ILLINIShox24
Orange Krush '04 & '05
Note the missing names here that shouldn't be a total surprise: Dain (official), Sencire, and Nico. Also assumes no miracles with Marcus and Coleman.
In Brad I Trust
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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In Brad I Trust
I think he will be coming back. And if I'm wrong, I'll eat crow. Man, how great it'd be if he came back.
I hope he finds some place that will let him show off his handle. Between that sweet cross over and the audacity of the behind the back dribble coming up the court, I will watch all the Dain dribbling highlights that show up in the former Illini in college basketball thread next year.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Apropos your avatar and the topic at hand... Michigan fans exiled from the gleaming metropolis of college basketball elites (aka "dreary old Manhattan") to multiple years of humiliating purgatory: "Yeah... I was really getting tired of having fun all the time."
They'll get nothing and like it, mixing my Caddyshack metaphors there.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Well Maddox sure is popular (and apparently good).
Hometown hero
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
He will be scooped up quickly I imagine.
I think Amani will earn more playing time next year with his play obviously. He's going to be a pleasant surprise, I believe.
Epsilon
M tipping over
- Pdx
Perfect username for today lol.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Reynaud's eligibility for NIL payment as a foreigner presumably in the US on a student visa still appears to be a question mark.
There's also just a pretty big "why us" question there, imho.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Right now this guy is a complete stranger to me.
But the first time he runs around a screen and then splashes a 3 on the move, he will become another beloved Illini to be added to the memory banks.
Welcome to the team. Thanks in advance for the memories.
He’s very good. I’d be very surprised if he’s OK being a sixth man. Starter quality player for sure, IMO. Strong guard who’s an elite shooter
I will say I think the transfer portal window opening before the current season is over is very odd and disjointed. We've already had recommits while teams are still playing their current seasons, which seems a bit unfair.
Dain announcing he's entering the portal just 36 hours after the season ends seems at the same way too early and just in time. I do hope he had the time to have an end of season talk with Brad before it all went down, but the rumors had been swirling for months as it was.
Dain announcing he's entering the portal just 36 hours after the season ends seems at the same way too early and just in time. I do hope he had the time to have an end of season talk with Brad before it all went down, but the rumors had been swirling for months as it was.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
He has effectively orange hair (strawberry blonde, I guess specifically). I think the fanbase will adopt him quickly.
The kid represents a very solid recruit, but "no" means "no" because we getting Elite players!
"Doctor, Juwan punched another coach again!"
"Oh well, probably just a routine emergency."
Doesn’t he have to sit a year now? He already used his one time transfer.
I thought I read someone on here that he was eligible for NIL but maybe I’m wrong. I was also just kinda using him as an example since he’d been talked about recently. I’d really just like any big time 5.
We are the leaders there right now but as you know recruiting is fluid.
Good luck to Dain. Thanks for putting your time and effort in making Illinois an elite program. Congrats on getting that degree!
These are the guys I would go after currently base on need at each position/who we have reached out to:
PG: Hill - BGSU - JR, Maddox jr _ Toledo - GR, Montgomery - Mt ST Marys - SO
SG: STORR
SF: Oweh - Oklahoma - JR, Griffeths - rutgers - SO, Colin Smith - Vandy - SO AVG 7&7 before season ending injury. With three yr left could be good wing piece
PF: Amos - NIU - JR: long athletic 3/4 that can attack and score.
C: Omoruyi - Rutgers - GR: strong long shot blocking big Illini have been missing. Wolf - Yale - JR: scoring bigman from IL avg 14&10.
PG: Hill - BGSU - JR, Maddox jr _ Toledo - GR, Montgomery - Mt ST Marys - SO
SG: STORR
SF: Oweh - Oklahoma - JR, Griffeths - rutgers - SO, Colin Smith - Vandy - SO AVG 7&7 before season ending injury. With three yr left could be good wing piece
PF: Amos - NIU - JR: long athletic 3/4 that can attack and score.
C: Omoruyi - Rutgers - GR: strong long shot blocking big Illini have been missing. Wolf - Yale - JR: scoring bigman from IL avg 14&10.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Yeah I don't know about his specific situation. But student visa holders cannot be employed for pay in the US.
Potential loopholes abound, and with the basketball talent that's out there beyond our borders I suspect some clever coaches are about to go looking for them.
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