Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[Heisenbobble]

Honestly, good question. However, I feel I must warn you in the recent light of events about using such phrases.

 

[jamarvelous31]

My wife can't handle the backdoor slider...

 

[Timj83]

Front Court remains the biggest need.

Pete Nance is Priority A. Illinois has to wait around and see if he withdraws from the Draft or not. He'd be a great fit as a guy who can start at the 4 or the False 5, next to both Hawkins and Dainja, as well as be comfortable in smaller lineups.

If Illinois gets Nance, they are right back there to being a Big 10 contender right again. It's still a lot of new pieces but that would be ultra-talented team that gels well on paper.

Being able to play 2 of Dain,Nance,Hawk together and having two bigs who are deep threats on the court is very intriguing. What a change from the past couple years will be very interesting(hopefully fun) to see play out.

 

[Epsilon]

Given how these threads have been going I was half expecting to see Mickey get hit by a bus in this gif.

 

[ptgrd23]

last Illini big man with a medium range or 3 point shot

Roger Powell
Jack Ingram
Bill Cole (streaky)

 

[Kams Blueguy]

last Illini big man with a medium range or 3 point shot

Roger Powell
Jack Ingram
Bill Cole (streaky)

Tisdale could stroke it by his senior year

 

[Mottman26]

last Illini big man with a medium range or 3 point shot

Roger Powell
Jack Ingram
Bill Cole (streaky)

Michael Finke

 

[Homecoming 2019]

last Illini big man with a medium range or 3 point shot

Roger Powell
Jack Ingram
Bill Cole (streaky)

Finke, and maybe if you count Leron Black's midrange game, but he could knock down an open 3 also (plus he was only 6'7").
I'll add Tyler Griffey too since TIL he was 6'9".

 

[Jack's Raging Bile Duct]

last Illini big man with a medium range or 3 point shot

Roger Powell
Jack Ingram
Bill Cole (streaky)

Not necessarily a volume chucker, but Mike Tisdale could really stroke it... (TWSS)

I have a mental block on that era, but the google machine says he was 38% from 3pt for his career.

 

[blackdog]

Tisdale could stroke it by his senior year

 

[Big Jack]

 

[sacraig]

Tisdale could stroke it by his senior year

 

[blackdog]

 

[illini80]

I was just wondering if it was the SAME girl!

I honestly thought that was the joke. The girl is hotter when she’s not yours even if she’s the same.

 

[logjam]

last Illini big man with a medium range or 3 point shot

Roger Powell
Jack Ingram
Bill Cole (streaky)

Tommy Michael?

 

[Big Jack]

It is impressive how quickly this thread continues to get thrown off the rails. Bravo everyone.

Dan needs to have a lets just GIF and bull!!!! thread... Solves everything

 

[BashCtIllini]

Tisdale could stroke it by his senior year

You've got to pull out if you want to stroke it

 

[illini80]

Yup, a $3mil/yr nightmare

The vast majority of coaches make a fraction of that. They are dealing with the same issues only they are likely on the losing end.

 

[BMoreIllini]

I have read every post on every recruiting thread, but I can’t remember or find the answer, when does the list of who has bee invited to the combine come out?

I'm almost scared to post relevant basketball information instead of just gifs with how off the rails this thread is lol. I would imagine the full list would be out tomorrow or Monday. Names have started to trickle out over the last day or two. In the past, (last two years excluded due to COVID) the list is usually out the first week of May.

 

[sacraig]

Dan needs to have a lets just GIF and !!!!!!!! thread... Solves everything

The fundamental problem here isn't overuse of gifs; it's the lack of new information, causing the conversation to wander. We are all just keeping each other company while we wait for the other domino(es) to fall.

 

[illini80]

I'm almost scared to post relevant basketball information instead of just gifs with how off the rails this thread is lol. I would imagine the full list would be out tomorrow or Monday. Names have started to trickle out over the last day or two. In the past, (last two years excluded due to COVID) the list is usually out the first week of May.

TL: DR

If you can’t say it with a gif, it’s not worth saying.

 

[sacraig]

TLDR

If you can’t say it with a gif, it’s not worth saying.

 

[illini80]

The fundamental problem here isn't overuse of gifs; it's the lack of new information, causing the conversation to wander. We are all just keeping each other company while we wait for the other domino(es) to fall.

Have you checked page 1 of the last 20 recruiting threads?

 

[alexander58]

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Tisdale could stroke it by his senior year

Tisdale‘s midrange was money.

 

[WingedWarriors]

I'm almost scared to post relevant basketball information instead of just gifs with how off the rails this thread is lol. I would imagine the full list would be out tomorrow or Monday. Names have started to trickle out over the last day or two. In the past, (last two years excluded due to COVID) the list is usually out the first week of May.

Which brings up a relevant point ... is Rule #5 a rule or a guideline?