Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[IMK]

I have said all along ... Over signing by 1 is on the table ...

Ty stays ... We oversign by 1 ...

PG - Boswell/Harris
SG - Maddox/DGL
SF - Storr/Hill/Davis
PF - Amos/Rodgers/Goode
C - Morez/Amani/Booth/Jakstys as a redshirt

I just find it strange we'd oversign by one now, when we wouldn't even use the final scholarship last season when we were all in with 5 seniors.

 

[Roundball Sage]

Mark Smith is the next Jason Kidd ...

This is absolutely true. He will also be a retired basketball player one day.

 

[Eternal Optimist]

How did you explain the couple-in-conflict-in-bed GIFs?

It’s not as difficult to explain compared to many of the Pruman posts.

 

[Illini09]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1777709445616714169

Takeaway from watching Dante Maddox Toledo highlights: Toledo really got the 70's shortttttt shorts style goin.

Also, Maddox seems like a pretty exciting guard.

 

[Joel Goodson]

This is my knock against BU. All gas no breaks. Only 1 ball. 1 person gets to put said ball in the hoop at a time.

Defense, rebounds,ahd assists used to get playing time.

thems the brakes

frivolity aside, yeah, Underwood doesn't care about D, boards and assists. WTF? that's why Rogers rode the pine

 

[AirNeazy]

Lol. You assume I have some "way" that is opposed to some "way" that you have. I assure you that you have no clue how I'd go about navigating this because I don't have a clue myself.

I merely point out a fact and because you're afraid of its implications you attack me instead of addressing the fact.

Nobody is attacking you my guy. You just keep pointing to 2023 as some kind of defcon-1 level sample of how bad things can go with our current roster strategy when the issues with that team weren't even the transfers and that year wasn't even terrible all things considered!

 

[BoiseBaller]

We really need a commitment to break some of these discussions lol.

 

[and 69 others]

Just looking at this guy he seems a little shady.

 

[ginabackes00]

This is my knock against BU. All gas no breaks. Only 1 ball. 1 person gets to put said ball in the hoop at a time.

Defense, rebounds,ahd assists used to get playing time.

 

[Dawgss4life]

Not even close. What did Goode do to deserve any hype. He was always seen as just a three point shooter. Anything else you thought you heard was not from anyone who watched him play. Harris has been a champion more than once. He’s ked his teams to those wins. He’s winner. Just wait and see

 

[Illini2010-11]

Nobody is attacking you my guy. You just keep pointing to 2023 as some kind of defcon-1 level sample of how bad things can go with our current roster strategy when the issues with that team weren't even the transfers and that year wasn't even terrible all things considered!

I am fully on board if 2023 is considered the new norm for "terrible year". Though that year was so Jekyll and Hdye, that many of us wish to forget it.

 

[Illini2010-11]

This is my knock against BU. All gas no breaks. Only 1 ball. 1 person gets to put said ball in the hoop at a time.

Defense, rebounds,ahd assists used to get playing time.

 

[ChiTown]

thems the brakes

frivolity aside, yeah, Underwood doesn't care about D, boards and assists. WTF? that's why Rogers rode the pine

So times I only check in just read all the Hot Takes…..

 

[Lukeillini10]

Insiders what’s up with the tre white whispers?

 

[AirNeazy]

thems the brakes

frivolity aside, yeah, Underwood doesn't care about D, boards and assists. WTF? that's why Rogers rode the pine

Yup that's Underwood all right, famously doesn't care about defense at all!

C'mon man what are we doing here

 

[Dr Copejam]

Aden Holloway, Prolific Prep , Point Guard

Aden Holloway is a 6-0, 155-pound Point Guard from Matthews, NC.

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[21ChampaignSt]

Nobody is attacking you my guy. You just keep pointing to 2023 as some kind of defcon-1 level sample of how bad things can go with our current roster strategy when the issues with that team weren't even the transfers and that year wasn't even terrible all things considered!

2023 wasn't good. It was sub-par by our program's standards and it certainly wasn't up to Brad's standards. Really the only frame of reference from which 2023 looked good is if you're comparing it to the late Weber / Groce years. That's a testament to how good our program is as much as anything.

That being the case, we don't get to 2024 without 2023. We brought in an entirely new roster, trimmed the fat, and ended up with a core that brought us a BTT championship and an Elite Eight.

 

[Dr Copejam]

Extremely realistic ... So realistic that I have that exact thing written down myself ...

I’m sorry Goode as PF?? Am I missing something?

 

[DB11Headband]

We really need a commitment to break some of these discussions lol.

 

[iron]

I’m sorry Goode as PF?? Am I missing something?

He's been that his whole time here?

 

[DB11Headband]

Takeaway from watching Dante Maddox Toledo highlights: Toledo really got the 70's shortttttt shorts style goin.

Also, Maddox seems like a pretty exciting guard.

He and/or Small are at the top of my lead guard list. Both would be huge gets.

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

The f is all this "finale" talk!!??

 

[freddbird]

Insiders what’s up with the tre white whispers?

If he comes here, it would be a reverse Skyy (started USC -> Louisville -> ???). Does that mean he's the opposite type of teammate too?

 

[DAM1298]

He and/or Small are at the top of my lead guard list. Both would be huge gets.

Same, after Boswell.

 

[Illinirog70]

If he comes here, it would be a reverse Skyy (started USC -> Louisville -> ???). Does that mean he's the opposite type of teammate too?

I want NOBODY from Louisville. They were a dumpster fire all year long and were uncoached. No one showed up!