Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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IlliniMike_Aurora
Straight outta Champaign
Isn’t it 70 in Champaign today ??
Get GA on the red eye to Copenhagen. You can't teach 7'0", and I know they were highlight reels against questionable competition, but dam that kid looked smooth and a sweet stoke from long distance. Incredibly intriguing prospect.
Fears won't be here until 2025. In this scenario, Boswell would be a 4th year player and Jase would have a year under his belt. As for next year, I promise you we are going to have a ton of talent and reload this offseason. Transfers will be looking at Illinois as a top destination in the portal, especially after how good our transfers have been
I may be mis-remembering, but I thought that it was explained in here that he was a Chin guy, and after Chin left Brad didn't keep pressing on the gas? But, thanks for the clarification.
Watched Holst’s highlights this is a bit hyperbolic I’m sure, but Durant vibes came to mind.
How come? Slick Rick wanted him at St John’s and he left, he’s been given the green light on offense at Wisconsin…what perfect scenario is he searching for? Or is it a relationship thing?
I didn't think Durant at all.. didn't see even one mid range jump shot. That said, wow, lets lock this kid up!
Awfully young? By the time Fears gets here Boswell is a senior and Butler is a sophomore.
Is Boswell for sure coming here? Is that a lock? I'm staring at the Freshman/Sophomore, though I did forget about Harris. It seems like Brad likes older guys and without knowing that Boswell is in the fold, 2 rotation guys will be underclassmen. I guess the thrust of my question is will the backcourt be a target portal position given our needs just about everywhere. When a team loses about 90% production from every statistical category in one off-season....I can't even begin to imagine where the staff begins the reload process next year.
Nope. You quoted a post about Boswell and said it would be a young backcourt in 2025.
Next year there will clearly be transfers to replace some guard/wing production. They aren't rolling with just Nico/DGL/Harris/Butler
You make it sound like that is a bad thing?
Imagine where this years team would be without Domask, QG and Harmon
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
And with the success we had with it this year and this being the last transfer market with Covid super-seniors available, it's only logical to do so.
I really want the sport of college basketball to evolve into a different direction, and there are player development costs to loading the roster with seniors every year, but as noted philosopher Herm Edwards once said, you play to win the game.
Just a question for insiders out of curiosity here since I watched him play last night. Did the whole story of what happened with RayJ Dennis ever come out? If I remember right (this could be the whole story), but it was a money thing? Brad/Josh went to boosters to ask for more money, they gave it, and we still didn't seal the deal? Did Baylor give more? If I'm beating a dead horse, I apologize, was really just curious.
Not at all a bad thing. Just saying, I'd pencil 2 or 3 of them in every year.
EDIT: I shouldn't have used the word 'accept'. I meant that more in a "I'm old school and wish the portal wasn't a free-for-all". As long as that thing is open, give me all the TJ/Domask/Guerrier/Harmon.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
If it brings us consistent success to be a "finishing school", then I'm all for it.
But just to give a sense of scale on the super senior thing, before Covid the record for the most games played in a college basketball career was 157 by David Lighty at tOSU who had a medical redshirt on those Matta teams making deep tourney runs.
Saturday was the 158th game of Quincy Guerrier's career. 137 for Domask, 135 for Shannon, don't know Harmon's JUCO stats but he'll be up there.
This is an unprecedented resource in college basketball that isn't going to be available forever. Might as well strike while that iron is hot.
I just wish they played like they've done this 140 times before when it's a tight game down the stretch, but hopefully that emerges in the tournament
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