Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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I don't know, friend. The optimists are still fighting the pessimists and Indy is defending himself, all since the commitment. But still love the memes!
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Booth is nowhere close to a starter. He was not good at all at Notre Dame and isn’t anything close to an inside player.
If you started Booth/White, the defense would be a disaster. No rim protection at all. Morez will for sure start over Booth
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Hope TSJ sticks around Ubben this spring and summer long enough for him to overlap with KB and introduce him to the beneficial effects of those 04:30 workouts.
If booth commits I’d expect him to be the starting 4. They’ll be getting a 5 down the road here soon.
Is Xavier still in the lead on Maddox or has that shifted back to us?
Who’s the 5 they would be getting that is better than Morez?
Tre White will start. Most likely at the 4.
There’s no way Booth starts over Morez. Booth shot 30% from 3 last year. He’s not a floor spacer at the expense of a guy in the paint like Morez who can be expected to play D, rebound, and finish around the rim
Really hope Sencere and Hansbury stay. Both have shown glimpses of being solid contributors. Think both would help next year and could see Hansbury playing as a 5 with 3 pt option.
There's not a player in the country, IMO, that was better than TJ last year. He was dominant on both ends and carried us in the BTT and NCAAT. That player won't be replicated.
I'm not sure that MD's value can be replicated. He was just a big, big, big time player who was the second of two "go to guys". Man, that guy came through time after time on the big stage, in the bright lights.
With Coleman, very difficult to replace 6'10", athletic, versatile and our second best defender, who again, performed when the lights were bright.
That team is playing UCONN one round too early from being in the Final Four and two rounds from playing for a national championship. I don't think that there was a team, not named UCONN, that we wouldn't have had at least even odds against. We were that good in March.
While we can be very, very good in the scenario that you outlined, we wouldn't be adding a player that got past the first weekend(in some cases didn't make the tournament). The upside would be terrific from a pure talent standpoint, but Brad would be PROBABLY national COY if he pulled everything together and got that group to a second weekend game.
So glad we have been demasculinized by the sociology types. Really missed the chant, it pumps up the crowd.
They do not retire numbers.
There are multiple ways to get your jersey hung up in the rafters though.
Relax and be patient
White will be playing more of the 3. At 6’7 he’s not tall enough to play the 4 in Brads offense. Booth is 6’10. But it’s positionless basketball. Brad has the flexibility to move them around.
I play this and get my 1 and 3 year old to do the overhand clap on the correct beats...I nearly tear up when they request to hear it.
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Frankly, even if we'd won a natty this season someone would be complaining that it would have been a smoother, more elegant road to the NC hardware if we'd had a proper PG and diabolically crafty inbounding plays.
It's just the way it is. Can't think of too many who readily offer: "Gee, you know what? I was [somewhat/kinda/completely] wrong about that take, no matter how cold it seemed to me at the time."
As for me, I just wanna give it my best shot and, the good Lord willing, things will work out.
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The point everyone is making is you had Goode starting. 0% chance that happens.
It’s possible Johnson starts. How quickly that happens depends on how he performs. But Goode isn’t starting.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Nice job in capturing the players.
Add Goode and perhaps Moretti, and I think this snapshot fairly accurately portrays where things stand right now (today) and we're probably only 15-20% of the way through the overall portal process. However, I wouldn't use the word GREAT until we add a few guys from the bottom of your list.
Loyalillini10
- Urbana, IL
I honestly have no fricken clue what makes Illinois more feminine not having the chant…what a f@&$ing joke…
He is not in Champaign yet.
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