Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Then became a McDonalds All American. I think you take the younger Fears, no matter the class. If you dont/didnt want him, then dont waste the resources and stop taking flights to Arizona.
Summary: I'm not surprised that the same few teams can win repeatedly. The statistics assume "all else is close to equal" and do not apply here.
At least 250 of those 350 teams can be totally disregarded. They never, in any year, have the talent to even sniff a chance. IMO ~200 of them should not be Div I.
Of the remaining teams, the talent is far from evenly distributed. The kids want prestige. Solid talent goes to blue bloods knowing they will get few minutes out of the gate. Look at me -- I'm good enough to go play for the best. Nowhere else has that luxury. Any 4-5* who doesn't get immediate playing time transfers or goes elsewhere to begin with. I expect to see some levelling of the playfield unless the blue bloods have really deep pockets.
Winning comes down to recruiting, coaching, retention and depth. Look at the dynasties in the NBA and NFL. Novas championships had the same core players even though they were two years apart. The blue bloods having really good players 6-9 on the roster is worth a lot. Part of the NBA Warriors success was their 2nd string taking the opposing teams 2nd string's lunch. When the salary cap forced them to trade most of their 2nd string is when other teams caught up. Tom Brady understood this. He routinely took lower pay than his peers so NE could put better talent around him. He traded money for rings.
Do kids that are 21 still get booted for weed these days?
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
I’m ok if we take a bunch of three stars - if we can do the Wisky thing and subsequently win with them.
You have no idea how good this kid is. Looks incredible live.
Big Jack
- Decatur
Joel Goodson
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looks pretty damn good in clips too
Which is why I don't buy this rumor.
How do you know? Maybe I have great idea how good this kid is.
Isn't his commitment date in Nov?
Joel Goodson
- ties will be resolved
He is my favorite prospect we have a legit chance with, regardless of class. Only thing keeping him off 5* right now is his left hand. Needs work, but dang is he athletic with a pure shot. Similarities to Jaden Ivey with less handles.
Joel Goodson
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I think he's a take
Seems odd that they'd be waffling if true as Fears looks like a take, reclass or no. Is uncertainty from the staff really in play here, or could it just be that Jeremiah is weighing options (both at Illinois and elsewhere) making it look like there might be uncertainty?
I would like to like this a thousand times.
I'm not saying it's bad info ... But I sat down with Brad and he told to me to my face we would take Fears in whatever class he wanted ...
Even if that means taking a kid off scholarship and making him a PWO and giving him NIL to cover his scholarship ... (See what Sean Miller is doing right now at Xavier ... I think he has 15 guys right now that could be on scholarship ... Two are getting a full ride plus a little extra spending money through NIL) ...
If you get booted for weed nowadays ... You have got to be a complete idiot ... There are plenty of ways to pass a test ...
Shoot ... That is honestly part of a PWO job in most FB and MBB programs is to pass a test for star players ...
Guys there is no way we are slow playing fears
Bigtex
- DFW
agree it doesn't add up. Did they slow play his brother?
Sort of. They just wanted to see his shot improved before accepting a commitment. He didn’t like that.
How recently did they share that info about not being happy with Illinois?
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