Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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as i've already made evident in the past few days i am a huge fan of diane
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as i've already made evident in the past few days i am a huge fan of diane
I'd like to share your enthusiasm but in the highlights I've seen he's posting up against much shorter players. Still, I'd love to get him; that body is big and strong for a guy his age.
 
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He needs to tuck in his shirt. Plenty of refs have been adamant about that.
 
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Since we lost Ty - sure would like to fill that scholarship slot with either 2026 reclass or upper classman transfer.

Roster is looking very light

PG- Boswell, Petrovic (if he gets his visa) and freshman Fagbemi
SG- Boswell #2 Stojakovic, Davis, FR Lee, FR Wagler
SF- Stojakovic #2, Davis
PF- Mircovic, Big Z, Ben
C - Tomas, Jackstys,
 
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Would not be shocked if they lock this one down.
Seems like it shouldn't be hard, but that's kinda what worries me?

Not ranked very highly, which is fine rankings are not the best indicator, but his offer sheet also is not very impressive. According to 247 and his twitter his best offer by a mile is us, followed by the likes of SLU, SIU, SIUE, Missouri St., UNC Pembroke. It looks like a month ago Iowa was keeping tabs and even had him in for an official visit, and didn't extend an offer? I'm no expert but I would think other power conference programs' recruiters are, so what are they missing here? Just want to be clear I'm not criticizing, I'm just wondering if there is something our staff has identified that others haven't, or whether we're targeting him as more of a project (like Jakstys).
 
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Seems like it shouldn't be hard, but that's kinda what worries me?

Not ranked very highly, which is fine rankings are not the best indicator, but his offer sheet also is not very impressive. According to 247 and his twitter his best offer by a mile is us, followed by the likes of SLU, SIU, SIUE, Missouri St., UNC Pembroke. It looks like a month ago Iowa was keeping tabs and even had him in for an official visit, and didn't extend an offer? I'm no expert but I would think other power conference programs' recruiters are, so what are they missing here? Just want to be clear I'm not criticizing, I'm just wondering if there is something our staff has identified that others haven't, or whether we're targeting him as more of a project (like Jakstys).
I don't think you have to go very far out on a limb to say any true freshman we target outside the top 30 is probably looking at a bench role, at best.

Sounds like he has been killing it in AAU ball over the last month or so, but I can't imagine his NIL demand is very high at the moment. You are going to need to find value on the margins if you want to have any kind of depth. You can't pay everyone big bucks, and you won't get highly rated players w/o big $$$ promises.
 
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