Now that’s more like it. I know – an awful thing to say. Michael Orris will work tremendously hard over the next 5 years to make his dream of playing Big Ten basketball a reality, and here I am, already pushing him aside and focusing on our shiny new top-100 recruit. Such is the life [...]
Can I be honest? Actually, I can’t. I pretty much have to like every recruit that joins the Illini basketball team. Who wants to be the guy who takes shots at a kid who just made a commitment to work his tail off for 4 years so that I can cheer from my couch? If [...]
A solid start. That’s the box I’m going to put this Jalen James commitment in. We needed a point guard, and we needed to get the ball rolling with the 2013 class, and we accomplished both. James is no slouch, mind you – Rivals has him as a 4-star and ranks him #78 in their [...]
Around the time Alex Legion left the program, opening up a scholarship that could be used immediately, I remember thinking that the 2011 recruiting class would be 4 players. Now, it’s 7. Huntington Prep big man Ibrahima Djimde picked Illinois over Old Dominion today, becoming the seventh member of this signing class. One transfer (Sam [...]
If you haven’t been able to tell by reading my basketball ramblings, I’m an “it’s 81% recruiting” guy. Bring in 10 RSCI Top-100 recruits, you’re headed to the final four. Bring in 5, look for a Sweet 16. 2, and you’re struggling to make the tournament. Coaching smoaching, just give me talent. When I say [...]
