Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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aaeismacgychel said:
While I've never dated a redhead, I can all but imagine it would be dating a walking embodiment of Loyalty's consciousness. Insane, psychotic, bipolar, and with an endearing fierce loyalty that is addictive and makes you come back for more even though you know it's probably not the best for your health.
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I married one...you are wise beyond your years!
 
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IlliniInSturgisMi

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illinifan1987 said:
You can't make footprints when you hit a wall called UConn
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This guy can't be too smart. I watched for 20 minutes and he kept doing the same thing.
 
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PepeSilvia said:
Going to be 100% honest. There really isn't much of a difference in undergraduate learning between basically any R1 university.

They aren't teaching you really anything different in accounting classes at Illinois, Kansas, or an Ivy league school. Undergraduate courses are going to be very similar and the only real difference is simply the networking aspects and some of the more prestigious names stand out a bit on a resume and can at least garner you the initial interview.

You start to see some differences at the graduate level with resource availability but even that is somewhat dependent on the individual lab and who is running it.
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Yep, all recycling the same PDF files for the last 15 years.
 
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OrangeBlue98

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FromTheLogo said:
As been stated, Fears is gunna be a problem for B1G opponents from Day 1. He scores with ease.

Only nit-pick: gotta take care of the ball better. He's probably got 5 turnovers so far.
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To be fair, at this age I'm sure that a lot of really talented lead guards are a little sloppy with the ball. Most of the time, their talent can let them get away with things that will be punished at the D1 level. Skill development work and time in the weight room will very likely take care of those items once you get into a Big 10-type of program.

I'll have to watch some of the replay on ESPN+ this weekend (with the sound muted so I don't hear the blatant SEC pom-pom waving). Sounds like this kid has all of the potential in the world to be something pretty special.
 
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CleverHandle1 said:
He can obviously create his own shot and be effective around the rim. He's going to be a great one, I believe.
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God? Or did you mean Fears? I got lost in the thread, but if one recruit can create their own shot..well, I've got a hunch who it is. /s
 
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OrangeBlue98

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jacekpardol said:
People saying that we need to keep players like Goode/Harris and we need to move away fro players like Aj Storr all the while the wanting a national championship is very mind numbing.

I glad Brad doesn’t see it this way.

Illinois faithful, why can’t you embrace greatness? Sometime this fans base has kind of a losers mentality. If we want to be blue bloods we need to think and act like blue bloods.
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I'm all in favor of recruiting talent. But let's look at two programs to understand what it means to have a collection of highly talented individuals vs a true team.

Collection of individuals - Kentucky
Team - UConn

I get it - UConn has highly talented players. But they fit into the context of a team. Plus, they still have some very good role players who aren't stars, but they are integral and critical parts of that team. You just can't pick the most talented players, roll the ball out, and say "have at it, guys". Calipari has tried that at Kentucky.

I don't think it's a "loser mentality" or "not thinking like a blue blood" at all to think that you need very good role players and "glue guys" to build an outstanding team.
 
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