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Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Sloppy steaks for everyone
I think I read Underwood was recruiting him hard back at Ok St...
I know a lot of folks preferred Nance, and he looks more NBA ready to my eyes, but Mayer is really good, and you can't overstate how important it is that he can defend. Losing Kofi in the middle means we're going to need that. And he's good enough from deep to spread the floor. Fantastic pick-up IMO.
He was brads first offer when he took the OKst job. Recruited him hard out of high school
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
I mean, between the recruiting class and the big name transfers, did anybody have a better off-season than the Illini?
Welcome Mr Mayer! Gonna be a blast!
Tried to give y’all some hints this week … 
UNC reaction to this commit
Think we are most likely done … Brad loves his open rides
DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
My thoughts exactly. Glad to be wrong about this one.
Part of me thinks Mayer wanted to beat Nance to the punch here-I still bet he returns to school.
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DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
Tried to give y’all some hints this week …
This is true but I think there’s one 22 big (reclass) that they like
Good lord... I could get used to this
Joel Goodson
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Kiwi?
madillini4
Ozamataz Buckshank
- Millywaukee
This starting rotation *****
Are we done yet? TSJ was more of a surprise to me than anyone after all the ScuM buzz. Kind of felt good that we would land Mayer or Nance. I feel good about next season but I think we will add at least one more. I would feel good if we could add some guys to develop and learn the system like Dain did this past season. He is who I really looking forward to see what he can do given all the buzz. I am hopeful he is legit given Tim Anderson's statement about him. We really don't know until we do.
The unknowns about Dain and how quickly the freshmen can adapt are my biggest questions. Adding TSJ and Mayer that are proven to go with what we have returning was vital. Great job by the staff. Keep it up.
If a top 50 player like Gapare or another can reclassify then why not take him, let him get stronger with Fletch, and learn the system? He did with Dain. I know he was a transfer but he used that year to his advantage.
I like it...on 2 May Illini0440 had post...in that, only one rotation with Mayer...had Dainja as 5 CH out of starting 5...I like CH as a 5, but will be a competition I suspect.
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