Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (January-March 2016)
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BillyBob1
- Champaign
Any updates?
Washington defeated King (defending city champs, ranked #3 in WI) by a score of 71-66. Te'Jon Lucas finished with 27 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists. Michigan signee Jordan Poole finished with 1 point in the loss. After the game, the King coach said, "Te'Jon Lucas controlled the game." Te'Jon has been killing it so far this season...maybe he's our Trey Burke?
Recap: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/preps/second-half-rally-lifts-purgolders-over-generals-b99646272z1-364338161.html
Recap: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/preps/second-half-rally-lifts-purgolders-over-generals-b99646272z1-364338161.html
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
I love it!! These are the sort of things I want to see our recruits accomplishing!!!
Awesome.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Trey Burke redux would be good. Speaking of killing it, you're doing ok too.
Here's hoping Te'Jon can eventually pull along some other decent WI high schoolers with him to Champaign in the future - good game Te'Jon! And congratulations on receiving a nomination for the McDonald's All-American game!!
Parham was at game.
Chancellor shouldn't you be more concerned with the AD Search?
BirdDog9048
The Chief Lives
- Chicago, IL
POTD candidate right here. :clappy:
TownieMatt
CU Expat
- Chicago
Nice find Greg. Te'Jon is really putting on a show this season. Since he's quite young for his age (Malcolm-esque), maybe it shouldn't be too surprising that he's making a late surge in HS. It'll be interesting to see where he ends up in the national recruiting rankings.
midastouch11
- New York, New York
High school seasons don't usually boost many prospects, if he has a good year he might move into the back of the top 100 but there probably won't be much reshuffling outside of the top 40 from McDonalds, Hoop Summit, and Jordan brand practice.
TJL might get some bounce if he is Mr. BB and he being only 1 of 2 McD's game nominees for all of WI might help. Team needs more like last night's win to move Washington into the top 3-4 in WI. That would help too.
His assist aspect of his game is what intrigues me. His scoring ability will take care of itself.
midastouch11
- New York, New York
That's all possible but I don't know how much pull the state of Wisconsin has in the top 100 rankings. I'm only thinking of Rivals and Scout and such, and personally I think Lucas is a very good prospect and will help big time. As scary as it is, Lucas is the first Big Ten level point guard prospect to come to Illinois since Tracy Abrams in 2011.
And Abrams actually committed in December of 2008, so one can do the math, it's been 7 years between B1G quality HS/PG commitments.
Te'Jon is pushing hard with Rako.
I wonder if that is staff directed??
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
Elaborate, please.
2017 point guard McKinley Wright scored 25 points in a victory against Andover while 2017 power forward Theo John added 12
http://www.ny2lasports.com/article_one.aspx?articleid=3284
http://www.ny2lasports.com/article_one.aspx?articleid=3284
Not really. Sophomore in high school. No hurry to make any decisions.
Stating the obvious in the OSU loss
I don't see how the Illini can win in the Big 10 when the starting lineup consists of four guards and one forward. Somehow, the Illini need to recruit some size in the future to be competitive.
I don't see how the Illini can win in the Big 10 when the starting lineup consists of four guards and one forward. Somehow, the Illini need to recruit some size in the future to be competitive.
TownieMatt
CU Expat
- Chicago
aluma said:
IIRC he's playing with Mac Irvin Fire this coming summer. We'll know a lot more about him as a player, and his recruitment, after this coming AAU season.
I thought it was the St Louis Eagles?
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