Basketball recruiting in Northern IL

by Looney_Bucky on Mar 23, 2009 12:14 AM CDT

If you don't know, not only is Chicago loaded with basketball talent, but the suburbs have equally impressive talent. The northern suburbs which are 1.5-3 hours away from Madison should be a hotbed for Wisconsin scouts. The Illinois colleges' basketball programs are not too good except for the University of Illinois.

Illinois is locking up prospects like Brandon Paul (best senior in IL) and Jereme Richmond (2nd best junior in the nation from Waukegan) in their sophomore or junior years. These players are not going to Illinois so much so because they live in Illinois. It is that Illinois offers them scholarships at a young age which would hard to turn down for 15/16 year olds. I don't think I'm in the minority when saying that I would rather be coached by Bo Ryan than Bruce Weber. More so Wisconsin's basketball program has been more successful recently. Other northern suburbs of Chicago players are going to other Big Ten schools. Matt Vogrich (all-state guard) is going to Michigan. Everybody know Evan Turner who is from Chicagoland (not the north suburbs) and is at Ohio State.

Illinois is one of the top 5 states in high school basketball and most of the talent is located in northern Illinois. With UW-Madison's proximity to the area, we should have our fair share of players from that area. Looking at this year's roster we had nobody from Illinois.

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Illinois 2011 Class

The 2011 Class is widely considered to be the most talented Illinois class in over 30 years. Wisconsin has already offered scholarships to three players: G Chasson Randle from Rock Island, Ill., F/C Nnanna Egwu from St. Ignatius (Chicago) and F Devon Hodges from Romeoville, Ill, who has already committed.

Randle is among the best in the state while Egwu is raw player with a ton of potential. I compare him to JaJuan Johnson from Purdue.

Also, Diamond Taylor, an incoming freshman from Bolingbrook, Ill. is actually more of a product of St. Joseph’s where Evan Turner is from. Taylor played at St. Joe’s for three years before transferring to Bolingbrook for his senior season.

Watching others run "The Hill" since 2005.

by Adam Hoge on Mar 23, 2009 9:39 AM CDT reply actions

That's great news

by Looney_Bucky on Mar 23, 2009 11:43 PM CDT reply actions

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