Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (April-June 2016)

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[FONT=&quot]Evan Daniels ‏@EvanDaniels Manhattan, NY [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The first April Evaluation periods begins Friday evening. NYC (UA & Nike) & Dallas (adidas) are the hot spots.[/FONT]

Meanstreets, Mac Irvin Fire and St. Louis Eagles will be at Nike EYBL in Brooklyn. You can follow all events:

Jon Rothstein Verified account ‏@JonRothstein Must follows for April recruiting period: @EvanDaniels @jeffborzello @PaulBiancardi @AdamZagoria @BSnowScout @JoshGershon @AdamFinkelstein.

plus I would imagine Easterling, Burgess etc will be posting.

 

[Deleted member 10676]

Also, schedules here:
http://www.d1circuit.com/

 

[Deleted member 10676]

Definitely my bad for not listing the official clearinghouse for all Illini recruit based tweets (for those of you who don't already check in with them on a regular basis.) Also the place to follow which coaches are where watching who.

https://twitter.com/UIHoopsRecruits

UIHoopsRecruits ‏@UIHoopsRecruits 15m15 minutes ago It's that time of year again. The April evaluation periods start tonight, which means many RTs out of this account this weekend & next.

 

[whatahack]

Who is tracking Lear flights?????

 

[Deleted member 10676]

Update on this weekend.
Jets Ramey United (Javon Pickett and Courtney Ramey) are at the Adidas event in Dallas.
http://adidasuprising.com/2016-gauntlet-series-dallas-silver-division-schedule-stats/
And I "think" Terrance Lewis is in Minneapolis for the NY2LA Spring Extravaganza. I say I think because Wisconsin Playground Elite is there, and it says at this link that Jordan Poole is there, who played with the PE (and Lewis) at the Swish n Dish. However, at the Brooklyn event it says Poole has joined the Fire (see 2nd link). At any rate, I don't envy coaches planning their travel agendas, especially if kids are hopping teams or teams are hoping they're hopping.
http://ny2labasketballassociation.com/article_one.aspx?articleid=3431
http://www.d1circuit.com/news_article/show/635608

 

[618MattD]

Who is tracking Lear flights?????

How does one do this? I remember seeing links posted in the past

 

[Deleted member 10676]

[FONT=&quot]Scott Phillips ‏@phillipshoops 12m12 minutes ago [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]That time of year when you see players listed on multiple AAU rosters for same event. Personal record is Crandall Head on 4 different teams.[/FONT]

 

[TCTORNADO]

How does one do this? I remember seeing links posted in the past

Hang out at Willard.

 

[jrichisamazing]

[FONT=&quot]Scott Phillips ‏@phillipshoops 12m12 minutes ago [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]That time of year when you see players listed on multiple AAU rosters for same event. Personal record is Crandall Head on 4 different teams.[/FONT]

How/Why does this happen?

 

[IlliniBrave75]

According to Piper, Groce is expected to be in Dallas!

Derek Piper ‏@DPiperScout
Spring Scout: Derek Culver

#Illini head coach John Groce expected to watch him tonight in Dallas. My breakdown. ($) http://www.scout.com/college/illinois/story/1661291-spring-scout-derek-culver …

 

[IlliniBrave75]

16m16 minutes ago
Evan Flood ‏@Evan_Flood
Iowa Dtate, Minnesota among those expected to watch @WisconsinPGE 2017 SF Terrence Lewis tonight #Gophers #Cyclones @GobieNFN @TreyScott247

 

[IlliniBrave75]

Jerry Meyer retweeted

2h2 hours ago
Josh Stirn ‏@Josh_Stirn
Tom Izzo, Mike Brey, Cuonzo Martin, John Beilein, James Jones, Illinois, Cincinnati and more here for Canada Elite-Indy Hoosiers.

