Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (January-February 2018)

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Does Xavier scare anyone for Tevian assuming Sean Miller gets canned at Arizona? They've been consistently a top 20 team the past several years so might be more appealing to a kid with no hometown ties (Ayo / THT). I get the sense Jones would rather go to bigger name program than Illinois.

What? Sacrilege! There is no bigger named program than Illinois. :illinois:
 
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Piper still has us down with CBs for Trice & Jacobs after adding Tevian. I'd believe him more if he bumped one of them.
 
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If I had a beech house I would bet it that MF transfers to GCU to play with little bro and oh there might just happen to be an opening on the staff there for daddy. His days are done here coaching.;)


You must be poplar.
 
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My first thought when the Miller story broke was "man, Tevian Jones sure as hell won't be going to Arizona now".

But yeah, any major program should be taken seriously......Xavier, Cincinnati, and pretty much everybody else on Jones' list. They've all been better than us lately.

Clearly am not objective here, am over twice the age of a 17 year olds mind set & likely a bit naive. But from a players point of view. I would rather be a part of a scenario that raises the bar to new heights than try to maintain what was the past.

A mix of our current team with the additions of Ayo & Tevian would bring the spotlight to them for all of the right reasons.

From 2/12/18 Illinois’ only current commit — five-star point guard Ayo Dosunmu — has been in constant contact with Jones, and the duo seems to have formed a good relationship. It is unknown how much Dosunmu can help in the recruitment of Jones, but landing a wing like him would be a huge get for Underwood and the Illini.
https://dailyillini.com/sports/2018/02/12/illini-hoops-recruiting-update-february-11/
 
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Ayo, Jones, and Gordon would do it for me. There really isn't anyone on the roster I am ready to give up on at this point.
 
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*From July 2016*

There are two dream schools for Tevian Jones and he's discussing going to one of the two of them as a package deal along with one of his Cal Supreme teammates. "Me and Shareef O'Neal are talking about going to the same school, either UCLA or Arizona. That's who I want to be recruited by and I'm getting recruited by UCLA right now," Jones said.
https://247sports.com/college/ucla/...-deal-for-No-66-2018-SF-Tevian-Jones-74979296

Maybe Shareef can be our new big guy, if he ask out of his release with Arizona and come as a package deal with Tevian.
 
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Maybe Shareef can be our new big guy, if he ask out of his release with Arizona and come as a package deal with Tevian.

He didn't sign a NLOI, just a financial aid (scholarship) application which is non binding. He doesn't need to ask out of anything.
 
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Old timers on here might remember Shaq took an OV to illinois and has spoken highly of us in the past.
 
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Closet puns....that's gonna be a more serious challenge for us. ;)

You think folks are going to just walk-in here, let themselves be kept in a box, and allow personal hang-ups to prevent them from being themshelves? Think again.
 
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