Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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why not Tomi or Stoj what am i missing?
Constanza, Suigo, and Mitchell are all still out thereConstanza's still out there.
Way too much discourse about a guy who likely never has a role on the team.
And jervis.
Because both of those guys are primarily offense. Tomi especially has a reputation for being a non-factor on defense.
Yeah, for like 2 seconds and the furiously search for the next victim.
But I thought our defense sucked because of Hamer, not because we lacked good defensive players? Now that Crocker has taken over as the "defensive coordinator" that's all fixed right?
robertgoulet
IL Board Resident Crooner
- Austin, TX
UI's place in the landscape means adapting and pivoting every year. Until the program is ELITE this is the game. Elite programs will be able to poach the best transfers and recruits. I have no problem with what he's doing. Win a chip and things will change.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
There is a whole lot of stupid in today's thread.
As a "power" guy I hope he can grow 3 inches and add 50lbs. I mean I look at this as walk on type add on a team with expanded15 scholarships and essentially a $0 hit on the NIL budget. I mean we dont have walk ons anymore right? His $ will come from mom n dad.
rmlsr
- El Paso,IL
In last 7 seasons Houston has 3 sweet 16/ 1 elite 8/ 1 final 4/ 1 runner up finish. Oh btw the Covid year they didn’t get a chance to play I think Houston has been performing at an elite level
Agreed, this is an end of the bench guy that now gets one of the added spots on the roster that in the past would be a walk on. I don't see him dipping into the more important NIL $. Our rotation is typically 7 to 9 guys tops and he won't be taking money away from those players receiving NIL dollars. The end of bench 14 or 15 guys now get scholarships. They didn't used to but NIL budget is what impacts the top 10 guys imo.
Hopefully he can grow, get stronger, develop and if he does not develop into a role then transfer. If he does pop then it really didn't hurt our NIL $ set aside for top players.
DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
This precisely and anyone who
1. Is acting like he will be counted on to ever play a single meaningful minute here or
2. Is getting worked up over this
needs to log off and take a deep breath
Maybe the thinking is if we improve the defensive coordinator we can extract better defense out of our low-defense guys?
DB11Headband
- Chicago Burbs
IMO Mitchell is heading down the Mike Shaw path. Highly rated as an underclassmen but sees his ranking continue to drop as he progresses. Injury surely doesn’t help
Also the euro mentioned earlier? Srzentic. He'll play alongside Luigi at mega.
Last year he averaged around 10 MPG, you think he's playing less this year?
Maybe, but very rarely will you see a body that physically mature at that age.
Fair enough.
I think if the game was close, then I would agree. The embarrassment still stings over here
Those are transfers not kids out of highschool. Doesn’t apply here.
Wrong Davis, dude.
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