Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

[fuggles]

I'll wade into the Ben mile time. At 45 years old I was running 5:30s in training for a marathon. And I wasn't in athlete level shape. So I don't know what Ben ran, but 5:19 is not it. I'm sure it a good way under that time.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Lol, the world record is 3:43....so Ben is a 6'9" 230lb basketball player...not a track star....only 36 seconds off of a world record mile?

It seems extremely unlikely, but a couple of things....

When running a mile that fast, 36 seconds is a LOT of time. It's kind of like a pitcher's fastball increasing. If a guy goes from 85 MPH to 94MPH, that's the difference between playing with Schaumburg Boomers and Chicago Cubs. A guy who increases his heat from 96/97MPH to 99/100MPH is the difference between a potentially really good closer to and unhittable one. Heck, the difference in a gold medal and 5th place in the 100 meters is what....0.7 seconds? When you get to an elite level in speed events, a little is a lot.

The other thing would be that if he does indeed have an elite level of endurance, the difference in the stride of someone 6'9" and a guy 5'10" is what....three feet? It's tugging 230 around vs 170 that makes it seem relatively unreasonable.

 

[WhereDoWeStandWithStorr?]

Who knows if the pieces will work out or not but dude Dukes roster is legitimately insane.

My hope is Blackwell has a relatively underwhelming year, and we pick him up in the portal next cycle.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2060448977225453680

 

[wc_illini]

It seems extremely unlikely, but a couple of things....

When running a mile that fast, 36 seconds is a LOT of time. It's kind of like a pitcher's fastball increasing. If a guy goes from 85 MPH to 94MPH, that's the difference between playing with Schaumburg Boomers and Chicago Cubs. A guy who increases his heat from 96/97MPH to 99/100MPH is the difference between a potentially really good closer to and unhittable one. Heck, the difference in a gold medal and 5th place in the 100 meters is what....0.7 seconds? When you get to an elite level in speed events, a little is a lot.

The other thing would be that if he does indeed have an elite level of endurance, the difference in the stride of someone 6'9" and a guy 5'10" is what....three feet? It's tugging 230 around vs 170 that makes it seem relatively unreasonable.

We absolutely need some insiders to settle this for us

 

[Joel Goodson]

6-6 guard headed to Illinois is climbing the rankings, eh?

Might be the "Wagler effect."

I think Kitt's performance with Mean Streets has a heck of lot more to do with it

 

[IlliniShelt]

Debating Ben's mile time means we have officially hit the off-season doldrums.

 

[skyIdub]

Debating Ben's mile time means we have officially hit the off-season doldrums.

It's the beginning of Offseason Stage 4.

The final stage, Stage 5, is the unhinged preseason hot takes on all things for next season. Off season closure.

I can't wait.

 

[From the cheap seats]

We absolutely need some insiders to settle this for us

No insider. But heard Ben went on a strict cottage cheese diet (no toppings) weeks prior to the big run.