and it would probably be hard to find a test for that. This is all based on my knowledge if graduation tracks I have made for my students, and also going through this with our point guard currently over his NCAA courses.

Link to NCAA form with core area breakdowns. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_center/DI_and_DII_Worksheet.pdf
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so technically with "4 years of english" it should be impossible to graduate early...maybe they give credit for summer classes?

I think its really stupid for NCAA to mandate this specific transcript reqs for kids that get 30+ on ACT or equivalent on SAT.


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1m4tr

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Cliffmas
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illinitiger said:
so technically with "4 years of english" it should be impossible to graduate early...maybe they give credit for summer classes?

I think its really stupid for NCAA to mandate this specific transcript reqs for kids that get 30+ on ACT or equivalent on SAT.


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Marvin Bagley took 3 online courses over the summer so he could “graduate” early and go to dook a year early.
 
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Chris Yates

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Recruiting Correspondent
Michigan
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@CarteareGordon bringing the drama! Let's sit this one out and see what happens. :popcorn:
 
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haasi

haasi
New York
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He’s rumored to be older, his ranking has decreased a bit, and in state coaches surveyed by henricksen had him #6 in state regardless of class, saying that some of the very highly ranked players nationally are overrated. There’s a lot to suggest Okoro likely to be good but perhaps not elite.


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