Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Welcome to the Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread :illinois:


Upcoming Commitment Announcement
Will Riley to announce commitment Sunday, June 23rd, 1:00pm CT.


IL Returnees
1) Ty Rodgers
2) Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn

IL Signees
1) Morez Johnson (2024 PF) committed on November 4th, 2021.
2) Jason Jakstys (2024 F) committed on July 23rd, 2023.
3) Jake Davis (Mercer guard) committed on April 1st.
4) Tre White (Louisville wing) committed on April 9th.
5) Kylan Boswell (Arizona guard) committed on April 14th.
6) Carey Booth (Notre Dame forward) committed on April 16th.
7) Ben Humrichous (Evansville forward) committed on April 30th.
8) Tomislav Ivisic (Croatian center) committed on May 6th.
9) Kasparas Jakucionis (Lithuanian guard) committed on May 28th.


IL players who left or decommitted from the program
1) Dain Dainja entered transfer portal on April 1st, committed to Memphis on April 5th.
2) Jase Butler decommitted on April 8th, committed to Washington on April 23rd.
3) Sencire Harris entered transfer portal on April 15th, committed to West Virginia on April 21st.
4) Amani Hansberry entered transfer portal on April 16th, committed to West Virginia on April 21st.
5) Luke Goode entered transfer portal on April 22nd, committed to Indiana on April 26th.
6) Marcus Domask announced he's out of eligibility & declared for NBA Draft on April 25th.
7) Niccolo Moretti entered transfer portal on April 29th, committed to FAU on May 21st.
8) Coleman Hawkins withdrew from NBA Draft & announced intention to transfer to new program on May 29th, committed to Kansas State on June 14th.


2025 Recruiting
1) Jeremiah Fears (2025 PG) committed on January 22nd, 2024.
 
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Illini in Italy
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Illini4Christ
Number 34 will remind you of Kofi. Northern Illinois is recruiting him. Do we have any interest?

 
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PepeSilvia
blackdog said:
Why would we be interested in kids that NIU is recruiting?
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True but it does seem like he's picking up some steam. Recently has offers from Auburn, Villanova, and K-state.

I don't really know anything about him though other then that he is playing with Dylan Harper.
 
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Idea Gardener
After the 2022/23 season, there was a lot of talk about not relying on freshmen and many comments on this board about reclasses usually not being worth it. Can someone explain why there doesn't seem to be the same concern for Riley? Is it just because he's a higher recruit (game changer)? I haven't watched him much so trying to understand reasonable expected impact.
 
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PepeSilvia
Idea Gardener said:
After the 2022/23 season, there was a lot of talk about not relying on freshmen and many comments on this board about reclasses usually not being worth it. Can someone explain why there doesn't seem to be the same concern for Riley? Is it just because he's a higher recruit (game changer)? I haven't watched him much so trying to understand reasonable expected impact.
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I kind of agree with the sentiment. For all the talk of wanting to get old and stay old this is a younger team.

Guards: Boswell(19 year old junior), DGL(sophomore), Kasparis(freshman)

Wings: Ty(jr), Tre White(jr), Davis(so.) Possibly Riley(Fr. - reclass)

Bigs: Hum(5th year senior), Booth(so), Morez(Fr), Ivisic(21 year old Fr), Jaksty(fr.)

There is quite obviously a ton of talent there. Probably more talent throughout the roster than any Illini roster in history.

On the other hand it's a young roster with a lot to prove. Two international guys that will have to adjust to the level(Ivisic is older though).
 
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AnnoyedWithGarza
Idea Gardener said:
After the 2022/23 season, there was a lot of talk about not relying on freshmen and many comments on this board about reclasses usually not being worth it. Can someone explain why there doesn't seem to be the same concern for Riley? Is it just because he's a higher recruit (game changer)? I haven't watched him much so trying to understand reasonable expected impact.
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I think because he isn't a lead guard. There are ways to game plan him shots instead of relying on him to get them for himself. After a short adjustment period you hope he can grow into getting his own whenever he wants but at the beginning you can make sure he gets into the flow of games without him having to do all on his own.

Just my best guess why this reclass is different than others.

Oh and he wants to come to Illinois so there's that too.
 
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ptgrd23
Nick Anderson AA , Lowell Hamilton AA, Kenny Battle, Larry Smith AA , Kendall Gill, Steve Bardo and Marcus Liberty AA say HELLO

Brian Cook AA, Frank Williams AA, Marcus Griffin AA, Sergio McClain, Lucas Johnson, Damir Krupilija, Cory Bradford say HELLO

Eddie Johnson AA, Derek Holcomb AA, James Griffin AA, Derek Harper AA, Craig Tucker JCAA, Mark Smith, Perry Range, Brian Leonard say HELLO
 
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BWA
Idea Gardener said:
After the 2022/23 season, there was a lot of talk about not relying on freshmen and many comments on this board about reclasses usually not being worth it. Can someone explain why there doesn't seem to be the same concern for Riley? Is it just because he's a higher recruit (game changer)? I haven't watched him much so trying to understand reasonable expected impact.
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Because he's Canadian, he's actually the same age as most Freshman. So while he is technically a reclass, he's not actually young.

2024 Morez Johnson Born January 2006

2025 Will Riley Born February 2006

2025 Jeremiah Fears Born October 2006
 
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Altuve27
BWA said:
Because he's Canadian, he's actually the same age as most Freshman. So while he is technically a reclass, he's not actually young.

2024 Morez Johnson Born January 2006

2025 Will Riley Born February 2006

2025 Jeremiah Fears Born October 2006
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Glad you pointed this out. I believe someone else mentioned that they go to grade 13 in Canada. Or grade 10-12 in high school. I don’t remember. It’s different than the states though.
 
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jamarvelous31
Altuve27 said:
Glad you pointed this out. I believe someone else mentioned that they go to grade 13 in Canada. Or grade 10-12 in high school. I don’t remember. It’s different than the states though.
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It's actually the same US to CA, just some providences offer pre-K and count that as a grade.

Canadian grade level equivalents | Our Kids

We outline Canadian grade levels and discuss which are compulsory. We also compare Canada's grade levels to those of the US, Britain, France, Germany, and Poland.
www.ourkids.net
 
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