Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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joeybcrazy13
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#227      
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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the juiceman cometh
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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Combo
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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Guest
If I remember correctly (which is, at best, a crapshoot), it seems that the insiders (or maybe just Indy?) were indicationg that Illinois was going to add a European player this summer (I think it was mentioned specifically June). If Lincoln Williams commits, does that mean no European?
 
#249      
joeybcrazy13
Big Jack said:
I am not certain about Slovania but I can confirm none of our staff was in Montenegro yesterday as I did not see them. On an another note let me tell you Montenegro is beautiful, unlike central Illinois, Mirc must have only been interested in playing for Brad.
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Hey hey hey buddy... Central Illinois is pretty beautiful in its own right!!! Won't take none of that!!
 
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