Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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Chase321
skyIdub said:
Rhea Seehorn walked onto my flight out of LAX one day and I got to fan boy and basically told her the same! BCS>BB
Kim Wexler is hot.
I invited her up to the flight deck and she came up and chatted with me for 5-10 minutes!
Fun BCS talk and got the Pluribus scoop.
She’s a gem.
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Jealous. Rhea Seehorn is awesome. BCS is better in my book than BB but they are both incredible.

Bob Odenkirk GIF by SAG Awards
 
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Det_Illini_fan
Oracle21 said:
I think Michigan getting Thiam is good news bc it likely means Morez and Mara are for sure gone
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Any insight into how good Thiam is? I know nothing about his game, but then again it seems the consensus last year was Mara was under utilized but not a huge threat IRC
 
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Second place is 1st loser
Feeling a lot like Florida, Michigan, Duke against having sick rosters, with UConn & Illinois right behind. Dusty is a problem. Not sure with Golden yet given he's gonna have these same bigs for 3+ years. Duke has a roster about 13 deep, so much $$.
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So, they'll have their starting 5, their top 3 rotational players then 5 guys hoping for an injury or foul trouble? That'll be fun.
 
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Battle89
BretMyBeachHouse said:
Not sure how that happened. Yes. Accident.
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Ha. I liked the post without even clicking through.

Assume the intent was to find the insider(s) who had earlier talked about Morillo’s versatility, and IF NEEDED, could play any of the 1-4 roles.
 
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NarrowJ
Det_Illini_fan said:
Any insight into how good Thiam is? I know nothing about his game, but then again it seems the consensus last year was Mara was under utilized but not a huge threat IRC
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He’s good. Did not make any of the 3 All Big 12 teams. A level below Mara/Morez as a player.
 
#137      
IllinitripleJ
NarrowJ said:
He’s good. Did not make any of the 3 All Big 12 teams. A level below Mara/Morez as a player.
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He's a better shot blocker than Mara but has skills. Tough loss for Cincinnati but I assume it was all about NIL. Morez's spot looks to taken by 5* freshman Quinn Costello, a Burger Boy and top 20 recruit. Costello is skilled and 6'10'. If they get the forward from Wake Forest they might be even better next year. Just a hunch though I think the Wake Forest forward signs with North Carolina.
 
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MDchicago
NarrowJ said:
docs.google.com

B1G Roster Tracker

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Love the tracker. Above is look at the BPM column of the Roster Tracker by tiers as things stand as of now. (Chose to focus on the BPM since it incorporates offensive and defensive efficiency as well as strength of schedule; WS is interesting history but less useful as a predictive metric since it isn't strength of schedule adjusted, and with all the transfers between the different D1 levels, a player on a good team in a bottom feeder conference with an easy schedule can accumulate more WS simply because the team won more games.)

Just one metric regarding the level of experienced talent on the rosters (and a work in progress, as Michigan and others likely have some significant moves yet to make), but gotta love where the Illini sit as of now. Also does not measure contributions from freshmen, so also tiered the RSCI data in the tracker to see how the incoming freshman talent breaks down.

Ohio State has quietly put together some experienced talent via the Portal; interested to see if Diebler can make the pieces fit. Probably the biggest surprise to me from this exercise,
 
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Emerson Bigguns
NarrowJ said:
He’s good. Did not make any of the 3 All Big 12 teams. A level below Mara/Morez as a player.
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Likely true. I’m most happy Yaxel is gone. (obviously he didn’t have an option…not that he would have taken it)
He was the head of the spear for their defense. Just made everything difficult. He’s also virtually impossible to fully replace. There just aren’t many 6”10” guys who can guard a PG 35 feet from the basket.
 
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hoopsfan47
Just passing along info that means nothing and asking a question because I would like to know the answer.

According to my Facebook feed, we had 4 commits yesterday from 5* guys, 2 from the portal and 2 from high school IIRC. Of course, these are bogus...but my questions are:

1. Although the sites appear to be from some bloggers, why would anyone waste their time on such useless banter...other than the fact that they represent the lowest of humanity. And why do they want to join that abysmal group for no reason other than lunacy?
2. Does anyone know who is doing this nonsense?
 
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zentrails
Am I the only one speed scrolling through all the posts in all the Recruiting Threads looking only for those by insiders?
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Yep, wish there was a "read this one" button to augment the "ignore" button, it would save some scrolling time
 
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Scoregasm
skyIdub said:
Rhea Seehorn walked onto my flight out of LAX one day and I got to fan boy and basically told her the same! BCS>BB
Kim Wexler is hot.
I invited her up to the flight deck and she came up and chatted with me for 5-10 minutes!
Fun BCS talk and got the Pluribus scoop.
She’s a gem.
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You're so lucky!!!
 
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Combo
IllinitripleJ said:
He's a better shot blocker than Mara but has skills. Tough loss for Cincinnati but I assume it was all about NIL. Morez's spot looks to taken by 5* freshman Quinn Costello, a Burger Boy and top 20 recruit. Costello is skilled and 6'10'. If they get the forward from Wake Forest they might be even better next year. Just a hunch though I think the Wake Forest forward signs with North Carolina.
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My God they're going to be loaded. Didn't realize they were bringing in so much H.S. talent. Have to be the favorites in the Big Ten with us next.
 
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