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Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Couldn't be us.
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
It's too early in the season for me to assess your assessment.
Gotcha, saw a graphic yesterday that listed him as a 5 star. Thanks
Fair enough. Just stating I don't think it's easy to just go pluck a good center from the transfer portal. Sure they will be there and they will be highly sought after. I don't recall winning any recruiting battles in the portal
I think the Portal may be as tough for finding a Big as the '22 High School class. A pure Center is going to want to know for sure that Kofi is gone, and Kofi may still not be decided until too late. We're ok (but not great) not getting a Big this year (our most pressing need by far is guards). But that means you better make recruiting bigs a gigantic priority in the '23 class.
Great if you are saying we are!
On the one hand this feels like it has to be true.
On the other hand, if by the end of this season, Kofi is a better, older version of the same player from last season, will that move the NBA draft needle? If he still projects as a 2nd round to undrafted player, and he does well with NIL this season, would it make more sense to put off the G-League for a year and earn off of his NIL, particularly if we have a successful tourney and he wins NPOY or other accolades?
IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
Agreed. Plus he has got a fifth year available...is that too much to ask?
Guess this means that the Illini are no longer doing the... 'That would be the Illinois thing to do', thing any more. Permanently retired for good we hope.
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Well, it's obvious that the 'Sum of All Fears' are in favor of an Illini commitment !
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Ozamataz Buckshank
- Millywaukee
BU is going to retire at the end of this season and DMFW will ne named our new HC.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
TheFameProtector
- Champaign
Yeah that was Ked's tweet (see the home page). I haven't seen him listed as a 5-star anywhere and while it is splitting hairs a bit, that kind of sums up his reporting.
Nah, put it on a CUP. The one we have to usually wear for this time of year. Not anymore!!!
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
wow.........2025 recruit......whats next ?????,,,,,,,,,,,2030 5th grader ???
Joel Goodson
- respect my decisionâ„¢
Freshmen offers are relatively rare. So, when we offer a kid, best believe he's a standout. Here's a clip, he looks...pretty darn good:
Joel Goodson
- respect my decisionâ„¢
WCIA's Andy Olsen's twitter feed is loaded with Ty Rodgers info & clips. Definitely worth a look, IMO: https://twitter.com/WCIA3Andy
extended interview here: https://www.wcia.com/sports/web-ext...ocialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co
extended interview here: https://www.wcia.com/sports/web-ext...ocialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co
Where do these kids come from? This kid is what 15 at most? He's built like a grown man. A very large grown man.
Was going to post something similar. He doesn’t look like a freshman. Can we get him to transfer to Thornton now?
Don’t forget, in the world of big basketball, kids are often held back grades to gain a competitive advantage against younger kids. That’s how you see reclassifications so often. Not saying that’s the case here but possibly
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