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General Category => Fighting Illini Basketball Forum => Topic started by: ILLINICHIEF on July 31, 2025, 08:06:46 AM
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https://x.com/EthanBrown2026/status/1950714669015965790
FIRST ONE...lets see what the staff does from here.
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https://x.com/EthanBrown2026/status/1950714669015965790
FIRST ONE...lets see what the staff does from here.
His offer list. 🤔
(https://i.ibb.co/prxK6czF/Screenshot-20250731-082832-Chrome.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sJ21pnwY)
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He's a rising 4 star, hopefully we can hang onto him
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His offer list. 🤔
(https://i.ibb.co/prxK6czF/Screenshot-20250731-082832-Chrome.jpg) (https://ibb.co/sJ21pnwY)
Beating out Lindenwood for a recruit is a huge win
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Beating out Lindenwood for a recruit is a huge win
Hamer has to put a feather in his hat at some point...LOL
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Another recruit
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Another recruit
Hamer Time...this kid looks the part of Richard Semrau, better offensively?
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August is slow white project month apparently
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Do you really want to be compared to Richard Semrau?
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Semrau was highly ranked at one point.
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Semrau was highly ranked at one point.
He got a nasty chest infection and was never the same after that…
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Does recruiting really matter nowadays considering they can just leave right away?
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Does recruiting really matter nowadays considering they can just leave right away?
Nope, now go take a shit…
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And you get an A+ for the post because there were no grammatical errors…
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And you get an A+ for the post because there were no grammatical errors…
I remember being heavily invested in recruiting
Always following along, looking at prospects. Just doesn't matter anymore
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Yeah its pretty lame when 80% of the team switches teams each year
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Semrau was highly ranked at one point.
Just shows rankings ain't everything
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I remember being excited by Mike Shaw and Myke Henry
Henry did play in Nba though so we messed that up lol
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I remember being excited by Mike Shaw and Myke Henry
Henry did play in Nba though so we messed that up lol
Both ended up being scrubs
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Shaw had a bad back.
Henry apparently didn't fit with Weber or Gross. He played pretty well for DePud, iirc.
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Yeah its pretty lame when 80% of the team switches teams each year
I think i read that they’re going to go to a one time free transfer and then after that you have to sit out a year like the old days. Could be wrong. At least there is continuity on the football side!
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Shaw had a bad back.
Henry apparently didn't fit with Weber or Gross. He played pretty well for DePud, iirc.
Both were overrated, underwhelming here or anywhere else. 2 bad players for us, and fallback I would argue after many other misses iirc.
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I think i read that they’re going to go to a one time free transfer and then after that you have to sit out a year like the old days. Could be wrong. At least there is continuity on the football side!
That would help, the football side has been kind of amazing to be honest
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Both were overrated, underwhelming here or anywhere else. 2 bad players for us, and fallback I would argue after many other misses iirc.
You have high standards
Myke Henry
Played and started in 63 games, compiled 809 career points and 366 rebounds in two seasons at DePaul.
As a senior at DePaul in 2015-16, played and started 31 games, averaged 28.9 minutes, 13.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.0 assists a game. Shot 53.6% from the field, 36.7% from 3-point and 72.4% from the foul line.
As a junior at DePaul in 2014-15, played and started 32 games, averaged 28.1 minutes, 12.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists a game. Shot 46.4% from the field, 37.3% from 3 point and 68.7% from the foul line.
On January 13, 2018, signed a two-way contract with the Memphis Grizzlies and he went on to play in 20 games
Named MVP of the 2016 USA Basketball 3x3 National Tournament.
https://www.usab.com/players/myke-henry
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https://x.com/Sam_Vecenie/status/1953617743573549485?t=EE6CVILYMCxx7nRXCHgwyA&s=19
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3 x 3 MVP you say? Impressive. Too bad games are 5 x 5 though.
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You have high standards
Myke Henry
Played and started in 63 games, compiled 809 career points and 366 rebounds in two seasons at DePaul.
As a senior at DePaul in 2015-16, played and started 31 games, averaged 28.9 minutes, 13.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.0 assists a game. Shot 53.6% from the field, 36.7% from 3-point and 72.4% from the foul line.
