theNewGuy
- Dallas, TX
Is there a limit on how many offers each team sends out?
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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illinifan31
Former Krush Cow
- South Bend, IN
illinifan31
Former Krush Cow
- South Bend, IN
His Twitter account is exclusively used for posting his offers and he very consistently uses low resolution png files so they all look blurry when blown up in the tweet and honestly I very much appreciate that hahaha.
Love that this dropped just mere hours into a Loyalty debate about whether top 3 rated players in their class can provide value to a program.
hooraybeer
- Pittsburgh, PA
could add an interesting wrinkle. if it would come down to us and say, Kansas, can Nike increase their NIL guarantees to close the deal?
Absolutely trash take....This program needs to continue to shoot for the stars in recruiting, and balance with aged collegiate vets through the transfer portal. Brad seems to get it, and we are trending in the correct direction.
#1 247 Recruits by year
2022 - Nick Smith (Arkansas)
2021 - Chet Holmgren (Gonzaga)
2020 - Cade Cunningham (Ok State)
2019 - Anthony Edwards (Georgia)
Why not us??????
sacraig
- The desert
It sure changed the narrative of that debate pretty quickly, too.
"Oh, maybe we might get a turn? Nevermind, top 3 players are great!"
This is a loser take.
Our track record of putting guys in the NBA is low because we've not had a top 25 recruit in 20 years!
A top 5 player could go to Chicago State and get drafted. See Emoni Bates for the most recent example who went to Eastern Michigan and now plays for the Cavs.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
I think it's de-pants ya
I think any program in the top 20 approaches a kid like this and point to recent success and tell him he's walking into a starting spot, running a team who is losing 4-5 top players, playing in a top 2 conference. Most importantly, you're setting your own trail. the top player out of high school can go anywhere and scouts/ people will come watch. ICON says the rest!
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
You really have to know the answers to the hard-hitting questions.
theNewGuy
- Dallas, TX
Obviously a top 3 rated player will add value to the program. I was merely stating that along with that comes a lot of expectations: money, prominent starting role, etc. How much more value does he provide when comparing him to Domask? There is a reason Brad likes to say, get old, stay old.
SactownIllini
- Coleman Hawkinsland
Hmmm
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Could be one to keep a tab on and come back to at a later dateHmmm
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viking6888
Greeley, Colorado
Kid need to work on his step back jumper lol
Champaign Toast
Fan since Kiwane Garris
Good post asking reasonable questions. Asking questions isn't necessarily pessimism, criticism, or an opinion at all.
Nice of posters to try to answer the questions. I guess we can look at how factors other than a program's history of putting guys in the Association and winning tournament games can weigh in any particular top 5 recruit's decision; and, can point to instances where top 5 players chose programs more similar to Illinois than to Duke and Kentucky.
Re: Dybantsa, the fact that our most recent commit Jeremiah Fears, in answer to a question, said specifically that he aimed to recruit him gives us a sense of one factor that could be in play: encouragement from a peer. Now, how serious was Fears when he said it? I can't know, but the Illini coaches are obviously on board, having offer immediately afterward. I wonder: was the staff already on Dybantsa, and Fears was playing along in his comment? Or, was Fears' relationship with Dybantsa the link that got Illinois into his recruitment, and Fears' commitment and quote the catalyst for the offer?
Champaign Toast
Fan since Kiwane Garris
Hmmm
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Otega Oweh: how he gets his 13.8 pts/game
Impressive stats!
Name checks out...
I have a couple friends that are big IU donors that have access to NIL information and I will say I know for a fact they have the best NIL in the Big10 by quite a bit and probably top 5 in all of CBB. Also heard Illinois is top 3 in the Big10 but not on the same tier as Indiana
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