Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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That’s the older brother tho right??
hooraybeer
- Pittsburgh, PA
not sure how you can watch the video of OA discussing his return to the Illini and not feel good about where we're at
hooraybeer
- Pittsburgh, PA
let's get Curbelo back too. I want to be able to wear my only ever NIL purchase t-shirt of the Puerto Rican trio again
sacraig
- The desert
I am going by what he stated not a Ronald McDonald gif. Yes and I do keep up. I bleeeeed Orange
I get what you are saying about SC. I really do and there is only one ball BUTT (and it's a big one), the COACH is kind of important too and Musselman can coach up guys.
That’s the older brother tho right??
It's the brother that is coming to Illinois... believe he is the middle brother of 3 boys? Or are there more, anyone know?
chrisRunner7
- Spokane, WA
Lol, Goode gave maximum effort but he still had that really rough stretch where he was struggling defending the post. Refs would blow the whistle and the camera would pan to an exasperated Goode who just got thrown to the floor and was somehow called for a foul anyway.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
I have no idea how they're categorizing possessions in those videos (also is anyone else sick to death of that music?). There are a couple of kinda-sorta ball screens in the Humrichous ones (it's more of a pin-down action that Evansville seemed to like to run, and the first option was for Humrichous to let fly. Good idea!), and then there are some that are just objectively not a screen of any kind at all.
He doesn't have quite Coleman's assist rate (and nowhere near Domask), but he will pass. I don't mind that as a stylistic comparison really, Coleman is more talented and explosive, and of course he wasn't handling the ball in PNR's for us either, but he would put the ball on the floor. A little bit of Hawkins, a little bit of Guerrier, a little bit of Goode.
I like the film. He fits what we do. Felt the same way about Jake Davis, it's like "oh, these are our kinds of actions".
But all of that said, there's a note of equivalence between Ben Humrichous and Kylan Boswell afoot in this thread, and there's no other way to say it, that's absurd and incorrect. ("a better version of Coleman" also, just flatly, wildly unrealistic. He wasn't a better version of Coleman on a bad Valley team. He wasn't even a better version of Coleman in NAIA.) Humrichous is a complementary piece, Boswell is a cornerstone. And again, not only is it a fact that Domask was a dramatically more accomplished player at SIU, the receipts are there of me saying so the moment he committed and accurately pointing out that he was a lock for a huge and starting role. "That's what everyone said about Domask" is the path to unfair expectations and disappointment with Humrichous and I'm trying to nip that in the bud.
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illinihawk16
- Chicago
Oh no, not our conference rival!
Can’t stress this enough - Goode got a bruuutal whistle this year.
*sniff that in the butt
for those that don’t remember, believe this was something else the schmack kid said during a student broadcast.
I know it’s his final year and it would probably be a blow to his ego, but he really should drop down a level. He won’t do himself any favors by going to another P6 program.
hooraybeer
- Pittsburgh, PA
bummer. but LG gave us everything he had for 3 years and should have our support regardless of where he ends up
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Recall couch Antigua recruited Meledez and Curbello. With Goode gone, there is some probability and merit for Melendez to return.
201154JC
- Rockford, IL
Kind of a 50/50 thing I guess. Better defender than Luke if memory serves me right.
I feel like Illinois always get the shortend of the stick on these NCAA rulings, so I'm sure it'll be not great.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Here we go, yall
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