Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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RockfordIllini said:
Regarding Dain, he just wasn’t a good fit for the way we played most of the year but that doesn’t mean he won’t be next year. We’ve basically run brand new offenses each of the last 3 years that cater to the strength of our personnel. Quincy and Coleman have complemented each other beautifully as switchable bigs who can also stretch the floor. And I am sure we will look for stretch bigs in the portal but unlikely we will find someone with Coleman’s skill set.

Hopefully Amani and Dain both stay. With those 2, Morez and Ty I don’t think the other team would hardly get a rebound.
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I hope Amani can stay healthy.
 
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KC_Illini said:
Maybe it’s because I really love the Illini but if I’m in Dain’s shoes it would be much more of an accomplishment for me to earn solid minutes on one of the best teams in the country rather than go to a mid major and stuff the stats.
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Ehh, the big fella's gotta do what's in his best interest and the the above could've been said about Podz too and look how that worked out for him. I'll be happy for him and rooting for him either way.

It was great to see him come into his own against strong B1G competition and be vital to this B1G Championship run.
 
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LvilleILL said:
Nothing is a guarantee, but I think it's starting to go this way as well
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KC_Illini said:
Maybe it’s because I really love the Illini but if I’m in Dain’s shoes it would be much more of an accomplishment for me to earn solid minutes on one of the best teams in the country rather than go to a mid major and stuff the stats.
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Well. If only Amani and Johnson are competing with him for minutes, he might like his chances. If he defends like he did in the OSU BTT game, I like his chances, too.
 
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ChiefGritty said:
You think we're willing to sacrifice ability to help us immediately for more years of eligibility?
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Brad runs an 8 man rotation ... Minutes are up for grabs ...

If you are not in the rotation ... Best utilize the best facility and strength coaches in the country to get better and contribute next year ...

Glenn has a ton of potential ... And is likely an off the bench next year if he were to come but a big contributor as an upperclassmen ...

Our sell to wing players right now is pretty strong ... As I am sure you guys can all imagine ... LOL ...
 
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Peja's kid from Stanford is in the portal. Not trying to connect him to us, but he's one of the bigger names out there so far for whoever does go after him.
 
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ChiefGritty

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Indy Illini Fan said:
Brad runs an 8 man rotation ... Minutes are up for grabs ...

If you are not in the rotation ... Best utilize the best facility and strength coaches in the country to get better and contribute next year ...
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Tough to imagine Morez Johnson playing as little as Hansberry has this year though. And Sincere won't be redshirting again.

It's a good line of coachspeak, but keeping 13 scholarship players happy and engaged is more difficult than its ever been.

Anyway, I would like us to look more developmental in the portal, and trust guys like Hansberry and Dainja and Rodgers to develop and shoulder more of the load.

We're in the market for one big scorer for sure, but maybe not so much the Harmon and Guerrier types.

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I think we get 3-4 transfers who will play significant minutes right away and maybe one guy who is more of a long term development piece
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And yet this is my expectation, just because that's what we've done the past two years.
 
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AirNeazy

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ChiefGritty said:
Tough to imagine Morez Johnson playing as little as Hansberry has this year though. And Sincere won't be redshirting again.

It's a good line of coachspeak, but keeping 13 scholarship players happy and engaged is more difficult than its ever been.

Anyway, I would like us to look more developmental in the portal, and trust guys like Hansberry and Dainja and Rodgers to develop and shoulder more of the load.

We're in the market for one big scorer for sure, but maybe not so much the Harmon and Guerrier types.
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Morez will be starting Day 1. You can take that to the bank
 
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RockfordIllini said:
Regarding Dain, he just wasn’t a good fit for the way we played most of the year but that doesn’t mean he won’t be next year. We’ve basically run brand new offenses each of the last 3 years that cater to the strength of our personnel. Quincy and Coleman have complemented each other beautifully as switchable bigs who can also stretch the floor. And I am sure we will look for stretch bigs in the portal but unlikely we will find someone with Coleman’s skill set.

Hopefully Amani and Dain both stay. With those 2, Morez and Ty I don’t think the other team would hardly get a rebound.
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I hope Amani can improve his jump shot. It has not been pretty or effective yet. To be what we need him to be he has to be a reasonable threat from the arc.
 
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