Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Det_Illini_fan
DB11Headband said:
Higher up the totem pole than that.

And no, not Kylan
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BoiseBaller
I-L-L 1318 said:
I don't know if it will even happen, but how did we go from melting down over the need for another guard, and now we are questioning if we would take Boswell?
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It’s wild. So much of the predictions do not take into account injuries, illness, foul trouble, etc.

Plus, if we wouldn’t take Blackwell due to “chemistry issues”, then what would that about the new guys if Boswell isn’t welcomed back? If they are all EDG, I don’t see why it would be an issue. At all.
 
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hoopsfan47
Lakes333 said:
Get a grip. All you negative Nellies on here need to go to the Kentucky board. All these Freshman are very talented that we have coming in.
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I was as hopeful as anyone that Brown could fill in minutes competently without having seen him play.

However after watching a video, I do not see the skill level or the physical ability to do that. He needs a year of hard work on his skills and with Fletch or I see B1G athletic guards stealing his lunch. But I know that is only MHO, and hope does spring eternal. We will see. I sure am hoping he can learn, adjust, and quickly gain confidence, not to mention strength, before the season starts.

But the good that I see from him is that he is a team player who has pretty solid court awareness...and wants to win.
 
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Grandpa
FrankNitty30 said:
To add….. we have 87 mins a game that left that will be picked up by a combination of extra minutes for the “retention squad” and the 3 headed monster of Coleman, Morillo and Vaaks.

Our 9th man was Petro at 5.9 mins a game. Our 10th man, until he got hurt, was Jakstys at 5.2 mins a game.

Even with ALL the injuries last year, our 9th and 10th players in minutes had 11 between them. To get into the weeds of our 9th and 10th men is a fools errand in my book.

However, I have always low key been a fan of Jakstys. He is NEVER going to be an All Big 10 performer. But his per 40 numbers are 12 pts, 23 Rebs and 3 blocks.

Stop…… I am not saying just give him starter minutes and look what he will do. I get that he does this against other bench scrubs. However, what this does show is that as a Soph he was VERY active while in the game. Some of that will translate.

But……. If it doesn’t, and if Brown or Zens are not good enough to play….. they will be our 9th, 10th and 11th best players.
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People misread stats. Petro averaged 5.9 minutes per game for 19 games for a total of 110 minutes. Over the 37 games the team played that's an average of 2.97 minutes.

Jakstys averaged 5.3 minutes for only 5 games for a total of 48 minutes.

To get a true number one would need to take the total minutes played in 37 games including overtime and do a % of minutes played of available minutes.
 
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hoopsfan47
NarrowJ said:
Also as someone else said, injuries happen and no program can “injury-proof” their roster through having guys who could start on another high major team and earn a million dollars in NIL come here to play 7 minutes and earn 150k (or whatever the 9th man makes).
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Wow, a poster that makes claims based on the real world and common sense.

There is no question that there have been dozens (or more) of posts claiming that we cannot accomplish anything without more elitely talented players. So, who are those players? Who is going to sit rather that play? Or are those elite talents going to sit and play 7 min. for 150,000 rather than take much bigger offers to actually play...even if it is not for a team with FF vision?

The fact is that the best bet at the moment is to get a European player or a possible gift from a player withdrawing from the draft.

It seems there are a lot more Euros that fit the big man backup role than guards. My curiousity focuses more on which way the staff goes and how good that backup player actually is on both ends. It will be a tough find, and it will not be based on the approval of any poster here.
 
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Iamgroot
Second place is 1st loser said:
Stooooppp.....give it a rest.

You couldn't sit, without a roster in front of you, and tell me who the 8th and 9th man are on ANY roster in the country.

In the national championship game, Michigan's # 8 was Will Tschetter and nobody else played. UCONN'S 8th and 9th men just transferred. Arizona's #9 played exactly 1 minute in the Final Four.

If ANY team loses a starter and has to dig down to #9..... it'll be an issue. I don't care what program you want to talk about.
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Well said north Carolina last season was a perfect example any team that loses a starter or star from there rotation is going to hurt. Michigan lucked out last season with there depth there injuries nobody that far down the bench should be relied on to replace a starter and said team not lose something. I think Brad is doing it right with the youth as depth because what starter would want to go to any team to be the 8th or 9th guy and any transfer thats willing come here to be a 8th or 9th guy looking at 10 minutes a game. I think the freshman would and could have more potential then potential transfers for those spots.Brad has shown he can scout and identify talent in the lower ranked players trust in daddy Brad my friends
 
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MULEDOG35
Hessel Blvd said:
uuuuuuh. yes? we do want the guy who came back to CU from a FF level school, who is a good defender, versatile, and sacrificed playing time and usage to make room for others on his team (including an unexpectedly transcendent freshman talent) to succeed and thrive. final answer.
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