Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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MDchicago
Dan said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1722363239546151366
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1722361013842874543

Cool that it was in the Lou Boudreau room at Thorton. In addition to being a great baseball player, he also captained and was a great player for the Illini basketball team. Partial excerpt from his bio for the Illini HOF:

"As an Illini, Boudreau served as captain of Illini baseball and basketball teams. He led the Illini to both basketball and baseball Big Ten titles during the 1936-37 season before earning All-America honors in basketball in 1938. Boudreau is one of just three athletes (along with Grange and Butkus) to have their Illini number retired."
 
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Goldtop
Listening to Underwood sounds like he isn't planning on adding Jeremiah Fears to this class. Insiders?
 
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alexander58
PepeSilvia said:
He very well might be but he's a freshman and only 6'9. I like Hansberry a lot too but he seems more like a 4 and doesn't seem like the rim protecting type.

Then Dain is long but not exactly vertically explosive. Imo you try to add some more length and rim protection to play inside.

Personally though I'm not really a huge fan of how Dain's game fits in the modern game. I'd be perfectly fine with him transferring out and replacing him with a rim rolling big that protects the rim(A bandaogo type). Then I would look to add a stretch 4 type that can shoot any play some 3.
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Dain's game might not be exactly what's being played right now, but He gets easy baskets in the post and can be a tough match up against some teams. I would like to see him improve defensively, but he has value.
 
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ChiTown
Goldtop said:
Listening to Underwood sounds like he isn't planning on adding Jeremiah Fears to this class. Insiders?
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I think he made an exception for someone special became available that they cant pass off.
 
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Iamgroot
LvilleILL said:
Possibly, still not decided 100% one way or another. If he comes next year, I would expect us to only go after one guard in the portal. If not, we will probably add two guards
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Thanks for the feedback wasn't expecting to hear him sign today.just seemed like the info after the visits slowed.i really hope we can find a way to get him to sign if not I guess we will hopefully be feasting on some transfers.ILL
 
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WWWWRocU
MDchicago said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1722361013842874543

Cool that it was in the Lou Boudreau room at Thorton. In addition to being a great baseball player, he also captained and was a great player for the Illini basketball team. Partial excerpt from his bio for the Illini HOF:

"As an Illini, Boudreau served as captain of Illini baseball and basketball teams. He led the Illini to both basketball and baseball Big Ten titles during the 1936-37 season before earning All-America honors in basketball in 1938. Boudreau is one of just three athletes (along with Grange and Butkus) to have their Illini number retired."
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This is my "brush with greatness" moment as I grew up next door to Lou and his wonderful wife Della when they moved to Dolton. Nicest people you would ever know.
 
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Mr. Roberts
WWWWRocU said:
This is my "brush with greatness" moment as I grew up next door to Lou and his wonderful wife Della when they moved to Dolton. Nicest people you would ever know.
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I grew up near you. I ran into Lou in a line at the bank once and had a nice chat.
 
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rtbritt
othawhitemeat said:
He is way more coordinated than Lieb and also seems like a better shooter. Lieb was a flyer to see if you can eventually mold him into something after battling Kofi/Giorgi as Lieb was a borderline 500 type recruit while Jakstys is an early take with skill, some speed that is a borderline top 100 recruit. He while also skinny also is coming in with more beef than Lieb. Lieb to me was a hope to be a Tisdale at best. Jakstys is a possibility of a being a good Wisconsin PF with skills.
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I mostly agree with you, but I don't think there was any chance Lieb was going to be a Tisdale. Tisdale seems to be underrated by some. He was good. On the right team, he probably would have been much more highly regarded, IMO.
 
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SescIllini
Dan said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1722419030181507354

https://twitter.com/x/status/1722416537133351313
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From this list the worst top 100 player is either Shaw, DJ Williams or Spears. I don't count transfer 100's like Omar Payne, but he was ranked to high. Kofi was really a top 15 recruit, was well undervalued. Kofi is the most most dominant big man at Illinois and not even close. Adam Miller and Skyy Clark and couple others were ranked to high (Mcbride as well). None were anywhere as good as Ayo. Most top 100 players were good at Illinois.
 
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PepeSilvia
alexander58 said:
Dain's game might not be exactly what's being played right now, but He gets easy baskets in the post and can be a tough match up against some teams. I would like to see him improve defensively, but he has value.
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Dain isn't a bad player and definitely has value but with limited scholarships and minutes plus Hansberry and Johnson I wouldn't be upset if he ended up leaving.

I just don't think that back to basket slow the game down type of big you really want unless their an absurdly good passer or a physical freak like Kofi.

You don't even really need a ton of skilled bigs a guy that can simply set screens and roll to the basket is plenty effective on offense.
 
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Rusty
Dain is valuable in a weird way. In a up and down game, not really. In a game against Edey or Sisoko (I'm sure there's others) then we need the physical to give 5 fouls and at least make them expend energy on the defensive end instead of just sit in the lane.
 
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Champaign Toast
Rusty said:
Dain is valuable in a weird way. In a up and down game, not really. In a game against Edey or Sisoko (I'm sure there's others) then we need the physical to give 5 fouls and at least make them expend energy on the defensive end instead of just sit in the lane.
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I think Dain is the only Illini that you need to double team in the post. (Maybe Hansberry is on his way there. Too early to say.) I like Dain's game a lot--footwork in the post, capacity to make a pass, rebounding like a beast when he's in peak shape. I appreciate his uniqueness on this roster and enjoy when the ball gets passed to him down low to create offense. I really wish his free throw shooting would improve, of course.
 
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blackdog
PepeSilvia said:
Dain isn't a bad player and definitely has value but with limited scholarships and minutes plus Hansberry and Johnson I wouldn't be upset if he ended up leaving.

I just don't think that back to basket slow the game down type of big you really want unless their an absurdly good passer or a physical freak like Kofi.

You don't even really need a ton of skilled bigs a guy that can simply set screens and roll to the basket is plenty effective on offense.
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Yea let's just push out a guy that has the ability to score, rebound, is a decent rim protector, and can pass just because we don't like post ups anymore 🙄

Games aren't just run and gun up and down the court, there's a ton of half court action and you always need guys who can score in different ways and take advantage of matchups. There were a couple times against EIU where Dain got the ball and I already knew he was going to score. That kind of high efficiency is valuable.
 
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