Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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skyIdub

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logjam said:
Any chance Krutwig has any eligibility left? šŸ˜‰
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Illini92and96

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ChiefGritty said:
I think the fact that his analysis is correct and that WOULD be the best team in the country by an absolute mile is pretty instructive about WHY it's extremely unrealistic that we will be stacking up any significant number of those players.

No team has the NIL riches to just straight up purchase an entire lineup of the absolute top players. Not Kentucky not UNC, not anybody. And certainly not Illinois. And those are the top players, certainly the top 10 in the portal, you could make the case they're 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Each of those players will maximize their money by going somewhere that hasn't already dedicated a huge chunk of its resources to one of the others. Simple economics. This no longer has the mechanics of high school recruiting where mega-classes had a way of clumping together, the incentives are the exact opposite.


He's not much of a shooter with ugly form, but I was going to compare him to a better passing but worse shooting Malcolm Hill. He's "Mr. Everything" the way Hill was.
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Is there anything preventing a school from buying up the top 5, other than dollars? I would assume some donor/donor group could write a $20M check in the quest to buy a national championship. Or is there more to it (aside from the big $ that would be required).

Seems like A&M tried this approach in football with their #1 recruiting class a few years ago, although the $ have likely ballooned since then.
 
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SkyysNotFalling

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Fly Illini Fly! said:
That ain't happenin. Not money wise nor fit wise. Kalk and Holmes together would be if KY got both Oscar and Kofi about 3 years ago. Probably a little bit of downgrade but...yeah
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Why not a fit? Holmes can guard 1-5 & shoot it. Kalk rim protecting rim runnerā€¦ Jones scores at all 3 levelsā€¦ Richmond utility guy who can get his.. Boswell set up guy.
 
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ChiefGritty

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Illini92and96 said:
Is there anything preventing a school from buying up the top 5, other than dollars? I would assume some donor/donor group could write a $20M check in the quest to buy a national championship. Or is there more to it (aside from the big $ that would be required).

Seems like A&M tried this approach in football with their #1 recruiting class a few years ago, although the $ have likely ballooned since then.
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Yeah, in a mature and free and open marketplace, whatever the crazy ā€œletā€™s try to win a championshipā€ bid you can make, your competitors can and will match. They have rich and ambitious donors too, and theyā€™re terrified of falling behind in the arms race.
 
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ptgrd23

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What time did they say we would get our next portal commit?
 
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purcy51

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BrownBoxSpecialist said:
McHugh's fries down in Mattoon are better
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Is that owned by Tom McHugh? If so, he used to be a McDonald's owner/operator up here in Northern Indiana. I knew him back in the 80s/90s when my dad owned a few stores. Blast from the past! And yes, McDonalds fries are #1 on.my list, but I'm a tad biased
 
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FrankNitty30

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skyIdub said:
Shout out to @Dan for allowing the offseason threads to incorporate the critical analysis of all things completely unrelated to recruiting and...well....basketball.

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Speaking of garlic bread.

Texas toast with a layer of garlic butter with a 4 cheese blend on topā€¦.. #1.
 
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