Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[ever]

@ever Easy answer to your question from previous thread:

Boswell is a proven player, played PG 30 mins per game on a team that was ranked top 5-10 all season long.

He was last of their starters in minutes played, pts/gm, WS, ORtg, DRtg (essentially tied), TS, etc, and worse overall than TSJ/Domask.

We wasn't even necessarily first in assists, with three players essentially tied (in a different order depending on which metric).

I'm sure he'll be a fine player for us, but not one I'd count on to be a top one or two player to make us great. He might be, but in my opinion his metrics make him less proven than TSJ/Domask.

 

[roger murdock]

last year's "We need a traditional point guard" talk is this year's "We need a 7-footer" talk. Next year it will be "we need........?"

bigger trophy case ??

 

[texillwek]

last year's "We need a traditional point guard" talk is this year's "We need a 7-footer" talk. Next year it will be "we need........?"

Better pizza options at SFC

 

[ChiIllini75]

last year's "We need a traditional point guard" talk is this year's "We need a 7-footer" talk. Next year it will be "we need........?"

I think our demonstrated struggles with bigs last season and the influx of bigs in the conference mean this will be a bit less of a red herring than the point guard drama.

 

[t-bone]

Is Omoruyi asking for too much NIL? Haven't seen a lot about him, but I liked his game last year.

 

[Illini4Christ]

The 7'6" Dominican sensation, Zanovan Cledey?

I’ll take 7 feet center Moussa Cisse who just entered portal.

 

[FreshlySqueezed]

Man, you just keep saying the same <wrong> thing over and over again.

Boswell's year last year was better than TSJ's last year at Texas Tech. And Boswell is 3ish years younger than TSJ was at that time.

 

[Guest]

In the previous, now closed, recruiting thread, champaignpak posted, "Based on what the insiders said last time, and they heard from Rod, he has no plan on entering the portal."

Sorry for being a dunce, but I have seen that name (Rod) in several posts recently and can't for the life of me figure out who that is. All I can think of is Rod Cardinal. Please remind me (with the Swiss cheese brain) who this is again. Thanks.

 

[ChiefGritty]

In the previous, now closed, recruiting thread, champaignpak posted, "Based on what the insiders said last time, and they heard from Rod, he has no plan on entering the portal."

Sorry for being a dunce, but I have seen that name (Rod) in several posts recently and can't for the life of me figure out who that is. All I can think of is Rod Cardinal. Please remind me (with the Swiss cheese brain) who this is again. Thanks.

Coleman’s father

 

[My2Cents]

Rod Hawkins , Colemans dad

 

[Emerson Bigguns]

In the previous, now closed, recruiting thread, champaignpak posted, "Based on what the insiders said last time, and they heard from Rod, he has no plan on entering the portal."

Sorry for being a dunce, but I have seen that name (Rod) in several posts recently and can't for the life of me figure out who that is. All I can think of is Rod Cardinal. Please remind me (with the Swiss cheese brain) who this is again. Thanks.

Rod is Rod Hawkins. Coleman's dad.

 

[BrimfieldBomber]

In the previous, now closed, recruiting thread, champaignpak posted, "Based on what the insiders said last time, and they heard from Rod, he has no plan on entering the portal."

Sorry for being a dunce, but I have seen that name (Rod) in several posts recently and can't for the life of me figure out who that is. All I can think of is Rod Cardinal. Please remind me (with the Swiss cheese brain) who this is again. Thanks.

Coleman's dad Rod(ney), in regards to Coleman entering the Portal.

 

[BryceHopkins]

In the previous, now closed, recruiting thread, champaignpak posted, "Based on what the insiders said last time, and they heard from Rod, he has no plan on entering the portal."

Sorry for being a dunce, but I have seen that name (Rod) in several posts recently and can't for the life of me figure out who that is. All I can think of is Rod Cardinal. Please remind me (with the Swiss cheese brain) who this is again. Thanks.

In Rod we trust!

 

[skyIdub]

last year's "We need a traditional point guard" talk is this year's "We need a 7-footer" talk. Next year it will be "we need........?"

…..Bryce Hopkins.

 

[blackdog]

He was last of their starters in minutes played, pts/gm, WS, ORtg, DRtg (essentially tied), TS, etc, and worse overall than TSJ/Domask.

We wasn't even necessarily first in assists, with three players essentially tied (in a different order depending on which metric).

I'm sure he'll be a fine player for us, but not one I'd count on to be a top one or two player to make us great. He might be, but in my opinion his metrics make him less proven than TSJ/Domask.

As a very young sophomore. Surprising to many but generally college players get better from one season to the next.

 

[FrankNitty30]

Has anyone answered the question of who Rod is?

It is Rod Hawkins. That is Coleman’s dad.

 

[Poe's Law]

last year's "We need a traditional point guard" talk is this year's "We need a 7-footer" talk. Next year it will be "we need........?"

A new display case for our National Title Trophy.

Edit: @roger murdock beat me to it.

 

[TriangleIL]

Coleman dad, Rod.

 

[Poe's Law]

delete

 

[BryceHopkins]

…..Bryce Hopkins.

 

[hooraybeer]

Cod, Roleman's dad

 

[IlliniTaffy]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1782418641901789647

 

[illiniswish09]

There goes Goode… Gonna be a completely new team… Wild times

 

[redwingillini11]

Bye Luke...

 

[lstewart53x3]

As a very young sophomore. Surprising to many but generally college players get better from one season to the next.

To add to this, DGL was born on Feb 1, 2005 and couldn’t get off the bench for a top 10 team. Boswell was born April 18, 2005, and he started for a top 10 team (who finished 4 spots higher than us in KenPom) playing 27 minutes a game.

If there’s any kid you could expect a giant leap from over the next 1-2 years, it’s Boswell.