As a junior at DePaul in 2014-15, played and started 32 games, averaged 28.1 minutes, 12.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists a game. Shot 46.4% from the field, 37.3% from 3 point and 68.7% from the foul line.
On January 13, 2018, signed a two-way contract with the Memphis Grizzlies and he went on to play in 20 games
Named MVP of the 2016 USA Basketball 3x3 National Tournament.
https://www.usab.com/players/myke-henry
Maybe I do have high standards, as an ILLINI fan and the University and the team as a whole should.
You used Depaul for validity, that alone proves my point. Depaul has had NO 1 player worth a crap since what Meyers (sr) and Cummings/Aguirre/Strickland days....who since has done anything. Sorry I stand by my scrubs analysis, they both were.
Record while at Depaul - 24 wins and 39 losses. Scrub
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3 x 3 MVP you say? Impressive. Too bad games are 5 x 5 though.
https://fiba3x3.com/en/index.html
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Myke Henry was a good high major basketball who had a cup of coffee in the NBA.
He played for two of the worst coaches we had at IL and was maybe a poor fit.
Mike Shaw had to quit basketball because of a chronic back problem. He had
'three degenerative disks in his lower spinal column, two of them herniated ..."
https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/college/basketball/bradley-hoops/2015/10/27/injuries-force-braves-senior-mike/33205396007/
Shaw looked like a stud when he was younger. He ran the court and threw down lobs.. MSU and UNC were recruiting him..
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I think Maximo Adams final list depicts where the fabled big "blue bloods" are, vs where the ILLINI want to be, but aren't yet. Granted it wasn't expected for us to be there in the end, BUT, the staff is obviously trying.
2026 Top-30 overall recruit Maximo Adams has scheduled official visits Kentucky, Michigan State, Kansas, North Carolina, Texas and Duke, per Rivals.
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Quinton Kitt just visited, pics with Ty, can't think of a better young man to have an affiliation with than Ty. Probably our best ambassador for the program, MeanStreets tie in. This kid for some reason makes me think of a mini me version of CoHawk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLaVm-F_Mb4
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This is "RICH" I will never become "transactional", C'mon Cal. You and Sampson just want to set your boys up like Pearl did, lets not pretend. The current stance is just for convenience so that when that day comes, the kids will take over. Cal nor any other coach can stop the train that is rolling full steam ahead.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/46596467/calipari-retire-becoming-transactional-coach
Memphis vacated 38 wins due to his connections with players, furthering families?
UMASS scandals while there
Kentucky, scandals, didn't want to be responsible for players on vs off campus? Furthering families, as long as the kids tow the line?
Hypocrite to the highest degree imo.
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New commit: 4 star guard Lucas Morillo. Played on the Dominican national team this past summer. Ranked #32 overall in the ‘26 class.
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New commit: 4 star guard Lucas Morillo. Played on the Dominican national team this past summer. Ranked #32 overall in the ‘26 class.
Underwhelmed by scouting reports/video's. Overall you can see the kid has game, very cerebral, almost dare one to say "slow" in style. Malcolm Hill 2.0 maybe, without a 3 pt shot. We will see if this is a above average type of player being a 4* now, or a below average B1G player down the road.
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Morillo makes me think of a taller, mentally stable Curbello.
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Morillo makes me think of a taller, mentally stable Curbello.
Because he is PR? Sorry I don't see Curbello in him in at all....that is a good thing.
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Morillo makes me think of a taller, mentally stable Curbello.
I’ll take a racist comment from the old guy for $200, Alex…
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Getting a top 35 player used to be a big deal for this program. Doesn’t seem like there’s a lot of buzz but that’s probably because college ball is unrestricted free agency at this point and only the very best true freshmen players matter at all anymore.
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Because he is PR? Sorry I don't see Curbello in him in at all....that is a good thing.
No, because he has a good handle, passing skills, sees the court the well, can get to the rim and finish and finish or kick ou. Has a nice midrange game. Not overly athletic, does need to work on his jump shot. Besides, he is Dominican.
btw, others compare him to Feliz.
Curbelo.was a head case, but we forget how good he was before the head and neck injury
"Andre Curbelo's honors include Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year and Big Ten All-Freshman Team for the 2020-21 season, Illinois Freshman of the Year, and Sun Belt Player of the Week in January 2024. He has also received preseason watch list honors, such as the Bob Cousy Award watch list and the Lute Olson Award watch list."
https://youtu.be/RiPPV-kVxMY
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I’ll take a racist comment from the old guy for $200, Alex…
Only in your mind.
