Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Good old Chris Chambliss. Big home run won the series. I was watching. KC fans had to hate the Yankees.
All good people hate the Yankees. /s
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#31      
No need for a "/s," this is a true statement.
I beg to disagree with you... when it comes to professional sports teams it is often a familial matter or attachment to a person who becomes identified with a team that determines who one follows... in the first decade of my life in the 1940's I became a Yankee fan because my father and older brother were Yankee fans and because of Joe Dimaggio and because my hometown Toledo Mudhens were the Yankee Triple AAA affiliate... I am still a good person :)

who we love, and who we hate, in college sports is another matter... i got my PhD at Illinois and taught there for 25 years and have all the passion for our team and all the hatred of the usual suspects
 
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Recently offered center Peyton Marshall talks Illinois​


Now that Illinois has jumped on board, there will be the inevitable comparisons to All-American center Kofi Cockburn. That's okay with Marshall.

"Kofi is a great player," Marshall said. "So much can be said about him, but the best way to describe him is 'dominant ERUPT'. "
FIFY Peyton. We'll cut you some slack since you're new and haven't caught up on the Loyalty terminology.
 
#33      
Anyone have info on a timeline for Nance, Mayer, or anyone else that might be a possibility?
Carolina will be a player for both Mayer and Nance, but I doubt they'd take both. I wouldn't be shocked to see them land Mayer, but they're certainly working on Nance, as well.
 
#34      
Good old Chris Chambliss. Big home run won the series. I was watching. KC fans had to hate the Yankees.
I was sitting in Marty Pattin's place in Charleston watching the game. When Chambliss hit his home run, I was the only one to cheer(I was a Yankee fan). I almost got thrown out of the place.
 
#35      

MTMinded

Fatigued

Recently offered center Peyton Marshall talks Illinois​


Now that Illinois has jumped on board, there will be the inevitable comparisons to All-American center Kofi Cockburn. That's okay with Marshall.

"Kofi is a great player," Marshall said. "So much can be said about him, but the best way to describe him is 'dominant'. "
Can't teach size, but the boy has more work to do.
 
#36      
I beg to disagree with you... when it comes to professional sports teams it is often a familial matter or attachment to a person who becomes identified with a team that determines who one follows... in the first decade of my life in the 1940's I became a Yankee fan because my father and older brother were Yankee fans and because of Joe Dimaggio and because my hometown Toledo Mudhens were the Yankee Triple AAA affiliate... I am still a good person :)

who we love, and who we hate, in college sports is another matter... i got my PhD at Illinois and taught there for 25 years and have all the passion for our team and all the hatred of the usual suspects
I became a Yankee fan because the Yankees had a Class D farm team in Quincy in the 50's. Everyone else was a Cardinal fan.
 
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sacraig

The desert
I beg to disagree with you... when it comes to professional sports teams it is often a familial matter or attachment to a person who becomes identified with a team that determines who one follows... in the first decade of my life in the 1940's I became a Yankee fan because my father and older brother were Yankee fans and because of Joe Dimaggio and because my hometown Toledo Mudhens were the Yankee Triple AAA affiliate... I am still a good person :)

who we love, and who we hate, in college sports is another matter... i got my PhD at Illinois and taught there for 25 years and have all the passion for our team and all the hatred of the usual suspects
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#41      
He's only a current h.s. sophomore. He's got plenty of time to do that work. If we could land this guy, with the 2024 commits we've already got, maybe we could find a way to skip '23 and move ahead from there.
Are his growth plates open?
 
#42      
He's only a current h.s. sophomore. He's got plenty of time to do that work. If we could land this guy, with the 2024 commits we've already got, maybe we could find a way to skip '23 and move ahead from there.
It looks like we could use (at least) a PG and C in '23. It would give them a year to learn the system before needing them. Skyy may be moving on after 2 years, and we don't have a second center ready to go with Dain in '24.
 
#44      

Joel Goodson

respect my decision™
It looks like we could use (at least) a PG and C in '23. It would give them a year to learn the system before needing them. Skyy may be moving on after 2 years, and we don't have a second center ready to go with Dain in '24.

ZZ could reclass. I'm betting he will.
 
#45      

ginabackes00

CrazedUIFan

Recently offered center Peyton Marshall talks Illinois​


Now that Illinois has jumped on board, there will be the inevitable comparisons to All-American center Kofi Cockburn. That's okay with Marshall.

"Kofi is a great player," Marshall said. "So much can be said about him, but the best way to describe him is 'dominant'. "
He didn't call Kofi elite so I guess we're out of the running on Marshall
 
#46      
Did you ever see Kofi in high school? It wasn't all that pretty
Kofi played at Oak Hill with some guys that never passed him the ball. he got all his points on offensive rebounds.

Cam Thomas 6'3" HS SR 26 ppg 4 rbg 3 apg. One and done at LSU drafted 1st round 27th by Nets
Cole Anthony 6'3" HS SR 18 ppg 10 rbg 10 apg. One and done at UNC drafted 1st round 15thMagic
Kofi Coburn HS SR 15 ppg 10 rbg 2 bpg two time All American at Illinois

 
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