Derek Piper is very good on Illini Crystal Balls. other is Eric bossi Nat 24/7 so those are two very good predictions. I feel very good on Boswell.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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How many hats can one eat? We need to know.
He's going to get 800 or more from Illinois. Just need to negotiate to a point where both sides are happy. He wants to go to Illinois
NICE!!
Whitmans Sampler
- Eastern Iowa
Sooo how are we standing with Maddox? Or sitting. Or gesturing.
What are we doing with our hands with Maddox?
What are we doing with our hands with Maddox?
Industry insiders have said that Xavier is in the lead entering his visit there, with Illinois in 2nd then Louisville
Tracker updated to show Reynaud off the board. A few more's added as well for other targets with some notes on who to watch outside of the CB predictions.
Link to Portal Tracker
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
He makes a lot of sense at both Arkansas and Kentucky now.
I really hope we do get Storr. I think it’ll be a huge miss if we don’t. He’s likely to be much better next year than he was at Wisconsin if he stays on the same development curve.
NEIlliniFan
- No longer in New England
Pls tell me your paycheck job involves creative writing. Otherwise, what a waste of talent.
Believe he has a string of visits with Louisville then us then Xavier. Believe Trilly Donovan has implied Xavier is in a good spot although our insiders have expressed some level of confidence for Illinois
JMO
If we get Boswell
+ 3 portal players Davis - Soph, White- JR, Boswell - JR
+ 2 HS players - Morez, Jaks
- 1 portal Dain
- 4 graduating Coleman, Quincy, Marcus, TSJ
* 6 Hopefully retaining Luke, Ty, DGL, Amani, Nico, Sencire
Right now we are at 45% new players. I think adding 1 more portal maybe all we should do to preserve team chemistry
in 2022-3
+ 4 HS = Jadyn, Sencire, Skyy, Ty
+ 3 portal - TSJ, Mayer, Dain (-he was already on campus)
- Retained - Luke, Coleman, RJ, Brandon,
60% new players. Chemistry was bad due to Skyy, Mayer and Jaydn?
If we get Boswell
+ 3 portal players Davis - Soph, White- JR, Boswell - JR
+ 2 HS players - Morez, Jaks
- 1 portal Dain
- 4 graduating Coleman, Quincy, Marcus, TSJ
* 6 Hopefully retaining Luke, Ty, DGL, Amani, Nico, Sencire
Right now we are at 45% new players. I think adding 1 more portal maybe all we should do to preserve team chemistry
in 2022-3
+ 4 HS = Jadyn, Sencire, Skyy, Ty
+ 3 portal - TSJ, Mayer, Dain (-he was already on campus)
- Retained - Luke, Coleman, RJ, Brandon,
60% new players. Chemistry was bad due to Skyy, Mayer and Jaydn?
I've said watch out for Sean all along ... Sean is ELITE when he gets kids on campus ... Maddox is his #1 target ...
He has more to sell to Maddox than we do ... And the NIL is going to be about the same at Xavier vs Illinois ...
Problem is that these schools telling him they can get him to a million aren't giving it up front ...
So how much is he really going to get ...
There was player last year promised 600k and he got 125k up front and 125k the rest of the season ...
That much? Wow.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
What I've always heard is that Illinois has been transparent and truthful and what-you-see-is-what-you-get about NIL from Day 1, which was EXTREMELY smart.
A reputation worth its weight in gold, genuinely.
I think we need to stop dissing the defense of these transfers and transfer targets. Before you pass judgment on a player, you need to have watched him play many games, and while doing so have focused on him at the defensive end. I might be mistaken, but I doubt if there's a poster on this board who has met such a criteria.
Dre Davis ... Personally think he would be a great 2nd option for us ...
But sounds like ...
But sounds like ...
100% ... You talk to any of our players ... We give them a range of what they could make ... We tell them what's guaranteed ... VERY transparent ...
Shoot - we paid Skyy Clark even after he left ... I don't even think I personally would have done that ...
But just goes to show what kind of people you are dealing with here at Illinois vs somewhere else ... Where you might get paid or you might not ...
Apparently if you want the best players you're going to have to pony up. That's today's college basketball. We didn't make the rules but we need to be towards the top of the NIL curve to get the top transfers and recruits.
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