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Besides, he is Dominican, corrected me on that, both with heavy Antigua ties from recruiting, so my bad here.
btw, others compare him to Feliz, only Daddy Brad from what I've seen, could be others.
Curbelo.was a head case, injury aside, prior to that you could see "signs" of how good "HE" thought he was and the ILLINI program was in such a place he was given a LONG rein to run with.
Curbelo = Abrams to me, Morillo = Hill to me. 6'1/6'2 and 6'6/6'6' size-skill sets-potential best case for the ILLINI.
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Hill was a 3/4:in college. Morillo is a 1/2. They have similar heights and athleticism, but different overall games, different roles. Hill could create his own shot. Morillo can create for himself and others, like good Curbelo.
Don't see any similarities between Abrams and Curbelo.Abrams had terrible court vision Good . Curbelo had eyes in the back of his head.
Curbelo was B1G 6th man of the year with an NBA trajectory. He was a showboat with a long leash, but was not out of control until after the head injuries.
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Hill was a 3/4:in college. Morillo is a 1/2. They have similar heights and athleticism, but different overall games, different roles. Hill could create his own shot. Morillo can create for himself and others, like good Curbelo.
Don't see any similarities between Abrams and Curbelo.Abrams had terrible court vision Good . Curbelo had eyes in the back of his head.
Curbelo was B1G 6th man of the year with an NBA trajectory. He was a showboat with a long leash, but was not out of control until after the head injuries.
Agree to Disagree....Curbelo was NEVER in control however. 2.8/2.6 T/O per game at Illinois...2.7 T/O at St Johns, almost 4. T/O at South Miss. Pts and Assists were very close before and after as well.
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Curbelo was special towards the end of his freshman year. He 100% was not the same player after that fucked up incident where he landed on his head and his neck broke his fall.
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Then, the one dude that kept his ass in line, Antigua, left.
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Curbelo was special towards the end of his freshman year. He 100% was not the same player after that fucked up incident where he landed on his head and his neck broke his fall.
His brain maybe wasn't the stats says differently. Very similiar is all
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Then, the one dude that kept his ass in line, Antigua, left.
Good point, no one else could yell in the language....LOL
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I think i read that they’re going to go to a one time free transfer and then after that you have to sit out a year like the old days. Could be wrong. At least there is continuity on the football side!
That’s what I’ve been saying they should do.
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That’s what I’ve been saying they should do.
I think the 5 years to play 5 is a good idea by Bielema…
I also like the one-time transfer and then like the old days rule too…
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Agree to Disagree....Curbelo was NEVER in control however. 2.8/2.6 T/O per game at Illinois...2.7 T/O at St Johns, almost 4. T/O at South Miss. Pts and Assists were very close before and after as well.
How about games played, minutes played, total.points, total assists?
Shooting?
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How about games played, minutes played, total.points, total assists?
Come to your own conclusions.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4432195/andre-curbelo
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I think the 5 years to play 5 is a good idea by Bielema…
I also like the one-time transfer and then like the old days rule too…
I don’t understand. With the current rules they can play 4 in 4.
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How’s Curbello’s HOF track looking?
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How’s Curbello’s HOF track looking?
LOL.
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Come to your own conclusions.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4432195/andre-curbelo
Those are per game
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/andre-curbelo-1.html
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/gamelog/_/id/4432195/year/2021
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How’s Curbello’s HOF track looking?
He was headed in that direction until the head injury. Dude was a baller his freshman year. I did say when I declared that, if injuries don’t happen…
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I don’t understand. With the current rules they can play 4 in 4.
They have 5 years and sometimes 6 to play 4. With covid it got up 7 to play 5. Now NAIA and JuCo ball apparently don't count, 22 year old Balkan pros are sophomores, and whassup with teh G League dude, so who knows how all taht works out.
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Curbelo was special towards the end of his freshman year. He 100% was not the same player after that fucked up incident where he landed on his head and his neck broke his fall.
(https://i.ibb.co/5hd67TgH/IMG-1048.png) (https://ibb.co/b5xPf1M9)
Played some pretty good teams in that stretch too.