Alex Illikainen - PF - 2015 prospect -> Wisconsin

[bleujay]

Was NU ever on the short list? Just wondering, CU was in his "last" one and if you haven't been keeping up with his recruiting there were a lot of coaching staffs that stopped recruiting him during/after the July evaluation period, including CU's, and it wouldn't surprise me if Miles had done the same, especially considering you already have a player committed in the same class with a very similar skillset

[lanigan123]

His recruitment has been weird

[TheKamdyMan]

Was NU ever on the short list? Just wondering, CU was in his "last" one and if you haven't been keeping up with his recruiting there were a lot of coaching staffs that stopped recruiting him during/after the July evaluation period, including CU's, and it wouldn't surprise me if Miles had done the same, especially considering you already have a player committed in the same class with a very similar skillset

 

he did make an unofficial visit in like June so Im assuming they were in on him at the time.

[bleujay]

 

Was NU ever on the short list? Just wondering, CU was in his "last" one and if you haven't been keeping up with his recruiting there were a lot of coaching staffs that stopped recruiting him during/after the July evaluation period, including CU's, and it wouldn't surprise me if Miles had done the same, especially considering you already have a player committed in the same class with a very similar skillset

 

he did make an unofficial visit in like June so Im assuming they were in on him at the time.

 

 

as Ianigan said, his recruitment has been weird. Greg had been on him for quite some time - and we were looking forward to getting a commit from him - but then all of a sudden he announced he was going to prep school and we were no longer in pursuit. I think a lot of coaches got scared off by the level of competition he was playing during his junior year, and the prep environment will allow him to prove that he can hang with the big boys

[Norm Peterson]

Or else he'll prove he can't hang with the big boys.

 

Apparently no one wants to argue with the point that Alec Brennan looks better than Illikainen in their respective highlight vids.

[TheKamdyMan]

Well we get to see him as a Badger now.

[hhcmatt]

I think I'd rather see him play for Wisconsin than Minny or Iowa 

Probably a good choice not to go play for Nike U.

[lanigan123]

I think they land h and Stone. Rough.

[Huskerpapa]

We will see how Jacobson matches up against this kid for the next four years...I will choose to believe that Michael will bet better and better while this kid has reached his potential

[Lincoln Gopher]

I think I'd rather see him play for Wisconsin than Minny or Iowa 

Probably a good choice not to go play for Nike U.

I would have liked to see him play for anyone but the sticking Badgers. Minnesota got a commitment from a big man and filled all their open spots before AI would make a decision.

[hhcmatt]

Bump. Is a junior for Wisconsin. Currently playing less than McVeigh this year.

[FredsSlacks]

6 hours ago, hhcdimes said:

Bump. Is a junior for Wisconsin. Currently playing less than McVeigh this year.

playing behind happ tho

[hskr4life]

Weren't we pretty crazy about this guy?

[hhcmatt]

3 hours ago, TimSmiles said:

playing behind happ tho

 

No, Freshman Nate Reuvers is playing behind Happ.  Illikainen isn't playing 

[HuskerCager]

12 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Weren't we pretty crazy about this guy?

That's what I remember.  He was a pretty hot commodity.  And the fact that he isn't playing much on this Wisconsin team is pretty amazing, because the Badger team I saw last night didn't look very talented compared to teams of the past.

[Huskerpapa]

Pretty telling if this young man cannot get on the floor with what I witnessed last evening.

[Red Rum]

Not all swing and misses are bad....

[Chuck Taylor]

4 star recruit on ESPN.

[khoock]

Played in almost every game as a freshman (10 min 2.2ppg 1.5rpg) with a decreasing role every year since.

[hhcmatt]

An observation from Buckyville

 

Alex Ilikainen has basically taken on the old Tim Jarmusz philosophy. If I never do anything wrong they can't take me out, so I will just never look to do anything other than keep myself away from the action. Watching UW trying to run a pick-and-pop with Alex is just painful because he's open every time and he never even looks at the rim. He's gone from "indecisive" to "decisively passive"... and in all honesty, given the current state of our power forwards, it's probably a slight improvement. Again, he's providing nothing other than allowing seconds to tick off the clock while Ethan tries to get some rest

[Chuck Taylor]

21 hours ago, hhcdimes said:

An observation from Buckyville

 

Alex Ilikainen has basically taken on the old Tim Jarmusz philosophy. If I never do anything wrong they can't take me out, so I will just never look to do anything other than keep myself away from the action. Watching UW trying to run a pick-and-pop with Alex is just painful because he's open every time and he never even looks at the rim. He's gone from "indecisive" to "decisively passive"... and in all honesty, given the current state of our power forwards, it's probably a slight improvement. Again, he's providing nothing other than allowing seconds to tick off the clock while Ethan tries to get some rest

Wow, that reads like a observation of my playing career. 

[hhcmatt]

Didn't pan out

 

[Huskerpapa]

Jeez...

 

[hskr4life]

We were pretty high on him if I remember right.

[Norm Peterson]

31 minutes ago, hskr4life said:

We were pretty high on him if I remember right.

 

Not all of us.