B10 Basketball Recruiting Thread

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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]

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

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[Demo]

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

[Stuhoo]

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]

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]

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.

[RaceToTheTop]

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.

[RaceToTheTop]

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]

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 

[BA47591]

Ty Rogers gets after it buddy. He's someone that every winning team needs. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Mt. Vernon-Fortville(IN) 6’2” 2026 G Luke Ertel has committed to Purdue.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Three-star combo guard Kai Shinholster has committed to Minnesota.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

‘25 4-sar F Marcus Jackson has committed to Maryland, he tells me. The 6’8” southpaw becomes Kevin Willard’s first commitment in the ‘25 class.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Joe Tipton -

Navon Shabazz, a 6-foot-4 combo guard in the 2026 class, has committed to Iowa.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

4-star SF Mason Blackwood has committed to Penn State. The No. 102 prospect in the Top247 chose Penn State over Rutgers.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Bossi-

Four-star senior Keaton Wagler tells @247Sports that he has committed to Illinois. "Illinois checked all the boxes for me and it is the right place for me."

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Jamie Shaw -

On3 150 SF Quentin Rhymes of @hillcrest_prep has committed to Nebraska.

[Scotty R]

https://spartanavenue.com/posts/5-star-cg-trey-mckenney-no-longer-considering-michigan-state-basketball-01j8qka6h7h9

Looks like MSU is missing out on a lot of their recruiting targets