Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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ChiefGritty

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Emerson Bigguns said:
They either will or they won't. BU isn't going to wait around to find out. He will make sure there is competition for playing time. The program is gaining momentum as far as consistency is concerned. Maintaining that momentum has to be the priority.
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That's fine, but let us not blind ourselves to the consequences of always recruiting over your own developmental players with one-and-done super seniors.

Kinda the wrong moment to be having this conversation. Let's see how we do on the outgoing front when the season is over.
 
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Emerson Bigguns said:
They either will or they won't. BU isn't going to wait around to find out. He will make sure there is competition for playing time. The program is gaining momentum as far as consistency is concerned. Maintaining that momentum has to be the priority.

We all know the guys you mentioned have the talent to play, but they also represent considerable liability if they don't improve.

Ty is going to play at least as much next year, regardless of who we bring in. I don't see any scenario in which he doesn't average north of 20 minutes next year. He brings too much to the table. His role will expand to the extent that his offensive game expands beyond the paint area, and he becomes an average FT shooter. If he wants to play 30 minutes, those things have to happen.

Dain needs to continue to work on his body to get a bit more quickness and show consistent effort on the defensive side. If BU is willing to throw some more zone looks into his bag (like he did yesterday...would allow him to share the court more readily with Morez and Amani), he can certainly carve out a more consistent role.

Amani needs to avoid a sophomore setback and get healthy. With his back issues, I'm not sure we want to end up in a position where we have to rely on him. I assume our S&C wonder twins will work some magic on him this off-season, but we will need frontcourt depth as a contingency at minimum.

It will be interesting to see what happens with DGL, Nico, and Buck, too. These are all guys who could get guaranteed playing time in lesser programs but will have to improve to play a lot here. Nico and DGL kind of went back and forth on who the 4th guy off the bench was. I assume Buck would have been in that mix too had he decided to play this year. I doubt we rest on our laurels regarding guard play. If a guy like Javon Small comes in, they are going to have their work cut out for them.

Goode is the ultimate mystery to me. He's not likely to ever start for Illinois. Will he be satisfied with being a bench player his entire career? Selfishly, I hope he stays, because he is a max effort guy with a beautiful jump shot. Unlike a lot of guys, I will root for him no matter what he decides.
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Luke is a solid guy that understands his role. Shoot threes and play D. His playing time like most , depends on matchups. He’s a valuable asset.
 
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ChiefGritty said:
That's fine, but let us not blind ourselves to the consequences of always recruiting over your own developmental players with one-and-done super seniors.

Kinda the wrong moment to be having this conversation. Let's see how we do on the outgoing front when the season is over.
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There are consequences either ways these days and you kind of have to pick your poisons. As long as you still remember how to develop players, portal is often the easier way and likely the more consistent way.
 
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In this Wild West era of NIL I would suspect a lot of false reports of mutual interest in schools from the athletes in attempts to boost their compensation. Going be difficult to sort out. No idea what the ground rules are for the schools, can they directly inquire from another school what that other school’s NIL offer was?
 
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alexander58 said:
Luke is a solid guy that understands his role. Shoot threes and play D. His playing time like most , depends on matchups. He’s a valuable asset.
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solid when he makes shots. just doesn't do that enough of the time. his mid season defense was not good.
i dont know how much his injury hurt his defense. with his size, if he can put on 10-15 pounds or so, he could
be a stud rebounder. he has a nose for it right now.
 
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oskeewowwowboomtime

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Indy Illini Fan said:
Luke wants to win ... He wants to be close to his family ... He wants another degree from Illinois ... He wants stay at Illinois with his girlfriend ... Luke wants to stay with Brad ...
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Plus Luke plans to be hired by "Uncle" Larry Gies when he finishes up that second Illinois degree. /s
Is it just me, or can anyone else see Luke going to work for Whitman and taking that same career path into eventually becoming an AD?
 
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Indy Illini Fan

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oskeewowwowboomtime said:
Plus Luke plans to be hired by "Uncle" Larry Gies when he finishes up that second Illinois degree. /s
Is it just me, or can anyone else see Luke going to work for Whitman and taking that same career path into eventually becoming an AD?
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Luke is going to be successful at whatever he does ... Period ...

Young man is very impressive ... High character ... Great family ...

He could work for me any day ...

And no ... I'm not Larry Gies ... ;)
 
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jmm

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ChiefGritty said:
I would anticipate the same process as the last two offseasons, we will go get the best basketball players we can get with our NIL dollars in the portal for every available scholarship, without a great deal of concern for years of eligibility remaining or strict positional fit.

I'd really, really like a true PG, but all things considered it's hard to argue with the results.


Agreed, and thankfully buckets tend to be a highly available resource in the portal. It's the more well-rounded games that are rarer, but our staff has done a good job finding them.
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Winning helps recruiting.
 
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