B10 Basketball Recruiting Thread

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3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

https://x.com/scnext/status/1738722323119620335?s=46

Connecting a Washington recruiting win to the B1G is gonna take my brain a minute. 

[Scotty R 2,127]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Connecting a Washington recruiting win to the B1G is gonna take my brain a minute. 

I was thinking the same thing

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,032]

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,973]

58 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Never heard of him. Anyone know anything?

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,032]

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/purdue/2024/03/13/purdue-basketball-commit-noblesville-guard-aaron-fine-preferred-walk-on-2024-25/72961991007/

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,032]

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https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/40233577/source-lithuania-kasparas-jakucionis-commits-illinois
 

Illinois’ starting PG just landed. Has already played with the FC Barcelona senior team in the Euroleague at 17, which is pretty nuts. Blew up at the Basketball Without Borders event, but no one recruited him because the assumption was that he’d play this year in the ABL and then go straight to the draft. Must be a smoking NIL package.

[Stuhoo 79,785]

39 minutes ago, Demo said:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/40233577/source-lithuania-kasparas-jakucionis-commits-illinois
 

Illinois’ starting PG just landed. Has already played with the FC Barcelona senior team in the Euroleague at 17, which is pretty nuts. Blew up at the Basketball Without Borders event, but no one recruited him because the assumption was that he’d play this year in the ABL and then go straight to the draft. Must be a smoking NIL package.

Shhhhh…

No one should tell @Hovadipo about this.

[Hovadipo 55,175]

14 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Shhhhh…

No one should tell @Hovadipo about this.

He sucks.

[lillurk 3,738]

2 hours ago, Demo said:

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/40233577/source-lithuania-kasparas-jakucionis-commits-illinois
 

Illinois’ starting PG just landed. Has already played with the FC Barcelona senior team in the Euroleague at 17, which is pretty nuts. Blew up at the Basketball Without Borders event, but no one recruited him because the assumption was that he’d play this year in the ABL and then go straight to the draft. Must be a smoking NIL package.

Why does everyone insist on pretending Ty Rodgers is a guard? This article continues the trend. He’s clearly a small-ball 4

[Demo 19,664]

32 minutes ago, lillurk said:

Why does everyone insist on pretending Ty Rodgers is a guard? This article continues the trend. He’s clearly a small-ball 4

Because the  national guys have all seen 1, maybe 2, Illinois games and they see a 6’5” dude playing in the B1G and make a bad assumption. Every actual B1G follower knows the deal. Another egregious example from back in the day: Chuck Hayes at UK about 20 years ago was about as pure a 6’6” post guy as you’d ever see. And every Uk game the announcers would call him a wing or a 3 as he’s pounding kids on the block because he’d hoist up 1 bad 3 per game.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 84,032]

Will Garlock, a three-star center and local prospect, has committed to Wisconsin, he tells @On3Recruits;

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‘25 top 10 wing Will Riley commits to Illinois and will reclassify to ‘24. Hell of a get for Underwood. 

[Stuhoo 79,785]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

‘25 top 10 wing Will Riley commits to Illinois and will reclassify to ‘24. Hell of a get for Underwood. 

Whoa—wow.

Kinda feels like the B1G is turning into a “haves and have-nots” conference more and more than it has been over the 20 years.

IU, Illinois, UM, UCLA are basketball haves for sure. If budget rules Wisky, Minn, Iowa, Purdump, and NW are going to suffer more and more.

[RaceToTheTop 25,013]

3 hours ago, Demo said:

‘25 top 10 wing Will Riley commits to Illinois and will reclassify to ‘24. Hell of a get for Underwood. 

That’s one I don’t understand from Riley’s point of view.  Illinois is loaded at the 3/4/5 positions and very weak in the backcourt.  Riley is a 3 and his main are he needs for growth is size — he’s like  6’8”, 180.  Not sure why he would reclassify and go to a program where he should be behind Tre White.

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,973]

That’s one I don’t understand from Riley’s point of view.  Illinois is loaded at the 3/4/5 positions and very weak in the backcourt.  Riley is a 3 and his main are he needs for growth is size — he’s like  6’8”, 180.  Not sure why he would reclassify and go to a program where he should be behind Tre White.

Cash is King. And Illinois has it.


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9 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

That’s one I don’t understand from Riley’s point of view.  Illinois is loaded at the 3/4/5 positions and very weak in the backcourt.  Riley is a 3 and his main are he needs for growth is size — he’s like  6’8”, 180.  Not sure why he would reclassify and go to a program where he should be behind Tre White.

Couple of things: 1) I believe Riley was an old ‘25, so he may be returning to his original class. Pretty sure he’s older than Bryson Tucker 2) As long as they’ve properly aligned his expectations, again using Tucker as an example, he’s better off developmentally in college than prep school. 3) He’s a stone scorer and those guys will always play. 4) Illinois has a war chest. They can outbid 95% of the country.

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11 hours ago, Demo said:

Couple of things: 1) I believe Riley was an old ‘25, so he may be returning to his original class. Pretty sure he’s older than Bryson Tucker 2) As long as they’ve properly aligned his expectations, again using Tucker as an example, he’s better off developmentally in college than prep school. 3) He’s a stone scorer and those guys will always play. 4) Illinois has a war chest. They can outbid 95% of the country.

Illinois' war chest didn't keep Coleman Hawkins around. Lots of programs have a war chests.  I just don't see the fit from his viewpoint.  IMO, Illinois' major need is for guards and this didn't help that.  I think they are counting on the incoming shooting guard from Lithuania to hold down the shooting guard spot but if he can't I could see happening to them what happened to IU last year -- solid frontcourt but lacking in depth and scoring from the backcourt.

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On 5/28/2024 at 10:57 AM, lillurk said:

Why does everyone insist on pretending Ty Rodgers is a guard? This article continues the trend. He’s clearly a small-ball 4

Ty Rodgers sucks.  Illinois has some high ceiling guys, but Rodgers isn't one.  He's only 6'6" and can't shoot a lick, can't make free throws, is an okay but not great rebounder.  I don't know what Underwood saw in him that screamed starter last year.

[Hoosierfanyuh 2,148]

12 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Ty Rodgers sucks.  Illinois has some high ceiling guys, but Rodgers isn't one.  He's only 6'6" and can't shoot a lick, can't make free throws, is an okay but not great rebounder.  I don't know what Underwood saw in him that screamed starter last year.

Booty ball guard is what he saw and he was average at best