soupy17
- MI
Looked it up out of curiosity - Ivisic has 441 career points in the Adriatic League (3 seasons, 22-25 games per season). Not trying to take away from your point though.
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Looked it up out of curiosity - Ivisic has 441 career points in the Adriatic League (3 seasons, 22-25 games per season). Not trying to take away from your point though.
GallopingGhost
- Denver, CO
So Egor chills on us, per Twitter rumors. Which large school swooped in with a bigger bag?
read the threads.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
So we're going to try to either pull Jamir Watkins out of the draft, or flip Dre Davis away from Ole Miss.
Those both sound pretty longshotty to me, but the good news is both of those guys fit our need and probably project to be better college basketball players in 2024-25 than Egor Demin, whose four years of eligibility were purely hypothetical anyway.
drsmitty74
- Rochester
Indy, you mentioned a transfer that committed may open the recruiting back up, what are the chances that play is Richmond? I know we were courting both he and Demin at the same time, and I was wondering if he committed to STJ when he heard Demin was close to signing with us. I know one of the insiders said it was a first come first serve with those two. Now that Demin is done, could Richmond reconsider?
Post #338 in the previous thread is what I was referring to.
Post #338 in the previous thread is what I was referring to.
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I think you’ve made my point for me. Can Spencer and Karaban are good but put them on another team and no one is calling them an alpha.
Alpha denotes dominance. Look at their stats. None of them dominated the ball or scoring. Their greatness was in the depth, balance, and defensive ability.
I’m not comparing our current roster to theirs. I am disputing the fact that you need an alpha/dominant scorer.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
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LadyLoyalty
- Indian Wells, CA
These days it doesn’t need to be a large school, just a large donor.
Donor size does matter
Egor seems to have a very high ceiling and the idea that UConn is willing to spend that much only reinforces the opinion that he will be ready for the college game.
That said... Our roster has experience but nobody who averaged ~15ppg on a P5 schedule. If that is plan B here, the floor for this team is even higher than it was with Egor. I just don't see Brad and OA not adding a quality wing with size that makes this team top 3 in the B1G.
That said... Our roster has experience but nobody who averaged ~15ppg on a P5 schedule. If that is plan B here, the floor for this team is even higher than it was with Egor. I just don't see Brad and OA not adding a quality wing with size that makes this team top 3 in the B1G.
Las Vegas?
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Talk about culture shock. Ask Jim McMahon about how much he enjoyed his time there. If he’s as good as they say, he shouldn’t be thinking about maximizing his money now. He needs to be thinking about how he can set himself up for a higher salary in the league. TV coverage brother! That will raise your draft status better than anything, Provo isn’t the best market for that.
LadyLoyalty
- Indian Wells, CA
Isn’t that exactly what I just said?
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Fun fact (no googling). Who had the best 3pt% last year???……………………………..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,……………………………………………….,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,……………………………………..
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Tomislav. 42.3
Hummer. < 42
Hummer. < 42
And don't forget, Davis and Booth are still freshmen. They will be better as sophs.
Considering that he is being mocked as a lottery pick after playing overseas, I'm pretty sure he's set in that regard. Scouts will find you no matter where you play.
Since it really is no sweat off my back (or anyone's for that matter) and I only think it got mentioned once (collectively) in this thread, I'm happy to help...it appears UConn and BYU are the two bidders at $2M
Yep, and until we get that mega backer it's going to be like this every year. Getting good pieces but just missing that final big piece that puts it all completely together. We'll have some good teams that make the tourney consistently, but it's gonna take that huge backer for us to go above and beyond.
I'm 50/50 asking this earnestly and tongue in cheek- we added a true point guard and a true big, how many absolute core #1 holes did we have this off season ?
Where?
I wish some of these portal and overseas guys just had the "Buy It Now" feature instead of the bidding process.
Krombopulos_Michael
- Aurora, Illinois (that’s a suburb of Chicago)
We don’t have a quality SG unless DGL makes a huge leap. At tge moment we have only two legit guards on the roster.
At this point, i wish Sencire or Butler had stayed.
I struggle a bit with Indiana and Mike Woodson out-portaling us this year.
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