Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Serious Late
purcy51 said:
This the one? I took a screenshot of it to send to a friend
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This is really good. 🤣

Buddy of mine I really respect on matters of college coaching is a very big fan of Mark Pope. Thinks he is one of the best coaches in the business. Give him the pieces and UK has something special.

Already tempted to hop on them 20 to 1 next season to win it all. :unsure:
 
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tatupu70
Mobi said:
To my untrained eyes, he will have higher impact than KJ IF he can find his high school transcript and qualify. LoL! I wonder if he is somebody who can play multiple years of college.
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I think we may be getting ahead of ourselves on Petrovic. Like others have said, the competition is questionable in that league. IMO he's much closer to a good backup PG then he is to KJ.
 
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JRCurtis314
Unless I'm missing it but...... there is not much talk about Jamir Watkins...... Is he basically Lville or UK bound? I like his play... to me a TSJ 2.0.....
 
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Idea Gardener
jurassic park GIF by IFC
 
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Emerson Bigguns
sacraig said:
But we're a cult with an inferiority complex.
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I think that's why we are our own rivals. Some of us think like UK fans...anything less than a Natty is an abject failure, and others are just happy to be invited to the dance.

We aren't lovable losers, and we aren't blue bloods. We have stuff in common with both...

It plays out here daily.
 
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EyeoftheIllini
Obviously, as an Illini fan I hope we get Andrej. But as a Loyalty member I really hope we get him. That will give us two years worth of data points and timelines in the transfer portal, these “salaries” are nuts era. Maybe that will put an end to the late March/first half of April posts on here about how we can’t get any transfers and look at how bad our roster/starting lineup are posts. Hey, a guy can dream.
 
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Combo
GoodePodzMelendez said:
I am a play 10 rotation guy. I like the idea of wearing teams down by rotating players especially in the NC games. Look at last year with the illnesses and injuries. We only had 10 players to use and we wore down playing 7 and having to use Booth. If we get AS and either Boogie or Claude, we will have 11 rotation pieces if we count one of the Fr (Lee). I hope Brad will use a deeper bench, not have guys averaging over 30 minutes a game but to win by being able to play tighter D. Our athletic gains will allow us to play a pseudo press, take seconds away from the opposition’s time to set up. Plus if we get illnesses or injury, we will have a more ready player to step up.
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I'm the opposite (as are most coaches). You want your best players on the court as much as possible and you want them accustomed to being on the floor together. Speaking of NC games, a year ago, UConn's starting 5 played almost the entire game.

Depth is important because you might have injuries. But absent that, most coaches tighten the rotation to 6, maybe 7 guys, come tournament time.
 
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BWA
Combo said:
I'm the opposite (as are most coaches). You want your best players on the court as much as possible and you want them accustomed to being on the floor together. Speaking of NC games, a year ago, UConn's starting 5 played almost the entire game.

Depth is important because you might have injuries. But absent that, most coaches tighten the rotation to 6, maybe 7 guys, come tournament time.
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It’s up to fletch to make sure those guys are able to play the minutes.

Two years ago we never looked tired. It stood out.

Last year was a bit different. But I think we took a big hit on conditioning during the season with everyone getting sick.
 
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Emerson Bigguns
Combo said:
I'm the opposite (as are most coaches). You want your best players on the court as much as possible and you want them accustomed to being on the floor together. Speaking of NC games, a year ago, UConn's starting 5 played almost the entire game.

Depth is important because you might have injuries. But absent that, most coaches tighten the rotation to 6, maybe 7 guys, come tournament time.
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I agree. Unless you are pressing, you aren't going to wear down an opposing team. By the end of the season, these guys can run for days. It's hard to get in a groove and stay connected if you sub too often or don't play enough minutes. Ideally you have 10 guys you are comfortable playing, to ensure competition and overcome injury and foul trouble. Ultimately, 2 or 3 of those guys will be unhappy with their playing time.
 
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thefalcon5
There’s definitely some middle ground here regarding depth/being top heavy.

Ideally you want 12 guys who can play meaningful minutes. The ability to get 12 has vastly diminished with NIL. Now, I think it’s an interesting balance of wanted 2/3 bonefide stars and 4/5 guys who can play complimentary roles.

Injuries obviously play a major role, as does conditioning, but shear talent typically wins out over depth. Especially game to game as opposed to season long.
 
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PepeSilvia
Combo said:
I'm the opposite (as are most coaches). You want your best players on the court as much as possible and you want them accustomed to being on the floor together. Speaking of NC games, a year ago, UConn's starting 5 played almost the entire game.

Depth is important because you might have injuries. But absent that, most coaches tighten the rotation to 6, maybe 7 guys, come tournament time.
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Eh. Basically every team in the country still runs 7 guys to sustain deep tourney runs.

Both Florida and Houston played 7 guys regular minutes come tournament time and had an 8th guy getting around 10 minutes which seems pretty typical for the tournament.

Last years UConn team is probably not a realistic comparison for anyone but still played Diarra and Johnson with Stewart still getting a few minutes in the tourney. They were also going 8 deep with Clingan as their final guy the year before.

I think you probably want to go into a season with at least 8 but probably 9 guys that have a realistic chance to be able to hold their own and play minutes and then expect that injuries will happen and 1 or 2 guys will probably play their way out of the rotation to get you down to a strong top 7 with an 8th guy that can get you 10 minutes when you need it(breather or foul trouble).
 
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oskeewowwowboomtime
Combo said:
I'm the opposite (as are most coaches). You want your best players on the court as much as possible and you want them accustomed to being on the floor together. Speaking of NC games, a year ago, UConn's starting 5 played almost the entire game.

Depth is important because you might have injuries. But absent that, most coaches tighten the rotation to 6, maybe 7 guys, come tournament time.
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NCAA Tournament games are also significantly slowed down by the ever increasing number of TV commercials which allows for more frequent breaks for the players, thus requiring less substitutions. It drives me nuts because it diminishes the importance of the bench and player conditioning and also interrupts game changing momentum. Plus it increases the number of inbound plays, something that the ILLINI have been notoriously bad at the last few years.
 
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DewLou
It was meant as a joke. Relax, you're overthinking things.
 
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