Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (April-June 2016)
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ILL in IA
- Iowa City
It also can be just knowing you will get benched for something like that. I know very little about his HS squad and the kids he plays with, and the coach of his team. But if he takes a few trips up and down the court off right now, who on that team is close to him in talent that the coach can put in?
afpharmdawg
- Colorado Springs
This reminds me when my oldest son played football in middle school. 3 of the best players decided to skip a practice before the championship game. They missed half of the practice. The coach sat them for the 1st half. Even though they only had 14 players. One player got hurt in the first half and the coach played with 10 on the field. To me if you are not playing to your ability you sit no matter your talent. Btw they lost the game by 7 and were down 20-0 at fhe half.
t7nich
- Central IL
Makes me think of DJ Williams
Wasn't DJW top 25 @ one time and fell to RSCI #78. Let's hope that doesn't happen to DMWilliams.
I for one even questioned giving a ship to DJW.
I think thats accurate. I never questioned the ship. The ability is there and he might have the highest ceiling on the team. He just needs to put it all together. We will see if that happens.
If I could choose 1 player to make a big leap, I'd probably pick DJW. He's not point guard material but he could be a pretty darn good point forward. If his shot improves he could be an absolute beast.
t7nich
- Central IL
My guess is that DMW rating doesn't change much.
My comment was more along the lines of questions about motor/consistency coming out of HS. And imo DJW answered those questions this past year. He seemed to play with great energy each time his # was called. The more PT he gets moving forward, the better.
Was it Scruggs or Wilkes that fancied us for our Engineering program way back when having unofficially visited? Last June maybe.
Easterling just said that Xavier Tillman posted a top 19 and we didn't make it. Having a top 19 is kinda funny imo.
A top 19? Kinda silly lol
He could have just as easily said "schools I kinda talked to that one time," or...you know...made it an even 20.
I wouldn't count us out yet, he might have lost track writing them all down.
But DePaul made the cut?
As far as Illinois is concerned, the last few Xavier's we recruited had the same destiny as the last few Moore's.
I had to LOL.:thumb:
Goodwin is a beast. We need him.
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