Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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BrownTown
Indy Illini Fan said:
Yes … There’s a lot to it but that’s the main piece …

All the in state talent is also leaving the state and once these kids go to prep school … Recruitments change …
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This is a little off base but I simply do not understand how Illinois does not have a 'prep school or academy' at this point. Not that colleges are directly involved in them but you would think similar donors/basketball people would be working to make a 'Meanstreets Academy' etc.
 
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IlliniFan42
BrownTown said:
This is a little off base but I simply do not understand how Illinois does not have a 'prep school or academy' at this point. Not that colleges are directly involved in them but you would think similar donors/basketball people would be working to make a 'Meanstreets Academy' etc.
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The state of Illinois is a very bad place to start a new venture of any kind and my understanding based on consuming college basketball media is Chicagoland basketball culture has a toxic reputation that players who are able should steer clear of.
 
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BrownTown
IlliniFan42 said:
The state of Illinois is a very bad place to start a new venture of any kind and my understanding based on consuming college basketball media is Chicagoland basketball culture has a toxic reputation that players who are able should steer clear of.
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This is a really good point.

Though I would presume all the large metro areas that have these academies likely have similar personalities and downfalls. I think to some extent we are just more aware of the issues in our own backyard.
 
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IlliniFan42
BrownTown said:
This is a really good point.

Though I would presume all the large metro areas that have these academies likely have similar personalities and downfalls. I think to some extent we are just more aware of the issues in our own backyard.
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This episode covers it some too, (and is a good watch to understand present-day Illini recruiting). If you only wanted to watch some of it, start at the 42-minute mark and for the next few minutes Piper sort of covers how awful the Chicago basketball scene is and how many players leave. Werner doesn't seem comfortable with the topic, so Piper cuts himself off and doesn't go as hard as he could.


 
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