Govoner Vaugn Fan
- New Orleans
We got Dain as a midyear transfer due to an open scholarship, Nico, too. No telling who might be available at mid year this season.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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1 or maybe 2 is fine for development but if we pull the UCLA thing (pretty sure we won't but if we do...) that is as far from "pretty smart" as you can possibly get with this.
Can you clear this up, aren't there rules against foreign players getting NIL?
All along I've thought that if we got a guy like Onyenso, we'd be in a good spot at center. Not great (like Kalk) but good. Hope we can say the same about this Euro guy...
Also, at one point Onyenso seemed like our main target at center, and now so much noise is about him going to Bama and no real big guy has been heavily connected here - that's because we're looking primarily overseas for our center I guess...right?
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True, no telling what player that will transfer out eventually we will get.
The best wings have all gone elsewhere or never entered the portal at all, the search for a combo guard seems to have… ended?, and now the staff is apparently looking to Europe to fill holes. That worked out very poorly for UCLA last season.
The roster is essentially a bunch of third and fourth options. If, say, both Boswell and a guy like Tre White popped, there a higher-end B1G team there. But that’s a pretty big if, and one would hope Illinois would be in a healthier spot than crossing its fingers and hoping.
Would love to feel the optimism the majority of this board is feeling, but I just don’t see it. There’s zero indication Illinois is in on the best talent remaining in the portal, and the needle-movers are getting few and far between. Turning to Europe smacks far more of desperation than savvy.
Sounds like the rest of college basketball caught up to Illinois in NIL, if nothing else.
The roster is essentially a bunch of third and fourth options. If, say, both Boswell and a guy like Tre White popped, there a higher-end B1G team there. But that’s a pretty big if, and one would hope Illinois would be in a healthier spot than crossing its fingers and hoping.
Would love to feel the optimism the majority of this board is feeling, but I just don’t see it. There’s zero indication Illinois is in on the best talent remaining in the portal, and the needle-movers are getting few and far between. Turning to Europe smacks far more of desperation than savvy.
Sounds like the rest of college basketball caught up to Illinois in NIL, if nothing else.
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No NIL if they're on an F-1 Visa
Loyalillini10
- Urbana, IL
It was said on an earlier page(s) he went there for two players.
217sports
- Springfield
Mid year transfers and you aren’t going to keep 13 kids happy, especially if they’re transferring in
Interesting. Thanks for the update. Is this “other European target” the one that has been noted as “iffy” by some others?
It seems there are some loopholes and ways to get them paid, e.g. pay them for signing jerseys while they’re back home over break.
Loyalillini10
- Urbana, IL
This just is not true.
There are ways to work around it.
Just curious, which parts are you saying aren't true?
I'm guessing that it's closer to true than not true. We'll see in the next couple of weeks.
As we sit here, at this very moment, we're a middle of the conference finishing, bubble team.
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illini80
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Or who we might lose mid year? But your point stands and I agree.
Good thing Brad is. This dude is really half way around the world right now putting his team together.
I hope you are correct…. So far the European experiments in the past 5 or 6 years have not been particularly successful from what I can recall.
Illini92and96
- Austin, TX
Well that is why you put them on an NIL-1 visa. Brad is playing 4th level chess.
I think Brad should pass on Bird though and go after a more elite wing. He's not athletic enough for the B1G 18.
Oh is he still overseas now? I guess from the Humrichous pics I thought he was back, but maybe those were taken before he left?
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