Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[SescIllini]

Seeing Sarr yesterday felt like we need to pair him with a veteran player...the player I would like is Coward. A starting 5 of Boswell, Coward, Sarr,Mirko and Tomi would be awesome and complimentary.

Off the bench Ty, Davis, Big Z and possibly Ben...and Adam Miller.

 

[ChicagoSouthSideIrish]

What happened is kids in the Transfer Portal don’t want to play for Underwood it’s not about NIL or Illinois but keeping believing what you want to believe.

 

[CrazyIlliniLady]

**Peoria** …

I truly believe if it was up to Adam … He never would’ve left Illinois …

He’s a proven guard, a leader and a kid where the front of the jersey means more than the back …

I want those kind of guys … He’s gonna have the freaking fire and be ready to go every night …

He is from Peoria but he also played at Morgan Park High School with Ayo, and they won the state championship.

 

[Altuve27]

It really pissed me off how often we got completely eviscerated last year. Losses are going to happen, but you shouldn’t get destroyed as often as it happened.

It looks like we will have a few guys who will get after it and compete on a more consistent basis. JMHO.

 

[skyIdub]

I mean Loyalty gonna Loyalty with these takes, but if you really don’t understand why Illinois Basketball is so much better to watch as a fan with players like Ty, Kylan, and Ace then you’re fan-ing wrong.
This year would have been SO much better with these three even if the results were only slightly better JUST because it’s those kids.

 

[Thompson1]

I’d be thrilled to get Ace back. Dudes old, great defender, can shoot, obviously would care about the name on the front of the jersey too

 

[MarvinShee]

I hate it when we have players from Central Illinois on our team. Never worked in the past. And 3s and tough defense off the bench? No thanks.

 

[Iamgroot]

Miller was ejected from a one-point loss to Kansas State on Feb. 4 for making contact with an opposing player. Because it was deemed a fighting ejection, it garnered a suspension for the next game, a 13-point loss at Oklahoma State.

But he was again ejected the next game for expressing his displeasure with a technical foul call, earning a second technical in the process

Hmmmm....do we really want this here at Illinois??

Say what you want but at least he cares he's invested hopefully he can clean that up as I think he would with daddy Brad as if the the technical was a bad call I think Brad would probably get T'D up himself

 

[foby]

I mean Loyalty gonna Loyalty with these takes, but if you really don’t understand why Illinois Basketball is so much better to watch as a fan with players like Ty, Kylan, and Ace then you’re fan-ing wrong.
This year would have been SO much better with these three even if the results were only slightly better JUST because it’s those kids.

 

[CrazyIlliniLady]

There are no modern quantifiable measures that could represent how much more I’d rather watch Ace Miller play for Illinois than Ben Humrichous.

Hate to say it but I totally agree. Adam Miller back at Illinois is much more exciting to me than Ben H (no offense intended). If Ben can be a depth piece at a good price, great, but like almost everybody on this board, I was disappointed in his performance, especially when it came at the expense of players I thought deserved more playing time.

 

[Iamgroot]

I hate it when we have players from Central Illinois on our team. Never worked in the past. And 3s and tough defense off the bench? No thanks.

Your joking right?Frank Williams,Brian Cook,Sergio McClain, Damonte Williams, Dj Henderson to name a few

 

[redwingillini11]

I’m going to need everyone who hates the idea of Miller coming back to turn in their Illini fan cards.

 

[KCJones]

Your joking right?Frank Williams,Brian Cook,Sergio McClain, Damonte Williams, Dj Henderson to name a few

Derek Holcomb, Mark Smith, Doug Altenberger, Bruce Douglas....

 

[MarvinShee]

Your joking right?Frank Williams,Brian Cook,Sergio McClain, Damonte Williams, Dj Henderson to name a few

/s takes all the fun out of it They are all legends to me.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Pretty sure that your sarcasm meter needs new batteries.

Also, do you mean DJ Richardson?

 

[HereSoIDontGetFined]

Adam Miller coming back is fine, but we shouldn't place our hopes in the kid to suddenly becoming a 20-point a night guy.

 

[Joel Goodson]

Your joking right?Frank Williams,Brian Cook,Sergio McClain, Damonte Williams, Dj Henderson to name a few

your sarcasm meter is on the blink

Richardson

 

[AZILL]

Sometimes you just gotta put a trojan rabbit out there and see who bites......

 

[Orangeandblue72]

Illinois culture? He was here a year and left that culture. Our culture has taken a hit, all we do is replace players at an incredible rate.

 

[Thompson1]

Adam Miller coming back is fine, but we shouldn't place our hopes in the kid to suddenly becoming a 20-point a night guy.

I don’t think we are. I think he’s minimum a Harmon role guy. Maximum he’s like a Trent guy

 

[Tables@EddieMunster]

Lol no one is doing this.

 

[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

I hate it when we have players from Central Illinois on our team. Never worked in the past. And 3s and tough defense off the bench? No thanks.

I'm sure if these boards were around back when this person I'm going to mention played, people would have been clamoring hard for Rich Beyers.

 

[Illini-Rule]

Adam Miller coming back is fine, but we shouldn't place our hopes in the kid to suddenly becoming a 20-point a night guy.

I don't think anyone on here is expecting Miller to be a 20 point a night type of player. But I think most on here feel he would be a great option off the bench and like everyone on the team, he will be given the opportunity to earn playing time and/or a starting position in practice and how they play.

 

[LvilleILL1]

Adam Miller coming back is fine, but we shouldn't place our hopes in the kid to suddenly becoming a 20-point a night guy.

who on earth is doing that?

 

[Dragons89]

I hate it when we have players from Central Illinois on our team. Never worked in the past. And 3s and tough defense off the bench? No thanks.

Frankie begs to differ. EDG’s all over the place. Tony Wysinger, Doug Altenbuger, Marcus Griffin, Sergio McClain, Damonte, DJ Richardson, Brian Cook, etc…..they were all busts!!!! Sorry for those I’m leaving off during my time but that’s just off memory.