Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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LvilleILL1
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HailtotheChief said:
If you think he will play next season at the 4 or was recruited to do so at Illinois i highly disagree. If Z, T or Mirk get hurt it will be Jason to rebound and play D or Dre. We will miss Ben if Jason cant do those 2 things. BU said in the podcast Jason was going to play "a lot" but the clot happenned. I dont know about a lot but i think he can. I doubt our program ever recruits a 6'7" 210lb freshman to be expected to be play significant minutes at the power forward given where our program is today. I hope and feel most will be as long and more physical than Ben much less Zens at a program like ours going forward. We are not most programs and those that are playing for us wont be 6'7" 210 to 215 lbs. Zens isnt a PF for us and wont be. If so then we will not be elite. We wouldnt beat teams like Houston, MSU , or top teams if thats what you see playing the 4 for us.
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I said he can help at the 4 if necessary, not that he was "recruited to play there." That doesn't mean that's his only position or even his main position.

I'd like to think JJ will be recovered and capable of helping up front. But it seems far from certain that he'll be 100%.
 
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grue2
steelmen72 said:
People are still questioning Underwood recruiting? The Illini found Wagler and Coleman. Thompson price was too high and Davis was deemed to small. Illinois will have misses like they took Boswell over Fears. They will be fine in the long run.
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Given the character Boswell and Fears have shown, I'm not sure I would count it as a miss. It is possible that if Fears came here, BU would have lowered the hammer on him at the first sign of the cheap shots, doing everyone, especially Fears, a big favor.
 
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Brosky
Would like to have this kid, I suppose. A sleeper? Last year, if I remember correctly, very few of us were expecting big things from Wagler.
 
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AnnoyedWithGarza said:
The state's best have all left so much that our top recruit is barely in the top 150? Is this the norm or just 2026?
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The norm mostly. All the top guys are going to out-of-state prep schools. 2026 seems to be a particularly weak in-state class, but the 2025 class didn't look much better. 2027 looks to be quite a bit stronger with Jaxson Davis and Quinton Kitt, but there's still time for those guys to bail and do their senior year at an out-of-state prep school I guess.
 
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Brosky
Just watched some highlight film on Williams. Is it even probable he's not at least a 4-star and top 100? He looks freakishly athletic; loves to throw down those dunks and seemed to shoot well from distance. Has beautiful form on that jumper, and creates jump shots. Not even a top 100? C'mon now.
 
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NarrowJ
Not necessarily Illinois-related but it had came up as roster evaluations were being made on here re: Duke, Florida, etcetera but CJ Moore of The Athletic said on Werner podcast that its extremely unlikely Aberdeen gets cleared/eligibility for Florida this upcoming season.
 
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NarrowJ said:
Not necessarily Illinois-related but it had came up as roster evaluations were being made on here re: Duke, Florida, etcetera but CJ Moore of The Athletic said on Werner podcast that its extremely unlikely Aberdeen gets cleared/eligibility for Florida this upcoming season.
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I think most have assumed that all along. They're loaded w/o him.
 
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jamarvelous31
AnnoyedWithGarza said:
The state's best have all left so much that our top recruit is barely in the top 150? Is this the norm or just 2026?
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Definitely the new norm. Even Coleman was in O'fallon before he went to Principia.

In 27 Jaxson Davis is sticking around but Kitt is leaving.

In 28 Pettigrew may reclass to 27 but still seems unlikely to leave Bolingbrook given his dad is the FB coach. Curious to see what Kelly does.
 
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