Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Calvin
InDaAZ said:
Yep. If given the opportunity to play starter minutes, his skill set can get him 6-8 pts just in put-backs and garbage buckets… Add a couple of dibble-drive makes and you get to double digits without a single jump shot.

Would love to see him develop a reliable mid-range game, though.
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Was just looking at how he played later in the season. Feb on, he avg 5.3 ppg, 5.3 reb, on 52% shooting. Not bad for a freshman, and his ceiling IMO is quite good. Didn't take silly shots, efficient, and defends well.
 
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skyIdub
What in the actual....

I go to training for a few days, come back and insiders are getting hate dm's and we like Kelvin Sampson???

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Muskie2368
john1952 said:
Not likely your Mom and Dad would hurt your feelings and threaten yours elf esteem in close up shots in front of 1.5 million to 3.5 million baskettball fans.
Take it behind closed doors.
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Nope I had spankings in public when I acted wrong. My self esteem is just fine. I’ll Take the TSJ and Hawkins of the world on my team. Not the quitters of the world
 
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BRucks
nichi said:
He went by Colliers in high school. Was originally part of the loaded class of 1982. He was committed to Wisconsin, but switched to us when Bill Cofield left.

He couldn't enroll in 82 because of an academic snafu. He played one year at Wabash Valley, transferred, and redshirted. All of sudden he was Ken Norman, aka Snake.
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Per Steve Bardo, Snake changed his name to hide from a criminal past. Snake told an entirely different story. He grew up without a father and lived the first 18 years of his life using his mother's name (Colliers). When Tony Yates presented a National Letter Of Intent for his signature, mom brought out Ken's birth certificate (for proof of age) which listed the father's name as Norman. That's the name that went on the NLI and the name that he has gone by since.
 
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FAR Penthouse
nichi said:
I don't know if it was horrific. Sleazy would be a better word. .
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And to think we came within a hair of hiring him. Seem to recall that he leaked that Guenther had talked with him about our coaching vacancy, which pissed off Guenther and which sent him looking elsewhere for our next coach.
 
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Mr. Tibbs
Guenther flew to Norman Ok to meet him and hire him . He lands there and there is a bunch of press waiting for him to get off the plane . They had been tipped off by Sampscum. RG feels betrayed and basically scuttles the deal at that point.
 
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illiniguy24
I have faith we will sign a couple solid players in the portal but I don’t feel there are many program changing transfers out there. If TSJ & Coleman don’t return, my outlook on next season is a little bleak. Someone change my mind please
 
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illini0440
illiniguy24 said:
I have faith we will sign a couple solid players in the portal but I don’t feel there are many program changing transfers out there. If TSJ & Coleman don’t return, my outlook on next season is a little bleak. Someone change my mind please
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I’m not sure what to tell you 🤷🏻‍♂️. There’s over 1300 kids in the portal. Plenty of high end guys. Also Coleman and TSJ have been working out at ubben with Fletch and the rest of the team. TSJ especially hasn’t really been doing anything that seems like he’s going pro anytime soon.
 
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