Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Bleedorangeandblue44

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Some speculating about Antonio Reeves from Illinois State as a transfer. He's on TV right now in Arch Madness vs No. 1 seed Northern Iowa if you want to see what his game is like.
 
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Stevegarbs

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Rocky said:
Michael Payne is still to this day widely regarded by Quincy High School and an inductee into the Basketball Museum of Illinois. He played 3 years of varsity at Quincy, and the team went 91-4. Along with leading scorer, Bruce Douglas, in one of the most lopsided victories ever, Quincy defeated Proviso East 68-39 in the championship game of the 1981 Illinois State High School Tournament to go 33-0. In a Quincy review, it is stated the team also captured that year the national title.

Michael was good at Iowa, but his scoring average dropped each of his 4 years there as Greg Stokes was more and more the go to guy. Illini still got the more impactful player in Bruce Douglas.
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That Quincy team was amazing and it was incredible that we were getting the star of it at Illinois. I may be biased from my 1982-87-era orange-tinted glasses...
 
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Rocky

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Stevegarbs said:
That Quincy team was amazing and it was incredible that we were getting the star of it at Illinois. I may be biased from my 1982-87-era orange-tinted glasses...
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Any idea what happened to Dennis Douglas? Bruce's brother was an integral part of that team too.
 
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Stevegarbs said:
That Quincy team was amazing and it was incredible that we were getting the star of it at Illinois. I may be biased from my 1982-87-era orange-tinted glasses...
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I grew up just North of Quincy in the late 70's early 80's. I'm probably biased too but I think that Quincy team could have beat a fair amount of college teams. Man was it loaded with talent.
 
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Bacon Butkus Swanson

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Chieeeeffffff said:
I’m in the camp that thinks Rodgers would start on the current team we have. He’s awesome and exactly the type of guy we’ve missed on in that 6’6” dawg mold in the past (e.g., Goodwin). Those types of wings are program changers.
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This ^^^

I love the fact that he dunks AND blocks shots with a violence not often seen. (Hope Michigan doesn't recruit him for their hand shake line!!)
 
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BashCtIllini

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EyeoftheIllini said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1499787153060118539
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first one in

Proud Of You Reaction GIF
 
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Joel Goodson

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Stevegarbs said:
That Quincy team was amazing and it was incredible that we were getting the star of it at Illinois. I may be biased from my 1982-87-era orange-tinted glasses...
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Nope, no bias. I caught their last 3 games and they were ridiculously good.
 
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All this talk of the early 80s Quincy teams and no talk of the Quincy tip out? Payne would swat the rebound out to one of the Douglas boys for a layup. Worked like a charm
 
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chrisRunner7

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Chieeeeffffff said:
I’m in the camp that thinks Rodgers would start on the current team we have. He’s awesome and exactly the type of guy we’ve missed on in that 6’6” dawg mold in the past (e.g., Goodwin). Those types of wings are program changers.
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I've never watched Rodgers play a full game and highlight videos do not show missed shots, turnovers, or missed defensive assignments.

But I 100% agree. I see those videos and think this dude could be starting at the 4 for us right now. Love how he attacks the basket.
 
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BashCtIllini

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chrisRunner7 said:
I've never watched Rodgers play a full game and highlight videos do not show missed shots, turnovers, or missed defensive assignments.

But I 100% agree. I see those videos and think this dude could be starting at the 4 for us right now. Love how he attacks the basket.
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He's not a great shooter. The only shooting % I'm seeing is his FT shooting, 51% on 117 attempts.

He's a swiss army knife averaging 15.7 ppg, 14 rbg, 7.6 apg, 3 spg, 3 bpg. That's kinda crazy, but he needs to work on his shooting.
 
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