Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- Batavia
With Vaaks, Cox doesn't really fit at all.
Why not?
Vaaks is a shooter, I don’t think Cox would make sense with a non-shooting point guard.
We clearly have the money. IMO it would be disappointing if we don't get anybody at all (if Blackwell goes elsewhere).
Having been an Illini fan and season ticket holder for 55 plus years until I moved to New Canaan, CT a little over 6 years ago, I saw every one of the players you named play for the Illini. Rick Howett's older brother, Bruce, was a classmate of mine in Law School at Illinois. Had season tickets for the 04-05 season and thought last year was almost as good. Love being an Illini basketball fan being led by a great coaching staff.
Us as a fan base should know better than to discount our unheralded freshmen. Maybe Brown and Davis (and possibly Zens) will get some time too
Likewise! I can still see that beautiful baseline jumper
Fair point.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Bring back the green floor!
Watched him and Mannie Jackson play even when they were high school stars at Edwardsville High School and later as teammates at Illinois. At the time they played for Illinois, Illinois had very little height and as they were both good jumpers and rebounders, they were often playing against bigger players on the inside.
As most know Mannie did well financially after graduation and bought the Harlem Globetrotters. They were both excellent players for the Illini.
They were also two of the earliest African American players to play for Illinois. I believe my good friend, Walt Moore from Mt. Vernon was the first AA to play at Illinois. I knew Walt when I was living in Macomb, IL before moving to New Canaan, CT.
Let’s predict some scoring numbers for next year….
Blackwell - 14 ppg
Vaaks - 14 ppg
Drej - 14 ppg
Mirk - 14 ppg
Tomi - 12 ppg
Z - 8 ppg
Davis - 6 ppg
Coleman - 3 ppg
Morillo <1
Zens <1
Curious what people think here? This would be an 87 ppg team avg.
Blackwell - 14 ppg
Vaaks - 14 ppg
Drej - 14 ppg
Mirk - 14 ppg
Tomi - 12 ppg
Z - 8 ppg
Davis - 6 ppg
Coleman - 3 ppg
Morillo <1
Zens <1
Curious what people think here? This would be an 87 ppg team avg.
That’s a fair point.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
There were 691 maybe 2 minutes after he posted it.
The only thing I can think of as potential skillset needs would be a guy who keeps the ball on a string to break the press, and a board banging small forward to give Mirk a rest.
(By the way, I remember the scouting report on Mirk - that he could go strong inside. I recall thinking no way could a European translate that easily to ball in the states... Maybe in a couple years. So glad I was wrong. Those tourney games were PHYSICAL, and he would have made a Final Four toughest guys list. U Conn guys are blacktop brawlers, always, Michigan gave it back to them, and so did we. Houston too, guys were all over the floor. We had pizza hut parking lot attitude, but another guy who brings that tempo and fight to the locker room would not be wasted.)
No idea if this is legit. When accused of breaking the news for the kid, he responded "was granted permission"