Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (May-June 2018)
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Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
ahhh... Dirty Randy
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Wish we had someone on the BB team we could nickname Dirty Randy
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
I want Whitney and Cockburn for 2019. I think Liddell wants to leave the area.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
It doesn’t look too good for either.
The staff didn’t exactly get a confident feel from EL’s visit. At this point it’s no secret that he’s waiting for certain blue blodd offers, and perhaps how the recruiting shapes up surrounding them.
KC would be a tremendous grab for the O and B, unfortunately we’re not making any movement ahead of the teams he’s more enamored with.
We need to post a winning season to get high caliber out of staters attention better.
TownieMatt
CU Expat
- Chicago
I get that feeling with Liddell too. I can't really blame him. All the attention he gets from Illini and Mizzou fans bickering over him must be annoying. If I were him I'd be tempted to spurn them both. My fear is that he ends up at Ohio State. They're a sneaky team in that recruitment.
Maybe Illinois should target recruits more who are actually out of the area, but still have connections to it, like Whitney.
It seems like many Illinois athletes want to go out of state, but some of our best recruits (in many sports) live far from Illinois, but had some connection to the state and/or the University.
For example:
Alan Griffin (basketball) - Finished high school in New York, but lived in Chicago area when father coached for the Bulls
Jordyn Poulter (volleyball) - Grew up in Colorado, but has family in Central Illinois
Bryan Baumgarten (golf) - Grew up in California, but both of his parents, his grandparents, and other relatives are graduates of the University of Illinois
Zeke Clark (tennis) - Grew up in Oklahoma, but his father played tennis at Principia College in Illinois
It seems like many Illinois athletes want to go out of state, but some of our best recruits (in many sports) live far from Illinois, but had some connection to the state and/or the University.
For example:
Alan Griffin (basketball) - Finished high school in New York, but lived in Chicago area when father coached for the Bulls
Jordyn Poulter (volleyball) - Grew up in Colorado, but has family in Central Illinois
Bryan Baumgarten (golf) - Grew up in California, but both of his parents, his grandparents, and other relatives are graduates of the University of Illinois
Zeke Clark (tennis) - Grew up in Oklahoma, but his father played tennis at Principia College in Illinois
Will need to pursue multifactorial model. Instate, regional, national, international. Tevian's mom went to Whitney Young.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Ohio State or Louisville is where I see him landing. $$$ is on Louisville actually.
First time I've heard the connection to UL.
Supposedly kid and dad are on board just need Mom's blessing should know early next week at latest
Can Groce join the staff as an honorary recruiter for a day to help close the deal here...? Because moms love Groce.
Cockburn by a landslide for me. He has great post skills for a guy that has only been playing basektball for about 4 years. He's a game changer in many ways. Liddell is a really good player, but i feel like he's being a little overvalued by a lot of posters. Im not convinved he's a big time player at the college level. I think he will be solid but nothing spectacular. Cockburn has potential to be a special player IMO.
Think EJ stock has dropped, not sure he is#1 on our list. Whitney has to be the focus, KC is nice thought, but OA will have to really win him over. Think Whitney has said fall commit, so I'm sure contact will be heavy as fall signing comes around. With 4 available scholarship left,(soon to be 3) , probability of us get EJ or Kofi, will be dependent on Whitney commit. Really like Kofi, but so do many others the main focus should be Whitney, after that we will plug in a big. Players like Whitney are seldom available, this needs to be sealed and delivered.
Hope for Parker's commit next week, then we know if staff is done building, or gonna burn last ride, then we have idea how they plan to use 2019 recruitments. #wewillwin Wednesday coming? Or sooner?
Might even call them the favorite at the moment.
Would you say that Cockburn would leave a lasting impression? Personally, I wince at the thought of him.
Agree Liddell stock has raised significantly was Mr. Basketball in the state of Illinois over two top 50 seniors going to Illinois and ISU high major programs pretty impressive accomplishment for a junior.
He will do well...but he is a tier 2 pick up for a blue blood. Ala Charles Matthews.
Whitney alone gets us back to the sweet sixteen.
Whitney is....all the man Illinois needs
A few weeks back the Chicago Sun Times polled 26 college coaches on the best player in Illinois and Liddell was voted best by 24 of them. The other 2 voted him second best. This was over Dosunmu, Okoro, Miller, THT, etc. His hype is beyond just posters on this board and recruiting rankings.
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This is the opposite from the reports I have heard. Yes he was phenomenal during the HS year. But he has not tore up AAU. In fact, some Okoro kid on his own team has been out playing him. Most games, he is just a dude on the court. Not the spotlight. There is a reason why his rankings dropped.
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