Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

#79      
Brad is not interested in pivoting …
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#80      
Does Brad know someone is leaving that hasnt been annouced?

Vaaks
Tomi
Z
Mirk
Jake
Coleman
Morrillo
Andre
Jaktys
Brown
L. Davis
Lee
Blake F
TY

Thats 14 so if Zens commits and or Blackwell someones gone. Just curious who may be leaving if not two of them.
A freshman or 2 could redshirt. It was mentioned a few weeks ago L Davis could be likely to RS.
 
#81      
Since everyone’s curious about where things stand …

Obviously would like to add Blackwell …

Ty not being there last night is interesting … Does he have the role he wants ? Brad definitely made it clear he’s got a spot if he wants it … I could see Lee sliding into that role as the 10th guy …

Could also see us adding a Misko special big guy just so we’ve got a little more depth there … Pepperdine kid is an option but other top secret options as well …

Blackwell
Vaaks
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi

Bench:
Q Coleman
Z
Jake
Morillo
Ty

Deep Bench:
B Lee
Jakstys
Ethan Brown (could redshirt)
Landon Davis (could redshirt)
Fagbemi
 
#84      
Mingo’s are not going to be an option for us …

We had some conversations to get an idea of the financial piece and figure out where they were at in the process in case of emergency … And to be a little more detailed, us getting “involved” helped raise the price a little bit which only tightens Orlando’s relationship with those connections … Never hurts …
 
#86      
Fagbeni and Landon Davis taking up a roster spots is a bit of a head scratcher.

Lee and Ty might be waiting for confirmation that we are bringing in Blackwell. If we don’t they have a much better path to earn minutes.
 
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#87      
Since everyone’s curious about where things stand …

Obviously would like to add Blackwell …

Ty not being there last night is interesting … Does he have the role he wants ? Brad definitely made it clear he’s got a spot if he wants it … I could see Lee sliding into that role as the 10th guy …

Could also see us adding a Misko special big guy just so we’ve got a little more depth there … Pepperdine kid is an option but other top secret options as well …

Blackwell
Vaaks
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi

Bench:
Q Coleman
Z
Jake
Morillo
Ty

Deep Bench:
B Lee
Jakstys
Ethan Brown (could redshirt)
Landon Davis (could redshirt)
Fagbemi
Notice Indy included Andrej 👀
 
#88      
You're still on the roster if you redshirt.

We can only have 15 players, including walkons and Rankin. Brad can count.

Rankin is not going to be on the roster … And I don’t believe he would count against the 15 because he’s on football scholarship …

Regardless … He’s not going to be playing basketball … Needs to be with Tank in the winter …
 
#89      
Andrej is coming back right? Either way kind of awkward sitting there with the rest of the team, watching four of them confirm they’re coming back…

Unless he didn’t know what people were chanting, but Tomi beckoning with his hands while everyone chanted “Andrej” last night during the return announcement has me feeling optimistic fwiw
 
#92      
Regardless … He’s not going to be playing basketball … Needs to be with Tank in the winter …
Interesting....

I hope that's his choice, given the exit options he would have at his disposal.

I know better than to suggest that NCAA rules will apply in a way that makes sense, but the overall roster limit is pretty fundamental, otherwise you could be warehousing kids all over the place, and that's no good for anybody.

(Prediction: they will reduce the football roster limit sometime in the coming years to save everybody money and encourage parity)
 
#93      
As far as the Zens talk … If he comes, great … If he doesn’t, great …

If we’re being honest, the kid needs 2 years at least of development and even then … He’s probably not good enough to play here …

Hope he proves me wrong but I just don’t see Big Ten caliber at this point …

But I did hear it’s Utah State or here … Wisco is out …
 
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#94      
Interesting....

I hope that's his choice, given the exit options he would have at his disposal.

I know better than to suggest that NCAA rules will apply in a way that makes sense, but the overall roster limit is pretty fundamental, otherwise you could be warehousing kids all over the place, and that's no good for anybody.

(Prediction: they will reduce the football roster limit sometime in the coming years to save everybody money and encourage parity)

I need to confirm on the roster status but I do not believe he would count …

Brad sure isn’t counting on him being on the roster … That I can say …
 
#96      
Since everyone’s curious about where things stand …

Obviously would like to add Blackwell …

Ty not being there last night is interesting … Does he have the role he wants ? Brad definitely made it clear he’s got a spot if he wants it … I could see Lee sliding into that role as the 10th guy …

Could also see us adding a Misko special big guy just so we’ve got a little more depth there … Pepperdine kid is an option but other top secret options as well …

Blackwell
Vaaks
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi

Bench:
Q Coleman
Z
Jake
Morillo
Ty

Deep Bench:
B Lee
Jakstys
Ethan Brown (could redshirt)
Landon Davis (could redshirt)
Fagbemi
So was Zens visit was non commital? I dont need to check back for that then! Or at least 1 is gone.

Always appreciate your insight.
 
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#100      
Since everyone’s curious about where things stand …

Obviously would like to add Blackwell …

Ty not being there last night is interesting … Does he have the role he wants ? Brad definitely made it clear he’s got a spot if he wants it … I could see Lee sliding into that role as the 10th guy …

Could also see us adding a Misko special big guy just so we’ve got a little more depth there … Pepperdine kid is an option but other top secret options as well …

Blackwell
Vaaks
Andrej
Mirk
Tomi

Bench:
Q Coleman
Z
Jake
Morillo
Ty

Deep Bench:
B Lee
Jakstys
Ethan Brown (could redshirt)
Landon Davis (could redshirt)
Fagbemi
Am I crazy to feel like that bench would have a chance to finish .500 in the B1G? Probably crazy... but if Coleman and Morillo live up to their ratings... maybe not.
 
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