sacraig
- The desert
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Until the rules change, I'd just put everyone on 1 year to play... I don't see how anyone can plan very far ahead in roster construction. Young men between the ages of 16 and 23 are some of the ficklest critters out there. They are easily distracted by shiny objects. For the ones that don't play, PT is a very shiny object. For those that do, people will dangle things that are literally shiny in front of them...
Every April will be basketball roster Thunderdome.
I know it won’t have the biggest on court impact and the scholarship will likely best be used for somebody else, but I for one will be sad to lose Moretti. Him and Luke seemed to be the main drivers of the good vibes and culture over their years, and anytime he was brought in, he was almost always rock solid, which is really tough for a guy who has no idea if he’s even touching the court that day. Plus I have a soft spot for good passers and the extra zip he had on his dishes was always fun to watch, reminded me of Belo
Kylan, Wooga, Jones, Humrichous would be an outstanding shooting lineup 1-4..
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
True in terms of future expectations of keeping those players, but I don't think you want 13 final season guys all on the same team, that's a path to a bad culture.Until the rules change, I'd just put everyone on 1 year to play... I don't see how anyone can plan very far ahead in roster construction. Young men between the ages of 16 and 23 are some of the ficklest critters out there. They are easily distracted by shiny objects. For the ones that don't play, PT is a very shiny object. For those that do, people will dangle things that are literally shiny in front of them...
Every April will be basketball roster Thunderdome.
And we want there to be good, key players on the team who we WANT back and want to shell out big NIL to keep.
We weren't willing to fight for our returnees this year. That's directly related to our heavy reliance on a lineup of 5 guys where the NBA-bound Hawkins was the only one with eligibility left.
Brad's cooking, we'll be fine, but I think we can and should keep the chaos dial a little short of that in the future.
Yes...I have a friend that works at Creighton and he tells me that there's been a lot of chatter of losing him to the portal....if so I would like that addition to the O & BHeading there might be a new portal entry soon…
biglug58
- Chicago, IL
Another one for the Illini "All-Name" team
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
Belo will live on in Illini lore long after we are gone
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Wow...the rare spice Girls reference
Note that I didn't say they were bad, per se. Just incredibly overrated. I'm assuming you've never any other good fries, otherwise you'd definitely agree.
Too short for my liking...i don't have a problem if he is coming off the bench and doesn't play with Boswell.
Thought we are leaving an open ride...
Even with Illinois, that hasn't been true. Dain stayed for 2 years, TJ for 2 years, Grandison stayed 3 years. A lot of the draw of Boswell is that he's got 2 years of eligibility. You can't expect it, for sure, but years of eligibility is still an asset for players (and a large part of why Sencire redshirted last year, to maintain an additional year of self value).Until the rules change, I'd just put everyone on 1 year to play... I don't see how anyone can plan very far ahead in roster construction. Young men between the ages of 16 and 23 are some of the ficklest critters out there. They are easily distracted by shiny objects. For the ones that don't play, PT is a very shiny object. For those that do, people will dangle things that are literally shiny in front of them...
Every April will be basketball roster Thunderdome.
Get old, stay old is a thing, sure, but it's usually a couple players per year, not the whole team.
First of all, somewhere DGLs Mom is cussing you out for this.
Secondly, this is a solid, deep squad but not really seeing the star power I think we were all hoping for. Feels like this team might struggle scoring the basketball. Feels like solid but not elite. Am I wrong?
We don't want him anyway. /s
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
This is a pretty crazy take, in my opinion. I think if we land the people that we are targeting, there is a better possibility of Ty transferring away than there is of Ty starting.
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