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Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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soupy17
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Buzelis would still be a great get, but he projects more wing than big.
Browsing our listed offers on 247, no names really stand out as ones we've seen mentioned heavily on the board, bar maybe Booker who was mentioned just above.
Seems like we have offers out to the top guys and then a handful in the middle and guys at prep schools.
DB11Headband
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With the new transfer rules, I think we’ll see a change when it comes to recruiting high school bigs in general. As we all know, bigs are generally much less ready to make an immediate impact (outside of the Kofis/5-stars of the world). I think you’ll see more and more programs leverage the portal to recruit bigs on a yearly basis.
Joel Goodson
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Another Epps clip, this from his dad:
All D1 frosh have to acclimate, but I have no doubt that Epps is gonna do it pretty quickly. Really like his multi-faceted game.
All D1 frosh have to acclimate, but I have no doubt that Epps is gonna do it pretty quickly. Really like his multi-faceted game.
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He can start Day 1-his game is college-ready right now.
Some aggressive drives in the highlights --love it!
Joel Goodson
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Kid seems like he oozes controlled aggression. Total dawg. Great fit for what Underwood wants.
I feel like “very significant” is the understatement if the year.
Is it down to Illinois vs Kentucky? Or are there other big players with a shot?
Champaign Toast
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Buzelis would still be a great get, but he projects more wing than big.
Browsing our listed offers on 247, no names really stand out as ones we've seen mentioned heavily on the board, bar maybe Booker who was mentioned just above.
Seems like we have offers out to the top guys and then a handful in the middle and guys at prep schools.
Gus Yalden, class of '23 big from Wisconsin (attending IMG Academy), appears to have some of Cameron Krutwig's game and some of Georgi Bezhanishvili's personality. I'd be happy if we are making a strong push for him. 247 website says we've offered.
Ranked #91 by 247. Not surprising that Iowa and Wisconsin are listed among his top interests.
Right now Illinois, UK and professional options are the top 3. No particular order
texillwek
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Fantastic handles for a big boy. First thing that crossed my mind was "imagine him after Fletch bakes off that dough"
Kentucky must feel threatened by Illinois...
Fun to watch. A little Big Baby too.
Are you even allowed to take an Official Visit before your Sr. year?
Joel Goodson
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Yes. Recent rule change.
DB11Headband
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You take both with open arms and don’t spend even a second thinking otherwise. Lots of PT will be available next year for all of the frosh.
If we had to pick it’s Taylor by far he would be our highest rated recruit ever. But i wouldn’t be mad with either
Uh yeah. I’m sure they’re terrified.
Anyone know if we're working to get an official visit with Taylor? Or is that last unofficial going to be it as far as visits to us before he decides?
Lol. Assuming this is sarcasm. Yeah, totally. I'm sure that they loved the fact he visited Illinois and seemingly had a great time and is seriously considering his home state school. No correlation at all that the very next weekend they push to get him on campus.
If this wasn't sarcasm than ignore my sarcastic response. If it was, enjoy the sarcasm right back!
Kids can theoretically take 10 officials now if they wanted, 5 junior and 5 senior year. I think the count resets like August 1st or around then.
Very few end up using all of those, of course.
He will for sure be back for game(s) this fall but not sure if that will be used as an OV or not.
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