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On vacation this week. Will catch up when I return. ☀
Fighting Illini Basketball Scholarship Grid 2020-2021
does this mean a possible 5th year for Trent and Damonte?
- Washington State
Does this mean an 11th year of eligibility for Tyler?
Maybe a Doctorate?
The article seems to say:
1) Anyone on the team last year now has an extra year of eligibility.
2) The use of that extra year does not count against the scholarship limits.
Proposal: Add the following rows after the 13 scholarships and before the walk-ons. This should keep tracking the available scholarships in the main grid clean.
Enjoy your vacation. Thanks for the change to gray out those for whom we are out of the running.
| (This row won't be needed) | 20-21 | 21-22 | 22-23 | 23-24 | 24-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV Scholarship #1 | Da'Monte Williams | Ayo Dosunmu | Kofi Cockburn | Ben Bosmans-Verdonk | |
| CV Scholarship #2 | Trent Frazier | Giorgi Bezhanishvili | Jermaine Hamlin | ||
| CV Scholarship #3 | Austin Hutcherson | ||||
| CV Scholarship #4 | Jacob Grandison |
Ace Wolf
- UofI
I just really feel that Giorgi is going to be the one who MOST benefits from this... that extra year is going to do wonders for his game!
Ace Wolf
- UofI
Ok so that clears up a lot 
so it will eventually count against the 13 scholarships.. that’s gonna make for some tuff decisions potentially...
so it will eventually count against the 13 scholarships.. that’s gonna make for some tuff decisions potentially...
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The twitter clarifies that the extra year scholarships will count against the limits except in 2021-2022. Thus the extra roster spots only exist for Trent and Da'Monte.
This seems a bit odd. I'd expect it to apply in 2020-21 as well. I wonder if this is a typo. I could not find the text of the actual rules change.
Yes, that's correct.
Not sure what you mean. If it applied for 2020-21, that would mean Kipper and Feliz could return for an extra year without counting against the 13, which is not the case.
This implies the same thing, that it's based on last year's class, which again would imply that Kipper and Feliz are allowed a 5th year, along with Cassius Winston, Lamar Stevens, Reggie Corbin, etc.
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Actually, I haven't done that yet. Anybody have names that need to be grayed out?
Ace Wolf
- UofI
Feliz shoulda been given another chance...
kipper too but he’s already signed overseas.But those kids deserved to play in an NCAA tournament game!
Bediako released his top 5 list Oct 10th. It did not include Illinois.
Illinois did not make the top 10 for Baldwin.
https://www.si.com/college/wisconsin/basketball/patrick-baldwin-jr-top-10-duke-kentucky-wisconsin
I don't know about the others.
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
One of the issues with graying out names is that we have first-hand experience with recruitments taking sudden turns and new teams jumping in long after lists have already been whittled down. It's a lot to ask rbach to track all the meandering paths between offers and commitments.
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Bryce Hopkins to Kentucky.
Sam Ayomide to Memphis.
Added an offer to Class of 2022 PF Mady Traore.
Added three offers to the class of 2023:
Kwame Evans SF
Owen Freeman PF
Baye Fall C
Sam Ayomide to Memphis.
Added an offer to Class of 2022 PF Mady Traore.
Added three offers to the class of 2023:
Kwame Evans SF
Owen Freeman PF
Baye Fall C
Even if rosters are expanded it will put coaching staffs in difficult positions...returning players will expect to start or play similar roles as previously....while incoming freshmen or freshmen turning sophomores will expect playing time that will likely be blocked somewhat by the returning players.....a player that hung around as a freshmen or sophomore expecting an increased role may decide it would be in their best interest to transfer
- University of Illinois
DaRon Holmes to Dayton and Moussa Diabate
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Luke Goode signs his NLOI. Welcome to the Illini family Luke! Moussa Diabate to scUM.
DaRon Holmes to Dayton.
Tyrone Washington to Creighton.
- University of Illinois
Was going to say Mustapha Amzil to Dayton but I don’t see him on the list. Never mind then!
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Missed him somehow. He is on 247's list of Illini offers.
- University of Illinois
Doesn't matter now. Mustapha who??
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Added an offer to 2021 SF RJ Melendez.
Added an offer to 2021 community college center Jamarion Sharp.
Added an offer to 2022 SG Shaedon Sharpe.
Added two offers to the class of 2023:
PG Jeremiah Johnson
SF Matas Buzelis
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Micawber Etienne to UCLA.
Jamarion Sharp to Western Kentucky.
Added two offers to the class of 2022:
PF Jalen Washington
SG AJ Storr
Jamarion Sharp to Western Kentucky.
Added two offers to the class of 2022:
PF Jalen Washington
SG AJ Storr