Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

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NarrowJ
Fly Illini Fly! said:
I don't think Reed is replacing Yaxel.

Starting group last year was
Cadeau/Burnett/Yaxel/Morez/Mara.

This year I'd expect it to be
Cadeau/McKnenney/McCoy/Estrella/Thiam.

Regardless, the downgrades are at the 3/4/5. That frontcourt is a ton to replace.
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Yeah I shouldn’t have presented it that way. Didn’t mean he was replacing him in the lineup necessarily, just trying to show what they had vs bringing in. But this definitely also illustrates they won’t be nearly as big/long as last year too.
 
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March2TheArch
NarrowJ said:
Yeah I shouldn’t have presented it that way. Didn’t mean he was replacing him in the lineup necessarily, just trying to show what they had vs bringing in. But this definitely also illustrates they won’t be nearly as big/long as last year too.
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Yaxel/Mara/Morez were so good they made other insane frontcourts like Peat/Krivas/Kharchenkov/Awaka and Haugh/Condon/Chinyelu look pedestrian.

Obviously Michigan 2026 grinds my gears. But that team, like 2024 UConn and Brunson’s Nova teams, was generational.
 
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PleaseMakeABowlGame
March2TheArch said:
Yaxel/Mara/Morez were so good they made other insane frontcourts like Peat/Krivas/Kharchenkov/Awaka and Haugh/Condon/Chinyelu look pedestrian.

Obviously Michigan 2026 grinds my gears. But that team, like 2024 UConn and Brunson’s Nova teams, was generational.
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2025 Duke was pretty generational too. Just didn't win it all.

Fact is, due to NIL, the time has come that we accept there will be a super team every year. Just look at the recent KenPom ratings for the top teams.
 
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