Considering he hearts everything Kentucky related on social media, I’m not in love with our chances.
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oh ok my b
One of those Kardashians would make a good video coordinator. Package deal?
Andre counts as ambidextrous, so maybe give him a .75
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In. The. Alley.
So I’m curious. Did you have scholarship offers at the D2 level? What is the allure of being on a D1 team without much chance to play vs. playing D2 on scholly?
It’s funny too because the college might get measurables on visits or at least from the athlete’s physical.
To your last point, we played a team last year that listed their players 2-3 inches taller than they were. This was our opponent in the 3rd round of the playoffs, so we weren’t able to scout them in person, only on film. They came in 27-1 and played a Syracuse style 2-3, and mixed in a 1-3-1. But once we got to the game the 6’4 guy was 6’1. The 6’6 guy was 6’4. Any concern about height/length in the zone went out the window. Really gave our guys a confidence boost for that game, as we were a very small team.
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I agree, if we can get top in state talent that wants to be here great. But going back to 3 years ago and more. This board was all over which Chicago program we needed to be in bed with. It is nice to see us getting top player from where ever.
Give me all the Ayo's we can get. What a class act and great player from Chicago
Also, give me all the Kofi's, Trent's, and Andre's that love our school and play their hearts out. I don't see them as Plan B's
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The "Gentle Giant"....shoe size 37AA....that would take up most of the lane for sure
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In. The. Alley.
like 2 Bob Laniers
Joel Goodson
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C'mon. Not every out of state kid is a Plan B (or less).
More power to him. Playing time will be limited, but he will be on a Big Ten, Division 1 team. I would have taken that scholarship to Saint Xavier and never look back. His high school team is highly ranked so he should be able to bring something to the table. A good practice player at the very least.I like it. He might be our next Brian Johnson (b10 champ). Hopefully not our next Rick Kirby (we ran out of pgs in 1976)
Glenbard West Class of 2022 guard Paxton Warden on Wednesday announced his commitment to Illinois as a preferred walk-on. The 6-foot-4 guard plays for top-ranked Glenbard West (20-0 so far this season), which features Gonzaga commit Braden Huff and Princeton commit Caden Pierce. As a junior, Warden averaged 10.1 points per game, 3.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists and 1.0 steals. Warden held a scholarship offer from NAIA programs Saint Xavier and Governors State.
Daily Digest: Illini basketball adds in-state walk-on; Dosunmu stepping up as starter
Today, get up to speed on Illinois basketball adding a walk-on to the Class of 2022, Rutgers continuing to surprise during conference play, Ayo Dosunmu's continued NBA rise, a former St. Louis star heading for Prime Time and Jim Harbaugh's continued flirtation with the NFL.247sports.com
Sounds a lot like Stephen Bardo on the Flyin' Illini.
This was my all time favorite Illini team....I know the 05 team made the finals and had the dramatic comeback against Arizona...but watching Bardo, Battle, Gill, Anderson, and Co. was fun.....and they didn't really have that dominate big guy (Battle was 6'6"..Hamilton & Liberty around 6'7"-6'8") in the middle.....and I think this was the team that beat Shaq and LSU in like double OT....Anderson making the half court shot to beat the Hosers in Bloomington.....destroying Mizzo in the Braggin Rights game....the best IMHO
Hamilton and Battle are 100% and we also likely beat SH in the Finals. Hamilton had to leave the game pretty early. Battle stayed in but clearly wasn't 100%.
Or Bill Frieders doesn't get fired and we likely beat SH in the Finals. That loaded Michigan team was a different team after they fired Frieders. It's like all the talent all of a sudden remembered how good they were.
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Get him on the Tisdale diet now, 7'0 185lbs
I was thinking the same thing. Tisdale is in Texas now so maybe we can hire him to work on him.
Do we even have available scholarship space for him? Also Underwood definitely said in an interview that we're done with recruits from the class of '22.
I wonder if he's a contingency plan if Kofi leaves
Unfortunately BU can only count to ten because he only has ten fingers
who's gonna tell this poor recruit?Joel Goodson
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Guess he likes playing with Boswell.
I think he is a good project player, like maybe a better Lieb with a much higher ceiling (Tall and lanky but WAY too small to play in the B1G the first few years). Also will probably help recruit Boswell since they play together.
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