Don’t know if favorite is the right term, but someone said earlier he supposedly wants to enroll in January and we’ll have an open ride to give.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (August 2018)
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Don’t know if favorite is the right term, but someone said earlier he supposedly wants to enroll in January and we’ll have an open ride to give.
Because orange Koolaid. That's why
We lost a recruiting battle to DePaul. That's nice.
Shannon to Depaul.
Staff is getting paid to much to lose a kid they want to Depaul...
Must get 1 of Timme, Cockburn, Liddell
Staff is getting paid to much to lose a kid they want to Depaul...
Must get 1 of Timme, Cockburn, Liddell
The doom and gloom of this board never ceases to amaze me. Sure no one is happy with last years results or early recruiting outcomes. But not every single potential recruit that decides to go elsewhere is a loss. Who on here truly is aware how interested the staff was on Shannon. TRULY?? I tried to allude to this in my last post. The fact was BU was never sold on him. He was a long term project in staffs eyes (if anyone has access to Sturdy, his writeup today illustrates this very well). Illinois “offered” extremely early in process as good will to MIF. This isn’t a “we didn’t want him” post...the fact is he wasn’t prioritized. He just wasn’t. It looks bad from a PR standpoint, but I can say with 100% certainty, no one on the staff is upset today.
** This isn’t previous staff(s) where recruiting played out in media and message boards. It’s tight lipped for a reason. They are talking to kids that hasn’t been posted anywhere. Relax!! Expect some big visitors soon
** This isn’t previous staff(s) where recruiting played out in media and message boards. It’s tight lipped for a reason. They are talking to kids that hasn’t been posted anywhere. Relax!! Expect some big visitors soon
I can't believe how much Kansas is paying Bill Self and they lost Ayo to a school like Illinois...
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Liddell Top 5 tonight at 8 PM CT.
Mizzery, Illinois, Ohio State, Kansas State, Louisville is my guess.
Mizzery, Illinois, Ohio State, Kansas State, Louisville is my guess.
JJE
- Bethalto, IL
Everything I’ve heard is that this coaching staff works it’s butt off in recruiting. Losing KW to UK is understandable, but losing out on a kid we seemingly wanted in state to crappy DePaul is terrible. You never know what’s going on behind the scenes and how much they really want a certain player, but we’ve kind of sucked at getting early commits from kids. If we keep going late into the recruiting process without commits we end up with 3rd tier players. It’s gettjng harder and harder to be an Illinois fan.
Chris Payton, 247 sports composite #239, is expected to visit.
Are we at the we didnt want him or that they cheated stage of acceptance
If we had Terrence Shannon and Romeo Weems in our 2019 class like DePaul does, we'd be instant B1G title contenders in the eyes of this board. Yet we all know and understand that the DePaul is still most likely going nowhere with these guys.
There's a lot to be learned there.
There's a lot to be learned there.
You mean JCL.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Florida. He played for Bradley Beal AAU and Beal was at some of the games.
Tacomallini
- Washington State
that's the one! too many Js and Ls for this feeble brain
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Lol! I believe this board has confirmed that #3 above is not EVER a factor in recruiting!
I don't really see anymore too 100 guys we a realistic shot at.
The third quote is likely true, but still smarts to lose a crootin' battle to DePaul.
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