Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Noblesville Illini

Nappanee, IN
Another one as another big option?
As in take an open scholly off the board, apparently!
He Shoots He Scores Basketball GIF by Gilbert, Arizona
 
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*cough* Fred Van Vleet *cough*

(a nod of thanks to IlliniCub 16 as well)
Because I'm sure you were gushing over Fred Van Vleet coming out of high school, of course. Let's not act like he was a sure thing that we passed over. Plus our roster was already loaded full of top 100 talent.
 
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Because I'm sure you were gushing over Fred Van Vleet coming out of high school, of course. Let's not act like he was a sure thing that we passed over. Plus our roster was already loaded full of top 100 talent.
What? We had talent but we're absolutely short of PG talent.

And no I wasn't gushing over him. I'm a poster on a message board.

The coaches we hire get millions to know the difference between Michael Orris and Fred VanVleet.
 
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Honestly Van Vleet was missed by everyone outside of Witchata. The worst miss in my watching career was Michael Finley.
 
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Honestly Van Vleet was missed by everyone outside of Witchata. The worst miss in my watching career was Michael Finley.
VanVleet wasn't on the prime AAU circuit. However I believe Weber saw him in person. This was actually a classic case where in-state edge meant something.
 
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Because I'm sure you were gushing over Fred Van Vleet coming out of high school, of course. Let's not act like he was a sure thing that we passed over. Plus our roster was already loaded full of top 100 talent.
Well we got lucky kinda. We were desperate due to other recruiting failures and were pretty much relegated to Michael Orris or Van Vleet. There were many on the boards saying Van Vleet was a stud. We of course took Orris, which proved to be a very bad decision. But hey Weber, liked Orris so much, he brought him to Kansas State to not play him there too.

Had we lucked into Van Vleet maybe Groce wouldn't have had a constant hole at PG.
 
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Because I'm sure you were gushing over Fred Van Vleet coming out of high school, of course. Let's not act like he was a sure thing that we passed over. Plus our roster was already loaded full of top 100 talent.

Of course, I actually was gushing over Fred Van Vleet coming out of Rockford Auburn, as were many of us locals who had observed his stellar career. He was the best player in the conference by far and was curiously ignored by major programs.

I'll leave you to figure out what a sure thing is, but finding, recruiting and landing a player with his talent is sort of exactly why Weber was paid his millions as has been stated. Weber failed because of his poor recruiting and he and his coaches whiffed big time on this one, an in-state talent as well.
 
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HA. Yep…I have zero idea why I typed CG, but I’m old and technology challenged and I was unsure how to edit after the post.
Point remains the same….. JG was great for Illinois Basketball and was committed to our program and culture for the three years he was here. Why some haters feel the need to spew such negativity I simply do not understand.
To the haters….try to change the narrative and celebrate the positives. The world is a heck of a lot more beautiful that way.
 
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Of course, I actually was gushing over Fred Van Vleet coming out of Rockford Auburn, as were many of us locals who had observed his stellar career. He was the best player in the conference by far and was curiously ignored by major programs.

I'll leave you to figure out what a sure thing is, but finding, recruiting and landing a player with his talent is sort of exactly why Weber was paid his millions as has been stated. Weber failed because of his poor recruiting and he and his coaches whiffed big time on this one, an in-state talent as well.
Did we not have Brandon Paul, DJ Richardson, and Tracy Abrams at the guard spot who were all top 100? Once Weber left we nearly went to the sweet 16 even after Leonard left. Guards were a strong spot that year.
 
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altgeld88

Arlington, Virginia
HA. Yep…I have zero idea why I typed CG, but I’m old and technology challenged and I was unsure how to edit after the post.
Point remains the same….. JG was great for Illinois Basketball and was committed to our program and culture for the three years he was here. Why some haters feel the need to spew such negativity I simply do not understand.
To the haters….try to change the narrative and celebrate the positives. The world is a heck of a lot more beautiful that way.
^^^+1000

Can't LIKE this sentiment enough. We're enjoying an embarrassment of basketball riches under Maestro Underwood and his orchestra. And Jake was nothing short of instrumental in the success we enjoyed the past two seasons.
 
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Did we not have Brandon Paul, DJ Richardson, and Tracy Abrams at the guard spot who were all top 100? Once Weber left we nearly went to the sweet 16 even after Leonard left. Guards were a strong spot that year.

These were all fine players for our program but I'm still wishing we had landed the NBA champion and league all star.
 
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