Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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NarrowJ
Fly Illini Fly! said:
CBM no, Burnett no, Bittle no.
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CBM and Burnett both missed over 1/2 season in 20-21 due to injury
Bittle missed nearly the entire 23-24 season due to injury

Those aren't a hard no yet

Editing to add my reasoning for keeping the door open for these guys is because I don’t think they’ll just tell all current players they don’t get credit for seasons missed due to injury prior to instatement of the new system
 
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Illini2010-11
Indy Illini Fan said:
Isn’t Burnett like 26 ? Lol …
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Which makes it amazing that Boswell is still only 21. I think some forget that he skipped his senior year of high school to play at Arizona -- I believe he was the youngest player in the NCAA that year. At his age, many students would be finishing their junior year.

His situation is much more unique given his younger age than all on that list.
 
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My2Cents
lstewart53x3 said:
Whether or not 5 for 5 hurts us more than it helps us, Kylan would be the perfect fit for this team.

— He played off ball last year, so nothing would change this year. He would played in the same spot and Vaaks would slide into the Keaton spot.

— He would be an additional defensive presence. We can debate whether or not his defense was as good as advertised, but he’d be a top 3 defender for us next year.

— He’d be there for the freshman to help them get up to speed / he’ll help carry the culture forward.
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100% agree ... as long as it doesn't cost us any of our top 8/9 players. No, I am not in any way saying Kylan is not better than one of them. I just personally believe we owe it to those who commit here at least one year of commitment in return. Like it or not, burning bridges and upsetting agents, won't lead to sustainable success. IllinoisLOYALTY ! Again I am not saying I wouldn't love to have him back....just hope it would not cost us a commit.
 
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Birdus
jamarvelous31 said:
Iowa St, Houston, Arizona all get back guys as good if not clearly better than Hummer & Boswell. Plus we have to endure another year of Smith at Purdue.

Also do we see Morez all over again with Brad playing Ben over Morillo (assuming he doesn't just ask out of his commitment).
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Who said Morillo was playing the 4? Morillo is a point guard.
 
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HensonHall71
Illini2010-11 said:
Which makes it amazing that Boswell is still only 21. I think some forget that he skipped his senior year of high school to play at Arizona -- I believe he was the youngest player in the NCAA that year. At his age, many students would be finishing their junior year.

His situation is much more unique given his younger age than all on that list.
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Yeah - he is the same birthyear as Burries from Arizona who was a freshman this year (and projected lottery pick) while Kylan was a senior
It does make you wonder if Kylan didn't reclass etc. if he would have been better off in the eyes of the NBA
 
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BackThatPassUp
NarrowJ said:
CBM and Burnett both missed over 1/2 season in 20-21 due to injury
Bittle missed nearly the entire 23-24 season due to injury

Those aren't a hard no yet

Editing to add my reasoning for keeping the door open for these guys is because I don’t think they’ll just tell all current players they don’t get credit for seasons missed due to injury prior to instatement of the new system
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Burnett has already played in 5 seasons not including the injury season. There's no way he's getting a 7th year.
 
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ChiefGritty
NarrowJ said:
CBM and Burnett both missed over 1/2 season in 20-21 due to injury
Bittle missed nearly the entire 23-24 season due to injury

Those aren't a hard no yet

Editing to add my reasoning for keeping the door open for these guys is because I don’t think they’ll just tell all current players they don’t get credit for seasons missed due to injury prior to instatement of the new system
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Burnett would be the Tommy DeVito situation though, the season he was hurt was a freebie anyway.

Crazy that someone who played in the Covid season is still around.
 
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NarrowJ
ChiefGritty said:
Burnett would be the Tommy DeVito situation though, the season he was hurt was a freebie anyway.

Crazy that someone who played in the Covid season is still around.
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Ahh yeah, forgot about the Covid season thing

I find it rather unlikely even half of these guys come back though, I’m just showing the potential for this (minus a couple guys)
 
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NarrowJ
BackThatPassUp said:
Burnett has already played in 5 seasons not including the injury season. There's no way he's getting a 7th year.
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It would be a 6th (but 5th with the injury), not 7th

Anyway we are all agreeing how unlikely it is most of those players would actually return, no need to take up 2-3 pages nitpicking a list
 
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ChiefGritty
NarrowJ said:
Ahh yeah, forgot about the Covid season thing

I find it rather unlikely even half of these guys come back though, I’m just showing the potential for this (minus a couple guys)
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Our insiders are obviously well plugged in at the DIA. Frankly, an unrealistic degree of optimism around eligibility questions and waivers has been a common feature of the chatter they've relayed to us over the years, DeVito and Domask most notably.

Favorable noises around 5-for-5 around Bielfeldt is interesting information, but it's going to be a big unambiguous public thing with a clear timetable if that moves forward to a vote of the NCAA membership.

NarrowJ said:
It would be a 6th (but 5th with the injury), not 7th
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No he missed all of 21-22 with injury too.

Hurt, transfer, hurt again, play, transfer, play, play, waiver, play.

It's the kind of career that needs to get reined in for the good of the sport.
 
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BrownTown
I’d reach out to Nasir Anderson and see if he’d be interested in making a couple million and entering a weak ‘27 draft…
 
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Emerson Bigguns
NarrowJ said:
CBM and Burnett both missed over 1/2 season in 20-21 due to injury
Bittle missed nearly the entire 23-24 season due to injury

Those aren't a hard no yet

Editing to add my reasoning for keeping the door open for these guys is because I don’t think they’ll just tell all current players they don’t get credit for seasons missed due to injury prior to instatement of the new system
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That's a big reason why I don't think they will retro guys who are already out of eligibility back in.

My understanding of the 5 in 5 rule is that injuries/red shirts will go away. You get 5 years. Period. A big part of the reason NCAA is pursuing is so they don't have to rule on eligibility anymore. The rule would make things very simple... at least once the initial madness is cleared up.

If I were them I'd only make it apply to incoming freshmen... It would be much less disruptive.
 
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NarrowJ
Emerson Bigguns said:
That's a big reason why I don't think they will retro guys who are already out of eligibility back in.

My understanding of the 5 in 5 rule is that injuries/red shirts will go away. You get 5 years. Period. A big part of the reason NCAA is pursuing is so they don't have to rule on eligibility anymore. The rule would make things very simple... at least once the initial madness is cleared up.

If I were them I'd only make it apply to incoming freshmen... It would be much less disruptive.
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This is what I’d hope they do. No need to have 1500 players suddenly become eligible again… that’s a hot mess
 
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EmeraldCityIllini
This all started with the DB gif... Feel like we've run with it being in relation to Boswell due to Indy's Kobe 5.

Is this actually what DB and Indy were originally alluding to? lol.
 
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1m4tr

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