Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (May-June 2018)
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Yep, let me know after he starts throwing chairs. Winning cures all.
AEX
- Danger Zone
Good point. The number of players leaving the program has the more immediate impact on perception. Still, you can imagine that the next question in many people's minds would be, "why are all those players leaving," which may lead back to the present conversation. It's a quintessential beating-a-dead-horse conversation, as it's difficult to resolve and, I imagine, comes down to personal preferences.
Glad to see the Higgs offer. He's listed as a 6-8 SF. Wonder if he has any experience playing center.
t7nich
- Central IL
Agree that this would be a good pickup at this point. Can shoot it from 3, looks to be pretty athletic, and likes to dunk. Pretty good offer list for his ranking.
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/5000019/591ddb4e066bdf214c5d02fa
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/5000019/587c78afb018fc28e453c6a9
Con: he'll have to pay his own way if he has any interest in visiting
Looks like he just visited VA Tech.
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/5000019/591ddb4e066bdf214c5d02fa
https://www.hudl.com/video/3/5000019/587c78afb018fc28e453c6a9
Con: he'll have to pay his own way if he has any interest in visiting
Looks like he just visited VA Tech.
Why does 247 show that he committed to VA Tech after visiting them, yet shows the Illini offer 3 days later.
Probably some type of transcript problem. No biggie.
Um I believe he pulled that off once with Selfs recruits. Nice try though. Webers games were brutal to watch at the end of his tenure and if you say otherwise you are just being naive or playing devils advocate. We get you don't like Underwood but let him develop a team of HIS players. Lets revisit this conversation in 3-4 years and see if he is just the kind of coach YOU and a few others couldn't handle. People say he lost all of his recruits as if he had time to develop long relationships with these kids. He had playing time to offer mid major talent. Of course these days there are fewer players that can handle his style of coaching but let's not write his off after 13-14 months because he is striking out on targets that haven't had our offer for longer than 3 months. He will find gritty players earlier in the process and start landing some. I can't wait to see Ayo, Trent, and Tevian playing in your face- tough nosed basketball. Go Illini!
Reports were that he did but Higgs tweeted out that those reports were false
Per Illini scout 247 article about his offer from us
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The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
I don't know. That 38-33 loss to Penn State in 2009 still haunts me. I wish I could wipe it from my memory.
If we had an exact replica of the year that got Weber fired next year, you and most of this board (probably me too, to be honest) would be praising to the heavens that we had found the right coach and it was onward and upward.
That's just reality. That's what has happened to this program.
It is hard to be optimistic that we will prevail vs. the field with no ov's left. There are plenty of good schools sniffing around and showing interest in these late rising prospects. Butler, Xavier, K State etc.
So now you can see the future! Like I said, give him 3-4 years. Last year he picked up the pieces(recruits)from coach softie. They couldn't hack it. That's okay, he will find some like I said. And I already think we have the right coach so you've got me all wrong there too. We went from an overly soft coach to a hard nosed coach. Everyone is willing to wait on a full rebuild in football but they need instant results in basketball. I've got faith in Underwood and Whitman so I'll be there cheering them on and witnessing the turnaround even if it takes until Trent is a senior and Tevian is a junior. So pet it play out is all I'm saying.
He wanted to commit to VTech but they did not take his commitment for some reason.
t7nich
- Central IL
You sure? He just took an official visit there a few days ago...
ILL in IA
- Iowa City
Record not included, I think it will be easy to tell what direction this program is trending under BU next season if you are paying attention. Just like it was easy to tell what direction the program was headed under BW the last season in C-U.
I don't see the point of offering any more '18s unless the staff is really certain they want to come.
No but on 6/8 he tweeted he was going to commit somewhere on 6/15. Then he took his visit and then there's this:
https://virginiatech.sportswar.com/mid/10325657/board/vtbasketball/
Poof. Better than losing him to Weber St.
It's a good point though that all of our competitors have been able to dedicate 100% of their recruiting man-hours to future classes for months now.
sacraig
- The desert
If I honestly sit down and think about what I'd do if I was a parent or other adult with Zdor's interest at heart, I'd have advised him to go elsewhere. It was clear he was a stopgap, and the last stopgap player(s) we had under this staff lasted one year. If I'm Zdor's parent or guardian, I probably would tell him that success at Illinois is a long shot, especially given who we MIGHT be able to get next year.
I'm not saying that's what happened, but the logic holds and it's a much simpler answer than all the other hand-wringy ones that have been posted here so far.
I'm not saying that's what happened, but the logic holds and it's a much simpler answer than all the other hand-wringy ones that have been posted here so far.
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