Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Bryce Hopkins
I-L-L 1318 said:
The better we get, the crazier we get. Love it.
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#530      
wncillini
strobes77 said:
I took it as someone else may announce tonight and he wanted to give it space.
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Yeah wasn't he originally suppose to announce yesterday, then we had 4 announce. Wondered if that was because he wanted to not do the same day.

Who knows.
 
#534      
OB positive
ChiefGritty said:
If you have to spend all the money on #TheRetention, spend all the money on #TheRetention.

And Vaaks will not have come cheap. He's arguably a more valuable asset than Blackwell given the extra years of eligibility.

I like the idea of giving Lee the surplus guard job. It's that fourth big that's a bit of a head-scratcher. Humrichous was really critical for us in terms of making lineups work.
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Who would have thought Ben would go from being the bane of Illini basketball to some last year to being a key cog in the wheels of our rise back to the final four this year.
 
#537      
RimPressure
LvilleILL1 said:
If they miss on Blackwell and Drej is back (expected), I think they add a guard and a long term play at the 4.
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Cool. I’m in. Might as well take a shot at someone that you think could develop and see how they look as the year goes. Need another practice body anyway I would think.
 
#539      
millineum
I’m assuming since the twins are back we aren’t in the mix for Luigi Suigo? He was interesting to me but wouldn’t make sense anymore.
 
#540      
Illiniforlife
Just curious and I know this is a next years problem. But what is our plan for the front line after next year? Big T and Big Z gone and chance Mirk gone too. Going to have to pony up a lot of money for bigs too.
 
#541      
Altuve27
Personally, I would bring in a guard with some experience and bring Coleman off the bench, but whatever…
 
#542      
HailtotheChief
You guys are giving me a hard time and many want Jason to go but not Blake. Who's backing up to 4/5 if Z gets hurt or sick? Blake, Jake or Andre? Z is litweallt us uf Jason camt play. I bet we add a guy for tgar role.
 
#544      
UIUCx10
skyIdub said:
Weird, no goodbye message from Ty yet? Or did I miss it?
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I could see Ty moving down a level, tearing it up for two years, and returning to the UI to join the staff in some capacity. He would be a great addition as a mentor.
 
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