Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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EyeoftheIllini
Illini808 said:
Wonder if staff has reached out to Noah Locke. If there's no interest, there's no interest. But IMO he's a slightly better play than Jarod Lucas. I struggle with taking a kid from a team with 3 wins this past year. Idk maybe that's just me. The Lucas kid can flat out shoot, I could be overthinking things
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I wouldn’t be too concerned about the 3-win season. Beavers dealt with a lot of injuries as well as lost time by players because of Covid. They played a good portion of at least the last third of the season with only 6-7 healthy scholarship players. I think Lucas averaged 33 mpg and there were some games he barely if ever left the floor because of above issue. With his skill set (and deficiencies) he should really only be averaging about 22-25 mpg.

All that said, the big issue I have with Lucas is he is strictly a spot-up, 3-point specialist — or should be. So was Plummer, but he also had some success going to the hoop. Lucas barely shot better from the field overall than he did from 3. I also read that he refused to go back into a game late near the end of the season. Not sure of the circumstances (or if accurate — read on fan board I frequent) as with being in eastern time zone and Beavs sucking so bad, I didn’t watch as many of their games as normal and did not see the game in question. It does seem a bit out of character for him (coach’s son and all) and never heard of prior issues, but Tinkle kind of lost the team this year, so who knows.
 
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OskieWowWow
Holding my breath until 247 gives us some CBs. I can't remember the last time Rivals broke news for us, although I guess because it was a Kentucky reporter
 
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IlliniUnited
hooraybeer said:
form on multiple jump shots/pull ups in these videos looks really good. The only thing i'm not seeing in his highlight videos, and possibly the thing holding him back from truly elite 5* status, is the top end raw athleticism/highlight dunks that you might expect for someone his size. Special prospect regardless
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Yeah a notch below JJ Taylor in that regard.
 
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TheFameProtector
OskieWowWow said:
Holding my breath until 247 gives us some CBs. I can't remember the last time Rivals broke news for us, although I guess because it was a Kentucky reporter
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Is it common for 247 analysts to give predictions (or switch predictions) for a guy who recently decommitted? Haven't followed that closely but did notice when looking at Travis Branham's predictions that, of those he got wrong, most were correct for the original pick but then the kid decommitted and went elsewhere. Would've figured he would have changed his prediction if given the chance.
 
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pruman91
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Clark's Croissants
Recruiting Class Raspberry Cobbler
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217sports
TheFameProtector said:
Is it common for 247 analysts to give predictions (or switch predictions) for a guy who recently decommitted? Haven't followed that closely but did notice when looking at Travis Branham's predictions that, of those he got wrong, most were correct for the original pick but then the kid decommitted and went elsewhere. Would've figured he would have changed his prediction if given the chance.
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It looks better for them to leave it as the original commitment and not hurt their accuracy % by guessing somewhere else without clear info that they may have gotten the first time
 
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alexander58
billybaroo said:
Really liking this Meanstreets connection we have going. Noticed he is playing with Nojus. TA is the bomb.
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I’m sure the connections with Meanstreets and others will help your recruiting cause. I’m just curious how many schools get multiple players that have been teammates from the same organization. Do most of those players look to make their name apart from those teammates?
 
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