He and Fagbemi could almost be twins.nice endorsement:
helluva graphic too
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
Correct. He was a shoe in, but the run changed everything
Joel Goodson
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I need names, bro. feed me!
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
If we retain Stojakovic and bring in Coleman, what we need is a Nick Boyd-type not a Blackwell-type.
Welcome to "We Have Our PG" Season.
Btw, no one is talking about this and maybe he wants to move on with his life, but I can discern no principle from the NCAA and legal rulings on this subject other than "NAIA seasons don't count" and if that's true Ben can come back.
Insiders, is he gonna try?
I agree. A niche guy. Someone going off, Ty goes in and makes his life miserable
skyIdub
"I can't tell you. Secret."
lol what a time to be an Illini. We won’t wait by the phone, you wait by the phone.
Great reel...Athleticism, fluidity, shooting, skills and savvy, uses left hand well. And very much a high school body, a whole lot of physical maturity to come.
Joel Goodson
- it's all ball bearings, nowadays
indeed. whole lot to like here. he's got it going on
I think Ty is a solid back up to Andre to cut, rebound and play D. He can play to his strengths and be a solid back up in that role. If his ability to face up, put the ball on the floor and attack or shoot even better!
I like Ty and wish him the best but many here feel he is much better than I do if he will starts on next years team with what we have now much less the pieces we are adding. I see him being the 2nd or 3rd guy backing up Andre when Andre sits it Ty stays at all.
Yeah I've wondered about this too - I've assumed everyone else must know stuff I don't and that it's a non-starter that he could get another year, but can anyone confirm that we've at least kicked the tires on this issue?
As it stands, I figure it will actually be pretty tough to replace Ben in his current role. I would think Ben, or a player very similar, would also probably make someone like Ty a lot more playable too alongside him on a hypothetical 2nd unit.
Joel Goodson
- it's all ball bearings, nowadays
I'm holding, captain!
staff may have a big fish in mind…. (?)
Josh Hubbard was All Sec as a freshman and this season and takes very difficult shots and has averaged over 19pts a game for his career. Made 108 3s as a freshman. He may not be someone we are looking at but he is much like Plummer but even much better. He gets fouled, a great FT shooter and has a 2 to 1 assist to TO ratio on a below average team were he us oftrn doubled. . I think he is an elite college basketball player if he enters the portal as are others. Whether we would be interested or not i dont know. I thought Indy or someone had mentioned him before
Thats why i bring him up. Ive watched him a good bit because he is an interesting, athletic, snd exciting player to watch. I think he would be a scary thought for opponents if surrounded by guys like we have on our roster.
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Lol is this the "a knee equals two feet" of NCAA eligibility?
I hadn't seen that anywhere, is there a specific case in which that was established?
Feel like it makes a ton of sense for him to stick around next year regardless of the rest of the team.
If he underperforms or just doesn’t get PT, he’ll have another year of eligibility that he can go elsewhere.
It was a massive reason he’s tenure was a failure after 06. He just couldn’t get top end talent.
Conversely, Underwood has consistently gotten talent to come here.
I will die on the Weber was a good coach hill. But that only gets you so far.
rmlsr
- El Paso,IL
I am too lazy to look it up, but earlier in the season. I argued at length that NAIA did not count and Ben could return. Someone cited the cases of JuCo players where two years counted as one. Hard to say NAIA should be any different.
I'd love to be wrong and welcome replies from those who follow this more closely than I have.
Teams won’t guard him again and it will congest the lane. Even to fill Ben’s role teams will have to respect his shot.
TheDukeUIUC
- Twin Cities, MN
There is a world where he has improved his jumpshot and can take threes. We currently have an slasher wing that is great at driving to hoop and isnt a great 3-point shooter in Andre. I would argue that Ty has been a better overall defender and rebounder before injury (though Andre has really stepped up recently). If Ty is a slightly worse shooter but better rebounder and defender than Andre, I can see a role for him off the bench. Big if, but not inconceivable.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
A lot of emotional energy got tied up in the notion that Groce failed to land top recruits, and he certainly had high-profile failures.
But with hindsight you look at the broad history of Illinois Basketball and we've had a very strong sell to talented players in volume for all of modern history where ranking recruits has been a thing, with the massive and glaring exception of the Weber period until he hired Snacks, the classes of 04-08.
It's EXTRAORDINARY how bad our recruiting was during that period, there's nothing else remotely like it, and it came during the period of our greatest success and popularity.
A lot of people would like to redeem Weber as a figure for various reasons, but he was a disaster for this program, and the way in which he failed just makes your brain hurt.
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