Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread
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Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
I don't think the notion that quality players won't accept limited minutes is accurate. Mid-major stars triple their NIL (or more) being a role player at a P4 school.
SIU's two best players last year moved up to high majors for a much bigger bag and reduced roles.
Ali Dibba averaged 15 minutes and five points at Texas A&M.
Kennard Davis started at BYU and played a lot as a three and D guy. But on offense he mainly got to watch the stars play ISO ball and averaged about eight points a game. And he's in the portal again.
Even here, Jake averaged 19 minutes a game only because of injuries. There were 14 games where he played 15 or fewer minutes and had several games in the single digits. In the tourney he averaged fewer than 15 minutes, which apparently is the cut off for a role player. But he's making a heck of a lot more money here and playing a lot less than he would if he were still at Mercer. And, of course, he's a very important part of the team.
SIU's two best players last year moved up to high majors for a much bigger bag and reduced roles.
Ali Dibba averaged 15 minutes and five points at Texas A&M.
Kennard Davis started at BYU and played a lot as a three and D guy. But on offense he mainly got to watch the stars play ISO ball and averaged about eight points a game. And he's in the portal again.
Even here, Jake averaged 19 minutes a game only because of injuries. There were 14 games where he played 15 or fewer minutes and had several games in the single digits. In the tourney he averaged fewer than 15 minutes, which apparently is the cut off for a role player. But he's making a heck of a lot more money here and playing a lot less than he would if he were still at Mercer. And, of course, he's a very important part of the team.
Krombopulos_Michael
- Aurora, Illinois (that’s a suburb of Chicago)
rmlsr
- El Paso,IL
The Sprouting Divot
Invisible and Bulletproof
- Miracle Mile
FWLIW, the only name still highlighted in orange on the spreadsheet is Danilo Dovic from Pepperdine. (Vaaks too, but he's committed)
I assume this is a new development that no one really saw coming?
First thing I thought of lol
So basically you want to be ranked in that top 10ish unless you're Florida or UConn.
I mean, my man Paul McNeil is still out there!!!!! I’m sorry. I couldn’t stop myself. When I love, I love hard.
Interesting, which one did you have in mind?
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
I mean, my man Paul McNeil is still out there!!!!! I’m sorry. I couldn’t stop myself. When I love, I love hard.
Are we potentially getting a significant add or will this potentially be the infamous depth(8th/9th) piece that many have been stuck on and we can hopefully put the behind us?…
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