Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Illiniindian
NJB Illini said:
It’s so nice to not have to sweat a decision like Blackwell’s anymore. Just shows how far this program has come.

The way I see it, we are the championship favorite with him and Stojakovic, we are a championship contender with only Stojakovic. What a time to be an Illini fan.
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I agree but don’t we lack frontcourt depth? Do we expect Jakatys to play?
 
#229      
Bigtex
I may be wrong, but I think Zen will be quite a surprise in a couple of years and be a "piece" of the puzzle to keep Illinois at Elite status. I will trust BU on this one.

For the more important news:

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who was the last Wisconsin Mr. Basketball to suit up for Illinois for 1 year?
 
#230      
Joel Goodson
MKE93 said:
First post, but been reading for years. I don’t believe anyone has mentioned this…getting Zavier Zens is smart as it would get Illinois an easy look from all four of Kon Knueppel’s younger brothers- Zen’s first cousins - should they also be D1 caliber players.
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#234      
Birdus
really like where we are at this point. The last 3-4 years have been especially fun with all the drama of portal season. Underwood has built a great program. I've been a fan for a long long time and I see a lot of momentum right now. Just to give you an idea how far I go back, anyone ever heard of Nick Witherspoon?
 
#235      
Bigtex
Det_Illini_fan said:
QC or Morillo I am a bit more nervous about dropping sort of like Jeremiah Fears did when we pulled in better players. Maybe Coleman more? Since I could see him wanting a star role, but we’ll see. I think this year sounds like the play Brad is selling is a focus on the team, and your progression and draft stock will rise because of that, and less about a full focus just on your individual draft stock rising.
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There was much more to Jeremiah situation. He wanted to reclassify like Riley did and I don't believe the staff was in agreement. IMO had more to do with reclassifying than bringing in better talent
 
#236      
Perry Range's Van
So what is actually going on here? Are Dre and Blackwell playing a game of chicken waiting on the other to announce first? Anyone know if they have thoughts about playing together?
 
#237      
skyIdub
FI_8905 said:
Still UCLA, Louisville, Illinois, or Duke for John Blackwell and nobody knows what he’s going to do at this point. All speculation.
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That's LUDIcris?

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Yeah I have way too much time on my hands now.

This is a good pause for distractions??.....I was almost murdered by fire ants Wed after not seeing a nest while walking around my yard in flip flops
(dumba$$ :rolleyes: ) and ended up in the ER. I Black(well)ed out a few times! Bit me so many times my blood pressure crashed!
Combined with #theRetention, one of the craziest days ever!
Colonoscopy cancelled. :ROFLMAO:

Ok, back to jump scares with questionable reaction posts.
 
#238      
Illini2010-11
skyIdub said:
That's LUDIcris?

swaying-hair-ludacris.gif


Yeah I have way too much time on my hands now.

This is a good pause for distractions??.....I was almost murdered by fire ants Wed after not seeing a nest while walking around my yard in flip flops
(dumba$$ :rolleyes: ) and ended up in the ER. I Black(well)ed out a few times! Bit me so many times my blood pressure crashed!
Combined with #theRetention, one of the craziest days ever!
Colonoscopy cancelled. :ROFLMAO:

Ok, back to jump scares with questionable reaction posts.
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You took drastic action to avoid the colonoscopy.

In all seriousness though, that sounds awful. Hope you are feeling better now.
 
#239      
Tommy Gun
skyIdub said:
That's LUDIcris?

swaying-hair-ludacris.gif


Yeah I have way too much time on my hands now.

This is a good pause for distractions??.....I was almost murdered by fire ants Wed after not seeing a nest while walking around my yard in flip flops
(dumba$$ :rolleyes: ) and ended up in the ER. I Black(well)ed out a few times! Bit me so many times my blood pressure crashed!
Combined with #theRetention, one of the craziest days ever!
Colonoscopy cancelled. :ROFLMAO:

Ok, back to jump scares with questionable reaction posts.
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Good lord, what people will do to get out of a colonoscopy!
 
#243      
1m4tr
skyIdub said:
That's LUDIcris?

swaying-hair-ludacris.gif


Yeah I have way too much time on my hands now.

This is a good pause for distractions??.....I was almost murdered by fire ants Wed after not seeing a nest while walking around my yard in flip flops
(dumba$$ :rolleyes: ) and ended up in the ER. I Black(well)ed out a few times! Bit me so many times my blood pressure crashed!
Combined with #theRetention, one of the craziest days ever!
Colonoscopy cancelled. :ROFLMAO:

Ok, back to jump scares with questionable reaction posts.
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Today years old that I knew Ludacris was born in Champaign.
 

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#245      
dwpittman
Indy Illini Fan said:
They’re after him … But if we want the kid and went full go rodeo …

North Carolina can’t hang with us financially …
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Sure sucks for UNC not to have any alumni that ever did anything. Especially in basketball.

That's wild. They've been a monster on the recruiting trail for as long as I can remember.
 
#246      
FightinIllini30
ChiefGritty said:
I am, yeah. This year didn't go that well, but the same guy went 18-2 in the ACC cleaning up Kenny Payne's mess the prior year, has a really lengthy and high quality mid-major resume prior to that and clearly has an appeal to good players.

If I were a Louisville fan I'd be feeling real confident about the immediate future.

People used to ding BU for a lack of tournament success, but in both cases I say look to the fundamentals. A coach that can attract good players and win in the crucible of a major conference is going to find success in March if by nothing else than getting enough dice rolls to get lucky.
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The difference is that when people were saying that about Brad, he was 4-7 at Illinois and had made a second weekend at another school. Pat Kelsey has had enough opportunity to prove it in my eyes.

I will say that not having his best player in the tournament this year was a bummer. But the expectations for the season were not met… again
 
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