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Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (July-August 2017)
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PhillyIllini
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Cool story bro.
IlliniDent
- Chicago, IL
People are confident because all of the major recruiting sites have been very positive about him. Doesn't mean anything yet but definitely is better than lukewarm news
THT left the Mac Irvin Fire weeks ago and joined team Rose I think. Word on the street is that THT wants to be the man at whatever school he goes to. He doesn't want to be option B or play second fiddle. Not one peep from THT concerning this but that is what is out there.
Not doubting you on this info, but seems contradictory to getting MSU involved. Hard to believe Izzo will promise him being "the man."
Ahhh, recruiting
People are starting to guard there crotch.
Why all the sudden pessimism about Ayo? Charlie Brown and Lucy holding the football or something more?
Sisko (#12), Durnik (#5), Martincik (#11), and Macura (#15) have been Slovenia's best players and have had a much better tournament so far. Durnik (#5) is even leading the team in rebounding, averaging more than Vesel actually, so not sure how you can say that "he doesn't rebound" based on watching the 3 games played by Slovenia so far.
Clete I didn't know you were still here. Those meltcon posts back in the day were hilarious!
good thinking, THT. head to MSU, i'm sure there won't be any other solid players there and you can be the man from day one.:thumb:
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Worked out pretty good for Brey with DJ. :noidea:
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Conditt looks like he improved over the last 3-4 months. Like the skills and tools, add some more muscle and looks like a good player for BU system.
So you are evaluating on one game?
Or Cletis Hubbard and James Griffin from Fort Worth Dunbar. Oh, wait...that isn't quite the same scenario...
Efrem Winters and Reggie Woodward. To get a McDonalds All American, Henson also took Woodward and never looked back.
Hopefully you are going to give underwood at least a full season before you write him off being able to recruit Chicago and beyond
Agree, Jimmie Collins did it for Lou for years. Guarantee you BU saw that from Western Illinois.
And actually Tony Yates was Jimmy Collins before Jimmy. Brought in a boatload of talent for Lou.
Neither Dee or Deron were Public League players. He got CPL player Luther Head but he had been recruited by Kruger/Rob Judson so Self had a head start with Head. Self got Aaron Spears from the CPL, too. Never did much at Illinois.
Also, Self inherited a super roster from Kruger. Kruger had won a BT title with Henson's players (Hester, Turner, Gee, Heldman, etc.). Then Self won two BT titles with Kruger's players (Brian Cook, Frank Williams, Sergio, Cory Bradford, Marcus Griffin, etc. Three Mac AA's in that group brought in by Kruger).
So Illinois was in great shape when Self took over making it easier for him to recruit. Even then, Self missed on a boatload of top players in his three years. Not dissing Self. Great coach. But the CPL was no picnic for him, either.
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No one better than combes at providing perspective.:thumb:
Eh I'm not sold. Even though he's pretty coordinated, he's still kind of clunky in his movement. I also would like to see him play against someone who's over 6'3". Seems like a huge project. I really like Castleton
Although Deron ended up being the better player, Dee Brown was Self's prize recruit. He was rated nationally ˜18 while Deron was rated ˜50.
I think most 6'10 160lbers coming out of HS are "projects". I liked GCs general coordination and he showed some passion and intensity. You cant coach 6'10 and you can't coach a passion for the game.
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