Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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RockfordIllini
This probably isn’t the hottest of takes these days, and I’m not saying Coleman is going to be a consensus AA/Lottery pick, but we’ve found the next one. Skilled, shooter, processor, maybe not quite as big as Keaton but clearly better athlete, and most important/intriguing to me, clearly a competitor/gives a ****.

Would not shock me at all if he is our best player next year. And assuming Andrej is back and just a little more luck in the injury department, we could be even better than last year.

And remains to be seen obviously but next year looks to be more wide open/fewer super teams than years past.

I am as exited for next year as I’ve been since we got Ayo and Kofi back for their Junior and Sophomore years.
 
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Emerson Bigguns
RockfordIllini said:
This probably isn’t the hottest of takes these days, and I’m not saying Coleman is going to be a consensus AA/Lottery pick, but we’ve found the next one. Skilled, shooter, processor, maybe not quite as big as Keaton but clearly better athlete, and most important/intriguing to me, clearly a competitor/gives a ****.

Would not shock me at all if he is our best player next year. And assuming Andrej is back and just a little more luck in the injury department, we could be even better than last year.

And remains to be seen obviously but next year looks to be more wide open/fewer super teams than years past.

I am as exited for next year as I’ve been since we got Ayo and Kofi back for their Junior and Sophomore years.
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I'm with you. It's hard to watch his highlights and not get excited. In the context of this team, he won't be forced to do much, but he will have opportunities to do a LOT if he buys in, listens to his coaches, learns from the veterans, and pays attention to detail. Great talent & great basketball situation hopefully leads to great results.
It's nice to see his quickness and anticipation on defense. It shows he is engaged on that end, though he may not get as much runway to gamble here.

He is perhaps the biggest big X-Factor between us being really good, or elite. If he's not the 5th best player on the team, we will be in the running for the B1G, but not likely the favorite. If he is the 5th best player on the team, we might be the favorite in the B1G. If he's anything above the 5th best player on the team... the entire country better watch out.
 
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pruman91
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9th man problem solved...
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but what about 10th man ???....................so many questions to ponder....................................

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#810      
HailtotheChief
RockfordIllini said:
This probably isn’t the hottest of takes these days, and I’m not saying Coleman is going to be a consensus AA/Lottery pick, but we’ve found the next one. Skilled, shooter, processor, maybe not quite as big as Keaton but clearly better athlete, and most important/intriguing to me, clearly a competitor/gives a ****.

Would not shock me at all if he is our best player next year. And assuming Andrej is back and just a little more luck in the injury department, we could be even better than last year.

And remains to be seen obviously but next year looks to be more wide open/fewer super teams than years past.

I am as exited for next year as I’ve been since we got Ayo and Kofi back for their Junior and Sophomore years.
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I think its awesome to have so many quality players that we wouldnt be surprised if a number of them may be our best player or that its debatable because so many are likely to perform well. I expect Mirk to be a double double machine and thus our best player but it could also be T , Vaaks, Dre or even Coleman. Mirk and T are very valubale as scorers, rebounders and passers. It is really tough to predict our leading scorer on the season but many will have great games as individuals, and thats awesome. I wouldnt be shocked at all if Vaaks, Andre, and Mirk all avg over 13 a game and T and Coleman over 10. It would be cool if all 5 starters avg double digits and it wouldnt shock me at all. I have a gut feeling our top two scorers will end up being Vaaks and Dre but with this talented group it could end up being someone else.
 
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PizzaHutParkingLot
RockfordIllini said:
This probably isn’t the hottest of takes these days, and I’m not saying Coleman is going to be a consensus AA/Lottery pick, but we’ve found the next one. Skilled, shooter, processor, maybe not quite as big as Keaton but clearly better athlete, and most important/intriguing to me, clearly a competitor/gives a ****.

Would not shock me at all if he is our best player next year. And assuming Andrej is back and just a little more luck in the injury department, we could be even better than last year.

And remains to be seen obviously but next year looks to be more wide open/fewer super teams than years past.

I am as exited for next year as I’ve been since we got Ayo and Kofi back for their Junior and Sophomore years.
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Does this group think QC will have a better season than Freshman Adam Miller?

For reference -- 8.3 PPG | 2.8 RPG | 0.8 APG | .391 FG% | .340 3P% | .684 FT%
 
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