Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[DB11Headband]

Losing a shooter from Bloomington is not a good look for Underwood. Especially to a school like Notre Dame who is starting over. This program needs shooters. It’s why he was given an early offer.

Don’t lose sleep over it

 

[FrankNitty30]

Losing a shooter from Bloomington is not a good look for Underwood. Especially to a school like Notre Dame who is starting over. This program needs shooters. It’s why he was given an early offer.

Meh….. equal shooters that can actually guard at the Big 10 level still out there.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

Didn't we all just live through the era where Illini fans + AD *demanded* that the admittedly average P5 bball and football coaches of the time be forced out. But then found out that the only coaches that would pick up the phone as replacements were either: using us to negotiate pay at another school or were MAC coaches with no other options.

Let's not do that again.

Josh has shown the ability to make tough calls and come up with long term plans in multiple sports. Sticking with Josh here to continue to do that. Feel no need to act as a forcing function as a fan, as much as I'd like to win a national championship in all sports every year.

We would have never gotten the infinitely superior AD AND football/basketball coaches we have now if we “learned” the lesson you’re suggesting here, though.

 

[IlliniBrave75]

Huggie is likely on his last ride …

https://twitter.com/x/status/1654196516276387840

 

[logjam]

Best friend’s daughter goes to KU.. rumors have NIL money > than 6 mill.

 

[logjam]

So how is she in the know...?

 

[illiniguy]

So how is she in the know...?

Maybe his best friend is Bill Self.

 

[BretMyBeachHouse]

Losing a shooter from Bloomington is not a good look for Underwood. Especially to a school like Notre Dame who is starting over. This program needs shooters. It’s why he was given an early offer.

Decent list of good players out of Bloomington. Who have we ever gotten? Is Ken Gibson the best? We lost Ron Curry and Okoro. Bet others can add.

We recruit nationally as we should

 

[Redbull]

One last ride? Can Juwan join too?

The only way Juwan is on the same bus as Izzo, Self, and Huggy is if he is driving it as his new job after being fired

 

[nmillini]

Losing a shooter from Bloomington is not a good look for Underwood. Especially to a school like Notre Dame who is starting over. This program needs shooters. It’s why he was given an early offer.

Wanting to make Underwood look bad is not a good look.

 

[Redbull]

Can we give NIL to the HS kids…..only a matter of time….

Didn’t Pitino get fired for giving NIL to HS kids —oh wait, that was NL (night ladies) he was giving them

 

[mysterio2525]

Didn’t Pitino get fired for giving NIL to HS kids —oh wait, that was NL (night ladies) he was giving them

Night ladies sounds like a Nightman cover band. Ahahhhh

 

[illini0440]

Losing a shooter from Bloomington is not a good look for Underwood. Especially to a school like Notre Dame who is starting over. This program needs shooters. It’s why he was given an early offer.

Lol

 

[Peoriapipeline]

Losing a shooter from Bloomington is not a good look for Underwood. Especially to a school like Notre Dame who is starting over. This program needs shooters. It’s why he was given an early offer.

I played in the same conference as certa in high school let’s just say a guy like Amani Hansberry would avg 50 in that conference

 

[rekabjrf]

Certa doesn't bother me. Jaden Schutt didn't either. Small school guys routinely under perform hopes at the next level.

We had more than a couple people here thinking Schutt would portal and we could sweep in, but that notion seems to have died down.

Small school guys underperform??

You mean like Myers Leonard, Mike Tisdale, Brian Cardinal, Ethan Happ, Keita Bates-Diop, Ryan Kalbrenner, LARRY BIRD??

Always good to ask oneself before posting, is what I'm writing actually true or just an unfactual bias? Fact of the matter is there just aren't many small school players at this level.

 

[BretMyBeachHouse]

Small school guys underperform??

You mean like Myers Leonard, Mike Tisdale, Brian Cardinal, Ethan Happ, Keita Bates-Diop, Ryan Kalbrenner, LARRY BIRD??

Always good to ask oneself before posting, is what I'm writing actually true or just an unfactual bias? Fact of the matter is there just aren't many small school players at this level.

Yeah, I didn't say all. I said routinely meaning it's common. Which it is.

 

[rekabjrf]

Yeah, I didn't say all. I said routinely meaning it's common. Which it is.

Do you have names? I've seriously been thinking of recruits that were reasonably touted out of small schools and the list I provided are the only ones I can even think of. I mean a couple more obscure names went midmajor, Carlton Fay (SIU) and Shawn Jessup (ISU), a long time ago, but as I recall they also had fabulous college careers. So who has underperformed? Matt Chastain I guess.

 

[Tevo]

this is great, a whole new conference's fans are going to get a chance to hate the guy.

My daughter is a sophomore at KU right now. She texted me that Hunter is coming to KU, with smiley party emojis. I told her, "He's good. But he's also kind of a douche. Unlike a guy like Ochai, who was good and opponents would just acknowledge he's good. Hunter will have opponents booing him and hating him."

Just another reason to hate Kansas.

 

[rekabjrf]

My daughter is a sophomore at KU right now.

Oh my.... I am so sorry to hear your daughter goes to school there. Please accept my condolences.

 

[Tevo]

Oh my.... I am so sorry to hear your daughter goes to school there [KU]. Please accept my condolences.

She ruled out Illinois for being "too close", and was down to Mizzou, Iowa, and Kansas! I mean, what the hell did I do to deserve that?!
I told her, "College is over-rated. Just don't go."

 

[FrankNitty30]

She ruled out Illinois for being "too close", and was down to Mizzou, Iowa, and Kansas! I mean, what the hell did I do to deserve that?!
I told her, "College is over-rated. Just don't go."

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

Do you have names? I've seriously been thinking of recruits that were reasonably touted out of small schools and the list I provided are the only ones I can even think of. I mean a couple more obscure names went midmajor, Carlton Fay (SIU) and Shawn Jessup (ISU), a long time ago, but as I recall they also had fabulous college careers. So who has underperformed? Matt Chastain I guess.

It’s likely those were the only ones you could think of because those were the small handful of such players who actually overachieved.

 

[grue2]

...
I told her, "College is over-rated. Just don't go."

For the learning aspect, I certainly agree.

And more seriously - I still agree. I believe that most students would be better off doing a 4 year, unpaid, apprenticeship.

 

[IllinoisssssssVarsity]

In 2-3 years when shrews gets a better job and a D1 developed Certa hits the portal maybe he’ll be a nice replacement for Goode’s shooting.

 

[Kinkyfish]

For the learning aspect, I certainly agree.

And more seriously - I still agree. I believe that most students would be better off doing a 4 year, unpaid, apprenticeship.

Hey…. college is where I learned to do laundry.