Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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GrayGhost77
NASchamp said:
Wow. Look at this guy with his big fancy job…


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jjv0004
LvilleILL1 said:
Talked to a few people who have seen Quentin Coleman at a couple of the recent events, including the Iverson right now and the Jordan event a couple weeks ago.

Safe to say, there is a considerable amount of hype building.
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Watched his highlights the other day and I thought, "wow, he reminds me of Keaton." Except he can dunk. If he plays at all anywhere near as good as Keaton did this year, watch out.
 
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Scoregasm
Emerson Bigguns said:
Can the cow play the 4, or is it just here to help boost our cottage cheese production?



Isn't this the type of thing that used to lead to getting a team mascot? Not particularly scary, but there aren't many things more "Illinois" than cows...
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RichardKeenesCousin
LvilleILL1 said:
Talked to a few people who have seen Quentin Coleman at a couple of the recent events, including the Iverson right now and the Jordan event a couple weeks ago.

Safe to say, there is a considerable amount of hype building.
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We ran into him while in Indy for the final four. He seemed like a really grounded kid in the limited time we talked to him. This has nothing to do with anything except that I wanted to post about it.
 
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FrankNitty30
CentralMaroon said:
They beat us for Chris Collins, and we took Keene after. The first recruiting battle I ever followed.
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I have told this story many times. I held Richard Keene to 7 points in a game……

It kind of all blurs with time….. but I think it went like this: 1st possession— hard close out, rip through by Keene, dunk.

2nd possession: medium close out, 2 dribble middie… splash.

3rd possession: catch and shoot 3.

Whistle, benched, played again but did not guard Keene.

Thus, I held him to 7 points when I guarded him!
 
#612      
ImGonnaBeILL
Not saying they'll be better, but I think our backcourt will be a lot more athletic.

Think you can now also slide AS to the 2 and Jake to 3 more when needed.
 
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Combo
jjv0004 said:
Watched his highlights the other day and I thought, "wow, he reminds me of Keaton." Except he can dunk. If he plays at all anywhere near as good as Keaton did this year, watch out.
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Way better run-jump athletic, likely better defender, 2-3 inchees shorter.

Highly unlikely he has the court vision/feel for the game that Keaton had. Very few players, Illini or otherwise, have that level of "basketball IQ."
 
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CentralMaroon
Keisersose said:
Don’t think Keene was ever going anywhere other than Illinois.

His cousin posts here maybe we can ask him. @RichardKeenesCousin
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He may have been coming here either way, but Lou was after Collins initially. I loved Richard Keene. I wore 24 my 6th grade year because I wanted to be him.

From the article:
For one thing, Collins spurned Illinois in 1992, when as the state's Mr. Basketball out of Glenbrook North he decided to become a Duke Blue Devil rather than a Fighting Illini. Illinois coach Lou Henson instead settled for the '92 Mr. Basketball runner-up Richard Keene of Collinsville, whose hair may actually have been the state's biggest prize.

www.cbsnews.com

Wisch: Collins Will Heat Up The Illinois-Northwestern Rivalry

Collins' Blue Devil blood alone is probably enough to get most Illini fans' own boiling, but he may also elevate the rivalry in other ways both on and off the court in Evanston.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
 
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ChiefGritty
Combo said:
Way better run-jump athletic, likely better defender, 2-3 inchees shorter.

Highly unlikely he has the court vision/feel for the game that Keaton had. Very few players, Illini or otherwise, have that level of "basketball IQ."
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A much swaggier in-your-face personality too from the looks of it, he's not an iceman like Wagler.

Besides being mop-haired freshman guards from Greater Missouri who can really shoot it, they don't seem to have much in common.
 
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Calvin
RabidDawgClassic said:
Well, consider at the moment that we don’t have any “walk on” level players on the roster yet… unless you consider Fagbemi to be of that caliber. While scholarships are now available to a roster of 15 max players, that doesn’t mean the staff couldn’t add a walk on type from the current student body as is routinely done. That would bring the roster up to 14 and Brad generally likes to leave one spot open for mid season additions.
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Agree, but was wondering how they feel about that next level, practice, etc. Seems like historically they've added one more
 
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NarrowJ
Calvin said:
Agree, but was wondering how they feel about that next level, practice, etc. Seems like historically they've added one more
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Meaning mid-season? Right now we have 13 + Fagbemi which is what we go into every single year with (but have added guys mid season 3x which is why we will likely stay at 14 going into the season).
 
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DReq
ChiefGritty said:
A much swaggier in-your-face personality too from the looks of it, he's not an iceman like Wagler.

Besides being mop-haired freshman guards from Greater Missouri who can really shoot it, they don't seem to have much in common.
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I'm pretty sure Kansans would not appreciate being called "Greater Missouri"ans. ;)

Be that as it may, I am ok with having the beloved become the home of college savant point guards and just stringing them together until we have all Illini NBA point guards. Just a little fantasy of mine. Carry on.
 
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WyattEarp
Emerson Bigguns said:
Can the cow play the 4, or is it just here to help boost our cottage cheese production?



Isn't this the type of thing that used to lead to getting a team mascot? Not particularly scary, but there aren't many things more "Illinois" than cows...
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You’re right. But not as right as I thought you were.
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May I suggest one thing it isn’t actually BIGGER in TEXAS.
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