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<blockquote data-quote="nichi" data-source="post: 1401460" data-attributes="member: 2156"><p>Jeff Dawson was Class of 1969. I think Jim was his older brother. Jim Dawson was one of my favorite Illini growing up. Anyway, Jeff Dawson attended Duke in 1969 and played there as a sophomore. Note that freshmen were not eligible for varsity back then. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jeff-dawson-2.html" target="_blank">https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jeff-dawson-2.html</a></p><p></p><p>He transferred to UI in 1971, iirc. expecting to have only one season of eligibility. He wound playing 2 years after the Big Ten started allowing red-shirt seasons. </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jeff-dawson-1.html" target="_blank">https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jeff-dawson-1.html</a></p><p></p><p>This below from Tate 6 years ago sort of supports what I recall hearing from him almost 50 years ago, that Schmidt recruited Collins, but Collins "lacked confidence" he could play in the Big Ten iirc because he was too small? / it was too physical?. I do not recall hearing that about Sikma though. I thought it was because he thought the campus was too big. Memories can get crossed up. I still remember Collins being a good high school player, but not a big time prospect. I'd like to see the all-state teams for 1969. Jim Brewer would have been the top player in the state. Losing him to Minnesota stung. </p><p></p><p><em>And then there were Jack Sikma and Doug Collins, great collegiate players at Wesleyan and Illinois State, respectively, and top NBA stars. Schmidt liked both, but in an irony of sorts, ran into a recruiting wall because both lacked confidence, coming out of Benton and St. Anne, that they could play at the Big Ten level. </em> <a href="http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/mens-basketball/2012-02-14/tate-weber-backed-ex-coach-schmidt.html" target="_blank">http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/mens-basketball/2012-02-14/tate-weber-backed-ex-coach-schmidt.html</a></p><p></p><p>I heard a similar story about Class of 1972 Hersey big and Illini legacy(?) Andy Pancratz, who chose DePaul over UI. He was not a huge loss, except that he would have been better than our other remaining bigs. More importantly, he helped DePaul recruit his younger teammate Dave Corzine -- same 1974 class as Audie Matthews.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nichi, post: 1401460, member: 2156"] Jeff Dawson was Class of 1969. I think Jim was his older brother. Jim Dawson was one of my favorite Illini growing up. Anyway, Jeff Dawson attended Duke in 1969 and played there as a sophomore. Note that freshmen were not eligible for varsity back then. [url]https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jeff-dawson-2.html[/url] He transferred to UI in 1971, iirc. expecting to have only one season of eligibility. He wound playing 2 years after the Big Ten started allowing red-shirt seasons. [url]https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jeff-dawson-1.html[/url] This below from Tate 6 years ago sort of supports what I recall hearing from him almost 50 years ago, that Schmidt recruited Collins, but Collins "lacked confidence" he could play in the Big Ten iirc because he was too small? / it was too physical?. I do not recall hearing that about Sikma though. I thought it was because he thought the campus was too big. Memories can get crossed up. I still remember Collins being a good high school player, but not a big time prospect. I'd like to see the all-state teams for 1969. Jim Brewer would have been the top player in the state. Losing him to Minnesota stung. [I]And then there were Jack Sikma and Doug Collins, great collegiate players at Wesleyan and Illinois State, respectively, and top NBA stars. Schmidt liked both, but in an irony of sorts, ran into a recruiting wall because both lacked confidence, coming out of Benton and St. Anne, that they could play at the Big Ten level. [/I] [url]http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/mens-basketball/2012-02-14/tate-weber-backed-ex-coach-schmidt.html[/url] I heard a similar story about Class of 1972 Hersey big and Illini legacy(?) Andy Pancratz, who chose DePaul over UI. He was not a huge loss, except that he would have been better than our other remaining bigs. More importantly, he helped DePaul recruit his younger teammate Dave Corzine -- same 1974 class as Audie Matthews. [/QUOTE]
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