Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Nance is keeping things very close and quiet right now. That’s a fake tweet.
 
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AEX

Danger Zone
Curbelo was Star Lord.
What should we do next? Something good? Something bad?
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#160      
Nance is keeping things very close and quiet right now. That’s a fake tweet.
You know that he has until tomorrow to decide so he can’t keep this quiet for too long. It will be leaked and someone in the media will have the news eventually.
 
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JSpence

Evansville, IN
nope the ship has sailed
So, you're saying that Malachi Smith is more of a Lake Charleston guy than a Clinton Lake fella? I'm a bit surprised, but happy that he's trimmed his list down to those. I always did like the cut of his jib.
 
#165      
Villanova says hello...

Yeah you could definitely go far without anyone else. BUT, if Hawk or Dain gets hurt, things could go downhill real fast. And as has been pointed out a million times, Dain has 9 minutes of game time over the past two years.

It makes complete sense to add a PF/C. A BBV or Payne type talent would work fine. Though of course we’d all love Nance.
 
#168      
Nance is keeping things very close and quiet right now.

This is true … I’ve been told there are teams in the middle to late 2nd that have told him they’d take him …

Really up to him if he wants to just be done with college and take the 2nd round path similar to an Ayo or come back, make a little NIL $ and try to get into the 1st round next year 🤷🏻‍♂️
 
#169      
This is true … I’ve been told there are teams in the middle to late 2nd that have told him they’d take him …

Really up to him if he wants to just be done with college and take the 2nd round path similar to an Ayo or come back, make a little NIL $ and try to get into the 1st round next year 🤷🏻‍♂️
Playing on a winning team that gets a deep run will help his chances. We can be that winning team.
 
#170      
I don’t see how Nance gets a pre-draft guarantee. If teams are expressing interest it is likely as a 2 way deal. Would a fantastic addition to Illini but I just don’t see an NBA team drafting him without a combine performance while lacking obvious high-end athleticism.
 
#171      
Villanova says hello...
I just looked at their last three rosters and each had at least 3 players over 230lbs several 220. last year guys 3 guys over 250. So no they were not less than 220 like Hawk and Mayer are. Last year Hawk was 4th in the rotation because he was overmatched at the 5. I doubt that has changed We need some physicality and I think BU and his staff shall find it. If we played Nova next to year we would give up over 35 lbs in the post outside of Dain least one positio with him resting.. I don't think that's ideal. . Maybe you do. I feel we will round out this roster with a big guy to fill that obvious miss match vs some quality opponents

 
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