Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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FrankNitty30
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FromTheLogo
Altuve27 said:
I believe that Brad has indicated that Ben will be back.
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From Ben'$ per$pective, I think he should transfer. But money isn't everything and he's been to 3 schools already, so maybe he'll just stay for the ride (on the bench).
 
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illini011
As much as I am excited about the possibility of adding two players- one European and the possibility of Desmond Claude or Boogie Fland… how would that work? Some people would not be happy with minutes.
 
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PepeSilvia said:
I'm not saying that he won't earn the minutes but Ty still provides a lot of things(toughness, strength, defense, offensive rebounding, etc) that aren't really present on the rest of the roster.

I just don't see Ty returning without seeing 20ish minutes a game.

Ben might return and be fine but what he provides(shooting) is more redundant with the rest of the roster. Tomi, Big Z, and Mirk are all bigs that can shoot.
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Yeah at the 4/5 in terms of minutes I see Tomi at 25ish or more and Z at 15ish at the 5. At the 4 Mirk at 20ish and Big Z and Ben at around 10 each unless opposing teams 4s are smaller then Ty may get a bit at the 4.
 
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hoopsfan47 said:
Not only has BU embraced the NIL era with $trong booster support....but evidently he has found learning the nuances of the Slavic languages quite easy. His first step hiring paid players got us Mayer and TSJr. which worked out well over two seasons in spite of some disappointment. The next step got us a full roster of talent albeit very young and inexperienced.

Now, we have a roster of older, experienced guys, once again with size and talent....but with somewhat of a language barrier...and possible eligibility issue for Petrovic.

Not many coaches would take on such problems year after year...but maybe he had no choice or he made a better one. Regardless, there is still the huge problem of fitting the pieces together once again. As has been pointed out by another poster, on paper it appears there has been no improvement in shooting beyond the arc. We will soon learn if that is so...or if he has another scheme up his sleeve.

And I dearly hope Ty has used the past year to improve his shooting. Yet, if all the weaknesses have been worked upon and the normal step up is present, this team has a very high ceiling. And I am not sure that adding another shiny piece will add anything...but who knows?
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A couple of items:

1)I too wonder about the eligibility situation with him. Sounds like this was already handled or at least worked on prior to the commitment.

2)All percentages aside, we'd have to go a LONG way to not improve on last year's shooting. By default that's going to improve.

3)We had Tomi and KJ on the roster last year and language barriers weren't an issue. Obviously, Big Z and Andrej speak English. That leaves two guys that we know absolutely nothing about. You're trying to find a negative and it's not there.

4)When going after NBA caliber players or trying to formulate an "old" roster, turnover is always going to be a hurdle. Look at Baylor next year. The NCAA and our government created this mess and it's up to the AD's and coaches to deal with it.
 
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