Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[Future Insider]

What happens if Ben comes back and shoots 45% from 3? Will everyone still hate the young man for Brad wanting him back?

That is a possibility. Give him a year with Fletch and a role coming off the bench and I’m ok with that.

 

[CleverHandle1]

Expecting two more transfers out, three at most. Kylan and Tomi are locked in for sure, as is Jason, I am leaning Ty staying over Tre right now as well. Still think 1/2 of Jake/Ben is back.

I wasn't surprised by Tre once 'Rez went portaling.

 

[Illinialldayeveryday]

We feel like about 2008 under Weber atm. U can see the writing on the wall that Ubdwrwood isn’t gonna be much longer for the job. And he is nowhere near the game coach Bruce was.

Fan base and $ could turn on him completely in short order.

Not really. They'll find people to replace them.

 

[ChiefGritty]

He had one year at 41% at a lower level. We now have a year of evidence of what he does at this level. I will place more trust in what he showed in the B10, not at Evansville.

We've come full circle from people putting Humrichous in the NBA exactly one year ago in this very thread.

I remain consistent from that day to now: Ben can be a big weapon as a complimentary player, especially with the way BU wants to play. He's a knockdown shooter, over time that will be well established. I hope he stays if the price is right.

 

[PleaseMakeABowlGame]

so what are the main portal targets? gonna need a big in-haul after so many departures. staff needs to have a plan.

 

[Se Il Illini]

He said it wasn't about money. Others didn't.

Listen, our offense was all about not taking a lot if mid range 2s. Especailly low percentage ones and bottom line Rez likely didn't show it in practice and its selfish to want to take them if he didn't. Other guys like White and Will git those shows likely because they did it at a higher clip.

But we did hear that the 3 point shooters made their threes in practice.

 

[JD76]

Brad wants Ben back … He’s made that clear …

What happened to becoming more athletic?

 

[CoalCity]

Tre and DGL.

Man I hate the idea of losing Tre. I think his game really came around after his sickness/benching/ whatever it was got resolved.

 

[CleverHandle1]

If Ben hits open shots this team would have been completely unlocked. He will never be in a situation better than he had this year.

Back to do what exactly?

Back to somehow being a huge disappointment, but somehow be +100 when the data is analyzed.

 

[whatahack]

I hate everything

I still hate everything....

 

[New Creation]

We've come full circle from people putting Humrichous in the NBA exactly one year ago in this very thread.

I remain consistent from that day to now: Ben can be a big weapon as a complimentary player, especially with the way BU wants to play. He's a knockdown shooter, over time that will be well established. I hope he stays if the price is right.

a year go, Ben was not even a thought for this board yet. We were focused on winning an elite 8 game.. now we are talking about more transfers leaving.. There is obvious an issue inside this program because there aren't any other schools who have KEPT THEIR COACH and had this many transfers out.. I can't think of any? Brad is going starting to get in his own way...

 

[JD76]

There goes the core we desperately needed to hold on to.

But at least we still have Tyler and Hamer!!! That is more important than keeping any players (major sarcasm)

Brad is running this program into the ground in favor of…..I don’t even know. Stubbornness? Nepotism? What is it?

This train started to go downhill when he hired his unqualified kid. And it is picking up speed.

 

[CleverHandle1]

What happens if Ben comes back and shoots 45% from 3? Will everyone still hate the young man for Brad wanting him back?

This is a huge "What if." If miracles do happen, then I will gladly eat crow.

 

[eas23]

White's skillset and production can be replaced in the portal, but I hope it comes with the same eff you attitude and occasional over-confidence that Tre has. We're gonna need some guys who play like grown-a$$ men.

 

[Todd99]

Ok this is becoming a joke. How long until college basketball becomes the NBA, and people stop watching? The NBA became a snoozefest, and we sadly aren't far behind. No one is acting quickly enough to establish some rules, parameters, contracts, etc. to stop this nonsense. If i was age 18-23, I would take the money also if someone threw a 7 figure amount at me. Anyone in their right mind would. The NCAA is and always has been a disgrace, and it continues to show. The leadership punts on hard issues, and looks the other way.

At least in the NBA players stay for a few years. Teams don’t start over every year.

 

[cs04]

Did hitting on Domask as a diamond in the rough go to Brad's head and now he's ride-or-die with Ben H?

Ben is fine as a shooter coming off the bench (that can be subbed out if he's missing), but he cannot be a focal point of the offense.

 

[NoDetails]

If you’re trading Tre White for Josh Dix you do it in a heartbeat.

 

[RenoGray10]

This ^ + Ben.

Get him outta here please…..

Edit: somehow didn’t get the post added that I was replying to, which was getting Hamer, Baby Brad and Jones out.

 

[Indy Illini Fan]

Anything to do with coaching?.

 

[IlliniRunIn07]

I'm doing my best to reserve judgment until we see what team we can put together. But got to admit, this is a rough few days. If we lose Boswell or Tomi, I'll probably go into 'sky is falling' mode pretty quickly.

 

[IlliniJeevs]

Not even remotely true

 

[illinifan1987]

What happens if Ben comes back and shoots 45% from 3? Will everyone still hate the young man for Brad wanting him back?

If that happens, I'll gladly eat crow. I'm going to go with the old saying, "you can only polish a turd so much".

 

[americanoutlaw11]

We feel like about 2008 under Weber atm. U can see the writing on the wall that Ubdwrwood isn’t gonna be much longer for the job. And he is nowhere near the game coach Bruce was.

Fan base and $ could turn on him completely in short order.

It’s happening before our eyes, hard and fast.

 

[DewLou]

It's too bad Western Kentucky forward Jaylen Butz graduated. BU could have brought him in on the cheap, and if the Illini land Josh Dix, they could have had Dix and Butz on the team. Just a little humor to lessen the Morez Johnson pain.

 

[Trueblue777]

I thought he was referencing Morez and his parents at times