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Recruiting:  2023 Power Forward Owen Freeman updates his recruitment

Recruiting: 2023 Power Forward Owen Freeman updates his recruitment

Owen Freeman is a 6-foot-9, 220-pound power forward from Bradley, Illinois, who picked up an Illinois offer early this spring. The rising star big man has already visited the Illinois campus in early June. Freeman is a very important recruit for a lot of schools, not just Illinois. But the Illini are looking to add some more size to the program and Freeman would help fulfill that need.

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Recruiting: Q & A with 2024 SG Tre Johnson

Recruiting: Q & A with 2024 SG Tre Johnson

The class of 2022 is not complete and the Fighting Illini have started to work the class of 2023 very hard to stay ahead of the game. Now it is time to work on several of the 2024s. Tre Johnson is a 6-foot-5, 180-pound shooting guard from Dallas.

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Recruiting: Illinois looking to add size to their class

Recruiting: Illinois looking to add size to their class

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Recruiting: Illinois in the mix for Asa Thomas

Recruiting: Illinois in the mix for Asa Thomas

By Kedric Prince - IlliniGuys.com Director of Recruiting

September 3, 2021

Asa Thomas, a 6-foot-5, 185-pound small forward from Lake Forest, Illinois, is the next big target from the Illinois Wolves program.

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Weekend hoops recruiting update

Weekend hoops recruiting update

There were several recruits on campus this weekend and they were treated to a great atmosphere and an upset win by the Illini football team over Nebraska.  Everyone appeared to enjoy the trip and getting to hang out with the coaching staff, current players, and each other.  Here's how things appear to stand after the weekend:

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Sturdyfor30 - Talkin' Hoops with Tyler Underwood

Sturdyfor30 - Talkin' Hoops with Tyler Underwood

Former Illini player and current Illinois staffer Tyler Underwood […]

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Sturdy's Basketball Recruiting Notebook

Sturdy's Basketball Recruiting Notebook

By Brad Sturdy - IlliniGuys Insider

August 11, 2021

Illinois is very excited about their two guards that are committed in Epps and Harris and feel like these two are going to be tremendous because of their ability to create as well as shoot the basketball.

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Sturdyfor30 - Chester Frazier

Sturdyfor30 - Chester Frazier

Illinois Assistant Coach Chester Frazier joins Sturdy to talk […]

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Illini big man target Cameron Corhen talks recruiting with IlliniGuys.com

Illini big man target Cameron Corhen talks recruiting with IlliniGuys.com

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Sturdyfor30 - Kofi's Back

Sturdyfor30 - Kofi's Back

You need to calm down!! Sturdy goes solo and […]

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Sturdyfor30 - Jayden Epps Commits and the First Live Period Recap

Sturdyfor30 - Jayden Epps Commits and the First Live Period Recap

IlliniGuys' Kedric Prince, Mike Cagley and Brandon Wildman join […]

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Illini Add Dynamic Guard in 2022

Illini Add Dynamic Guard in 2022

By Kedric Prince – IlliniGuys.com Director of Recruiting July […]

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Live Period Evals (Part 2)

Live Period Evals (Part 2)

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Live Period Evals (Part 1)

Live Period Evals (Part 1)

Brad Sturdy, IlliniGuys

July 12, 2021

The Illini coaches were out in force during the first live weekend, seeing players in Atlantic City Dallas, Birmingham and Atlanta as they try to fill out their 2022 recruiting class, while also targeting the biggest recruit of all, both literally and figuratively. Here’s a look at some players they watched and our thoughts on their games and recruitments. Here’s part 1.

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Chicago Summer Jam Update 

Chicago Summer Jam Update 

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