Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread (Week of May 17th, 2021)

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Fr8trn16 said:
Yea... the question is though, how many stay in the league after being drafted!? And the Big Ten has 44 currently in the league. Yes we are the 5th conference in terms of numbers in the league. But that's still a lot! And we are the best conference period competition wise year in and out usually! We beat up on each other!
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I truly believe the B1G is the best coached conference in all of NCAA-land, but it is not the most talented conference. Our players tend to stick around longer and actually collect their degrees. We tend to do more with less, and there is nothing wrong with that. Playing true team ball is why I enjoy watching college hoops so much more than pro. And I think the B1G is the best at that.
 
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Epsilon said:
I truly believe the B1G is the best coached conference in all of NCAA-land, but it is not the most talented conference. Our players tend to stick around longer and actually collect their degrees. We tend to do more with less, and there is nothing wrong with that. Playing true team ball is why I enjoy watching college hoops so much more than pro. And I think the B1G is the best at that.
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The problem is that we tend to do less with less. We put fewer players in the NBA than other high-major conferences, and we don't win a lot of titles. This past season, we stunk up the tournament. When we're trying to attract the best of the best in terms of recruiting and coaching talent, it puts member schools at a disadvantage.
 
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Anyone else hearing Bergeron has been asking around Massachusetts' clothing stores if they have his outfit in orange and blue?
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WaltJabsco said:
The problem is that we tend to do less with less. We put fewer players in the NBA than other high-major conferences, and we don't win a lot of titles. This past season, we stunk up the tournament. When we're trying to attract the best of the best in terms of recruiting and coaching talent, it puts member schools at a disadvantage.
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I think this past season was an anomaly, considering how many teams we got in. I haven’t filled out any brackets in a while but I seem to recall a few seasons in recent history where we seemed to have at least three teams in the sweet sixteen, and I feel like there was one season where we had like five or six. But I just dug up some articles for discussion. Will need to process this a bit myself too.

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Dienhart: 16 Big Ten facts entering the Sweet 16 - Big Ten Network

The NCAA tourney is down to 16 schools. And two come from the Big Ten: No. 2 Purdue and No. 3 Michigan. Here are 16 sweet facts to prime the pump for this week’s action.
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The Big Ten's big drought in the NCAA tournament

A Big Ten team hasn't cut down the nets since 2000, when a young Tom Izzo led Mateen Cleaves and the Spartans to the title.
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edit: the Star Tribune article shows how depressing it has been to be an Illini fan over the last 15 years. Holy smokes. We have probably had our own worst tournament drought ever.
 
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Probably mentioned, but Vance Jackson grad transfer from Arkansas in the portal. Looks like a possibility if TM and QG go elsewhere as seems likely.
 
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illini80 said:
Probably mentioned, but Vance Jackson grad transfer from Arkansas in the portal. Looks like a possibility if TM and QG go elsewhere as seems likely.
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He got his Masters in Adult and Lifelong Learning? That looks like a major at UNC. Not much of a scorer at Ark last year but did play 26 games for them. Hawk might be better.
 
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He got his Masters in Adult and Lifelong Learning? That looks like a major at UNC. Not much of a scorer at Ark last year but did play 26 games for them. Hawk might be better.
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I hope Hawk is better, but I still think we need another guy at the 4. Jackson only played 11 minutes, so not bad numbers and 35% from the 3. He’s a big step down from Tre and Quincy so I really hope we get one of those, but it doesn’t sound promising.

Anxious to see what Hawkins is able to do in the weight room this summer. He needs to add a lot of strength.
 
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For those of you much smarter than me... Wth does this mean.

Looks like in reference to mental health, which don't get me wrong I don't want to discount, but any chance it's in regard to a certain transfer? Or am I a fool.
 

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partial popliteus said:
For those of you much smarter than me... Wth does this mean.

Looks like in reference to mental health, which don't get me wrong I don't want to discount, but any chance it's in regard to a certain transfer? Or am I a fool.
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partial popliteus said:
For those of you much smarter than me... Wth does this mean.

Looks like in reference to mental health, which don't get me wrong I don't want to discount, but any chance it's in regard to a certain transfer? Or am I a fool.
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Not sure about the context or implication of Ster's post though.
 
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