Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Definitely a chance at Murray but a ton of coaches are in NOLA right now for the final four so a lot of the guys who just hit the portal haven’t started the entire process yet. Once guys set up their visits it will start to become a lot more clear. That’s why it was always ludicrous to call a guy a lock somewhere when he hasn’t even taken his visits yet.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Class of '95, so a bit younger than you. We both would have run under Coach Newton, though!
I get a big kick every time someone alludes to "insiders" ... here ... on Loyalty. Is this Washington DC, where people are paid to leak info? Are people listening to sports media that are driven by constant speculation? Does someone know someone who knows someone who said something? I guess I can only conclude that it's one of two things:
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Every player on the team got outta there lmao
What if he’s already finished 1 Bachelors degree? It can be done in 3 yrs.
chiefini
- Rockford, Illinois
I didn’t run, but I did yell “Newton is the greatest!“ at every State xcountry meet and pep rally for 4 years. Looks like that recruit you posted about, Nojus, is already 6’4” as a ‘24 with Tim Anderson as his recruiter, according to 247. He looks pretty raw but definitely has some talent…
If he'd already finished a bachelor's I'd assume he'd be coming in as a grad student, so it wouldn't be the same issue.
Joined Saturday and has 11 messages of negativity. I definitely trust you more!
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I can’t stop wondering why these teenagers can’t hurry up and make important life choices like where they want to go to college so me and the other old farts on here can quit worrying. What is wrong with these kids today?
Wowza. Wonder if the new transfer rule will incentivize ADs to keep bad coaches longer to give off a semblance of stability
Living Life is ‘Fluid’. We need to constantly check our ‘Growth Plates’ and ‘Keep Our Cups Securely On’ because we’ve all been ‘Burned Before’. You never know when Life looks like It’s putting one kind of Cap on... then throws us a curve and suddenly puts on a cap of another while throwing us a snide, sideways look of guilty pleasure.
But we’re all Every Day Guys and Girls here. And we can we work hard and dream big, We can be Elite, too!
And as for what we’re doing with our lives... we are obsessive about Illini basketball. And no one worth listening to will ever have a problem with that.
Now... back to random speculation about what a 17-year-old might decide to do even though HE doesn’t know yet...
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Some people seem to be miserable, seem to want to make others miserable, and when they get called out on it often assert that they are just "realists" fulfilling their ordained purpose in life to protect "optimists" from the terrible twin dangers of enthusiasm and hope.
To them, I say:
Murray State is actually in worse position. LSU is taking in a bunch of Murray commits and transfers. Murray's entire team transferred too and they're stuck with just 1 commit.
the national
- the Front Range
I was gonna say, somehow, they end up taking the LSU sanctions on the chin. Good luck Steve Prohm.
They're moving from the OVC to the Missouri Valley too this year, huge step up in competition. Granted the Valley has been clobbered by the portal so far.
That was a great answer by a coach. Direct but truthful. I’d imagine some players transfer and it does work out better for them in the long run, but a bigger percentage end up in a worse situation. I think all college athletes should listen to that statement. I think it also can apply to life in general.
That is what I just said in a different way. He was at Texas Tech for three years. If he earned the usual 15 per semester or 30 hrs per year, that would add up to 90 hrs. A normal bachelors degree requires 120. He would need 30 more. But if UI requires he earn 60 at UI; then only 60 transfer credits, or two years worth, would apply toward the degree.
Assuming all that is true, if I am in those shoes; I look for a school that applies all my transfer credits toward a degree. So I would only need 30, doable in one year. That is just me.
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
I have a hard time believing that the University President doesn't have the ability to override this requirement. He has decision making power......use it on a waiver!
Govoner Vaugn Fan
- New Orleans
Could he not transfer in, get 30 hours credit in one year, transfer those hours back into T-Tech and get his degree from there?
And I believe that is the Issue at hand. That’s why I believe in the end it will be hard for him to pass up an opportunity to attend a University that he’ll graduate after next year. Can’t blame the young man if that is what he chooses to do.
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