Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
And if he was an Illini he would not be a starter until his junior or senior year if that. I remember Bryant Notree and Calvin Brock being all world until they put on the orange and blue and played their first game.
This raises some interesting questions for the group-
(1) Have Illini recruits underperformed their rankings more than other teams’ recruits over the past 10+ years?
(2) If not, does that just mean that we fans have crazy perceptions and expectations and tend to wildly and unfairly inflate expectations of our players before they set foot on campus? (And so we tend to fixate on players when they don’t meet our unrealistic expectations)
(3) or, if our recruits have actually generally underperformed, is it because our staff has generally failed to develop and utilize players? Or staff brings in players who are overranked due to its inability to properly scout for itself? Or staff brings in players who have high rank but just don’t fit in system? (This was a Bruce Weber talking point)
Like if (insert highly ranked player who was a bust at Illinois) had gone to (other school), would they have lived up to expectations? If Shamet or Whitt had come here, would they have been as good?
I’d love for someone to take an actual look at the data on question 1. Think it would be interesting and informative.
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