Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[altgeld88]

Only bag Weber had was the bag ‘o excuses

My charitable take is that he seemed constrained by scruples in an unscrupulous business. Self, less so. Or so I hear.

 

[Grandpa]

Blackwell
Vaaks
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi

Bench:
Q Coleman
Z
Ty
Jake
Morillo

Deep Bench:
B Lee
Jakstys
Ethan Brown
Landon Davis (redshirt)
Fagbemi

So I can quit checking so often? It's settled?

 

[RIP_Chief_2003]

Jakstys isn’t Big Ten caliber … Not even close … Especially for a team competing for championships …

Practice body … That’s it …

10,000%
I feel the same way about Lee. He did not impress me with his minutes and often looked bad against opposing teams’ walk-ons. I just don’t see the hype with him…

 

[sacraig]

Blackwell
Vaaks
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi

Bench:
Q Coleman
Z
Ty
Jake
Morillo

Deep Bench:
B Lee
Jakstys
Ethan Brown
Landon Davis (redshirt)
Fagbemi

 

[Heisenbobble]

Misko loves him some Illini

 

[RimPressure]

Sorry if this was posted somewhere else and I missed it. Find it fairly interesting to hear his comments.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043777765434954240

 

[OB positive]

ayo averaged 13.8 as a freshman on a team that went 12-21. was he not a winning player?

edit: camo beat me to it

Regardless, don't want anyone coming in that would take Jake's role and minutes and result in him leaving whether they're a winner or a loser.

 

[RML]

I am just going to add that when you go to a final four it makes things so much easier.

We didn't get quite the five-star haul that I expected after 2005. My sense is that some Weber doubts were born then.

(I see that a bunch of others beat me to this point )

 

[MurphysBurger]

Even Jerrance Howard dragging around the anchor of Weber as his head coach dramatically improved recruiting instantaneously.

Weber 04-08 is a world historic 1-of-1 of catastrophic recruiting failure that condemned us to a decade in the wilderness.

Not a mistake we will be making again.

Can Weber be faulted for Brian Randle punching the wall and breaking his hand? Or Kendrick Nunn? Or Darius Paul? Or Jamar Smith leaving Brian Carlwell for dead? Jereme Richmond legal issues? or Cliff not signing? Leron Black stabbing a guy at canopy club? Or whatever jalyon tate did to get suspended? Eric Gordon shoe bribes?

I think revisionist history give Bruce a bad wrap. Imo if Randle didn't break his hand and disappear we would have won a Natty in 05.

 

[FinallyMadeAnAccount]

Blackwell
Vaaks
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi

Bench:
Q Coleman
Z
Ty
Jake
Morillo

Deep Bench:
B Lee
Jakstys
Ethan Brown
Landon Davis (redshirt)
Fagbemi

Brandon Lee is staying? I don't see why a top 100 recruit would choose to be in the Deep Bench for 2 years

 

[Illini92and96]

Ironic....I start my colonoscopy prep on Wednesday.

I predict Illinois Basketball will be more successful with retention than me. (There's a "recruiting is fluid" joke in there somewhere, but I'm not caffeinated or motivated)

Man, your post is pretty anal.

 

[Combo]

My charitable take is that he seemed constrained by scruples in an unscrupulous business. Self, less so. Or so I hear.

That's always been my take. Good coach, nice guy. But you got to get the players.

 

[Trueblue777]

Blackwell
Vaaks
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi

Bench:
Q Coleman
Z
Ty
Jake
Morillo

Deep Bench:
B Lee
Jakstys
Ethan Brown
Landon Davis (redshirt)
Fagbemi

Personally j would like this guy to replace one of the players on the bench

Good Morning, Illini Nation: Get to know Zavier Zens

Wisconsin Mr. Basketball taking official visit to Illinois

www.news-gazette.com

 

[Grandpa]

My charitable take is that he seemed constrained by scruples in an unscrupulous business. Self, less so. Or so I hear.

That's why Izzo wanted him here. Less competition. No buying players.

 

[RollChief]

Blackwell
Vaaks
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi

Bench:
Q Coleman
Z
Ty
Jake
Morillo

Deep Bench:
B Lee
Jakstys
Ethan Brown
Landon Davis (redshirt)
Fagbemi

If this indeed ends up being next season's roster, this would put us at ~58.2% minutes retained going into next year. Referencing KenPom, this would rank us at #8 out of 365 D-1 teams in minutes continuity if we applied it to this year's continuity stats. If you factor in an additional 11.2% of retainage pulled from Ty Rodgers in '24, this would bump us to ~69%, where we would be top 3 in D-1 in minutes retained.

Last season may be a bit anomalous for pulling from the portal, but depending on how the transfer portal shakes out, we should be solidly a top 10-20 school for retention if this is the 2026-2027 roster #TheRetention

 

[AnnoyedWithGarza]

Blackwell
Vaaks
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi

Bench:
Q Coleman
Z
Ty
Jake
Morillo

Deep Bench:
B Lee
Jakstys
Ethan Brown
Landon Davis (redshirt)
Fagbemi

Is that your guess on the roster for next year?

 

[STLini25]

Telling a recruit “we don’t need you” apparently wasn’t a winning recruiting strategy.
Who would have thunk it

Who did he say that to?

 

[SkyysNotFalling]

Sorry if this was posted somewhere else and I missed it. Find it fairly interesting to hear his comments.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043777765434954240

Thanks for the good press

 

[DICKnaggie]

My charitable take is that he seemed constrained by scruples in an unscrupulous business. Self, less so. Or so I hear.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Blackwell
Vaaks
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi

Bench:
Q Coleman
Z
Ty
Jake
Morillo

Deep Bench:
B Lee
Jakstys
Ethan Brown
Landon Davis (redshirt)
Fagbemi

All those guys staying?

Ty / Jake / Lee / Jakstys / Fabgemi.

 

[GForce]

My charitable take is that he seemed constrained by scruples in an unscrupulous business. Self, less so. Or so I hear.

I recall reading how his staff basically begged him to offer Fred Vanvleet.

 

[PepeSilvia]

Marketing image is going to be elite - can't wait for it to drop.

Is it going to be John declaring while wearing Glynn's jersey?

 

[Red77sng]

Especially at the United Center. I want to see a marquis matchup there. No benefit beating teams like UIC handily, but only bad things can happen...checks notes -- 2010.

Close, competitive losses to top competition is good for team development, and wins are just a topping on cake to building out solid resume come March.

Brad's non-conference schedules during his tenure here have been nothing short of elite.

UConn is at the United Center this year

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043795832076431383

 

[Kendall Gill’s Uncle]

100% disagree.

If getting Dozic means we're losing any of Stojakovic, Mirkovic, Tomi, Z, or Jake -- I'd pass.

What makes you take him over Jake Davis? Somebody whose constantly proven himself as a terrific role player.

Also, Pepperdine was absolutely awful this year. They finished 9-23 and last in the WCC.

He only said Jake or Ty…relax.

We need a Humrichous replacement. If you combine them you may have one. They can’t fill that role on their own.