Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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NarrowJ
Updates in last week or so:

Clemens Sokolov (C, Germany) commits to Indiana
Justin Monden (G, MD Eastern Shore) commits to Indiana
Vuk Lazarevic (C, High School 0*) commits to Ohio State
Andy Gemao (G, High School 0*) commits to Penn State

Removed Bryson Tucker (declared for draft, posted 'farewell' on social media, etc) from Washington

Removed Wei Lin (in portal, but never reported by 247.com) and Miles Stewart (not expected back per recent news/reports) from Oregon

Removed Tyler Kropp (in portal, but never reported by 247.com) from Northwestern

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Lee
LvilleILL1 said:
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Quentin Coleman, The Principia School , Shooting Guard

Quentin Coleman is a 6-4, 180-pound Shooting Guard from Saint Louis, MO.
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ChiefGritty
NarrowJ said:
They bumped him up even higher?

He's 13th now and 17th in composite (maybe I'm out of the loop and he got this bump already...)
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No this is as of today.

Morillo and Zens moved up as well.

Coleman is obviously impressing the heck out of everybody on the all-star circuit. I hope he makes Team USA, that would be great experience for him.
 
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EyeoftheIllini
Sorry, but I have no interest in us being responsible fiduciaries. Let's wildly and irresponsibly spend donor money to get a championship.
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but if we get a championship, no one including the big donors footing the bill will think money was irresponsibly spent.
 
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Mobi
No this is as of today.

Morillo and Zens moved up as well.

Coleman is obviously impressing the heck out of everybody on the all-star circuit. I hope he makes Team USA, that would be great experience for him.
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They finally figured out ILL sends kids to NBA so have to adjust the ranking of our recruits accordingly. /s
 
#441      
wc_illini
Emerson Bigguns said:
They are getting wise to our staff's scouting ability. The whole Wagler thing has to be a bit embarrassing if you run one of these organizations...
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Well even Wagler was reportedly considering redshirting (not sure what the staff thought about that), and no other good programs wanted him. Unless you think they were swayed by recruiting websites, I just see it as a great story for Wagler and Illinois rather than an embarrassment for anyone.
 
#443      
mysterio2525
Emerson Bigguns said:
They are getting wise to our staff's scouting ability. The whole Wagler thing has to be a bit embarrassing if you run one of these organizations...
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I was joking but in reality that's how human perception works. if you see success and good decision making, you expect that going forward. we truly are simple creatures.... I know I am.

I'm just loving the momentum we are building and feel this is the reckoning the college basketball world avoided during the Webber years. it's our time now!
 
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Emerson Bigguns
wc_illini said:
Well even Wagler was reportedly considering redshirting (not sure what the staff thought about that), and no other good programs wanted him. Unless you think they were swayed by recruiting websites, I just see it as a great story for Wagler and Illinois rather than an embarrassment for anyone.
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Keaton was killing it all summer. He arrived at Illinois more ready than I think anyone outside of the Wagler household believed he would be. He dominated the HS circuit in Kansas for two years. The same questions we hear about his athletic profile in NBA scouting, dogged him as a prep. The kid just knows how to play.

Rating over 140 guys better than a kid who averaged almost 30 points a game, went undefeated, won the 6A state title in Kansas, and was POY in the state is a bit egregious. He wasn't some kid they found lighting up old guys at the YMCA. If you are a scout, you can't judge it as anything but a miss.
 
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Joel Goodson
wc_illini said:
Well even Wagler was reportedly considering redshirting (not sure what the staff thought about that), and no other good programs wanted him. Unless you think they were swayed by recruiting websites, I just see it as a great story for Wagler and Illinois rather than an embarrassment for anyone.
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for the recruiting services it is a major embarrassment, absolutely no doubt about it. that there were mitigating circumstances (no shoe circuit AAU ball), doesn't give them a free pass
 
#448      
hooraybeer
it certainly seems that the major recruiting services are showing a lot of respect to the illini staff, likely in part earned secondary to the KW ascension
 
#449      
hangdog
Its hard for me to laugh too much at the recruiting services for Keaton's ranking when an entire nation of D1 head coaches missed on him as well
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Not an ENTIRE nation.
 
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