Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Well don't lump me in with the message board
I can't recall ever making a Domask comp until nowI'm actually not making the comparison I think you are seeing. I am saying look at what Marcus Domask turned himself into in a short 5-6 months. Domask was certainly no booty ball master at SIU nor was he a distributor at SIU, at least not at the level he became here.
You're correct and I agree that there are stark differences between the two, but currently Andrej is closer to March 2024 Domask than even the guy himself was prior to arriving here.
How many NIL budgets are properly reported/published and how much information around NIL budgets and player transactions is hearsay?
Thanks for the feedback! Definitely want to add eligibility remaining, but I was finding it tough to get definite answers on many players. Though, I suppose an approximation would be good enough.
This is hilarious to me because of who he is quotes tweeting. That guy wants to be relevant so badly
We keep landing these Eastern Europeans and we’re gonna attract some nice NIL from the cig companies.
Good to see you back, man. Thanks for the info. Nice to know what is actually available at the moment. Gives us a glimpse into what may be possible and what isn’t. I hope Andrej and Adam becomes a thing. I’d feel great about that.
We shall see…
Well don't lump me in with the message board
I'm actually not making the comparison I think you are seeing. I am saying look at what Marcus Domask turned himself into in a short 5-6 months. Domask was certainly no booty ball master at SIU nor was he a distributor at SIU, at least not at the level he became here.
You're correct and I agree that there are stark differences between the two, but currently Andrej is closer to March 2024 Domask than even the guy himself was prior to arriving here.
Purdue is benefitting from a couple of things right now:
1) Their best players are very good college players, but not NBA talent, so they are playing 4 years in college (maybe not a bad strategy to start recruiting these types of players, ones not on NBA radars)
2) It's always easier to raise money to retain all-big ten players - we saw that with Kofi coming back, TSJ etc. donors will always fund bringing back a known player they love - Purdue's donors ponied up this year to bring back their big three given they had a taste of the final game in '23 and know they can get back there - that is a very easy sell
3) Their staff has done a good job cultivating the culture - even with the first two things being true, you still have to convince your kids to stay and run it back and they have been able to do that.
Guilty as charged. Sorry, it's my nature.
In your opinion is this donor fatigue with BU or just our programs ceiling?
I can’t imagine Dain wants to come here to come off the bench. He doesn’t start over Tomi and I can’t imagine playing Dain, Tomi, or Z at the 4.
I’m confused …
Don't we have higher priorities than 3rd center?
If the goal is calculating age then maybe D-1 experience is a good metric vs working the other way?
This one is also kind of a pot shot but Kenpom has a calculation for it that I got to work one time by ChatGPTing the formula, you may also be able to add player data into ChatGPT to get to "total D-1 experience."
Michigan is paying Yaxel $4 mill? And probably paying Morez $2 mill? Sounds like we have a money problem this offseason...
Waddell is unbelievably critical of Illinois' offseason so far.. An outside perspective that is obviously removed from our bias..
Waddell is unbelievably critical of Illinois' offseason so far.. An outside perspective that is obviously removed from our bias..
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Was told we have about 5-5.5 left, but that could be expanded depending on a couple of things.
I was thinking 4/5 that shoots 61.5% and gets 7.4 rbs a game...it's kinda what we're looking for at the 4...but agree we need a lot of things...
You forgot Hamer's million dollar raise. Am I doing this right?
Have to imagine that one of those would be if Will decided to run it back (although unlikely).
ChiefGritty
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Domask led SIU in assists each of his last three seasons and did play out of the post, see the latter stages of this video:
He had those tools in his toolbox. But all the credit goes to BU for MacGuyvering his way to building an elite offense through those tools on a team with no point guard.
It ain't complicated, it's continuity. A great coach with a clearly defined system handpicked those guys and has been shaping them within that consistent system and developing them together for years and both he and his donor base have kept faith and believed that they would continue to grow and take steps forward as time went on.
IF you can pick the right players and IF you can keep them together and IF you're a high quality X's and O's coach there's no doubt that you're going to make a great team that will beat up most of the half @ssed AAU rosters out there. But doing those three elements together for a sustained period has become almost impossible, all credit to Painter for pulling it off.
If that’s true make the sales pitch to Sarr and Stojakovic to each come at $2.75m and be a Final 4 contender.
Bc we need more shooting
It is hard to imagine many future final fours or even elite 8's where a non-Major 4 conference (or Big East school) is a participant. How can these smaller conferences and schools compete in this era of +$10M rosters? It is kind of sad because I was always happy to see a "David" defeat a "Goliath" and make a run towards a national title. Now these smaller schools are like minor league teams where their good players will leave for $$$$ after 1 year.
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