ZoomSlowik Posted April 7, 2005 Share Posted April 7, 2005 (edited) Think about it, how often has Illinois really been a player on the national level? We've got two Final Fours and one Elite Eight in 16 years, that doesn't really compare when the major programs get interested in a prospect. They've only started to put something consistent together recently. Plus as Southsider said, the coaching is big. Our best recruiting classes came at the end of Lon Kruger's tenure and at the end of Bill Self's tenure. If Webber sticks around a while and they have more deep runs in the tournament they'll do fine, but until then they're not going to have a very high success rate on the really good players in state. Edited April 7, 2005 by ZoomSlowik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitetrain8601 Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Just in case no one heard, Jon Scheyer of Glenbrook North has cut down his choices to two teams, the Illini and Duke. Hopefully he'll decide the Illini so we could have a great scorer and shooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 That's been known for a while now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shagar69 Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Apr 12, 2005 -> 09:37 AM) That's been known for a while now... no it hasnt. he just announced it yesterday. Before this, he was considering wisconsin and arizona as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Yeah, technically he was "considering them"...but it's been down to duke and illinois for quite some time now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Apr 12, 2005 -> 10:21 AM) Yeah, technically he was "considering them"...but it's been down to duke and illinois for quite some time now Well he visited Arizona over our Spring break which was a couple weeks ago so he finally was able to narrow it down to those 2. I'm pretty confident that he will go to Duke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I have a feeling he'll go to Duke as well, but this would be a huge boost if we could snag him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palehosefan Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Rumors lately that the Illini have improved their standing with Scheyer, that would be very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R U Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I hope the NBA puts in that new rule about age.. I think that would make more top prospects look at it this way.. I can go to Duke or UNC and sit behind a group of All American recruits or I could go to Illinois and contribute in a big way right away.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Trib is reporting that Scheyer has not dropped Arizona from his list of potential schools, and that some one was reporting what he said in a joke. The finalists are Illinois, Duke, and Arizona... Wisconson is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitetrain8601 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 13, 2005 -> 10:37 AM) Trib is reporting that Scheyer has not dropped Arizona from his list of potential schools, and that some one was reporting what he said in a joke. The finalists are Illinois, Duke, and Arizona... Wisconson is out. Yeah, it was Mike North who was doing the reporting and Jon Scheyer told him to correct it and say that Arizona is still in the running, but they really aren't. I see him going to Duke. He'll be their Reddick of the next 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmteam Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Any more news on Brandon Rush? Also, where's the Illini Basketball message board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitetrain8601 Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 QUOTE(farmteam @ Apr 16, 2005 -> 05:21 PM) Any more news on Brandon Rush? Also, where's the Illini Basketball message board? Brandon Rush has limited it to two teams. The Illini and Oklahoma. He's still leaning towards the NBA if he's a 1st rounder(which I think he would be). For college he said right now that he's leaning towards Illinois and he's been talking for them for a while. Illiniboard.com I think has a main message board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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