Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[STLflyinIllini]

Decent list of good players out of Bloomington. Who have we ever gotten? Is Ken Gibson the best? We lost Ron Curry and Okoro. Bet others can add.

We recruit nationally as we should

We also lost Bates-Diop to OSU

 

[BashCtIllini]

Small school guys underperform??

You mean like Myers Leonard, Mike Tisdale, Brian Cardinal, Ethan Happ, Keita Bates-Diop, Ryan Kalbrenner, LARRY BIRD??

Always good to ask oneself before posting, is what I'm writing actually true or just an unfactual bias? Fact of the matter is there just aren't many small school players at this level.

So you picked 7 names over the past 45 years, and Kalkbrenner is from St Louis. Not exactly a convincing argument. You also picked 3 7 footers, and 2 other post players. Height is height no matter where you were born. There just aren't many guys that tall in the world.

It is a fact, that guards from small schools that don't play the level of competition consistently have struggled in college at the P6 level. Not every single one of them but a good enough percentage that it gives you pause.

I personally think, outside of Illinois, Notre Dame was the best choice Certa could have made. I don't know if he's Catholic, but I'm sure all Catholic school kids have at least a bit of affinity for Notre Dame. It's a top academic institution, it's close to home, they have one of the best young coaches in America, they're rebuilding so PT should be available. Northwestern also fits the bill of close to home and top academics, but I think there's a much better chance of winning consistently and winning big at Notre Dame.

 

[doowink]

Losing a shooter from Bloomington is not a good look for Underwood. Especially to a school like Notre Dame who is starting over. This program needs shooters. It’s why he was given an early offer.

 

[doowink]

Do you have names? I've seriously been thinking of recruits that were reasonably touted out of small schools and the list I provided are the only ones I can even think of. I mean a couple more obscure names went midmajor, Carlton Fay (SIU) and Shawn Jessup (ISU), a long time ago, but as I recall they also had fabulous college careers. So who has underperformed? Matt Chastain I guess.

Well I don't know the size (enrollment) of the school....but Larry Bird attend HS in French Lick, IN...Spring Valley I think is a pretty small school

 

[sacraig]

Losing a shooter from Bloomington is not a good look for Underwood. Especially to a school like Notre Dame who is starting over. This program needs shooters. It’s why he was given an early offer.

Being from Central Illinois does not somehow elevate the suitability of a player to play for the Illini.

Unrelated, does anyone know if Matt Chatain has any availability left?