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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Our Karaban one day.
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    I’ll take Kansas and Kentucky to finish the blue blood set.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I think we’re good on wings with Dre, Jake, and Morillo. We’re also good on 3 ball shooters with Vaaks, Coleman, Jake, Mirk, and Tomi. I expect Z and Dre to hit some open ones too. So we’ve plugged the Ben absence sufficiently. What we are missing is a backup 4. Morillo is not a great shooter...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Glad we’re being a bit more discretionary and responsible fiduciaries of donor $$$ via our version of Moneyball.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    #9th man /s
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Sunny Verma on Brady Pettigrew
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    Illini Basketball 2026-2027

    3rd time's the charm!
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Bro Mason’s shot is pure - he’ll plug right into Jake’s role in 2027-28. And Cole is a special 3-level player. Hope we invite Cole out to the UConn game and secure a commitment as a Xmas present this year.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I think we need to let this ship sail. He's an undersized 4 who has no jump shot for B1G speed/closeouts. And unless Andrej drastically improves his perimeter shot we'll struggle to play them concurrently ala the issue with Andrej/Kylan combo this year (post-the fracture).
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Competition levels are pretty awful if you watch the games. Prep schools definitely better tune-up for college ball.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I totally get it too. The longer Duke does without a chip the more enticing it is for a top recruit to believe he’ll restore Durham’s pride. As a side note, toured the Duke campus recently as part of a college visit for my nephew. It looks like Hogwarts. That said Champaign easily clears...
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Before this gets buried in prior, locked thread. PG passing and PF rebounding as a wing. And high school & AAU teammates with Mason Martin. In-state / Chicago kid working his way to Top 30 in the country.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    I hate indexing on this. Most of us hit our main growth spurt by 16 and at most grow an inch after that.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    Slasher SF who has face-up low post game AND an outside shot is why I brought up the Yaxel comp.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    My god this kid is smooth. If he can continue to bulk up, you’re looking at a premier SF in the mould of Yaxel in the making. He’s a more important get than Brady Pettigrew given we’ve never struggled getting pro-ceiling guards. But we haven’t had a kid this ready and polished as a rising...
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