Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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NarrowJ
millineum said:
We need a Houston type athletic big imo. Main thing we were lacking last year
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The type of bigs that got outclassed, out toughed, out rebounded and shot 37% vs our bigs?

I'm not opposed to an athletic, mix-it-up type of backup big but thought Humrichous gravity on offense for spacing, ability to connect on offense without turning the ball over, and able to guard on the perimeter would be what I'd most like to replicate with a backup forward this year.
 
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thefalcon5
BWA said:
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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I mean, are we really going to play either Davis or Fagbemi more than 5 combined meaningful minutes? No.

Also, you aren’t playing 15 guys. If they are those at the end of the bench, it doesn’t matter what level of basketball ability they have the 10-15 spots are going to play very very very little minutes.

They are (at least for next season) most likely practice players.
 
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Emerson Bigguns
millineum said:
We need a Houston type athletic big imo. Main thing we were lacking last year
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Their "athletic" big guys weren't able to do much against our big guys when it mattered most. You aren't going to find a big guy who is much more athletic than Z.

Our Top 3 big guys Head to head:

25 points, 17 Rebounds, 4 fouls

Houston's:

12 points, 14 Rebounds, 8 fouls.

Sometimes we were lacking effort, but our front court was elite in the Tournament.
 
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HailtotheChief
millineum said:
We need a Houston type athletic big imo. Main thing we were lacking last year
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I would love a guy from Misko like this guy.. to back up Mirk..i can dream.. i bet he would look amaaazing in a cowboy hat on Mirk's Posse!

Excited Illinois Basketball GIF by Fighting Illini Athletics
 
#159      
WxIllini
Rumblings out there that it’s either Stojakovic or Blackwell…

Any smoke behind this? Indy Illini Fan LvilleILL1 DB11Headband illini0440 FI_8905
 
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jamarvelous31
NarrowJ said:
The type of bigs that got outclassed, out toughed, out rebounded and shot 37% vs our bigs?

I'm not opposed to an athletic, mix-it-up type of backup big but thought Humrichous gravity on offense for spacing, ability to connect on offense without turning the ball over, and able to guard on the perimeter would be what I'd most like to replicate with a backup forward this year.
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Ben as the definition of a perfect 6th/7th man role player is such a great legacy
 
#161      
logjam
Add Blackwell
Retain Stojakovic

Ty might leave and....

Add Danilo and call it a night. Another big who can shoot and space the floor
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Jakstys...?
 
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jamarvelous31
Emerson Bigguns said:
Their "athletic" big guys weren't able to do much against our big guys when it mattered most. You aren't going to find a big guy who is much more athletic than Z.

Our Top 3 big guys Head to head:

25 points, 17 Rebounds, 4 fouls

Houston's:

12 points, 14 Rebounds, 8 fouls.

Sometimes we were lacking effort, but our front court was elite in the Tournament.
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The season is long.

Having an absolute dog to go in when the Ivasai and/or Mirk are having an off night during a Tues night game in Feb could have B10 title and NCAA tourney seeding impacts. Just look at past years where IL has faced nastier opponents that could have been avoided with a higher seed.
 
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RML
NarrowJ said:
The type of bigs that got outclassed, out toughed, out rebounded and shot 37% vs our bigs?
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I was thinking of the kind of bigs that out-rebounded us in the Michigan and MSU games, and the first UConn game. 🙂
 
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