Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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I’m glad I’m not the only one, every time I’ve seen a Epps video I think Frank Mason.
Joel Goodson
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this sounds pretty good:
Some might not remember this player....it's been a few years back....he reminds of a player we wanted bad.....Jalen Brunson! He had a fairly decent career....he's having a good game against the Bulls as I post. Could Epps compare to him?
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Too soon
texillwek
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Mavs fan here.
Brunson. If Epps performs anywhere near Brunson's level, watch out. Watch out.
I'm probably going to feel stupid once I know the answer, but who are you referring to? I am blanking on this reference.
Tacomallini
- Washington State
Nick Weatherspoon - before my time too but the Google machines w/ the assist
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Spoon was one hell of a player....................
How so? I don't see a lot of similarity in their style, tbh. IIRC, Brunson was considered a PG first and foremost, not a combo. Efficient, very intelligent decision maker, got his teammates involved, very high A:T but could score when needed, much closer to our own Deron Williams. Epps screams scorer --more aggressive, nice stroke, and able to score on all three levels (even has some range).
I'll take any future AA though
Indy or 0440 or Lville anything on Ty Rodgers or has that ship sailed? Feel like he would be icing on this recruiting year.
Tacomallini
- Washington State
@pruman91 my man, I’m going to speculate that you and Mr. Witherspoon both had very successful runs in the 70s. Perhaps for different reasons…
Total stud. Would have been a 5* under today's rating system. Was Nick Connor from Canton as well? Harv landed some serious talent early in his tenure here
I've heard he likes soda, and that his teacher's car is green
As a “90 grad, I’m wondering if DIA couldn’t just work out a deal with a local dealership to lease them all Chevy Blazers or something….
Still too soon ?
So, how big is Johnson? I've seen everything from 6'7" to 6'9" and 200 to 220 pounds.
True dat. RIP. Not sure about the legacy part, though.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
He was a giant. Harv snatched him out of Canton from under Fred Taylor at Ohio State. Huge coup. Recruiting losses like that were the major reason why OSU declined so steeply from '73-'75 and Taylor, who had taken the Bucks to three consecutive national title games in the early '60s, retired in perfect health at age 51 in 1976.
He spent the remaining three years until he qualified for his pension sitting in a cubicle in the intramural and phys ed department. How times have changed for coaches.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Connor (RIP) was from Columbus East. He played on a memorable high school championship team there with Bo Lamar and Ed Ratliff, both of whom OSU's Taylor didn't recruit because they didn't meet academic requirements. Ratiff starred at Long Beach State and Lamar and SW Louisiana, IIRC. There's a good book about that East H.S. team, and the baseball team that won the state championship the same year, called Tigerland, published a couple years ago. People much older than me still rate that '69 East team as the best Ohio H.S. team of all time. Coincidentally, they beat Canton McKinley and Nick Weatherspoon in the finals.
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pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Well Taco , we both SCORED a lot in the 70's , if that's what your alluding to......
In all seriousness , Spoon was deadly getting the ball in the middle of the paint from free throw line on in .....loved to see him jump and he played all out all the time...............
skyIdub
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Luke Witte was involved in one of the biggest brawls in BIG TEN history. The Golden Gophers led by baseball HOF Dave Winfield and Illinois native Jim Brewer were the main culprits in a very ugly scene. Witte took a vicious knee to the groin, and all you know what broke out.
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