Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[DB11Headband]

Is there a specific reason he chose Baylor? More NIL money?

No

 

[lblesy]

Seemed like a nice kid based on the two minutes I watched. Wish him the best. On to the next

 

[HailtotheChief]

Well my #1 was TSJ and then Hawk. Ray J is solid but we will be just fine. I hope the PG we land can shoot. It will be fun to see what happens but I am still very excited since our 2 leaders returned.

 

[Illini231]

I have no choice but to root against Baylor next year, this entire recruitment rubbed me the wrong way

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

Yep. No matter how positive our outlook on next season may be, this is such a big miss by the entire staff.

Biggest miss of Brad’s tenure and it’s not even close …

 

[djkirkpatrick22]

Nah … Brad won’t recover from this one with Josh or the boosters … Just an epic failure … Inexcusable … Could have been avoided …

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "could have been avoided," or is that private info?

 

[LurkerintheOpen]

Is there a specific reason he chose Baylor? More NIL money?

Not meant as an anti Brad statement but Drew did just win a title. Outside of money that could be a factor I suppose?

 

[Chickenmane]

Hopefully our plan b is just someone who just wants to be here and can shoot at an average clip from 3.

 

[SoILIllini]

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

Is there a specific reason he chose Baylor? More NIL money?

We offered the most NIL money …

 

[DB11Headband]

I have no choice but to root against Baylor next year, this entire recruitment rubbed me the wrong way

All could have easily been avoided. RayJ is a great kid and did nothing “wrong”

 

[Orangetool]

Grocian type disaster in the lack of a point guard for next year.

 

[Point-Illinois]

Groce recruitment To. A. T.

 

[Illinifan1154]

Nah … Brad won’t recover from this one with Josh or the boosters … Just an epic failure … Inexcusable … Could have been avoided …

If we’re a 6-7 seed losing second round next year, do you think Brad coaches us in 2025?

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

As in, there's a concise thing he could've done differently that would've landed Dennis here?

Or simply he could've invested some eggs elsewhere and been fine rather than all of them squarely in the Dennis basket?

During this “portal season” we had 4-5 guys who wanted to come here and play PG … All of them are at P5 schools and would be better than anyone we’ll get now …

 

[Illini_1105]

After the circus that surrounds him, I’m happy the chapter is over. Parading around like he’s wembenyana shaking down teams for hundreds of K. He could legit be a 7/2/1 guy in P5. Whatever.

I would have loved to have him on our team but I’m happy this charade is over

 

[IlliniTaffy]

If we’re a 6-7 seed losing second round next year, do you think Brad coaches us in 2025?

Unless he leaves on his own, yes

 

[drsmitty74]

All could have easily been avoided. RayJ is a great kid and did nothing “wrong”

please explain insiders. What else could/should we have done with RayJ to avoid this?

 

[Nikethreadguysm]

Ah, that sucks. Regardless, I can firmly say that unless and until a bonafide top tier coach decides they want to come here (a la Jay Wright etc) I think BU is much much better than replacement. Sucks, but better spot than we were in 8-10 years ago.

 

[Illini_1105]

Nah … Brad won’t recover from this one with Josh or the boosters … Just an epic failure … Inexcusable … Could have been avoided …

Could have been avoided how?

 

[sacraig]

Nah … Brad won’t recover from this one with Josh or the boosters … Just an epic failure … Inexcusable … Could have been avoided …

Well I'd love to know the full story here...

 

[CleverHandle1]

Moving on . . . .

Insiders: any potential info you can share? Much appreciated.

 

[SouthernILlini31]

Got to wonder who the new targets are - Reeves has to be one right?

 

[Mojoman]

Geez. A recruit chose another school that just won a national title.
Lighten up people.

We need a decent PG and we will get one.
The team is going to be better in several aspects next year.

 

[acmcco2]

Nah … Brad won’t recover from this one with Josh or the boosters … Just an epic failure … Inexcusable … Could have been avoided …

Hopefully, someday, you can spill the goods on this circus of a recruitment.