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Post by uiclaflame on Mar 5, 2023 18:11:40 GMT -6
Looks like we got an offer out and visit from 2023 G/PG Noah Adamczyk on 2/26 game vs. SIU - we appear to be his only D1 offer so far
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Post by UICJohn on Mar 6, 2023 19:15:36 GMT -6
UIC has offered 6’4” CG Justus McNair of Joliet West. We are his first Division 1 offer. Will try to find more information later.
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Post by Big D on Mar 7, 2023 1:54:48 GMT -6
Isn’t recruiting players with no other offers getting old? We need to start beating out programs for players. Like decent programs. I refuse to believe we’re just consistently the first program to identify talent.
Also, we may need a guard or two, but how come we never see news about offering post players? We NEED big men…plural. It will be a fireable offense if we enter the 23-24 season without a big agile post player that can post up and score inside and grab rebounds. Look at the bigs on Bradley, MoSt, etc. Do we want to end up #11-12 again?…because this is how you do it.
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Post by flamernation on Mar 7, 2023 8:48:26 GMT -6
Big D, normally I get what you saying about recruiting but I am high on this guard from Joliet West. One of the best teams in the state, winning program, the have the fear brothers that could be nba players... this kid is worth putting a offer in on but he only a junior any way so wont help us next year... I like that he hits the local high school market too instead of a out of state kid.
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Post by Big D on Mar 7, 2023 14:54:22 GMT -6
Ah, didn’t realize he was 2024. Didn’t Yak coach at Joliet West? Should have the inside track on this guy then. Highlights look solid.
But I just want some news on bigs for next year. Oh and someone that can actually shoot. Oh and free throws would be nice too. Thanks.
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Post by UICJohn on Mar 7, 2023 17:43:00 GMT -6
My bad. Didn't realize he was a 2024 kid
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Post by goveybaseball on Mar 7, 2023 18:02:04 GMT -6
💯 agree with Big D. Offers mean nothing and most of the time we don't win them. This team needs a PG, 2 more bigs and a shooter badly! I miss the days when we recruited the public league. Gritty scrappy players like Miller/Banks/Bailey etc.
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Post by Greg on Mar 7, 2023 22:29:51 GMT -6
💯 agree with Big D. Offers mean nothing and most of the time we don't win them. This team needs a PG, 2 more bigs and a shooter badly! I miss the days when we recruited the public league. Gritty scrappy players like Miller/Banks/Bailey etc. We need a strong rebounding power forward
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Post by manre on Mar 23, 2023 13:14:39 GMT -6
I heard clay was a shooter, but Yak didn't Utilize his talent. Hopefully, he will change up next year, and give all his 3 stars players a chance.
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Post by Big D on Apr 7, 2023 17:32:17 GMT -6
Looks like we got a commitment today from Andrew King. Hope he can play!
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Post by Big D on Apr 7, 2023 20:54:10 GMT -6
Ok some more on Andrew King. He is a transfer from Houston Christian of the Southland conference. They were 357/363 in the NET rankings (we were 288). He will have three more years after being a solid contributor as a freshman.
Some good:
- he put up some big assist numbers, with multiple games of 6, 8, 9 assists. - he shoots 73-74% FT…for us that ain’t too bad. - his role grew as the season went on, playing more minutes and scoring more. Got some experience.
The bad:
- he put up some big TO games…multiple with 5-6 TOs. This is NOT what we need. - not a particularly good shooter…44% FG, and below 35% 3FG%. Again we need scorers. - watching a couple videos, he’s a bit unorthodox. He throws up a lot of awkward runners and layups. Curious to see how this translates to the Valley. - played for a very bad team.
I guess we’ll see, but on paper it seems like we just picked up another bad shooter that turns the ball over. Is this the type of player to move us up in the Valley?
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Post by Big D on Apr 25, 2023 7:10:39 GMT -6
In addition to Marquise Kennedy, we also picked up a preferred walk-on yesterday. Grant Welch out of Moline.
So, our roster is:
Skobalj Brownell Okani Fens Clay Jones Saragba Yaklich Pickett King Rivera Kennedy Welch (PWO)
If Yaklich is on scholarship, then we have 1 spot left…otherwise 2.
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Post by Chuck A on Apr 25, 2023 11:27:20 GMT -6
Without question, the last two schollies should be used on 2 athletic "BIGS"...legit 6'10" or taller!
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Post by manre on Apr 26, 2023 15:01:18 GMT -6
big D I believe Yak is on scholarship. If you are correct we only have 1 left. SMH. We need bigs and someone heavier than 195. We got 1000's guards..
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Post by UICJohn on May 6, 2023 12:39:24 GMT -6
Coach tweeted out his usual “Fire Up 🔥” as he does whenever we get a recruit but no news. This was yesterday almost at this time.
What’s up with that.
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