Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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CentralILLini
andy samberg snl GIF
 
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illiniguy24
PizzaHutParkingLot said:
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Going against the grain here, but I think it’s good for continuity—as long as Brad doesn’t hand him a featured role.

High character individual and the guy deserves a shot at redemption.
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100% agree. I believe in the 2nd year bump for these experienced transfers.

The only real worry I have is we don’t have a couple elite athletes. I think we would struggle big time against the Houston type teams.

Unless we early 2000’s Spurs them to death
 
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GoodePodzMelendez
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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NC in this case means Non Conference Games. Two years ago, all 4 FF teams played 9-10 guys double digit minutes which included SDSU, FAU, UConn and Miami.
 
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the juiceman cometh
USAFILLINI said:
"Humrichous is a guy we've worked really, really hard throughout this process," Underwood said. "Very excited about his package, what he brings to us. He's extremely versatile. I think he's one of the elite shooters in the country. I think the versatility, he can do everything from play the five to be able to do some of the things that we did with Marcus [Domask] in post-ups."

www.si.com

Illinois' Brad Underwood Calls Transfer Ben Humrichous One Of The Best Shooters In The Country

Illinois coach Brad Underwood recently made his first comments on Evansville transfer Ben Humrichous. He gave his thoughts while speaking to reporters Monday.
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What's the date on that quote again?

Also, "be able to do some of the things we did with Marcus in post-ups," is not exactly "This guy is Domask 2.0." Thinking he will be able to do one specific thing that Domask could do (which BU was wrong about) is pretty weak evidence that BU saw the guy as a straight up Domask replacement.
 
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HailtotheChief
i must break you dolph lundgren GIF

I think we need a the " Vics Must Break You" or will crush you T shirts! Or we will break you Ts with the Vics images..they could earns some extra cash!
 
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Altuve27
If this team does something big Underwood, Antigua, and Alexander are changing the game. Of course tons of other teams have recruited abroad successfully, but not to this extent that I recall anyway.
 
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jamarvelous31
the juiceman cometh said:
Will this comparison ever die?

Brad played Humrichous as a 3pt specialist. 75% of all his attempts were from 3.

That wasn't Domask at all. Domask did a lot of other stuff on offense. Thankfully. Because he was a weak 3pt shooter. Just 30% on the season. He was just 6th on the teams in 3pt attempts per 40 minutes. About half the rate of 3pt shots as BH.

They were completely different players on completely different tea
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People are stuck on that were he a 40% 3pt shooter and still an on the season a average defender & rebounder the team would've been what I think folks predicted preseason.

He's great as another large body, 5 fouls & dude who can go on a heater as a 8/9th man. It's not my money.
 
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jacekpardol
USAFILLINI said:
"Humrichous is a guy we've worked really, really hard throughout this process," Underwood said. "Very excited about his package, what he brings to us. He's extremely versatile. I think he's one of the elite shooters in the country. I think the versatility, he can do everything from play the five to be able to do some of the things that we did with Marcus [Domask] in post-ups."

www.si.com

Illinois' Brad Underwood Calls Transfer Ben Humrichous One Of The Best Shooters In The Country

Illinois coach Brad Underwood recently made his first comments on Evansville transfer Ben Humrichous. He gave his thoughts while speaking to reporters Monday.
www.si.com www.si.com
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So for all intents and purposes it sounds like Ben hasn't made up his mind on what he wants to do. To me that is concerning... do we really want a kid who would rather go into a cubicle and make an entry level wage for $60K a year then play basketball for a $250K a year. If he's not committed we really have to move on.
 
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Brosky
If we learned anything at all this past season, it's how 2 pt. guards can function together.
 
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bschulte1978
jacekpardol said:
So for all intents and purposes it sounds like Ben hasn't made up his mind on what he wants to do. To me that is concerning... do we really want a kid who would rather go into a cubicle and make an entry level wage for $60K a year then play basketball for a $250K a year. If he's not committed we really have to let him go.
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The article is from May of last year. Nothing to do with this year.
 
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