Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[logjam]

Michigan has no rides ... But no, he wasn't going to clear admissions either ...

Michigan just got Princeton transfer Jaelin Llewellyn.

 

[Joel Goodson]

Masterful job by our staff of rebuilding on the fly. Flippin' masterful! Bravo, gentlemen!

So excited to see these guys play. We're gonna be VG (floor) or better.

 

[Illini in Indiana]

Getting greedy, but if we could close out this portal thing with Nance & Ramey (keeping CoHawk) that would be nice. I like guys with GAS (Give A !!!!), we'd be top 10 by the end of the year.

 

[jumpingjack]

Literally in this exact same thread, we have fans flaming Adam Miller, a kid, for transferring to worse schools.

I love Illinois to death like all of you but sometimes man...

There was one guy making comments about Miller. Maybe two? I hope he lands wherever he wants and does well.
Simmer down on your hot take.

 

[logjam]

Sure, if you want to split hairs. But at least he was in it...

Name checks out...lol

 

[azillini1]

Not to get all sentimental...BUT, my dad's not doing that great and I am so thankful I can still share these moments with him. Now, if we can just win an NC next year it'll be all good.

Keep hoping we get that NC. I took my Dad to the final four in 1989 and then again in 2005 in St. Louis. He never got to see his alma mater win a NC. I am hoping I get to see it happen before I am gone. Keep the faith.

 

[illini0440]

what’d I miss?

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

 

[warhog6g]

what’d I miss?

bruh...

 

[TheFameProtector]

what’d I miss?

Some guy with the initials TJS committed. Heard of him?

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

what’d I miss?

Sources tell me Penny is making calls from the golf course, Bryce Hopkins set a commitment date, James Brown had a Brian Cook jersey on today at school, and Luther is paying TSJs way …

All in all, not to much my friend …

 

[Illinirog70]

Good luck, hope things turn out OK. My dad's been gone 18 years now, you guys all call yours as often as you can! Ironic thing is that he graduated from Loyola, and was there in '63, so he got his national championship!

I'm 75 and I hope for a NC before I pass! (Okay maybe an elite- 8?)

 

[Preacherbubba]

Your 6th grader isn't generating millions and millions of dollars for the school and its governing body by performing an activity that puts them at risk of bodily harm like an NCAA athlete is. Your 6th grader also has never been forbidden from earning money for his/her name, images, and likeness like NCAA athletes were until just recently. In fact, your 6th grader could go and be paid to film a commercial for Nerf and then turn right back around and play in their 6th grade basketball game with no ill effects, yet an NCAA athlete, until recently, could not do the same.

In short, your 6th grader had more rights than an NCAA athlete until the NIL change occurred.

I'm not saying there shouldn't be any compensation for monies they help generate. The average teenager researches schools, costs, jobs and expenses in the area before deciding. So we are saying certain people are above this? At what point does one separate compensation from spoiled? In still all for the compensation!

 

[illini0440]

Sources tell me Penny is making calls from the golf course, Bryce Hopkins set a commitment date, James Brown had a Brian Cook jersey on today at school, and Luther is paying TSJs way …

All in all, not to much my friend …

1. Dayumit
2. Bout time
3. Not another cook jersey!
4. NIL baby!

 

[ptgrd23]

I am 60 and am waiting for a Rose Bowl win to go with an NCAA basketball title.

1984 Rose Bowl UCLA 45 Illinois 9
2002 Sugar Bowl (BCS bumped B10 champ from Rose Bowl) LSU 47 Illinois 34. Was like a home game for LSU
2008 Rose Bowl USC 49 Illinois 17

Counting on Brett to make it happen!

 

[Epsilon]

Sources tell me Penny is making calls from the golf course, Bryce Hopkins set a commitment date, James Brown had a Brian Cook jersey on today at school, and Luther is paying TSJs way …

All in all, not to much my friend …

So… you’ve been following this board for a while now…

 

[Orangetool]

Our team is trending taller and very athletic.

Illinois recruiting momentum! Exciting

 

[FreshlySqueezed]

If things happened in reverse, we would react exactly like Dickinson and other Michigan fans.

"Why is TT spitefully denying where TSJ wants to go"
"Sucks but we have academic standards"

I don't get the Dickinson slant on this. We would be raving about how Goode/RJ said something.

 

[illini0440]

Our team is trending taller and very athletic.

Illinois recruiting momentum! Exciting

Can’t be….Brad is complacent and not trying to improve the roster

 

[IllinoisssssssVarsity]

Can’t be….Brad is complacent and not trying to improve the roster

And he doesn’t even talk to recruits

 

[Orangetool]

Nance next!

Crootin"!

 

[JBfor3]

any chance of more concrete news tonight?

 

[Ill in Cols]

I'm sure many of you, in thinking back a few days on the recruiting threads, a number of posters who have been very critical of staff's efforts regarding the portal; insiders posting positive stuff that doesn't seem to come true; and the general trend of Illini basketball, and being very argumentative about it. You may be able to guess some of those I have in mind.

Here I come back to the thread from this morning to find 15 pages of happy news, and not a single post from some of these guys. I really don't understand some people.

 

[ptgrd23]

The days of taking flyers in July on un-rated European players or late-bloomers are over.

We are big time now and competing for the best HS and portal players in the country.

For Brad it all started with one recruit...

 

[JJE]

I'm ready for the next one.