Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[genxrex]

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?

is/was idk

 

[WhiteHorseWings]

There are ways to work around it.

Like losing in a pinball match on purpose at Dave & Busters?

 

[Loyalillini10]

Or sometimes not so subtle. I had a conversation the other day with someone who played football at USC in the 80s. He got paid for a job. He was hired to shovel snow off the baseball fields.

Wait a second...

 

[PepeSilvia]

- Humrichous - nobody here follows Evansville basketball

You're really underestimating how much I love to watch the Valley.

 

[Loyalillini10]

Any names you can share? Understood if not.

I believe it was said some pages back that the names could not be shared at this time.

 

[PepeSilvia]

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.

Giorgi was very good. I thought Perrin would have turned out to be good but he went home.

Nico needs some development and he didn't really have a role a this level right now but I think he can be a very good college player.

 

[Loyalillini10]

You're really underestimating how much I love to watch the Valley.

Again, there are some great games on YouTube where you can watch BH in action. It is pretty exciting stuff.

 

[PepeSilvia]

Geoff is the European king - one guy will announce by end of weekend assuming admissions is cleared.

Second guy - the donors were just asked for more money to make it happen.

This staff is really impressive.

Are these both guys that would come over immediately?

 

[FoundersClub]

Prediction: Cam to Illinois.

 

[Illini92and96]

Nopointguardas Positionlessovic

Can I ask about Hooganna Komittous?

 

[BradUnderwoodLover]

So we went from

Boswell
Dante Maddox
David Jones
Domask
Coleman

to…

Boswell
Sallis
Jones
Wooga
Omier

and now it’s going to be…

Boswell essentially let go by Tommy
European that’s never played CBB
Tre Freaking White
Ben 14 ppg at Evansville Humrichous
Another European that’s never played CBB

 

[ChiefGritty]

Brad is playing this pretty smart by going Europe for his center. You can disagree if you want, but I am confident in the kid we are going to land being better than the majority of centers that have been crazy expensive in the portal and for way cheaper. The big time money is going to be saved for their other European target along with a wing

If you can work out the visa/NIL/NCAA issues and get and keep the kids in school and engaged with being college basketball players, Europe, especially the Balkans, is a freaking goldmine of basketball talent. Over-the-table money changes everything.

No NIL if they're on an F-1 Visa

No NIL inside the United States. That's the trick.

 

[Idea Gardener]

Geoff is the European king - one guy will announce by end of weekend assuming admissions is cleared.

Second guy - the donors were just asked for more money to make it happen.

This staff is really impressive.

I'm not sure what happened with Perrin, if he was homesick or felt deceived or something, but are we confident that won't be the case with this next guy? Especially since he's seemingly hasn't done a visit on campus.

 

[Illiniindian]

Call it a self-serving take if you want, but I think it's the truth: to forgive or brush away the roster construction failures of last summer is to underrate the amazing coaching job of the following season. They go hand in hand.

BU recruited his way into a straightjacket and handcuffs at the bottom of a lake and coached his way out of it. An extraordinary performance of finding a way to make talented but ill-fitting pieces into a humming machine.

Let's make it easier this time!

How was the roster construction poor. We had a great frontline, solid wings and a big point guard..

 

[Govoner Vaugn Fan]

I am assuming that if Brad took off a few days for trip to Eastern Europe just as we entered the final days of "Portal Combat", it is much more than a fishing expedition or a look at some potential 'project' guys. I'm guessing he is closing in on some serious talent.

 

[skyIdub]

Can I ask about Hooganna Komittous?

Concerns about his 3 pt. %.

 

[BretMyBeachHouse]

we we're in triage mode back then. we've moved way, way up the food chain. night and day difference

this happened two years ago with Nico and last year with Perrin. We definitely weren't in triage mode when we got those guys.

 

[Wrightandjohnstreet]

The way people have talked on here previously has been that we have such strong NIL and we were gonna bring in a bunch of rockstars that there would be no playing time for role players. Now its shifted to "we're spending our limited amount of money smartly going the Euro route". Just a funny shift in narrative. And not saying this is what will happen, but the Euro route has had a low hit rate for other programs as of late

 

[Keisersose]

Iffy as in not likely coming to Illinois or iffy as in not that good?

His name is Iffy. He literally said “the second one is Iffy”.

Now, who is the first one?

 

[illiniballknower]

Ivisic gives me Hunter Dickinson vibes. Not saying he will be as good but similar height, lefty, low volume but capable three point shooter, pretty good passer for a big man, efficient inside the arc, pretty good block percentage, White.

 

[More3s]

Now, who is the first one?

Yes

 

[Keisersose]

Geoff is the European king - one guy will announce by end of weekend assuming admissions is cleared.

Second guy - the donors were just asked for more money to make it happen.

This staff is really impressive.

 

[Keisersose]

Yes

No, who

 

[Frank]

Yes

What?

 

[RabidDawgClassic]

What?

Second base.