Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (January-February 2018)
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Ball pressure and denying passes is a gimmick?
I'm obviously not a fan of it with the roster we have. But it could be successful, personally I just think he needs the right players for it so that is why I used the term "gimmicky". Its not a defense for everyone
Midwest meaning the B1G actually not just Maryland (teams to play-family to watch). Alford not only played PG/Combo but can coach them up as well.
He already has one in carson Edwards.
Edwards was a 3 star recruit, I believe Espn was the only scouting service ranking him in the top 100.
Campbell is a 4-5 star recruit depending on who you subscribe to.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
That's too bad if true. If that's the case, I hope he stays out of the B1G or Mizzou.
Somebody needs to message Coach Underwood and let him know.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
IDK- That shooting percentage leaves a bit to be desired. Particularly 3pt%. Blech. He's at like 37% overall, 22% from 3 and well below 70% at the line.
10 rankings nationally apart #72 Campbell and #82 Edwards?
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/212319/carsen-edwards, not sure where you got your ranking but both ESPN and 24/7 have him as a 4 star?
Edwards will end up having a better career than Campbell. I don't care about rankings when it comes to these 2. Edwards is a player and will do us in if we are not careful when we play. Campbell is an aggressive player and scorer, doesn't mean one is better than the other. Gimme Edwards though.
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This poster was shooting from the hip because there are no consequences.
And there's no possible way to be that sure of Liddell's future, especially at least 9 months away from him signing on a line. If anyone makes definitive statements like this, 99% of the time they have no clue what they're talking about.
t7nich
- Central IL
Nailed it.
Illini_1979
- Oregon
Baby steps.
I probably shouldn't laugh at two babies falling off a wall...but I did.
The only way Gordon would be eligible immediately is if there is a coaching change and he requests his release, otherwise he is treated as a transfer.
That's not true right? If they hold him to the LOI then he will have to transfer and sit, correct. If he's already enrolled in summer classes or received scholarship money from SLU then he'd have to transfer and sit.
But if they release him from his LOI tomorrow, they can't put any qualifications on that. Unless they changed that since Tilmon last year.
I actually think schools can put restrictions on it, or at least thats always rumor. Thing is, if a school does this (I think Miss. St. actually did to begin with) the media catches wind and the proverbial crap meets the fan. So school generally let them go freely to any other university.
If you can't laugh at that, then what can you laugh at?!
If the rumors of what he did are true, and the fact that he was investigated by the school as is likely about to get expelled, there is likely a good chance that they are mostly true, then I wouldn't touch him with a 10 foot pole...even if he were a sure fire #1 pick.
Looking back at history I believe Arkansas went to two title games in a row in the 90's playing Nolan Richardson's 40 minutes of hell, which is basically the same as Underwood's system. Of course, you may be right in that it's not for a lot of players today who don't want to commit to working that hard for that long.
(Also look back at Paul Westhead's system at LMU, he wanted to score in the first 7 seconds of possession. They AVERAGED 122 ppg one year).
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