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The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD

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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #330 on: April 16, 2024, 11:48:49 AM »
So, on another note. Does Tisdale still work at Scheel's in Springfield? And is tizzyfor3 still sucking his cock pretty much daily?

These are the things we need to know.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #331 on: April 16, 2024, 11:49:43 AM »
Quote from: No one on April 16, 2024, 09:50:41 AM
A text should work. He'd be flattered.

If Tisdale were actually texted, I'm sure he would be flattered.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #332 on: April 16, 2024, 12:09:02 PM »
Quote from: Jobu on April 16, 2024, 11:47:37 AM
Oh come on. You really can only play the victim so much...

I'll take the over.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #333 on: April 16, 2024, 01:21:28 PM »
Quote from: ILLINICHIEF on April 15, 2024, 10:00:12 PM
Well the rankings do have us currently as the #1 school recruiting in the portal....thanks for the killjoy.

I mean, by all means get excited over whatever you'd like.

Last year though, the top-4 ranked portal classes won 1 total tournament game.  The Illini were ranked #41 and got a first team all Big Ten player (who was the lowest rank transfer of the three who played for us).  It's not a very good indicator of anything.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #334 on: April 16, 2024, 01:25:41 PM »
Quote from: spark mandrill on April 16, 2024, 01:21:28 PM
I mean, by all means get excited over whatever you'd like.

Last year though, the top-4 ranked portal classes won 1 total tournament game.  The Illini were ranked #41 and got a first team all Big Ten player (who was the lowest rank transfer of the three who played for us).  It's not a very good indicator of anything.

Thanks I will look again, but the fact still remains that BU did A LOT with that #41 ranking which now allows him to as of now have the #1 ranking. Where do you think we would be had our last batch of lowly transfers not played WAY above their rankings?
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #335 on: April 16, 2024, 01:40:46 PM »
I’m not sure there’s enough data to draw strong conclusions from the transfer portal rankings.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #336 on: April 16, 2024, 01:58:00 PM »
Sucks about Hansberry but foregone I guess. Oh well, go get a 4/5 and a wing guard, although if Tyrese Hunter wants to come here I'm not stopping him and we can run 2 pgs and 3 forwards.

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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #337 on: April 16, 2024, 02:13:56 PM »
Quote from: Tempo34 on April 16, 2024, 01:40:46 PM
I’m not sure there’s enough data to draw strong conclusions from the transfer portal rankings.

There is enough data however to understand why we have a shot at any kind of strong ranking/higher caliber of player than what we could have gotten several years ago.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #338 on: April 16, 2024, 02:16:18 PM »
Quote from: illinicalvin on April 16, 2024, 01:58:00 PM
Sucks about Hansberry but foregone I guess. Oh well, go get a 4/5 and a wing guard, although if Tyrese Hunter wants to come here I'm not stopping him and we can run 2 pgs and 3 forwards.



Amani, was a foregone conclusion. That said, although I had high hopes for him as well, BUT, I am not sure that game can't be replaced maybe with a player that can bring even more to the table?? (Dillon Mitchell)

Best of Luck to Amani, regardless.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #339 on: April 16, 2024, 02:22:35 PM »
I don't know how we could even conclude that. The transfer portal is such a different world vs. the Groce era. With instant transfer NIL I imagine even Bruce could've recruited better.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #340 on: April 16, 2024, 02:22:46 PM »
This barely feels like college basketball anymore.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #341 on: April 16, 2024, 02:33:02 PM »
One thing the portal rankings  are screwed up on is that that James kid ain't the 11th best SG in the portal....NO WAY, in hella that's for sure.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #342 on: April 16, 2024, 03:40:00 PM »
With Hansberry gone, that is all the Chester recruits?
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #343 on: April 16, 2024, 03:47:35 PM »
Quote from: ILLINICHIEF on April 16, 2024, 01:25:41 PM
Thanks I will look again, but the fact still remains that BU did A LOT with that #41 ranking which now allows him to as of now have the #1 ranking. Where do you think we would be had our last batch of lowly transfers not played WAY above their rankings?

Well the best commit we have is a local kid who we’ve been recruiting for like 6 years so smart money’s on #1.

I just don’t think it matters.  It’s not easy to gauge who will be great at their new school and who won’t.  If it was Domask wouldn’t have been in the 100s.

Underwood has pretty consistently gotten impactful transfers regardless of their portal rankings.  He got Domask last year after a disappointing year before.  He was recruiting well from HS before the portal opened and we were terrible then.
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Re: The Never too Early 2024-2025 PORTAL THREAD
« Reply #344 on: April 16, 2024, 03:56:52 PM »
I imagine portal rankings are a lot like high school class rankings. You’d rather be ranked highly than not, but it doesn’t mean a “mediocre” class can’t end up being good.
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