Loyalillini10
- Urbana, IL
True. Apparently, it seems some now believe Loyalty is a place that can get you to a place where you can find and enjoy casual dating with real women.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Desmond Claude checks in at #36 on the 247 Portal rankings.
Humrichous does not appear among the 368 players ranked. Jake Davis does. (That's not remotely justifiable given the programs recruiting Humrichous, but the list says what it says)
Loyalty, who would you rather have if you could only have one?
(I know it isn't the same position, quiet down and answer the question)
soupy17
- MI
The Athletic has Humrichous at 116 on their list, which goes to 161.
https://theathletic.com/5360188/2024/04/24/ncaa-transfers-portal-rankings-list/ ($$)
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You have 13 roster spots to fill. What's that harm in kicking the tires?
Also, I would argue Coleman was a project big which would make 2 big hits for Brad in 8 years with him and Giorgi.
Worst case scenario he's not good, never cracks the rotation, and goes the way of Omar Payne.
Not sure how you answer it without accounting for position. Your question seems to really be asking, if you could only have 1, which would you rather have - a stretch 4 or a big athletic wing. I assume everyone would take the wing. In your scenario, the answer changes depending on whether we would also have David Jones (or someone like him) or not.
Desmond Claude checks in at #36 on the 247 Portal rankings.
Humrichous does not appear among the 368 players ranked. Jake Davis does. (That's not remotely justifiable given the programs recruiting Humrichous, but the list says what it says)
Loyalty, who would you rather have if you could only have one?
(I know it isn't the same position, quiet down and answer the question)
texillwek
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Wait. Am I being catfished?
RichardKeenesCousin
Richard Keene's Cousin
5 guys French Fries are so overrated. Give me Wendy's fries, but with Chick-fil-A sauce all day long.
The Galloping Ghost
- Washington, DC
Iron: "This Illinois team is a sure fire tournament team in my book"
ChiefGritty: "I cannot agree, unfortunately."
Illini Basketball 2023-2024
Ty Rodgers himself said he was the starting point guard in an interview within the past month if I remember correctly He didn’t say starting, FWIW.
www.illinoisloyalty.com
Always gotta keep the receipts, just in case.
Illini Basketball 2023-2024
Ty Rodgers himself said he was the starting point guard in an interview within the past month if I remember correctly He didn’t say starting, FWIW.
www.illinoisloyalty.com
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Have you considered more NIL money?
I’ll bite- I’ll take Humrichous given our current roster. Claude is a better all around player but we don’t need a PG and a wing that shoots 23% from three and takes 3.3 of them a game is not good for the team (why did he keep shooting them?)
Desmond Claude checks in at #36 on the 247 Portal rankings.
Humrichous does not appear among the 368 players ranked. Jake Davis does. (That's not remotely justifiable given the programs recruiting Humrichous, but the list says what it says)
Loyalty, who would you rather have if you could only have one?
(I know it isn't the same position, quiet down and answer the question)
Xavier recruited over Claude for a reason
RichardKeenesCousin
Richard Keene's Cousin
Iron: "This Illinois team is a sure fire tournament team in my book"
ChiefGritty: "I cannot agree, unfortunately."
Illini Basketball 2023-2024
Ty Rodgers himself said he was the starting point guard in an interview within the past month if I remember correctly He didn’t say starting, FWIW.
Always gotta keep the receipts, just in case.
Illini Basketball 2023-2024
Ty Rodgers himself said he was the starting point guard in an interview within the past month if I remember correctly He didn’t say starting, FWIW.
Not sure how much eligibility Mor Seck has, but nothing wrong with contacting him now to be better positioned for when the kid enters portal after next season. Start building relationship now.
In his defense, not agreeing that a team is a sure fire tournament team, is not the same thing as saying that they are not a tournament team.Iron: "This Illinois team is a sure fire tournament team in my book"
ChiefGritty: "I cannot agree, unfortunately."
Illini Basketball 2023-2024
Ty Rodgers himself said he was the starting point guard in an interview within the past month if I remember correctly He didn’t say starting, FWIW.
Always gotta keep the receipts, just in case.
Illini Basketball 2023-2024
Ty Rodgers himself said he was the starting point guard in an interview within the past month if I remember correctly He didn’t say starting, FWIW.