 

[fan17]

Update on this weekend.
Jets Ramey United (Javon Pickett and Courtney Ramey) are at the Adidas event in Dallas.
http://adidasuprising.com/2016-gauntlet-series-dallas-silver-division-schedule-stats/
And I "think" Terrance Lewis is in Minneapolis for the NY2LA Spring Extravaganza. I say I think because Wisconsin Playground Elite is there, and it says at this link that Jordan Poole is there, who played with the PE (and Lewis) at the Swish n Dish. However, at the Brooklyn event it says Poole has joined the Fire (see 2nd link). At any rate, I don't envy coaches planning their travel agendas, especially if kids are hopping teams or teams are hoping they're hopping.
http://ny2labasketballassociation.com/article_one.aspx?articleid=3431
http://www.d1circuit.com/news_article/show/635608

Did the jets/Ramey team move up a year. They were 15u last year. Recently saw a photo of jets 17u team and Ramey was not on it. Gordon was on their 15u team last yea, but recent video shows him with mokan, so wonder if he made a change.

 

[Deleted member 10676]

Kezo is back. 16u game
Mac Irvin Fire ‏@TheMacIrvinFire 10m10 minutes ago #MacIrvinFire 43 MoKan 27.. Kezo Brown is Cooking!! Over 20pts at half.

 

[Bomb Squad 217]

Kezo Brown finally coming alive?? He has shown flashes some flashes in the past. Would be nice to keep the Simeon pipeline coming.

 

[TCTORNADO]

U16 doesn't get me excited. It's like playing in the minor leagues.

 

[IlliniBrave75]

Eric Bossi retweeted

11h11 hours ago
Dan McDonald ‏@DMcDonaldRivals
4-star PG CJ Roberts is in a zone tonight. Already made 4 or 5 long range jumpers in 1st half.

 

[TownieMatt]

For those that want to watch the EYBL games today: http://www.nikeeyb.com/live-stream/

One annoying trend that EYBL seems to have jumped on is playing these games with awful lighting. I guess they're trying to go for a stage lighting look, but it just looks dumb, like when your the first one in the gym and the lights are just warming up.

 

[TCTORNADO]

I wonder what would take the Lear to Teterboro, NJ late last night??

 

[IAmChrisFarley]

I wonder what would take the Lear to Teterboro, NJ late last night??

I believe the eybl is in New York.

 

[Deleted member 10676]

You can also see the EYBL games on The Cube. Meanstreets is finishing up now and you can watch the entire game after it's over. http://thecube.com/event/meanstreets-vs-georgia-stars-eybl-brooklyn-session-636087

Fire vs. CP3 at 3:30 http://thecube.com/event/team-cp3-vs-mac-irvin-fire-court-1-boys-basketball-636164

 

[Deleted member 10676]

Meanstreets beats Georgia Stars 66-65. Verge and Bowen great down the stretch.

 

[Deleted member 10676]

[FONT=&quot]D1 Circuit ‏@D1Circuit 4m4 minutes ago Fort Lee, NJ [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]MeanStreets G Alonzo Verge: 12 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL in a win over GA Stars @nikemeanstreets http://www.d1circuit.com/game/show/13632118?subseason=282324 …[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]D1 Circuit ‏@D1Circuit 4m4 minutes ago Fort Lee, NJ [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]MeanStreets G Nojel Eastern: 16 PTS, 6 REB, 2 BLK in a win over GA Stars @nikemeanstreets http://www.d1circuit.com/game/show/13632118?subseason=282324 …[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]D1 Circuit ‏@D1Circuit 5m5 minutes ago Fort Lee, NJ [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]MeanStreets G Brian Bowen (@20Tugs): 19 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST in a win over GA Stars @nikemeanstreets http://www.d1circuit.com/game/show/13632118?subseason=282324 …

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[FatGreg]

Thanks for the updates, Mike!

 

[Deleted member 10676]

Thanks for the updates, Mike!

no problem. great game to watch. Just wanted to add that the Georgia Stars 17u and 16u teams won Peach Jam last year and they had a front line of 7 foot, 6-10 and 6-8. http://www.d1circuit.com/news_article/show/635583

I really wish Verge would get his stuff together. Kid is fantastic. As is Bowen but odds of him going anywhere but a blueblood or MSU are virtually nil. (Of course if Verge gets his act straight, he'll probably become a blueblood target too.) But at the end of the game, Verge had 2 steals, 2 driving layups down the lane and made 2 free throws. Bowen hit 1 free throw for the win.