Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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NJB Illini
I would just find it hard to believe we don’t check all the boxes Blackwell is looking for..

- SG need/ clear role
- Winning program
- Tons of money and resources
- Loaded roster with proven track-record
- His dad’s school

He said he wants to win. Louisville is an unknown and has proven nothing. Not with Hepburn, not with a loaded backcourt last year. Duke will be good, but man, they are young and the freshmen next year aren’t Flagg or Boozer’s level..

Come to Illinois and get this damn championship.
 
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Illini_Jack
illini0440 said:
Meeting with Blackwell tomorrow…..should tell a lot. Staff still extremely confident there.
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BrownTown
Indy Illini Fan said:
Spent a little while working the phones after Vaaks commitment …

Here’s what I know …

Louisville is going to try and make a push for Blackwell … As of now, they ain’t got the money but apparently they’re going to try and go get it … The Louisville people claiming it’s a package deal for Flory, Shelstad and Blackwell … That’s not true at all …

Duke is not putting all their eggs in the Blackwell basket … They’re looking into multiple options …

Illinois views Blackwell as the final piece to the puzzle that would take an already elite team to arguably the best team in CBB … The staff is prepared if he goes elsewhere … But it is pedal to the floor for Blackwell right now …

And there’s rumors that potentially a top 5 transfer that’s not even in the portal yet may enter and that may shift how Duke and Louisville view Blackwell …
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My mind wanders to a PG who just declared for the draft while maintaining eligibility.

Think we recruited him out of high school..
 
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WxIllini
Meeting with Blackwell tomorrow…..should tell a lot. Staff still extremely confident there.
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Apologies if I missed something, but are you referring to him visiting Illinois tomorrow? Or something totally different?
 
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OrangeBlue98
WyattEarp said:
I like everything about him. Sure it’s a highlight reel and “bullsh*t” program BUT…

If he can excel in that system, (or lack there of) making off-balance shot after off balance shot…and being savvy enough to finish at the rack; plus the court vision. Wow, would all that translate here!
Really enthused about him.
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Cooley didn't call Illinois a "BS program" until he left for Georgetown. But the point is 100% granted that Providence has taken a pretty big nosedive the last few seasons under Kim English.
 
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HouTexIllini
WhereDoWeStandWithStorr? said:
I’m curious how you’re evaluating his defense? Are you literally going back and watching full Providence games?

Obviously you can’t draw defense-related conclusions from highlights. And, there haven’t been as strong expert opinions that would lead to such a vehement conclusion.
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Look up his NBA evaluation, which spells his defensive deficiencies and his strengths in several other areas.
 
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jmwillini
PleaseMakeABowlGame said:
So:

We scored 1.249 points per possession. We had 65.7 possessions per 40 minutes.

So, we scored 82.0593 points per 40 minutes.

We played 37 games this season.

82.0593 * 37 = about 3,036.194 points scored total IF each game were 40 minutes.

But, each game was not 40 minutes. We played 4 overtime games this year (MSU, UCLA, Wisconsin, Wisconsin) which means we played:

(40 * 37) + 20 =1,500 played minutes on the season.

IF each game were 40 minutes, we would have played 1480 minutes.

So:

(3,036.194 / 1480) * 1500 = 3077.2236 (rounded to 4 decimal places)

3077.2236 / 37 =

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On the season, Illinois is listed to have scored this many points per game:

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So there’s the super complicated method of finding out points per game.

Yes, you could obviously use total points scored divided by total games played for a significantly simpler calculation - and by definition, a more correct result (or the same result).

However, this was me just trying to prove that pace and ppp are the actual data that matters.
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I was promised NO MATH!


@Altuve27 beat me to it... Shouldn't post when I'm 10+ pages behind, lol.
 
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Altuve27
Meeting with Blackwell tomorrow…..should tell a lot. Staff still extremely confident there.
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Not trying to be snarky at all. I genuinely wonder what there is to discuss at this point.
 
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RabidDawgClassic
rdk573 said:
I think you mean the 1988-1989 team???

If I recall correctly, with respect too the 1988-1989 team, Illinois was pre-season ranked either 2 or 3. Lou Hensen doing his best Coaching psychology attempting to downplay the preseason expectations saying to the media how the team lost center Jen Kujawa and guard Glen Backwell and the preseason ranking was way too high...This got back to Dick Vitale who said in response that if he had known that information, he would have ranked Illinois #1....LOL..
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Nope… definitely #2 in 1984-85. We were coming off a B1G championship and near Final Four appearance, with everyone but Quinn Richardson back and with Anthony Welch returning from injury. Georgetown with Patrick Ewing was #1.

In 1988-89, we had to work our way up the ranks, eventually becoming #1 during a mid-conference game against Georgia Tech.
 
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CleverHandle1
Indy Illini Fan said:
Spent a little while working the phones after Vaaks commitment …

Here’s what I know …

Louisville is going to try and make a push for Blackwell … As of now, they ain’t got the money but apparently they’re going to try and go get it … The Louisville people claiming it’s a package deal for Flory, Shelstad and Blackwell … That’s not true at all …

Duke is not putting all their eggs in the Blackwell basket … They’re looking into multiple options …

Illinois views Blackwell as the final piece to the puzzle that would take an already elite team to arguably the best team in CBB … The staff is prepared if he goes elsewhere … But it is pedal to the floor for Blackwell right now …

And there’s rumors that potentially a top 5 transfer that’s not even in the portal yet may enter and that may shift how Duke and Louisville view Blackwell …
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Great info here! Thanks!
 
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