#1 It didn't exactly sound like you had them penciled into the tourney
#2 Thank the good lord you don't see these kinds of worries next year. Would be quite a conundrum if the "2024-2025 Illini were totally, unavoidably screwed" or our best 5 weren't a basketball team.
#3 Now we're hearing it about Tre White. Jab the kid some more.
Ben Humrichous
Desmond Claude checks in at #36 on the 247 Portal rankings.
Humrichous does not appear among the 368 players ranked. Jake Davis does. (That's not remotely justifiable given the programs recruiting Humrichous, but the list says what it says)
Loyalty, who would you rather have if you could only have one?
(I know it isn't the same position, quiet down and answer the question)
Of course, I'm hoping that Illinois can get a transfer from 7'0" 247 lbs. Kentucky sophomore center Ugonna Onyenso. He's the type of long, athletic, rim protector that Illinois really needs. Perhaps his connection with Coach Antigua will help with this recruitment. I also think that 6'11" 235 lbs. Ohio State sophomore center Felix Okpara would be an excellent addition via the transfer portal. He too has length and athleticism, and he's almost as good as Onyenso at blocking shots. Watching the Illinois/OSU game this season, I noticed how well Okpara moved on the court, and how many shots he contested or blocked. His offensive game is primarily dunks off lobs, but his back to the basket game seems to be improving. Coach Antigua could help him to further improve that aspect of his offensive game. Do any Insiders know if Illinois has interest in Okpara, or if we have contacted him?
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
See, this is exactly why I never offer an opinion concerning basketball in these threads.Iron: "This Illinois team is a sure fire tournament team in my book"
ChiefGritty: "I cannot agree, unfortunately."
Illini Basketball 2023-2024
Ty Rodgers himself said he was the starting point guard in an interview within the past month if I remember correctly He didn’t say starting, FWIW.
Always gotta keep the receipts, just in case.
Illini Basketball 2023-2024
Ty Rodgers himself said he was the starting point guard in an interview within the past month if I remember correctly He didn’t say starting, FWIW.
So who was Chester Frazier on here?
You’re ruining the narrative that he’s another slow guy from a mid major. See Marcus Domask.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Good stuff, I didn't know where to go looking for that.Iron: "This Illinois team is a sure fire tournament team in my book"
ChiefGritty: "I cannot agree, unfortunately."
Illini Basketball 2023-2024
Ty Rodgers himself said he was the starting point guard in an interview within the past month if I remember correctly He didn’t say starting, FWIW.
Always gotta keep the receipts, just in case.
The word "Domask" appears nowhere in the litany of replies that we were fine at point guard.
The statement that Ty Rodgers could not play that role was 100% correct. The statement that Justin Harmon couldn't either and wasn't really good enough to be a major contributor was also 100% correct.
I feel like this statement I made in that thread puts it in a sensible light:
"The GOOD news is that because this roster is very good in terms of passing up and down the lineup, plus a higher degree of familiarity with each other and the system, the demands on that PG position are not super high. We don't need some master orchestrator there. But we do need a point guard.
I would not be shocked if one of DGL, Sincere, Moretti or Harmon (in that order) turns out to give us just enough to allow the strength of the rest of the roster to shine through and avoid a disastrous mess. I would be shocked if a Rodgers, TSJ, Domask, Hawkins, Dainja type lineup is viable. We're gonna look like we did against Arkansas when we couldn't run anything and real guards were just taking the ball away from us at will."
We were all underrating Guerrier, especially his ability to make Hawkins a viable 5 in a 5 out system.
But no one foresaw Domask as a functional Big Ten point guard, no poster, not Domask himself, not Underwood himself. The construction of that roster DID fail, we put all of our eggs in the RayJ basket and got caught too late to recover when that fell apart.
We got a miracle, a miracle that only great coaching and strategic flexibility (plus a super high underlying talent level) could unlock, but a miracle all the same. We won't need a miracle this time around, at least we shouldn't. It's a bad idea to rely on them.
I dunno, I don't really like tooting my own horn on this, and my analysis in that thread led to objectively incorrect conclusions. But the analysis was also more sound than anyone who disagreed. I am not ashamed of anything wrote there.
(Unlike, by way of counterexample, being a Lovie believer way, way longer than I should have been. That was just a failure to look at what was right in front of my face.)
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Woodson's grill at IU is quite a bit hotter than Underwood'sThe “Brad’s cooking” rhetoric has died down
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