BMoreIllini
- Baltimore, MD
Updated with the signings of Johnson, Jakstys, and Butler. Also added Harris's redshirt season with an additional season of eligibility (2026-27).
Scholarship Grid
Updated with the signings of Johnson, Jakstys, and Butler. Also added Harris's redshirt season with an additional season of eligibility (2026-27).
Now, in the portal world, it's "get old - get old again"
Moretti should have another year of eligibility. He redshirted last year.
BMoreIllini
- Baltimore, MD
Finally got around to updating the scholarship grid:
1) Added 2025 G Jeremiah Fears
2) Corrected the spelling of Terrence (Thanks @Zorak for the catch)
3) Added Niccolo Moretti's additional year of eligibility as he redshirted last year. (Thank you to @PepeSilvia for the catch)
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Man, seeing that visually really helped hit it home for me. I'm going to miss the five guys on the left so much after this season. Yeah, CoHawk has been here the entire time, but the impact the other four have had in their short time with our program is incredible to me. Hoping for some March success for this group so they can have a storybook ending to their time wearing the O&B.
Bigtex
- DFW
Good foundation but 2024-2025 is a rebuild. Much easier with portal but a tall task
I just don’t think rebuilds are going to happen here anymore. Get old, stay old is the motto and it will just be a reload each year with Underwood as coach now. Of course we don’t know who the portal will bring but with the evidence in the last 2 years since NIL and the improvements we made navigating it from last year to this year, this is the expectation until we are shown otherwise.
Finding 3 guys like Domask, Guerrier and Harmon that are so unselfish and fit so perfectly the roles needed to make a championship team is going to be a tall order. Plus losing the heart of this team in CoHawk and TSJ, you can't find that in the portal in my opinion. But if anyone can come close... in BU I trust.
I have a feeling that Ty & Luke will carry on the heart of this team
would like to a point guard that can shoot
Is Luke coming back? I thought he went through senior ceremonies?
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
You can do it more than once.
Dain Dainja might have the extra covid year eligibility. He was a freshman during the 2020-21 season, but that was also when he redshirted, so I'm not sure. Just something to keep in mind.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Redshirted the Covid season, then played the first 3 games the next season before electing to transfer at semester to Illinois sitting out the rest of the year, and has played 2 here.
I *think* he only has one year left to play (he timed his transfer very badly), but I'm not 100% sure. On some level it just seems unfair that all of his cohort gets to play 5 years and he'd really only get to play 3.
In his interview, Brad confirmed that was already happening. He had scouts out meeting with people and he personally has been making phone calls this whole time.
BMoreIllini
- Baltimore, MD
New Scholarship Grid! Archived the 2023-24 team and created a new tab for the 2024-25 team. Updates:
Graduated: Shannon Jr, Domask, Hawkins, Guerrier, Harmon
Transfer Portal: Dainja
Added: Jake Davis
Link to the Grid
I'm going to try to update the recruiting grid at the bottom. It's been about a year since I've kept up with the recruiting portion of the grid.
Thanks for bringing him up. The sample size is tiny, but in the few minutes he played, I saw pure point guard stuff--really strong with the ball, zipping bullet passes around the perimeter, taking it strong to the rim, scoring from distance and executing effective bounce passes. I looked closely at his build late in the season and saw he'd been working hard with Fletch. If he keeps that up, he'll be even stronger next season. I say we can't sleep on this guy.