Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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CHILI1992
Birdus said:
Most years, you can count on Duke, Florida, Uconn to be at or near the top. They are multiple champions and it feels like everyone else is chasing them. We have raised our level within range of these talented teams and that makes me feel very good. There will always be the Sarr's & Storr's & Blackwell's etc. The good thing is that coach Brad is now recruiting and portaling top notch talent. The reason why is simple. We win and have NBA talent going through the pipeline. If we continue this, the five star guards will continue to sign on and this will breed more success. The arrow is pointing up!
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#906      
PleaseMakeABowlGame
Illin618 said:
Maybe fourth in the big ten… Illinois is going to struggle to guard athletic, physical PG/SGs man…
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We said this all year until the Houston game.

Fact is... alot of the guys we label "athletic, quick, etc" are just Fears, Smith, Dent, Thornton on and on.

Best players in the country. Those guys are going to have good games. They're very good players.
 
#909      
millineum
hoopsfan47 said:
Agree. Has BU ever done anything else? For whom has he ever overpaid?. Maybe Petrovic, but what was he paid? You want to play for the Illini, you play for the Fighting Illini and not for your bank account or the name on the back. Not sure anyone who ever did that has any regrets.

Underwood's playbook for dealing with the portal and NIL should be the lawbook for college hoops. Players love playing in the program because the best players get the minutes and no one is guaranteed anything. And yet, regardless of court time, they all seem to love being a part of the team success....the way it should be.
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Definitely petrovic. But can’t hit on them all
 
#913      
Mobi
LvilleILL1 said:
UCLA and Louisville put all their eggs into the Blackwell basket.

They are in deep trouble now, exactly why Illinois pursued and closed on Vaaks and QC.
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One of them is going to be in trouble. Maybe both if Blackwell comes to ILL. 😁
 
#915      
illiniguy24
hoopsfan47 said:
Agree. Has BU ever done anything else? For whom has he ever overpaid?. Maybe Petrovic, but what was he paid? You want to play for the Illini, you play for the Fighting Illini and not for your bank account or the name on the back. Not sure anyone who ever did that has any regrets.

Underwood's playbook for dealing with the portal and NIL should be the lawbook for college hoops. Players love playing in the program because the best players get the minutes and no one is guaranteed anything. And yet, regardless of court time, they all seem to love being a part of the team success....the way it should be.
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I definitely agree. I think it’s probably under appreciated how well our staff draws the line between going after somebody who might not be the best fit culture wise if they are asking for a reasonable NIL price but the second they feel it isn’t worth it they move on. And really just never overpaying in general like you mentioned.
 
#919      
MULEDOG35
illiniguy24 said:
I applaud your willingness to try and level with these irrational people.

We just went to a final four, returned a majority of our production from the roster while adding two top 35 recruits and a top 5 transfer. Additionally, everyone and I do mean everyone has us pre season top 5 possibly even #1.

How are people upset!?!?
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#921      
Lakes333
There are probably one hundred top college programs in the country that would run through a brick wall to have a roster like ours. Not worried about Duke, Florida or anyone else for that matter. We are going to be a literal nightmare for teams to match up against. Bring them all on and fear no one. ILL for life. :chief::chief:
 
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