Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Dan

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Welcome to the Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread :illinois:

IL Returnees
1) Ty Rodgers
2) Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn

IL Signees
1) Morez Johnson (2024 PF) committed on November 4th, 2021.
2) Jason Jakstys (2024 F) committed on July 23rd, 2023.
3) Jake Davis (Mercer guard) committed on April 1st.
4) Tre White (Louisville wing) committed on April 9th.
5) Kylan Boswell (Arizona guard) committed on April 14th.
6) Carey Booth (Notre Dame forward) committed on April 16th.
7) Ben Humrichous (Evansville forward) committed on April 30th.
8) Tomislav Ivisic (Croatian center) committed on May 6th.


Unofficial IllinoisLoyalty List of Illinois Basketball Potential Targets by soupy17


IL players in transfer portal
1) Niccolo Moretti entered transfer portal on April 29th.
2) Coleman Hawkins entered transfer portal on May 1st.


Transfers/decommits from the program
1) Dain Dainja entered transfer portal on April 1st, committed to Memphis on April 5th.
2) Jase Butler decommitted on April 8th, committed to Washington on April 23rd.
3) Sencire Harris entered transfer portal on April 15th, committed to West Virginia on April 21st.
4) Amani Hansberry entered transfer portal on April 16th, committed to West Virginia on April 21st.
5) Luke Goode entered transfer portal on April 22nd, committed to Indiana on April 26th.


2025 Recruiting
1) Jeremiah Fears (2025 PG) committed on January 22nd, 2024.
 
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Are we still in the phase where the insiders are 100% sure we are going to get a player to fill the gaping hole in the roster, and people here actually believe them? The NBa draft can’t get here soon enough. I’m ready to move on to the denial phase.
 
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Tune in tomorrow folks for the bitter recruiting wars positional race...............
 
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On Dietrich Richardson, one thing that concerns me, when you watch local highlights by Hall of Famer Jim Mattson, you rarely heard Dietrich's name brought up. He's still young, but right now, I don't think he's good enough to be an Illini.

That said, with the way Underwood has been recruiting high school kids, no-brainers and projects that want to be at Illinois, maybe he does end up in Champaign. However, I expect him to be more of the Phoenix Gill type. Good enough to get offers from a lot of schools, but not what Underwood is looking for. Guess we'll see how he develops.
 
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BashCtIllini said:
On Dietrich Richardson, one thing that concerns me, when you watch local highlights by Hall of Famer Jim Mattson, you rarely heard Dietrich's name brought up. He's still young, but right now, I don't think he's good enough to be an Illini.

That said, with the way Underwood has been recruiting high school kids, no-brainers and projects that want to be at Illinois, maybe he does end up in Champaign. However, I expect him to be more of the Phoenix Gill type. Good enough to get offers from a lot of schools, but not what Underwood is looking for. Guess we'll see how he develops.
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He’s a 6’7 point guard with a ton of potential. I don’t think he compares to phoenix
 
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Joel Goodson

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BashCtIllini said:
On Dietrich Richardson, one thing that concerns me, when you watch local highlights by Hall of Famer Jim Mattson, you rarely heard Dietrich's name brought up. He's still young, but right now, I don't think he's good enough to be an Illini.

That said, with the way Underwood has been recruiting high school kids, no-brainers and projects that want to be at Illinois, maybe he does end up in Champaign. However, I expect him to be more of the Phoenix Gill type. Good enough to get offers from a lot of schools, but not what Underwood is looking for. Guess we'll see how he develops.
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when he first popped onto my radar, I was pretty dubious that he was Illini material (as is frequently the case). but his trajectory has been impressive. I'm getting less dubious by the month. is he a sure thing (take)? doubtful, but he has a lot of time.

if he is a take, it would be a nice fit with Fears. am assuming Fears is a 2 year guy, so Richardson would have a year to get ready
 
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Joel Goodson said:
when he first popped onto my radar, I was pretty dubious that he was Illini material (as is frequently the case). but his trajectory has been impressive. I'm getting less dubious by the month. is he a sure thing (take)? doubtful, but he has a lot of time.

if he is a take, it would be a nice fit with Fears. am assuming Fears is a 2 year guy, so Richardson would have a year to get ready
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I actually think Fears is only going to play 1 full season for the beloved.He will be draft able based on potential and his high ceiling,all he has to do is come in and play up to his potential.
 
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I actually think Fears is only going to play 1 full season for the beloved.He will be draft able based on potential and his high ceiling,all he has to do is come in and play up to his potential.
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And Brad is building the team with Fears’ freshman year in mind as well- you can see from the types of guys he’s getting in the portal.

Fears would be the missing piece on this team next year minus Humditty
 
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Emerson Bigguns

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And Brad is building the team with Fears’ freshman year in mind as well- you can see from the types of guys he’s getting in the portal.

Fears would be the missing piece on this team next year minus Humditty
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Fears will definitely don’t nicely in the scoring wing role.
 
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jamarvelous31

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So is the reason why we're arguing about Watkins or Lathon +1 that insiders aren't optimistic about Watkins?

Or are y'all just trying to calm the folks that will hand wring & complain regardless?
 
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