othyus jeffers

[mayurT]

this guy is the real deal. he was a STEAL for UIC, as Oklahoma State and even Oklahoma was after him.

from everything that I've been reading about him, he sounds like an offensive machine. a real rebounding threat.

some quotes:
"His attitude is so much better [than Lorenzo Thompson of DePaul] and he looks like a winner."

"He reminds me of Q Richardson.He has a great nose for the ball and plays so tough."

"Same upper body strength [as Q Richardson], same warrior-like mentality."

"And Jeffers, like Q, is a rebounding machine. Put it this way. Jeffers is better than we thought, especially when we last saw him against Curie in the regional final. It is not a stretch that schools like Oklahoma State and even Oklahoma have been recruiting him. He'd be a steal for Loyola or UIC."

cant wait to see these guys in uniform next season. at least if we dont make the big splash this season, our frosh will whip some of the HL up next season. not to mention sophomore karl white.

[UICJohn]

Mayur, where did you see those quotes?

They are awesome. I remember reading some stuff when he transferred here. I remember some of the schools he was being recruited by out of high school. It's awesome that we got him. And his community college coach said that he improved greatly while there. Said he worked on his shot alot. His high school coach said that he believes he could be drafted, that he improved that much. He has the size of an Armond Williams but a nicer shot. That could be something.

[mayurT]

i got them off a message board of some depaul fans, and the quote about his warrior-like mentality is from the coach.

link: www.bobgibbons.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=2&topic=1717

[Big D]

Jeffers is the third most excited I've been about a UIC recruit (behind Banks and Bailey). This guy is gonna be a force. Hopefully, he works on his jumper a little more this year........

[NewFoundGlory]

Yea, this guy looks very very promising..... He better not be redshirted. I don't see why he would but Collins seems to do that a lot.

[UICJohn]

I don't see why, or even how, Jimmy can redshirt this guy. He has experience in the college level and he has a ton of talent. I don't see that being possible.